August Fun

We had a fun filled month! It started with Josiah trying out his new ATV from his Cousin Tina. As you can see below if is a hit. So much that we had to bring it inside the first night we had it up and running. Josiah thinks is an ATV Pro!


The following weekend we headed out in the pouring rain to Lafayette's Annual Peach Festival. We had the pleasure of taking Josiah's buddy and our (soon to be) Godson, Jack with us. It only rained for a bit. We stopped for lunch and once were done the rain was gone and the sun was shining. It ended up being a beautiful day! Unfortunately, I left the camera on the kitchen table so I only have pictures of before we headed out but as you can see the boys looked really cute in their raincoats! The following day we joined the Greco's for Aston's sixth birthday celebration!We had lunch at a great little mexican restaurant. Josiah always loves hanging with Ashy, Tristan, Chloe and Owen.

Football!

Fall is in the air and what better first sign than football! Joey attended his first tailgate party for the CU vs. CSU game (GO BUFFS) over Labor Day weekend. We had lots of fun. We drove down to Denver with Grandma Toni and met Uncle Ted (the tailgate KING), Auntie Mary, Connie, Jerome, Laura, Garfield, TJ, Ian, Sandra and Chris.

Hanging out with Auntie Mary and Ian

He had a great time watching the CSU marching band and kept signing for more once they were gone. My guy loves his music!


Joey and Grandma

We didn't stay for the game though. No naps and a 4 hour football game didn't sound like such a great idea! All in all we had a fantastic day and can't wait for his first actual game when Daddy can join us!

Josiah's First Family Vacation

We took our first family vacation this past July. I sweated for months about how Josiah was going to do on his first plane ride. To my pleasant surprise he did great! We left home around 8:30 as our flight was at 10:30 and we were parking in a lot that required us to take a shuttle to the airport. I was careful to not let Joey fall asleep on our ride to the airport. Everything was so new to him once we were at the airport so he had no problem with staying awake. Once we were seated on the plane and about to take off I nursed him and he was asleep before the plane left the ground. SCORE! He slept for about an hour and once he was up we played, looked out the window and had a snack. Then we landed. It was perfect!

Once we arrived, we got our bags and headed to the grab our rental car. Then we were off for our long weekend of FUN!

We headed down to Agoura Hills to our hotel. We checked in relaxed a bit and then headed to Burbank to meet the rest of the family for dinner.
After dinner we did a little bit of shopping in downtown Burbank and headed back for the evening.

Saturday morning we woke up early (6 a.m. Hello time change) and headed out for breakfast and the beach! Malibu was so beautiful and Josiah just loved the ocean! He was a bit skeptical at first but once he realized he was in good hands he had a ball! We headed back to the hotel full of sand. A sure sign a good time was had by all!



Then we ventured off to do some outlet shopping. Daddy and Joey bought matching Lacoste shirts and Mama came home with a new Coach wallet. :)

Saturday was the big Christmas in July party for Cousin Merrie. It was held at her friend's home in Tarzana. What a beautiful house with a pool and tennis court and the most pretty rose garden!

Josiah loved blowing bubbles and playing in the large back yard. We had a lovely Christmas dinner of turkey, green beans and sweet potatoes. Unfortunately, we called it a earlier night than Rich and I would have like but Josiah was tired after a busy day!

Sunday morning we were up again very early and had some pool time before a big breakfast with the family. This was the day everyone (but us) was heading home. We said our goodbyes and wished everyone well!


Then, we packed up and moved down to Redondo Beach for the last 2 days of our vacation. Once we arrived we walked down to the beach and took in some sights. Later that evening Josiah go to meet some more of his family. This time from Mom's side. We saw our Cousin's Kevin and Josh and met our newest cousin Andrea (Andie), Kevin's daughter and Josh's 1/2 sister. We also had the pleasure of meeting Rita, Kevin's better half. :) What a great little family!

We had dinner at the Redondo Pier and headed back to the hotel for a little R & R before our finale...DISNEYLAND! Oh...and the earthquake!

More later!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Happy Birthday My Love

Josiah,

One year ago today my whole world changed. After 12 long weeks I saw you, the payoff! I've never felt anything better in my entire life! You were so little and perfect. You are still perfect but not so little. You were 2 hours into this world and getting your first bath! You're now one year, 2 hours in and sleeping in your own bed! Your vocabulary is amazing and you sound like a little parrot. We'd better be careful what we say. You walk like a little champ! Your daddy is SO in love with you lust like me. We couldn't feel any more blessed.

No more keeping track of weeks, then months. It's years now buddy!

We love you!

Mama and Dada

11 months!

My "little" boy turned 11 months yesterday....it makes me a bit sad to think how quickly these months have gone. He is such a joy to me and his dad. He is SO close to walk and does this cute thing with his hands when he starts to walk. He flaps his hands as if he is getting ready fly. I'm going to try and get video b/c it is so cute! He also walks up and down his castle slide and climbing wall. He is also loving his swimming lessons. His last class is Saturday. We can't wait to get him into another one. I think we have just as much fun as Josiah!

Growin up

Josiah is so much fun he talks up a storm! Mama, Dada, hat, Ethel, hi, bye bye, ball, kitty...most of the time it's Dada and ball though! He does the funniest thing when you say crazy and shakes his head left to right (grandma taught him that one...crazy grandma)! He has also been standing unassisted. Most times he doesn't even know he just standing there.

One drawback has been bed time. It sure is a struggle. He suddenly doesn't fall asleep nursing like he used to and is now boycotting his crib. We will continue to work on this one. Wish us luck! He sure is peaceful once he does fall asleep.....