happy smiles

Our little man is in full smiling swing now! His little smile is so cute and sweet. And, he was 7 weeks old yesterday!! So, we decided to snap a few pictures of ourselves:




We've been getting slightly adventurous lately. By adventurous I mean that we went on our first walk by ourselves in the awesome double stroller down to the farmers market last week, and today we took over the thrift store to find some cute clothes for the kiddos!


And, just so you don't feel deprived of Lily photos (after all, she is darn cute!!!), here's our little princess:

Lily turns 2!!

Yes, it's true...our little girl is two years old! I can hardly believe it, in fact, I keep saying that same statement over and over, "I can't believe Lily is already 2!" She is so much fun and brings such joy to our lives. She is a little chatterbox now and finds so much fun in just living life. Instead of having a birthday party, we decided to take Lily up to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the weekend. Steve's brothers, Mike and Tom, along with their families (Auntie Bev, Auntie Barb and cousins Kiana, Corryn, Jadon and Gabriel) joined us. We were also met up there by my cousins Cindy and Steve who live close to the Aquarium and treated us to a wonderful tour, along with brownies for the birthday girl at their house afterwards! The weekend was tons of fun, Lily loved all of the "fishies" and penguins and had a great time getting to touch starfish and crabs and kelp. Here are some pictures from the weekend...I'll try not to overwhelm you, but there were a lot of cute moments!!

Lily and cousin Jadon playing "catch the fish" in the kids play area.


Lily and cousin Kiana jumping on a trampoline in the "splash zone"


Daddy and the birthday girl.


Nathan hanging out with Uncle Mike.


Jadon and Gabriel admiring the fish in the "Kelp Forest."


Me and Lily touching starfish.


Our family of four outside the Aquarium.


Our adorable 2 year old on her actual birthday (in her cute new shirt from Uncle Mike, Auntie Bev, Corryn, Jadon and Kiana!)


Lily on her new tricycle!!

5 weeks old already....

I remember from when Lily was itty bitty that time with a newborn goes by fast, but wow! Nathan's first month of life has just flown by! Maybe because we are busier chasing two kiddos around now, but it really seems like we just came home from the hospital. Nathan is growing and growing and is getting cuter everyday (not that he wasn't already the cutest little boy we know!). He started smiling at us this week and there is nothing that melts my heart like those first baby smiles.
Lily is doing great. She is such a smart, funny and amazingly articulate little girl. She will be 2 on Sunday....wait, what??!! My little princess is going to be a 2 year old! So crazy! This weekend we are going up to Monterey to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for Lily's birthday in leu of a party. We are excited to get away, have some family time and enjoy Lily. A few of Steve's brothers and their family's will be joining us and we anticipate a great weekend.
Here are a few more pictures from the last couple of weeks of Lily and Nathan!! (Beware...there are a lot of pictures...bear with me!!)

Daddy and Nathan getting some much needed rest.


Lily showing us her "silly face."


Mommy and her little prince.


March 6, 2010...Steve & Tom celebrating the one year anniversary of a successful bone marrow transplant!! Tom's wife threw Tom a surprise 1st "re-birthday" party...with a pinata and everything!


This picture is not posed at all...Lily wanted to "feed" baby just like Mommy feeds Nathan and got all of the "supplies" herself. Too cute =)


Nathan posing on his 1 month birthday.


First smiles!!


Big news!! Lily let me put her hair in pigtails for the first time!! (I had to bribe her and they only lasted about an hour, but it was a start! and she looked amazingly cute...)


Like father like son...Nathan sitting in Daddy's favorite chair this morning.

First 2 weeks

Here are some pictures of Nathan's first couple of weeks at home! He will be 3 weeks old on Monday...I forgot how fast this stage goes by. Lily is doing great, loving her baby brother, and Nathan is adjusting to this new life of his quite well. At his 2 week check-up he weighed in at 9 lb 12 oz and was 22 1/4 inches long. We have a big boy on our hands!

Nathan James

He has finally arrived!!! At only 15 days late...he was defintely worth the wait =) Nathan arrived on Monday, Feb. 8 @ 12:13am. He weighed a solid 8 lbs 15oz (we couldn't believe it!!) and was 20 1/2 inches long. He is doing great and Lily is loving being a big sister. Here are a few pictures to get you started...

Steve, Lily and I before we left for the hospital on Saturday.


Nathan just after arriving.


Our newly expanded family...and Lily meeting her brother for the first time!


Nathan at 5 days old.

a long time coming...

So, it has been a very very long time since my last blog. Sorry about that! Life is busy, but really, no posts since halloween?? That's pretty bad =) I have been putting off updating the blog because I was so behind and had so many posts to do, but I have since decided to skip all of those old posts and just start new (you didn't want to see Christmas pictures anyway, did you?!).
We are patiently waiting for our precious baby boy to be born....I was due a week ago today! Being late is nothing new to us, as I was induced at 10 days late with Lily...but we were secretly hoping that this little man would come out a little closer to "on time" than his big sister! All in all I am feeling fine, physically, but the anticipation gets to you after 41 weeks of waiting to see our little boy's face!!
Yesterday we took a little family trip to Nojoqui Falls, a little waterfall about 30 minutes south of us. It is only about a 10 minute walk from where you park to the waterfall...a perfect walk for a 9 month pregnant momma, daddy and an almost 2 year old! We had a lot of fun and it was nice to just have a day to celebrate and enjoy our little family. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband in Steve and such a beautiful, joyful little daughter in Lily. Aren't they precious???

Trick or Treat!

Last night Lily had her first trick-or-treating experience =) She dressed up as a pretty adorable 49ers cheerleader and we headed over to our friends, the Glazewski's. We only took Lily up to a few houses, but she had fun, and looked pretty cute!