The Adventures of Pete, Anna, Ewan, Lucas, and Emmy!

Ewan Learning How to Ride a Bike!

2010-06-20T22:13:00.000-07:00

Here's Ewan learning how to ride his bike! (Check out the brief victory dance at the very end.)

I Don't Even Know Where to Start, So Here's Some of Our Most Current Pics!

2010-06-20T21:42:00.000-07:00

christmas post with lots of pictures!!

2010-01-10T21:27:00.000-08:00

merry christmas a little late!

Here are some pictures finally of some of our Christmas fun....above is fun with the peanuts from the box of presents we got in the mail....the boys wanted to make sure Emmy got to join in. We had such a great Christmas break and we were so busy doing all sorts of fun things so now Pete is back to work and here are some pics. We made a lot of Christmas cookies...and the boys REALLY LOVE sprinkles!!! the ones below are the ones before the boys went really wild with the sprinkles.

here they are in their fancy clothes

and a couple of Emmy sleeping through Christmas morning and playing in her saucer....she is rolling and grabbing her feet and really trying to join in with all the noise as much as possible.

Trick or Treat!!

2009-11-03T20:48:00.001-08:00

We had so much fun trick or treating!! First we went to Old Town and the boys rode in the wagon and ran into every store to get candy....they were really excited and would run out after each one yelling..."I got candy".... and at the yogurt shop, you get a free frozen yogurt if you wear a costume so even I dressed up(I wanted my free frozen yogurt of course! and it was worth it!) The boys got chocolate and then had little chocolate faces that looked like they had eaten a whole basket of chocolate. Well the boys were so excited they wanted to keep trick or treating so we went home and got a flashlight and walked all around our block with Ewan charging up to every house(overcoming even his fear of dogs for the sake of chocolate) yelling "trick or treat" He was really into it!! And Lucas kept saying "Let's try this house". I think they would have had us trick or treating all night long if they could. So we came home and poured out all the candy and then they jumped around for about an hour around it and then went for a really long drive to "look at all the decorations" (to fall asleep since they were so hyper) and that was about it. Happy Halloween! They are already planning out next year! Here they are below...Lucas is eating his "special treat from Nonna"- a trader joes fruit leather....best treat ever!

and Emmy was a little flower...She slept through all of the trick or treating, but she did get a couple of extra pieces of candy for us for being so cute!!

Pumpkin fun!

2009-11-03T20:14:00.001-08:00

This is George. Ewan's pumpkin. We tried to wait till as close to Halloween as possible to carve him since it has been so HOT down here, but Ewan was not having it. He wanted to carve his pumpkin the night (at 9 pm ) we got his pumpkin, and logical explanations about how we can't carve it in his carseat on the way home and how if we carved it too early it wouldn't last just weren't working.... So Pete made up a story about a pumpkin named George and somehow it calmed him down and we carved him the next day. Anyway, designed by Ewan, here is George with all his friends... Baby Girl, Big Daddy, and Curious
Well since it was 3 weeks ago, George didn't make it to Halloween, but the boys really liked watching him turn all black and moldy and poking him with sticks as he was "getting rotten", but here we are carving the rest. Ewan really liked taking out the seeds and all the "glop" and designing the faces. He designed the big pumpkin with the smiling face and teeth because "pumpkins always have teeth" and he was pretty upset that Lucas wanted a "growly-faced" pumpkin with no teeth........which describes Lucas the past 2 weeks as he is getting all 4 molars at once......he was really excited about that growly face!!! Here is Ewan carving and Lucas running. He didn't want anything to do with touching the pumpkin seeds because they were too "slimy".

And then since we had such a big windstorm the night before, the boys raked up all the leaves into a big pile to play with...

pumpkin patch and best nap drive ever!

2009-10-20T20:23:00.000-07:00

so our week was really busy... now that Pete is doing after school tutoring twice a week and back to school night was thursday...which was a 2 hour long process of trying to get all 3 kids to sleep, and even with my mom's help, ended with a nightime drive when Pete got home :) so anyway, Pete took off friday and we went to the pumpkin patch!! We had a great time, except that it was like 100 degrees...what happened to the beautiful fall weather? but the boys were super excited anyway and each got to pick out a little pumpkin and a tiny one for Emmy.

here is Lucas trying to pick up "the great pumpkin"....we have been watching charlie brown and the great pumpkin.
there was a hay bale maze that the boys loved running through....
and then a corn maze.....
and the boys taking a short cut through the corn stalks....
and a tractor wagon ride!
the day ended with the best nap drive ever.....we decided to go stop at disneyland and get our passes for this year! and we were so excited for the boys to wake up and realize where we were.....but as it turns out it was not the best day to go to disneyland. the parking garage was having repairs done and so we had to park out in some lot far away.... the buzz lightyear lot.....and take a bus to the park but it was like 100 degrees still and took an hour to get there and I was not too happy at the happiest place on earth. But the boys were ecstatic!! so we got an ice cream and rode the monorail.....and then left... which is the beauty of having a pass. only to board the bus and have it break down on the way back to parking lot with 3 very hungry and tired toddlers(steph and mason were there too). so seriously the main point is never park in the buzz lightyear lot!!!

out and about!

2009-09-18T21:38:00.001-07:00

Here is what I look like these days. The boys in the stroller and Emmy in the wrap.....let me just say that it takes a lot of work to get out of the house with 3 tiny kids by myself. I have successfully made it out 3 times so far. Once to Lucas and Emmy's checkup at the doctor, once to Target, and above is us out at the Arboretum. And so far so good. I am getting more confident, but it takes a lot of packing and preparation to get out the door at exactly the right time after Emmy has eaten, get everyone in the car, drive, get everyone out of the car and into the stroller (and wrap) and into wherever we are going with enough snacks and drinks to last the entire trip, and then timing it right again after Emmy eats, back to the car to pack everything back up, drive and hopefully make it home without too much fussing.....it makes me tired just thinking about. I am going to bed.

7 weeks old!

2009-09-18T21:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Emmy the last few weeks....she is smiling all the time and just last night started to roll already. She is a very happy baby....she sleeps alot of the time but when she is awake she is smiling at her brothers..... and they still adore her! She has them wrapped around her little finger.

here are the boys helping give Emmy a bath...and here are the boys....being cute after running around in their capes!

so long sweet summer!

2009-09-18T20:07:00.001-07:00

Since we could stand on our front lawn and see the flames burning the mountain at the top of our street and everywhere around us was evacuated because of how bad the smoke was......we decided to take a last vacation for summer up to the clean, fresh air of Big Pine where my dad lives. The boys were really excited because my dad has a big rv trailer that they have been dying to sleep in and here was our chance. We got to stay in it all week and have all sorts of adventures during the day. We had such a great time.
Here we are fishing! Ewan and Lucas both really loved fishing for about 10 minutes....which is actually a pretty long time. They liked sitting on the little wall and holding the pole...they liked when a nice lady brought us a little container of live worms( see below) that they took out and carried around everywhere... then Ewan took all the red balls of bait and threw them into the little pond one at a time....and then Lucas joined in not wanting to be left out on feeding the fish. Needless to say we did not catch any fish, but the boys had lots of fun "fishing"

They also loved playing in this stream.....even though it was freezing and Lucas kept saying it was "cold like ice"....they got soaking wet everyday from splashing all around and loved every second!We also went swimming in a natural hot springs which was nice and warm with a fountain in itand visited a really cool old train museum set up like an old town...the boys love their trains!!We fed carrots to horses down the street....And made a few trips into Bishop otherwise known as "town" to feed ducks at a park and we also got to go the the fair which was alot of fun and the boys got to ride some big trucks around the track all by themselves and thought it was the best thing ever...they keep asking to go back and do it again! And Emmy pretty much slept through all of it!!! (the whole vacation)

two years old!

2009-08-27T20:57:00.001-07:00

Our little Lucas is now a two year old!! It is hard to believe that it has already been two years since our precious little boy was born and our lives have never been the same. He is the sweetest little boy whose smile lights up the whole room , he loves to sing and dance and adores his big brother "Mikey" and his little sister "Elliet". He loves to share everything he has with his mommy and daddy and if he ever gets a treat he always makes sure his brother has one too. And he is such a little ham always making us laugh!! He loved blowing out candles and got to have candles on all of his food during the day....but if he had candles he made sure we were singing Happy Birthday every time. I think we sung it 3 times before we actually ate his cake.....he kept saying, "again, again" after he blew out his candles. And he got in a couple more rounds of Happy Birthday before he went to bed.

He had a wonderful day starting with Mickey Mouse waffles and then presents and a tractor cake! Happy Birthday Lucas!

Here is his baby sister.....she slept through his whole party.
And here are some of his presents......his very own tricycle which he is very excited about and a lawnmower that all the boys are a fan of...it blows bubbles.

three weeks old!

2009-08-22T21:22:00.000-07:00

it is hard to believe that our sweet baby girl is already 3 weeks old. she is already growing out of her little newborn suits and starting to like her baby gym and getting used to her brothers making lots of noise and jumping all around everywhere. so far she has been really calm and sleeping alot but when she is awake she is very alert and wanting to look around at everything. we have had a very crazy and chaotic and also fun and wonderful three weeks.....

here she is in her gym...with her brothers making sure to show her everything in it....they are such good brothers! ...her favorite is the ladybug so far.
isn't that the sweetest picture ever?
...and of course it wouldn't be right to end the post without some pictures of the boys in their boots. this is first thing in the morning....but lucas has also gotten out of bed at night, put on his boots by himself and crawled back into his bed. They love their boots!! I hope they don't outgrow them too soon. I don't know what we will do!

rock and roll!!

2009-08-22T20:52:00.000-07:00

So the boys went to their first rock and roll concert and it was pretty exciting!! They have these free concerts all summer long and one lucky wednesday just happened to be featuring none other than choo choo soul!!! The boys LOVE choo choo soul!!! It's like this hip hop kids music about trains and dancing and counting and all sorts of important things :) ...so the boys listen to them in the car and know all the words and when we used to have cable a long time ago, they would dance and go wild whenever choo choo soul would come on so needless to say they were excited!! Pete took them and Emmy and I stayed home which was good because he said it was really loud and all the kids were going wild dancing!! Here they are.....Genevieve and DC
here is Lucas dancing away.....and Ewan showing off his moves!
They both had so much fun that they came home all wired up and singing and asked Pete if they could go back the next night to see them again and were really disappointed when he told them they wouldn't be there.....so sad.

around the house!

2009-08-22T13:05:00.001-07:00

here are some pictures of the boys playing around the house that were just so cute i had to post them........above is the sweet baby sleeping in her favorite place...and below are her big brothers both smiling at the same time, which is pretty miraculous and they look so cute!

here is emmy all dressed up and wearing her new shoes from her Titi and laying in her new pink blanket from her grandma Carolyn. What a beautiful baby girl!!

here are the boys racing their pirate ships down the hall!!

the first week

2009-08-11T21:08:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from the first week around here.....Emmerson is doing great!!! She already gained back all her birthweght and a little bit extra by 5 days old....she's not a fan of sleeping at night so far, and she loves her brothers, and as you can see, they adore her and want to hold her all the time!!

Emmy in her first dress

all bundled up......this was Ewan's blanket I made on bedrest before he was born..

Lucas says "I'm big brother" and always wants to know where the baby is and what she is doing and loves to sing her a song before bed.....he is so sweet to her and it's really the cutest thing ever.

Ewan loves loves loves his baby sister. He is such a helper always checking on her and telling me what she is doing and also what she wants(or his ideas of what she wants). He loves to hold her and probably would all day if we let him. So we are having a great time.....a bit chaotic at times, but after all its only been a little over a week!

Emmerson Elliet

2009-08-03T13:34:00.000-07:00

here she is.......Emmerson was born at 5:48 am 7 lbs 11oz and 20 1/2 inches long!!! Here are some pictures of her first couple of days.....

our whole family.....the boys just absolutely adore their baby sister!

swim lessons for Lucas!

2009-06-29T21:06:00.001-07:00

Lucas got to do his first swim lessons with his daddy this year on Saturday mornings......he had so much fun and so did Pete...it doesn't hurt that the pool is heated. Lucas loves the water and was really good at trying everything out. He especially loved wearing a nemo swim diaper....he as so proud and told everyone " I wear nemo". Also his favorite phrase right now is "I did it" so he says this after everything he does.....here he captured a duck.

...............here he is saying cheese for his picture....

...............here he is blowing bubbles...he is very good at this, him and Ewan practice this in the bath every night.

..............pop goes the weasel....this is his favorite!

..........and swimming with daddy.

painting and trains!!

2009-06-27T20:20:00.000-07:00

Here is the train we built and painted......as you can see below, the boys loved it. They love trains and had so much fun painting!

Lucas got really excited and crawled into the train while it was still wet!

Ewan really wanted red hair too...so he painted it himself!

Boots go with everything!!

2009-05-26T21:08:00.000-07:00

They are perfect to play trains in.....

to stomp on the floor in.......

they work with plain clothes......

when you are trying to be a doctor........

or even a fire chief!............. pretty much everything!!

Water Fun and Pete's birthday!

2009-05-26T20:46:00.000-07:00

Here are the boys eating watermelon before Pete's birthday BBQ with some friends. He requested carne asada, homeade salsa and guacamole and Pacifico......and for dessert homeade ice cream(not in the baggies....in an ice cream maker) It was delicious! Ewan and Lucas love birthdays and were so excited to celebrate and help open presents.

Here is Ewan doing a superman slide. You will notice they are both wearing matching swimsuits and shirts.......that is because they picked out matching shark shorts....they both love matching each other.......and they are so cute!

Here goes Lucas!

The boys love their pool.......they had a great time at their daddy's birthday....sorry no pictures of the birthday boy.....maybe next time.

making ice cream!

2009-05-26T20:25:00.000-07:00

Our friends came over and helped us make some ice cream! you put all the ingredients into baggies with ice and rock salt and SHAKE! SHAKE! SHAKE!

STILL SHAKING!

the boys got tired of shaking after awhile....you have to shake for like 10 minutes, which is a really long time and freezing on your hands.....so I ended up doing alot of shaking too!

But it turned out delicious! Both boys made sure to get every last drop!

We LOVE ice cream!!

Firehouse Day!

2009-05-26T20:00:00.000-07:00

we went to the firehouse day and the boys had a lot of fun. Lucas really loves firetrucks or "woo woo's" right now. They got to climb all over the firetrucks and ambulances, got a little firehat and free orange punch and popcorn.....what could be better?
Ewan says that "boys don't like having their picture taken" and Lucas agrees.
Lucas trying on the fireman pants and boots.........he was really excited because he loves boots!
And here is Ewan with one of the guys helping him into the pants.

Cheeeeese!!!

2009-05-04T20:36:00.001-07:00

Lucas is loving two things alot right now.....his rain boots(which he likes to wear all the time....even to bed as you can see) and also saying cheese for his picture to be taken! He takes it very seriously!!

Even More Birthday Fun!!

2009-05-04T20:17:00.000-07:00

We also went down to Balboa for the day last weekend.....we rented one of these surreys and had so much fun...Pete did all the work and the boys and I just rode around but they loved it!! Lucas kept calling it a "woo woo" for firetruck..because it kind of looks like the really old firetrucks that we saw at Olvera St the day before. They rang the bell the whole time and put on a big show waving and saying hi to everyone they saw....and everyone saying how cute they were was encouraging them even more.....all in all it was alot of fun!

We rode the carousel....got chocolate dipped balboa bars with sprinkles....(picked by the boys) and Ewan and Pete rode the ferris wheel while Lucas and I waved to them....Ewan loved it! He was so excited about the whole day and he keeps talking about going back to ride the bike and the ferris wheel again! And Lucas keeps talking about the "woo woo". We also took our car across the ferry....which was very exciting!

birthday fun!!

2009-05-04T19:02:00.000-07:00

We went on some fun adventures to celebrate my 30th birthday last weekend!! Here we are at Olvera St....Lucas is celebrating by eating a big churro with his daddy! We rode the train or the "choo choo" down to union station and walked around.....I got some really pretty earrings and the boys both got a little motorcycle. It was such a fun day!! I also ate lots of really good chocolate cake this whole weekend. Turning 30 is a great idea!
Waiting for the train to come.....
Ewan eating his churro to celebrate my birthday!
Lucas riding the "choo choo".....it is his favorite thing in the world right now.....He LOVES trains, well both boys do actually. They were so excited the whole day about taking a ride on it.
Both boys at Union Station....

superhero fun!

2009-04-18T20:58:00.000-07:00

The boys love dressing up in their costumes and flying around the house (and couch) and sometimes jumping off the couch onto the bean bag below. Lucas is really excited that he can fit into the buzz lightyear suit finally...he watched Ewan wear it for months....now he throws up both hands and yells something like "infin and bo" which is of course "to infinity and beyond!" And Ewan of course is teaching Lucas all his flying moves as Superman!

our garden...(and a black eye)

2009-04-18T20:43:00.001-07:00

I tried to get a picture of Ewan's first black eye...(it's a little hard to see in this picture, but it is definitely there)...but he told me that "boys don't like having pictures taken", so it was hard to get too close. He fell at this children's garden we were playing at and hit just the right spot and got a really big black eye that lasted almost a week.

Another fun thing we did during spring break was we planted our garden and we are really excited for it to grow. We planted tomatoes, basil, onions, zucchini, jalapeno peppers, cucumbers and bell peppers.....and a sunflower cave which is the circle in the background of the first picture of Ewan. So now we are just waiting till we can make fresh salsa and pesto!!! Ewan and Lucas both helped plant and go out with Pete every night to water the garden and the lemon tree.

Easter Fun!

2009-04-18T20:21:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of us at Easter. I think we had at least 5 egg hunts at our house and then a really long never ending one at Nonna's house(in which we kept sneaking eggs out of the baskets and re-hiding them) Both boys loved finding the eggs and kept wanting us to hide them over and over. After awhile all the treats were being eaten so they would shake the egg when they found it and if it had treats, they would put it in the basket and if it was empty, they would just throw it. Treats are the most important part after all! Oh and here is the belly at 23 weeks!

gymnastics!!

2009-04-12T20:26:00.001-07:00

Here are the boys at gymnastics! This is like heaven for them to run and jump off of everything and it is all padded. And the instructor is constantly commenting on how much they run and how fast they are.....which is true...they are both really fast! it is getting a little hard for me to keep up with them these days. Also, neither one of them has much fear...Ewan builds up huge towers to jump off of into the pit(the foam blocks) and Lucas jumps off right after him. The bad thing is they think its a great idea to try and do this at home.....i don't have any gray hair yet but i feel like i should.

fun at the beach!

2009-04-12T20:01:00.000-07:00

The boys LOVE the beach!! Love it and never want to leave. Ewan loves to play in the water....even in the winter and doesn't care if he is shivering....he would stay out there the whole time and hates getting out. Lucas doesn't like the cold, so as long as it is really warm he will go in, but otherwise he would just rather run around and dig. It is very hard to get a picture of Ewan standing still.....he is constantly running or jumping or moving. Good thing we don't live too far away...there will be many more beach trips to come!

brothers!

2008-11-14T19:05:00.001-08:00

here are the boys having so much fun playing together now. Ewan likes to "fly Lucas" around the house and they both love to pull their little trains. Lucas is practically keeping up with Ewan these days!(which is saying alot since he is a little bundle of energy)

Halloween

2008-11-14T18:55:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of Halloween pics of the boys. Ewan was Buzz Lightyear and Lucas a little lion. I am eating some free ice cream Ewan got while trick or treating in Old Town. They both had so much fun and Ewan really got the idea of trick or treat and ran around saying it to everyone and holding out his pumpkin.

happy first birthday lucas!

2008-08-23T19:36:00.001-07:00

here is the party...it was a beautiful morning at the park and Lucas had a wonderful time...he loved his cake and got it everywhere! and so did Ewan...he really loved his pony that his pop-pop made him, and had lots of fun playing with family and friends!(oh and I made those cakes...i am a cake decorator apparently!) Lucas really loves animals right now and can do lots of animal noises. Also he is almost walking...taking a few steps here and there and he talks all the time...he says about 25 words or so,(he is basically a genius), and he is the sweetest cuddliest baby boy always smiling and happy to see everyone!

happy summertime fun!

2008-08-23T19:18:00.000-07:00

here are some of what we've been up to.

camping

2008-08-23T15:47:00.000-07:00

here are a few of our camping adventures for the summer. here we are camping at beautiful bridgeport...we went hiking, playing in the river,ice cream, we had a fantastic time...we considered staying forever.

here we are at carpinteria...we love this beach and tidepools. and down below is big bear for our anniversary. happy 5 years to us!

...and we are back!

2008-08-23T15:14:00.001-07:00

we took off a couple of months or 6, but now we are back. this one is dedicated to jacquie parker bryant. Here are a few from the last part of the year up till the summer, (that is coming next)....here is the famous rocket cake for Ewan's 2nd birthday that he still asks for at every holiday, birthday and special occasion.

Here is Lucas growing...his little sniff he does is our favorite face and below his first taste of food...which he loved and learned the sign for more very quickly.

Here we are...Happy Easter and April, time to start going to the beach!

New Years Eve Party!

2008-01-01T22:29:00.001-08:00

Here is our wild New Years Eve Party! Drinking milk and watching Ratatouille! Pete is rocking Mason while Steph is sleeping in our room. I think Ewan made it to about 9:30 and Lucas only 8:00....they slept through the New Year. But Pete, Adam and Tyler walked down Allen to Colorado Blvd at Midnight to ring in the New Year. Everyone down there was going nuts and throwing tortillas and marshmallows and apparently Pete threw a marshmallow at a taxi, according to Tyler...he thought it was a good one.

Delaynie

2008-01-01T22:25:00.001-08:00

we had so much fun meeting Delaynie, who is for now the only girl in the family. we had five babies among us, it was a little crazy, but lots of fun. Tyler and Ewan trying to play with Delaynie's walker. look at lucas all bundled up and snuggly.

More Snow!

2008-01-01T22:05:00.001-08:00

We took a trip to the snow up in bishop and mammoth and also to meet Anna's cousin's little girl, Delaynie, who is six months old. Here is the frosty chalet in lone pine. it is closed now, but when I was a little girl it used to be our favorite stop and whenever we drove this way we would get chocolate covered ice cream cones and play in the river.

Here are Pete and Ewan sledding and Ewan trying to walk in the snow. He kept getting stuck because it was so deep. There is Stephanie with Mason trying to walk in the snow.

Uncle Adam and Tyler sledding down the hill. And Lucas is worn out and taking a little nap. Ewan kept saying "more snow"...he loved sledding and didn't want to stop.

Best Christmas Ever!

2008-01-01T21:44:00.001-08:00

we had so much fun this Christmas...Ewan had so much fun opening all the presents. He wanted to look at each one after he opened it and take it out and play with it before we moved to the next one. Lucas had fun watching it all, and getting decorated! He loved his presents too, but he will love them all more in a couple of months. For now, Ewan is showing him how to use them.

Ewan's two favorite things were his dump truck and his little Rocket that can go in the bathtub with him. he kept loading up all his toys into the back of the truck, driving them and dumping them out...such a fun game. he wore himself out so we only made it halfway through the presents before he needed a nap.

Here we are opening up presents at Nonna's house....tickets to Disneyland is what Anna has, and Ewan a train. below is a picture of them in their stockings.

Christmas Eve Christmas!

2008-01-01T21:19:00.001-08:00

Here is Mason looking cute in his little Christmas suit! and Lucas looking adorable too!

Here we are at Grandpa Keith(pop-pop) and Grandma Dawna's for Christmas...Ewan played with this little pop gun all day that was my dad's when he was little. We all had a great time. we had Lucilles BBQ for dinner and it was amazing! we love that place.

Here is Ewan's new tricycle....it really goes without saying that this is his favorite thing ever!...you should have seen the look on his face when he saw it! and then he wanted to go and ride it immediately, and he wanted Lucas to try it out too! And he doesn't even mind wearing the helmet, since it has Thomas the Train on it.

Ewan loved opening presents this year. He took his job very seriously and tried to get all of the wrapping paper off the present before he saw what it was. Here he is in a little chair that he got...he wanted Lucas to try it out too! and then into their "train suits"....that is what Ewan calls them. He can hardly stand to be out of it. Whenever he has to get dressed in the morning, he says " more train suit"....and then he read his favorite book this year, Room For a Little One, with Nonna and the Night before Christmas with Pop-Pop.

christmas trees!

2008-01-01T21:10:00.001-08:00

we decided to make christmas cookies...Ewan really likes playing with the dough and cutting out the shapes...his favorite was the christmas tree, of course. he tasted the dough and spit it out, but couldn't get enough of the frosting, which is a secret delicious recipe! we made cookies for the people that work at the gas station (pete made friends with them while Anna was pregnant and he wasn't allowed to make coffee because it made her sick, so he would get coffee next door at the gas station) and also for Grandpa Keith and Grandma Dawna, and PapaDoll.

the only thing that would have made the whole thing better was if we had a dishwasher!
But the cookies were delicious!

christmas box

2008-01-01T21:04:00.001-08:00

Grandma Margo and Grandpa Bobbo sent down some presents for the boys in this box...I think that the box with all the packing peanuts was the best present, he had so much fun with it!

Festival of Lights!

2008-01-01T20:53:00.000-08:00

Here is Ewan in his rain boots that he loves. He even insisted on wearing his rain boots to look at the lights in griffith park. We were going to drive to see the Festival of Lights, but Lucas doesn't like the dark or being in his car seat so we decided to walk instead...we got all bundled up(it is actually cold down here at night) and went to see the Christmas lights. It was way more fun to walk the whole strip of lights because they play Christmas music and lots of families are out walking, and you can take your time and see it all. If you stay in your car it takes like two or more hours of stop and go and you can't hear the music. Ewan loved the lights and kept talking about them the whole time, and even Lucas was looking all around at them, till he fell asleep.

what we've been up to lately!

2008-01-01T20:01:00.000-08:00

Here is Ewan having a snack and Lucas taking a nap....Ewan really likes to pick his own clothes now, and this is one of his favorite things to wear...Elmo!..so you may see it in alot of pictures.

another trip to kidspace...this time with Nonna! Ewan loves floating the boats down the river, and this time he helped water some of the plants that are growing there. (kids get to help plant different plants in the spring and then come and water and watch them grow.)...and of course the tricycles! He isn't pedaling all on his own yet, so he likes when we ride him around.

rain and snow!

2007-12-04T22:51:00.001-08:00

Here is Ewan playing in the rain. He had such a fun time getting soaked and splashing around, as you can tell. He kept saying "it's pouring". Now he just needs some rain boots.

Here we are on our retreat with our church at Twin Peaks...we had such a fun time and our speaker was Brennan Manning, who was amazing to hear in person. It was freezing and it snowed a little...Ewan kept saying, "cold outside".

First I would like to say that I know that these pictures make us look like flatlanders playing in a patch of snow, but
Ewan loves the snow! He didn't want to leave even though it was freezing outside and he ran Pete around till he was practically frozen, he was still saying, "more snow". Below is Lucas smiling because we stayed in the warm car and watched! And at least it wasn't on the side of the road or anything.

A dangerous job but someone has to do it!

2007-12-04T22:28:00.001-08:00

Adam and Pete putting up the Christmas lights...that ladder Pete is standing on is the dangerous part...

Here are all the cousins playing in Mason's Einstein gym...Mason is not too happy, but Lucas is having a great time...he is already starting to move into 6 month clothes at only 3 months...he is a big baby!

Thankful For Corn!

2007-12-04T21:55:00.001-08:00

Here are Steph, Adam and Mason on their first day home. And here is Pop-Pop flying Lucas. Ewan's favorite phrase the whole day was "Uncle Brian" He ran through the house all day saying it and he is still saying it.

Here is Pete relaxing with Lucas...both of them have a drink, and Ewan getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner! We all said what we were thankful for and when it was Ewan's turn, we asked what he was thankful for? and he said, "Corn", and he really was, he ate alot of corn! His favorite things besides corn were his dad's "famous sweet potatoes", and cranberries. He kept saying,"mmmmmm"!

fun with dad!

2007-11-25T22:57:00.000-08:00

Here we are on Pete's day off... Lucas snuck into Ewan's basket for awhile. Then we went hiking at the Rose Bowl and played on the stage in the park.

we stopped in at kidspace to play for awhile...Ewan is a natural rockclimber!

Happy Tree Decorating day!

2007-11-25T22:34:00.000-08:00

Here is our 'Griswald family christmas tree on the car' picture....I have to admit I had my doubts that it would make it home without flying off the car, but Pete's knot tying pulled through and we made it! Ewan was so excited to pick out a tree and when it went on the car he couldn't believe it and when it got to come in the house he was so excited he could hardly stand it! He kept running around saying "Christmas Tree!" over and over and laughing. He loved the ornaments and he thinks Lucas is an elf! And also he thinks that the word "tree" automatically comes after Christmas....so anytime he hears the word Christmas, he says "tree".

Lucas is joining in the fun too...and here is our beautiful tree. which I think we may be redecorating daily...as you can see below, after we were done, Ewan thought it would be fun to take the ornaments off the tree to decorate Lucas!

He's Finally Here!

2007-11-25T22:17:00.000-08:00

Our nephew is so cute...and the biggest baby so far. Mason Christopher Plost was born Tuesday November 20 at 4:52 pm (which was the exact same time as Ewan) 8lbs 5oz 22 inches long.(and he was 3 weeks early) Ewan loves him, when he was born we looked at him through the nursery window and he kept saying "him born"....he was really excited! Poor Stephanie had to have a c-section after 27 hours of labor, but she is doing great! And Mason is adorable as you can tell!

Here he is with his cousin...below you can see Lucas grabs his hand...they love each other already!

22 months!

2007-11-25T21:48:00.000-08:00

Here we are after nap time...in the rocker! both boys really like to cuddle after their naps! And then Ewan showing his Dad how to eat out of a bowl the proper way. He is saying lots of phrases these days....some of his favorites are "Nonna's house, Mommy's car, Daddy's car, and Hi Lucas!"...and he has added some more descriptions of Lucas....besides "him crying" and "him night-night", there is "him happy", "him starving", and "him talking!" He is becoming quite a little talker! It is very fun.

here is Ewan in his favorite place to sit with his bear. And having some more fun with his pudding. And if you can't read his shirt, it says, "What happens at Grandma's, STAYS at Grandma's!"

Almost 3 months!

2007-11-23T19:50:00.000-08:00

Here he is...smiling away! He is a very happy baby, just like Ewan. And he loves his bath.

Here is Lucas playing in his gym and talking to the star on the top...he loves to kick and make lots of noise!

a trip to the Fres...

2007-11-23T14:24:00.001-08:00

Here are some pics from Fresno. We went up to visit Grandma and Grandpa Newlove, Aunt Renee and Uncle Dave...and also our friends Chip and Tara and their 3 boys....Eli, Ty, and Miles....who are below. We always have so much fun at their house. He loves to run around with all those boys.

Ewan liked our trip to Fresno or "No-No" as he calls it. He had a good time playing with his aunt and uncle.

Here we are at the park...Ewan had fun running around and blowing bubbles at the park.

Here we are at the Hendersons. Ewan and Jack Maxwell are playing motorcycles. Pretty soon Ewan and Lucas will both be able to join in all the wrestling.

first trip to kidspace!

2007-11-17T15:27:00.000-08:00

Ewan got his Christmas present from Nonna a little early this year...a pass to the kidspace museum in Pasadena. It is such a great childrens museum and Ewan LOVES it! There is so much for him to play with and he can just run wild all over the place. We went with our playgroup so these are his friends...Aidan and Kaylin (who has a crush on him) Here are some pictures of him having a ball! You might notice he changes shirts 3 times...that's because if I can pry him away from the tricycles for a minute, he especially likes all the activities that have water!

Happy Birthday Auntie!

2007-11-17T15:03:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from her party...her pick this year was pizza! homeade pizza and gelato....ciaccolato of course...and Ewan drawing on his chalkboard with Papadoll...who he calls Poppo.

Here is Ewan doing one of his favorite things...walking Jack with Nonna!

pudding fun!

2007-11-08T20:37:00.000-08:00

Here are some of Lucas wide awake in his bassinett and Ewan playing with his pudding...he is having a grand time fingerpainting in his highchair! Lucas had his 2 month appointment and is growing very well! Already almost 13 lbs...he is in the 75th percentile for his age. He is a big boy!

trick or treat!

2007-11-03T12:33:00.000-07:00

Here is the little monkey! And the little pumpkin! Even Jack got dressed up as super dog! Ewan had a really fun halloween this year! He loved trick or treating and jumping around like a little monkey and his new favorite word is "treat", but he had even more fun afterward when we passed out candy to all of the trick or treaters who came to the door!

Here we are before we go out and get candy! The boys are having a little pre-trick or treat party with one of PapaDoll's brewski's! Pete dressed up for school as Tom from myspace, since all of his kids in the class tell him that is who he looks like...they loved it! Look how cute our little pumpkin is! He had a nice nap through the whole thing.

Here are our pumpkins... we are really proud of them! Our pumpkin is the pirate ship, which Anna and Ewan carved. Auntie Steph carved the window with the cat, pumpkin and spider, and Uncle Adam carved the headless horseman!

Here we are going trick or treating with Auntie Steph and Uncle Adam! Everyone loved the little monkey and he really loved trick or treating...he kept saying, "more, more" after each house! He tried to say trick or treat, but mostly it was just "treat!"

Pumpkin Palooza!

2007-10-28T21:51:00.000-07:00

Here we are at the Pumpkin Palooza at Descanso Gardens. It was so much fun, Ewan got to ride on a train and sit on a whole bunch of vintage tractors and pretend to drive. He had a grand time as you can tell! We even got to go on a hayride, which happened to be the very last one, as the tractor that was pulling us broke down halfway through, but it was still very fun and Ewan got to play in the hay, which he loved. Pete carried Lucas in the bjorn and he slept through the whole thing. Ewan loved the pumpkin palooza since it had 3 of his favorite things...trains, tractors and pumpkins, and he talked about them all day!

Here are some of Anna and Lucas. We finally got a picture of Lucas smiling!

Here we are carving our halloween pumpkin. Ewan wanted a happy face pumpkin. He learned a new word that the he really liked...slimy. He kept picking up the seeds and calling them slimy. All in all our pumpkin turned out great!

Ewan and Lucas!

2007-10-28T15:31:00.001-07:00

Ewan loves to play in all of the toys and stuff we use for Lucas! Here he is playing in the bassinett, and then for a quick ride on his fire truck, which he also loves! Any siren we hear is a fire truck, which happens alot since we live right down the street from a fire station!

Here is a picture of our double stroller...it is actually a sit and stand stroller, so Ewan's seat comes off and he can stand up, since he hates being confined in anything these days. And a picture of Lucas all snuggled up in Anna's wrap. He loves to be carried in the wrap whenever we go anywhere. He just curls up and goes right to sleep! Ewan loves to hold his baby brother and give him lots of hugs and kisses and always tells us if he is crying or asleep by saying "him crying" or "bubba night night". He also likes to help give him a bath!

Lucas loves to sit in his little bouncy seat that his Nonna got him because he is already so curious and wants to look around at everything...he is a little nosy parker! He has already been cooing and smiling for the last couple of weeks and we think he looks alot like Anna in his eyes. He is a very mellow baby and doesn't really cry alot, plus so far he is a much better sleeper than Ewan, which just goes to show that some babies sleep well through the night and some don't!

The Next Picasso

2007-10-28T14:26:00.001-07:00

Ewan really is an artist and loves to color all the time. He already knows all of his colors and we are pretty sure his favorite color is green. He was so proud of his first wall art!

Here are some pictures of us visiting Travel Town. Ewan absolutely loves trains, or "choo-choo's" as he calls them. He loved climbing all over the trains and walking on the track. And we rode the little train...he was in heaven!

Here is Ewan playing in our front room.

Hiking

2007-10-28T14:17:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures of us hiking in the mountains above Altadena. Ewan loves to hike and look for sticks and squirrels!