Monterey

I have a few posts to play catch up with, so here is the first...
Even though the long car rides on this trip with this kid who HATES HATES HATES his car seat were pretty nerve racking, the trip itself was a lot of fun with lots of beautiful things to see. We got to stop to see Julia and Bryan's place in LA, then in Santa Barbara to take a quick break, then in San Luis Obispo to see Brittnat and catch some dinner, and finally to Monterey. These were taken at Point Lobos and on a drive to big sur.

Tuckers first sailing trip! It was a gorgeous day and we had a great time on the bay. Dolphins swimming by us, lots of life out there. It was a nice way to end the trip.

San Diego + Al & Britta's Wedding

OK, so this is a bit late, but here it is nevertheless. And I am kind of keeping this as a journal, so I figured better to keep it all in here. Yes, we went to see the Prigmores for a day and it was soo fun. Jaime was just about ready to pop and it was so fun to see them. Doug and Choob got along just great and Doug even taught him the 'tongue sticking out towards the floor means you're dead' trick. hours of fun. I hope all is going better with Choobs actual new sister Lainey (YaY!) because when we were there he was not impressed with Tucker and said dismissively, "I'm done with him" after looking at him for a few seconds! Jaime definitely has her hands full :) Off to the aquarium for a bit after and everyone got eaten by a shark and Tucker totally covered doug in puke. it was awesome. and he even fell asleep in his car seat on the way. nothing special to most of of you, but to me, it was a small miracle.







"i have a little something in my tooth"

Then we met up with everyone at Mission Beach where Dave rented a house and it was chaos and fun to see everyone for big Al and Britta's wedding. We rode bikes and went for a run and the boys rented out the Wave House (standing wave) for Al's fantastic bachelor party and we all got to watch. and the funniest thing is that they all thought they would be totally awesome and they could barely stand. it was sooo fun. Erin did a long post on her blog, so if you want to see more pictures from this lovely occasion, check it out here.

Almost as fun as it was just to be together and hang out with Richie and Erin and the little baby in her tummy, which I am so excited for. They were great to have around and even better that they loved to help out with Tucker. So nice.


The anticipation... getting a little bit nervous.

So fun to see the cousins. I loved that I came back from somewhere and Tucker was gone from the bed and Kaity said she just wanted to hold him. I love that she loves him too :) Gio was doing some amazing work with legos while we were there and zeke was so cute with baby tucker. and lily kept trying to poke tucks eyes out while saying 'bebe'. it was really so fun.

And we didn't get any pictures at all of the wedding, but check out Kaity's post for some more. It was a beautiful wedding and they really did look amazing and oh so happy.

Cassie's Baby Shower

While we were in UT, Alli and Cassie's friend Danielle threw a baby shower for Cassie and it was pretty fun. The food was oh so delicious, lots of fun friends and family, so many cute gifts and a few games. Fun was had by all I hope.


So fun to see some old faces from Hawaii. Jess lent Tucker the hat you'll see in the next post. She brought some of her son Charlies winter clothes over for Tucker. How nice.

And it was so fun to see Nancy and baby Van and Miss Heidi and baby Oliver, who is apparently the perfect baby that just sits there and snuggles and relaxes. Van might be a bit more like Tucker! Sorry Nance!

Cassie's beautiful sister-in-law Amy and cutie pie niece Avery.

Brit (without the baby, another sis-inlaw is Quins mom from the other post whose hand tuck was trying to suck off :) and Cassie's friend Megan with a very sweet sleeping baby.


Quite a feast we had.


Avery was the perfect little helper and kept things moving right along.





Uncle Chris with Tuck after a long day, and the cutest little hat that Amy made for baby Thompson. Going to have to get one of those for Tucker when we go back in a few weeks! She has a company Loopty Loo Designs, so go check it out if you think the hat is adorable too :)

So glad I got to be here for this. It was a great day :)

giggling fool

For some reason he thought I was hilarious tonight. And he was making me crack up too. It was a pretty fun weekend with him. We visited friends on Saturday, went swimming with no tears much to daddy's delight. Fun in the bath and shower. Nice relaxing time on the carpet with his cozy blankets. Fun bike ride on Sunday, and no tears in the car ride up to north shore, and being pretty stinking cute and hilarious tonight, just making face and being funny. We're pretty much totally in love with this kid. It's official.


I come over from doing dishes tonight to find this going on.

He does this thing were he sucks his bottom lip and I totally love it.


He's got some pretty funny faces lately.

And can be seen like this many times a day. While we were in UT his love for soft, silky blankets was realized.

toes

We really love this little buddy. He started noticing and being able to reach his feet a few weeks ago. Last week he started being a total thumb sucker and hasn't been into his toes quite as much, but it is a pretty cute phase. Sometimes his feetie pjs get so soaked I have to change them before bed. That also might have something to do with him being the most slobbery baby alive.

missing

Sometimes I really miss these girls. Cute Terrie and wonderful Heidi (who is also very cute). Being married is cool, but I was really blessed with having some fantastic friends to live with during my single years. I just came across this picture and I started really missing them. The best roommates a girl could have while living in town. Terrie, who never minded doing the dishes (how amazing is that) and so much fun to hang around with, and Heidi who took total care of me and both made delicious cinnamon oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. And I can't believe how much has changed in the 2 years since this lovely wedding. 1 more wedding and 3 awesome babies. How exciting. And I really wish that we all lived together still so we could be mom's together. Burbank and Germany are really just too far away sometimes.