The Ritz Carlton

Thanks to Holli-Aynn we got to spend the night at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Nigel where she works and it was completely amazing. We had this ridiculously awesome suite that was humongous and all marble and the bed was so comfy. The Holli made sure we got the royal treatment and we totally. I was loving that they crib they brought came with cute bedding and kit with a bunch of baby bath products and a nightlight and a bunch of stuff. We had an ocean view from all of our 3 balconies and was so beautiful. Julia and Bryan live close by so we invited them to hang out and relax a few days before Julia popped! The hotel was having their big Christmas Tree lighting ceremony and it was real fun to be there for that.



And Davey was so tired so we left him sleeping upstairs in his awesome crib.


The big balcony at sunset.




Don't mind the glasses. The only bummer about this trip was the pink eye I got that day that lasted 2 weeks. So annoying.



Checking out the tree after some cookies and hot choclate


Julia and Bry ordered pizza to the hotel for dinner. Delicious.


Headed down to the pool and the hot tub for a bit.


Cutie pies.


Tuck was loving hanging out with Uncle Bryan




Then we walked around the hotel at night and checked it out and hung out with Holli at the front desk and ate the salt water taffy they have there and gorged on some evening chocolates she scrounged for us :)



The day before we had run into some old friends at church and Doug ended up going out surfing with Mark in the morning. They had a great time. Fun to see Mark again.


Relaxing in our comfy bed in the morning while dad surfed.


Jules being an awesome mom while I was somewhere at CVS trying to get my pink eye meds.




Then we said goodbye to Jules and Bryan and made Holli come back to the hotel on her day off :) Tuck had fun at the beach.




Tucker pulling Holli everywhere he goes.










I went upstairs to check on Davey and this is what happens down there.




















And when dad's watching him.


We even had sparkling cider delivered to our room with a special treat.


When we finally got kicked out around 3:30pm, and we really waited until we got kicked out, we got to go check out Holli's house and then raced to the rainbow outlet, which had just closed, so we headed to the harbor and it was cold and beautiful.





Thanks Holli-Aynn for making this happen. It was soooo fun to see you and get to see your new life that you ditched us for. We love you!

San Diego

This Thanksgiving was super crazy and super fun. We stopped in San Diego to break up the flight to NY and visited a few friends we haven't seen in way too long. Got in super late Friday night, Tuck was totally freaked out by some huge orangoutang mural on the building near the car rental place and said "no orangoutangs" about a hundred times the rest of that trip.  Of course Doug and Al kept reminding him about them. They are nothing if not helpful.

Jaime got us free San Diego Zoo passes and Al and Britta (are awesome and let us stay with them) only live about 5 minutes from there. It was pretty fun, even on a few hours sleep and no naps to be had.

Starting the day off with Jaime and Alisa. So fun to see them again with all their little rugrats. Actually, theirs are already getting so big, I'm behind in the game.




You should have seen us with all those strollers and kids running around. What a fun stage of life this is...



Holli-Aynn and her friend came to hang out with us too. We just love Holli.



Tuck mainly just wanted to push the stroller around the whole time. Sometimes this kid is maddening.



The elephant display was my favorite I think, and Tucks. Jaime told me it was state of the art. She should know she was a tour guide there. So fun going with her. She knows all the details.









checking out the polar bear was pretty cool.



Tuck loved this helicopter.



Davey just loves himself a handful of hair.



They love her.



Brotherly love.









Tuck insisted on taking this back and I'm glad he did. Doug was about to make us see every inch of that place and we were going on not much sleep and pretty much no food. Doug doesn't need to eat, pretty much ever. Luckily Casey and Holli wouldn't stand for it after 4pm.



Yay for San Diego Zoo. We finished the night off at In-n-Out and it was so delicious. Thanks for the tickets Prigmore's and Eag. And thanks for coming down to see us Holli and Casey!

past due.

Baby Davey is already 3 months and I haven't done a single post about just him. So here goes. He is such a great baby. At his 7 week appointment he was 11.5lbs and ??inches. He is a pretty good sleeper, only wakes up once or sometimes twice during the night and usually goes right back to sleep.

And now he's 4 months. How did everything get so crazy around here? He has been crawling around, well, he can get where he wants. I think I feel one of his bottom teeth coming in, and he is a crazy drooler sometimes and chews on everything. He is a pretty good sleeper, kind of. Still wakes up twice a night but it's ok as long as he goes right back to bed. Takes about 2, 2 hour naps a day, sometimes three and goes to bed around 6:30 to 7:30 and wakes up around 5:30 to 7:00. Early mornings around here but it's nice to be able to have some time with just Tuck in the evening and hands free to get dinner ready. Davey is pretty happy in the mornings and after naps. Wakes up so nice. Just gave him a bit of rice cereal because he seems like he is starving sometimes and I just can't keep up with him. He is loving this little bouncy thing we have for him so that's a good 10 minutes of play. He loves to follow his brother around, who sometimes loves it and sometimes not so much. He's starting to love being thrown up in the air, and loves seeing himself in the mirror, and loves being played with. He can grab his toes and tries to suck on them. much more flexible than Tucker ever was, but that's not saying much. Trying to rub his cradle cap off I just took off a stripe of his hair on the top, which is coming in pretty blond. He hates being on his back and when you try to change his diaper he is constantly arching and trying to roll away. He does that in the stroller now and when you try to get him in the car seat, which he also does not like very much at all. He's getting pretty good at sucking his thumb and it works like magic when he does. He can sit ok in the bumbo and loves to walk around outside with me and watch the kids play. He mostly loves the ocean and we are all pretty much in love with him.

And now he's 5 months, almost 6. And he's crawling around no problem. Doug and I found him yesterday in his crib standing up, now he is pulling himself up on everything. He's a pretty strong little guy. And he can take it from Tucker most of the time. Tuck is so cute with him, when the mood strikes him. He goes up next to him and lays down and puts his arm around him. I love it. And he's also loving cheering him on while Davey's trying to crawl or climb on something. Still working on letting the him touch his little bed or bucket of cars but we're getting there, slowly but surely. Davey is about 15lbs I think. He's pretty smiley and is in a pretty good mood lately. He started eating rice cereal and pizza crust and a few bananas and apples and pears and he's done great with everything. He has only been sick twice so far, and both times a runny/stuffy green nose, but no fever still. He is really just night and day of Tuck and for that I'm grateful. He wakes up so happy, you'll come in to find him just kicking or now pulling up with a big smile when he sees you. He will even just play around in his crib for a bit before falling asleep not freaking out. This is all new and amazing to me. He's still taking about 2 naps a day, and doesn't really sleep anywhere but his crib. He doesn't fall asleep on me ever. Except at night when I'm feeding him before bed. It's my favorite time with him. He's so relaxed and we get to cuddle together while he falls asleep. He's still waking up 2-3 times a night and gets up with Tuck around 6:30 for the day. When will I ever get a late sleeper?! We are loving this new addition and his amazing smile.

Well, there has been lots going on around here lately. "Yots" as Tucker would say. I hope we'll have time to catch up sometime. Until then the abbreviated version...

Richie and Erin were here this week. These are just a few of the pics from there camera. It was so fun as usual to have them here. Can't wait til they really move out here for realz because look how cute these kids are together. Tuck absolutely love Enos by the way. "Yoves him yots".

(Thanks to Erin and her awesome new iPhone for the pics!)