Weekend with Cousins!

this past weekend we spent having fun with our family. Grandma and Grandpa had all our family over to their house for a Stup-Egg-dous Celebration and Easter egg hunt! the kids also had fun chasing bubbles, decorating eggs and watching Uncle Chris's egg-bot decorate eggs. See how tired Alex and Rebecca were after such a fun afternoon! The following day, we went to Temecula to have lunch together at Masia de Yabar and then go on a wine tour of Miramonte Winery, courtesy of Tia Lisett and Tio Nick. See how much fun Alexander had playing with Nicky at Masia!

Butterfly Jungle on Safari

The butterfly exhibit opened at Safari Park this past weekend. We took our lil explorer on safari and saw SOO many butterflies in their special habitat.

Tea Party Shower

This past Saturday, Abuelita and Tia Suzi hosted a fabulous tea party to shower Olive (and mommy) with love and support. Mommy had such a wonderful time with family and friends at the Scarlett Room in Pasadena. We ate the most delicious scones and tea sandwiches and drank some flavorful teas. Mommy can't wait to go with Daddy and Alexander. Abuelita surprised everyone with a real tea leaf reader too (she's the one with the fancy big hat)! We had such a wonderful and memorable time. Thank you for the personalized favors with the really good teas and cute teapot cookies. It was all so nicely done and such a special event. Thank you very much Abuelita and Tia Suzi and to all our guests for the presents.

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Yesterday was our regular checkup. Everything is going extremely well. Olive continues with her advanced calisthenics and aerobics and seems to be growing on schedule. On a even more humorous note, while there, Dina made her "final" appointment on the 17th of April. We joked she should just book a room at the hospital since we'll probably be there on that day.

So mark your calendars.

H&H Baby Shower!

Today we celebrated Olive joining our family with a lil help from our friends at H&H! They were very generous showering us with the food, gifts, and good wishes.

a little cute.

last weekend uncle Tas and aunt Helen stopped by with some gifts for Olive. her first dresses! cuteness abounds.

frequent flyer

figured it was time he pulled his own weight.

jungles

a selection of some recent jungle creations.

architect

Valentine's Day (ahem Week)

This past week we enjoyed celebrating Valentine's Day throughout the entire week! Monday, daddy and Alexander made cute and fun heart animals to give to his secret valentine and teacher at preschool. Tuesday, mommy and Alexander made strawberry cake-pops, which daddy and mommy later decorated, to share with friends. Wednesday, Alex signed his V-day cards for school (with mommy & daddy's help). Mommy also received a special Valentine via "speedy delivery speedy delivery" (mail) from her favorite lil valentine. (Thank you preschool!) Thursday - Valentine's Day - was also daddy's first work day at the preschool! He had the best time with Alex and all the kids helping to make the Tunnel of Love. Alexander loved having daddy there all day, crawling through the tunnel and getting hugs. He also enjoyed his special V-day lunch from his secret Valentine and opening his V-day cards! Afterwards we had fun at the park with our Mom's Club V-Day party. Mommy surprised the boys and made reservations at a restaurant where Alexander behaved like a true gentlemen and we enjoyed a wonderful dinner together.

10 weeks and counting. or there about.

This week was a busy one for Olive. We had a follow up appointment with the ultrasound doctor to make sure everything has developed properly and Olive and mom passed with flying colors. Our little girl weighs a crushing 3lbs 11oz! After that we had our regularly scheduled appointment with the OB. Everything continues normally. And now we're moving to every other week for appointments!

On Sunday, mommy and daddy took a tour of the hospital again to reacquaint ourselves with the place. It was a good visit and helped daddy mentally prepare!

While on the maternity floor we found Alexander's star commemorating his birth.

corn on the cob?

yes please!

and we're back!

Mommy and daddy got to register this afternoon for some necessities (and goodies) for Olive! We're in our 7th month already. The 3 of us can't wait for Olive to join our family. If her movement and kicking is any indication of her excitement, then I think Olive's even more excited than us! Ha ha. Love our family.

dancing in the rain

the boy is gene kelly.

6 months and counting...

We had our 24-25 week checkup and everything is great. As with Alexander, this has been a quiet and uneventful pregnancy and we struggle to find things to talk with the doctor about. It's great!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Mike (@ NHM)

To celebrate Grandpa's birthday, we went with Grandpa, Abuelita, Tia Suzi's family and Tio Nick's family to the LA Natural History Museum! We saw the beautiful dioramas of animals from different areas, dinosaur fossils (even had a Dinosaur Encounter with a baby triceratops), living bugs and insects (including a millipede and hissing cockroach up close, which he would not touch), and gems and minerals. Alex also got to see under a microscope and through a telescope and binoculars!

preschool

Today Alexander started preschool. It was much harder for dad than it was for the boy. He was pretty excited. I was lucky to get a kiss and a hug!

science!

last day of science class! making cotton candy.