A Dream come true

My little man has been such a good sleeper lately, all night and two naps during the day. We're just getting to the point where I think he's ready to go to one nap but I don't think I'm ready to give up the nap myself. :) But he's just so cute when he sleeps, I love it.

Sadly enough, I only got one photo the night we had our Fam gathering and here it is. Ty absolutely LOVED Jeff and wanted to be in his arms all night. Such a sweet pair. :)

It's so hard for Erica and I to get together but in the last two weeks, we have been lucky enough to have had two fun hang out days where we just sat at my house and let the kids play. Here's Jack showing his great standing skills!

Look at all the fun we can have in the garage! :)

Not that I feel this by any way is the best photo of Erica and I, but Tatum took it and did a pretty good job!

And here's her photo of Jack! He's giving his "You want a piece of this!" look. :)

And here are the boys doing "boys" type things. Just sitting around. :)

Ty didn't want Jack to look too cute in the photo, hence the arm block. :)

Friday night was very special. Tatum, Daddy and I went to Mickey's Magic show!

The show was excellent, lots of wonderful characters, and quite a few princesses which had Tatum in a flurry.

Especially when the fairy Godmother turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown and the prince arrived to dance. So exciting!

Our little Cinderella.

And what's a show without some blue shaved ice in a Minnie Mouse cup! All in all, a wonderful night with Disney! And thanks to Lee for babysitting Ty so we could enjoy the show!

What a perfect San Diego weekend!

We had a really fun filled weekend in our own hometown. It started off with a trip down to our favorite park at the bay to see Erica and Jack. Look at these cute boys with their matching hats!

Getting a little shaded sand time!

I love Jack's little scowl, too cute!

Then we met our friends Mandy and Ellie at a fun park in La Jolla. Ty is such a big man now. He's climbing up on all the play equipment (which keeps me up and at attention) and loves to give these sweet looks. Love these chubby cheeks!

Then we kicked off Friday with a fun trip to Golf Galaxy where Tatum and Ty were playing a game of peek a boo in the golf bag section which ended in a game of dominoes (or almost all the bags knocked over!) After we cleaned that mess up, Daddy wanted to check out a club in the club section. Tatum, while thoughtfully explaining to Ty why one needs golf tees, walked right into a large club display, knocking down the sign and almost all the clubs! And on that note, we headed out (I'm sure they were happy to have us go) for dinner and to Baskin Robbins for dessert. Ty has taken a liking to ice cream and when he didn't get his own cup and let us all know how he felt about that, Tatum was nice enough to share her sherbet...

which he enjoyed immensely. :)

Sunday we hit up a Padres game and sat in the Bleacher section with lots of friends. We loved it! So much fun, lots of room for the kids,...

to hang with friends,...

and a sand pit! Gotta watch out for that flying sand though. :)

We thought it was quite funny when the workers came over and told some of our friends that we were not allowed to stand next to our children and we would have to return to our seats. We wanted to thank them for offering to baby sit our kids while we sit and drink but we were sure that's not what they meant so we sat on the wall of seats next to the sand box, luckily there was room. But strange request.

Here's Ty with his BFF Colin. These guys are so great together and getting so big! I love this pic of Ty, he looks like such a brute!

This guy came around asking the kids to throw a ball in his hat and if they made it, they got some tattoos. Tatum loved it!

On Labor Day we headed to the bay for some fun in the sun with some friends from out of town. But unfortunately, there wasn't much sun, it was actually a bit cold. But we still had lots of sand fun!

Tatum wore her suit and even took her cover up off and we walked way out to the water (must have been low tide) but when it came time to put her feet in, it was a big no.

Ty loved digging and playing in the sand. He loved knocking down Tatum's sand castle the most. Typical boy. :) Lots of fun for a Labor Day weekend!

Meeting old friends and new

Some friends I hadn't seen since high school came to town so I took the kids and we all met at the San Diego Zoo. Here's the baby panda lounging in a tree, so cute!

Tatum and the kids loved playing on the new equipment. Tatum's usually quite a cautious girl but she walked down and across this rope bridge on her own! I was impressed!

Here's Ty and Bridgit's daughter Charlotte enjoying the petting zoo. Ty LOVED it. So different from Tatum who won't be bothered to touch a dirty goat. :)

The high school girls: Catrina, Amy and Bridgit. So fun to see them again and introduce our little ones. Just wish we all lived closer and could do it more often!

Tatum's first day of preschool! OMG, how has 3 1/2 years gone by and this moment arrived?? She was just a tiny baby yesterday and here she is, ready for school!

We all took Tatum to her classroom where she got to hang her backpack on a hook, meet lots of new friends, sit on the butterfly on the circle time mat, and play dress up! Ty wanted to stay too. :)

Here's Tatum with our neighbor Anderson. We're so lucky to have the Bell's just down the street from us, wonderful family. Leslie and Anderson stop by in the morning and we all walk to school together, so fun!

And here's Tatum on the circle time mat. She's had two days of preschool already and she is hooked! Yesterday she said she rode a bike! My child has a hard time walking, let alone riding bikes so I'm not sure how this happened, but I'm so thankful for all the fun and experiences she's having and all the free time for me. :)

Look at that smile!

Mattie's baby brother came Sunday morning so while her parent's were busy in the hospital, Mattie got to come and play! I didn't get many pictures but the morning was filled with dress up, pillow jumping, cooking in the play house, bubbles, cars, etc. Lots of fun!

And later in the day it was time to see Mommy and baby Cameron. He is so tiny and precious! 7.6 lbs and 18 inches. And Jenny definitely wins the award for the quickest labor. She woke up at 2:00 am with a cramp and Cameron was born at 3:39 am. She's not allowed to have anymore babies or else she'd probably birth while out grabbing a Starbucks drink. :)

The proud parents!

So, I know that Ty looked a lot like Tatum when he was born, but this is amazing. Here is Mattie the day she was born...

and here is Cameron. Can you believe it? No, those are two different babies, 3 1/2 years apart! I can't believe how much they look alike! Welcome to life Cameron, can't wait to see you again soon!

Everybody's rockin'

We've had a pretty busy couple of days. We headed down to the bay to one of our favorite parks to cool off. Poway was 98 degrees and of course that would be the time that the air conditioner has a complication. :( So before we all melted, the kids and I headed to the land of cool breezes and met my friend Kelly and her daughter Keira. Here's Ty enjoying a swing. He use to be a little unsure of the swing but now really seems to enjoy it.

Here's Keira and Ty checking out the big kids under the slide. There were a few camps of older kids playing at the park and this was very interesting to Ty. I can tell he's a very social guy and wherever the ladies are, he's there. :)

While Tatum and Keira were having races down the slide...

Ty took it upon himself to direct the older ladies. Or maybe he was trying to flirt but either way, he didn't hesitate to get in there and join the fun. :)

Friday, my Wine Night ladies (minus 1) and I met at the Bernardo Winery for some delicious food and beverage. We'd been here before but this time it seemed sooooooo good. I can't get over that this winery is only 10 minutes from my house! Dangerous but good to know. :)

Ty got a few fun things for his birthday. A play house...

and a sand box! Of course, as you can see, he's good at sharing these things with his sister. Now we can have lots of fun in our own backyard! Well, when it's not 98 degrees!

We had lots of activities lined up for Saturday. The first one was to go to our friend Colin's 1st birthday down at the beach in Del Mar. The weather was beautiful and being at the end of the summer, I guess everyone else thought it'd be a great idea to head to Del Mar, because after driving around for 30 min. and not being able to find a place to park, we had to leave and miss the birthday. :( At least we got to see the party balloons and all the fun from a distance. :) Anyway, the next stop was Garrett's work party down in Crown Point. Lot's of fun and good food.

Tatum made some friends and enjoyed the bounce house, sidewalk chalk and the face painting clown! Note the outfit she insisted on wearing. :)

Since the party was down at the bay, we got to cool off by putting our feet in the water.

Then it was fun time for Shauna, Erica and me. We had tickets to the Dave Matthews Band concert in Irvine so we started the fun at the Yard House. Delicious appetizers and wine.

Then off to the concert! After hiking a ridiculous way up a very steep hill carrying a wine glass, we made it to our seats. As you can see from the photo above, this was our view. Could we have been sitting behind the largest man in the universe?! That's a normal sized woman, probably about 5'5". So he had to be at least 6'7"! Anyway, I think these were the worst seats we've ever had! So what are the odds of one of the concert workers noting the large person we were seated behind and the horrible view and deciding to take us down to some excellent seats! Of course, we won't complain about the huge puke pile in the middle of the aisle. We were as happy as clams and could finally see Dave!

Three very happy girls!

One very talented man.

What, the concerts over?! This is how we all felt. It went too fast and we were left wanting more, as always. But at least we got to hear a few favorites, like Satelite. Awwww, so wonderful. We realized that we've been to at least 12 concerts, or at least we've gone almost every year for 12 years, sometimes more than once a year. And it never gets old. :)