Saturday, September 29, 2012

Apple Hill

Pehrson's parents moved to Sacramento a couple weeks ago from Oklahoma. It is SO great to have them so much closer. I'm pretty sure we will be gonig up there a lot more. There are some fun things to do and lots to see. The first place we stopped was a cute little place called Apple Hill. Petting zoos. Vineyards. Apple Orchards. Christmas Tree lots. Pumpkins. Apple food. And Picking your own apples. It was Heavenly.


We will definitely visit this place again someday. I think fall/winter time would be the perfect time. When its a little cold out so you can wear scarves and boots and drink hot apple cider. YUM! 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

black&white

On Labor Day we went to a Pool Party at Jessi's house and didn't realize it was going to be an LA singles party. There was one other married couple and us with our 2 kids. We sure looked out of place. But we didn't care. We chatted with some old friends, had some good food and played in the pool. One of the guys there took a bunch of pictures of these cute kiddos and sent them to me. I loved all 300 of them. But just wanted to put up my favorites.

You can just see the joy in Beck's face. All this kid needs is water and he is a happy camper!
Thanks John for these great pics. I'll cherish them forever.



Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Jade is 3 months old can you believe it? 
weight: 12 lbs (50th%)
length: (60th%)

-Her brother has loved her from the very beginning. He is always smothering her with kisses as much as possible. When he wakes up in the morning or after a nap, he always looks for her first thing. Once he sees her he says "goodmorning Jade" 
-She has been to the beach too many times to count. Touched the sand at 4 days old. Loves putting her feet in the water. loves laying under the umbrella looking around while the wind blows across her face
-she is cooing and smiling. LOVE IT!
-She HATES the car. Not her carseat. Just the car. Usually babies fall asleep in the car right? Well not this girl. She screams the WHOLE time!
-She cat naps all day long. Never longer than 30 min. BUT luckily she does pretty good at night. 
-Loves to be swaddled and Held. Which makes it hard sometimes to get things done.
-Loves to be outside.
-Slept through her first fireworks show on the 4th of July.
-Has been to Disneyland once so far. But will be going a lot more very soon.
-She is so fun to dress up! Girls clothes are the best.
-She is a sweaty little girl (just like I was I guess) she always wakes up pretty wet. It doesn't help that we have no AC and it has been super hot here lately.
-Loves to be standing while you hold her hands OR her favorite position is the football hold. 
-She eats pretty good. (it all goes straight to those cheeks)
-She has already been to her first girls camp.
-Likes sitting in the bumbo right in front of the fan.
-Just recently found her hands and sucks them like crazy.
-She is a sucker. She loves to have something in her mouth. Takes the paci really well.
-Has been given 3 pedicures already, by her one and only mother.
-does a really good job following Beck and I around. If she is moving she does great.

We sure love having this little angel in our home. She has been a little harder than Beck was, but we are figuring her out and just love every inch of her cute little chubby body.  

Beck is
21 months old
weight: 30th%
height: 90th%

-He is SOOO busy!
-is climbing, running, jumping on anything and everything.
-Still loves to be outside
-loves being in the water. Although sometimes when we are at the beach he wants to go straight into the water and splash around. But sometimes he is a little more scared and totally content just digging and playing in the sand.
-Talks ALL DAY LONG! Sometimes gibberish, but surprises me everyday at the things he has heard me say. He is seriously like a little sponge right now, just learning so much and repeating EVERYTHING. I would say that he easily knows 100 words.
-Absolutely LOVES animals. His top favorite that we talk about everyday are: Elephants, Lions, Giraffes, Birdies, Zebras and dogs.
-has learned the beauty of a tantrum. Throwing his body on the floor and screaming. It's always my favorite when he does it in public and everyone turns and stares at me.
-His diet consists of fruits. Chicken nuggets. Quesadillas. Beans. Oatmeal. Cereal. Sometimes yogurt. And veggie smoothies. That's about it! (and fruit snacks)
-Loves saying Hi and talking to random people. At the beach he will go from one umbrella to the next saying Hi to everyone and scooping out who has the best sand toys.
-Loves Mickey Mouse, Cars, Elmo, Go Diego Go, and Curious George. 
-He is at the Best age to take to Disneyland. Loves seeing the characters and everything around him.
-Makes me laugh daily if not hourly.
-Always has to have a car, or train or dinosaur in his hand.
-Takes one nap during the day, usually about 2 hours long.
-Whenever I hold up my phone to take his picture he automatically will say, "cheeeeeeeseee"
-Has the cutest little voice and I love listening to him say things. Especially "MAMA" 
-says the numbers 7,8,9,10 or 4,5,6 or 1,2 but never all of them together.
-LOVES his cousins. Says, Luke, Dane, Lilly and Quincy all the time and his friends, Maya, Cohen, Bryn, Krew. One time I was driving and Beck was just staring out the window, I asked. "Beck what are you thinking about?" without hesitation he replies, "Dane!" he loves him. 
-likes to color and play with his cars.
-likes to dance. but will let you know if he doesn't like the song. SO you have to change it until he finds the one he likes.
-Still loves to read books.
-ABSOLUTELY LOVES going to Nursery. He runs to the door right when Sacrament is over.
-Pehrson found an old backpack that he wore when he went to preschool and Beck has worn it non-stop for the past two days. It is so cute. And I can't believe that in no time he will be going off to school. He is growing up too fast.
-He is one smart boy. (he gets it from his dad)

I LOVE watching life through his eyes.