oooo down in mexicooo...

Pehrson and the crew went down to Rosarito, Mexico to do some dental work at an elementary school. They helped a lot of kids and a few adults. They stayed in these cute little homes by the beach (called "Las Gaviotas"...sp?) and of course had some perfect waves right out their door.

Not to shabby...

The group.

He came home raving about this place and said that we have to go back there. It is cheap and safe and you are right on the beach. Sounds good to me...who's in?

And while daddy was gone B and I played in the rain one day.

And the beach the next.

It was fun but we always love when Pehrson gets home.

10 months

Weight: 18.8 lbs (10th percentile)

Height: 29 in (60th percentile)

So i went to the doctors and got Beck checked out. He hasn't been in a while and I never weigh him so i was excited to see how much he weighed. Only 1.5 lbs more than his 6 month appointment. The doctor came in and said..."let me guess this boy is pretty active, uh?" You're right doc. He never stops moving unless he is asleep. Which explains his low weight. She also told me to feed him a little more. I feel like I feed him all the time, but i guess i need to step it up. Here are a few new things that he has done this month.

-took his first roadtrip to vegas and st. george and actually did pretty well.

-has started doing a fake laugh. It's more like a sympathy laugh. hilarious.

-he doesn't clap yet but whenever i try and put his hands together to clap he interlocks his fingers and wont let me pull them apart

-still walking a lot but not 100% on his own yet

-is an early riser.

-figured out how to open up drawers and cabinets and pull everything out...it's awesome.

-can climb up the slide at the park and the stairs

-and can walk up the stairs with railings

-loves story time

-hates brushing his teeth

-loves fruit...not vegetables

-is a lover. whenever he sees little kids he just wants to hug and kiss them. It is the cutest thing even though im sure he is stepping into their personal space

-And probably my favorite thing ever is that he has started doing this cheesy smile, where he crinkles up his nose. I LOVE IT!!

He is one happy boy and is more fun every day.

As promised...

Not much is needed to write for this post. The pictures say it all. But all I have to say is I have one talented sister.

If you weren't in love with Beck before...you have to be now...Right?

Thanks again jill I will cherish these forever.

sneak peek...

Obsessed.

More to come.

Planking...so weird. so funny. If you have no idea what it is check this. This summer my awesome family went to sea world and one of my sisters had the idea to plank all over sea world. I had forgotten about it until I watched the office last week and saw this and this. Really though it is so stupid....but I was so excited to be a part of it!

All the babes included. HA We got some pretty good looks. And let me tell you it was fun.

Try it.

christmas 2010 present...

Pehrson gave me an "i owe you" card last christmas for a new surf board. Hand-made by my one and only. He bought a blank and it sat in our garage for a few months just waiting patiently till those dang boards were over and Pehrson had a life again. Well during his summer break at night he took a couple of days and shaped this beautiful long board for me. He has always wanted to do this and if i say so myself i think he did a pretty good job.

The board started like this. Just a big piece of foam.

Then he took measurements of my sisters board and started sanding.

Then the fun part (for me) we painted it.

Then dropped it off at the shop to get glassed.

And about two weeks later...we picked it up!

Isn't she a beauty? I love it. I took it out to San Onofre last friday, just an hour after we picked it up and it worked! It floated and I caught some fun waves. I'm so happy to have a real board again.

The name of the board is Alkali...pehrson and i were brainstorming on what to name it for a while and we really liked the name "salty boards" because everyone likes salt and salt makes everything better. But we looked it up in a thesaurus because we wanted it to sound a little more original and found the word alkali and thought it sounded cool. Kind of random but that's what we choose.

Pehrson had so much fun doing this and now wants to make one for himself. Ha that kid never stops.

Thanks P! You are the BeST!!!!!