trains, trains and more trains...

on tuesday after nap time we went to the burbank mall to walk around. they had a dinky little train set up, so colby and avery got to ride in a 15x15 foot circle a million times. lucky amanda got to be the lone adult riding on the kiddy train. (haha, that was a sight!)

so on wednesday we went to see real trains at travel town here in burbank.

safety first! teaching the kiddos to play on the train tracks

note to self: photoshop groucho-marx eyebrow bar off brad's forehead :)


some b*tchy teachers filled the train up with their snotty-nosed 1st graders and wouldn't let amanda and avery ahead of them to get on the train, so colby and brad snagged the last seats.

at this moment, micah is thinking "what the heck?! why are you letting go of me??" and then he realizes in confusion that he is, in fact, sitting up all by himself!!


avery loves her little cousin micah

so does mommy!

teaching him early how to walk on the rails of the train track... good balance :)

a day at the los angeles zoo!

aunt amanda, uncle brad and micah's cousins colby and avery came to visit last week for a few days. we had a fantastic time together! (sans a little sleep deprivation by a few)

on tuesday we ventured out to the los angeles zoo in the morning until nap time.

it's safe to say the flamingo exhibit was by far the worst of all the animal displays. take about 200 pink birds standing around, and then pretend they're standing on top of a huge pile of rotting cow crap, and then multiply the intensity of the scent by ONE HUNDRED, and you have our experience standing before these lawn ornaments.

gorillas in the mist



the orangutan cages were fun, although colby was only interested in seeing the mah-grillas again.

micah and i in front of the zebras...i think he's more interested in snagging some of that delicious popcorn brad and colby are snacking on before noon.... (who eats popcorn at 10am?!? I DO!)

posing in front of the giraffes

what you don't see in these pictures is the large male giraffe sniffing the females backend.... and then, sure enough as a steady stream of pee-pee begins to trickle (more like a hose) he DRINKS it! [insert vomiting here]

family photos under the waterfall


we were able to escape the zoo without having any monkeys fling their crap at us, whew! and finally, nap time on the way home. :)

pushing up from the tummy

micah's starting to do so many new things. when he's on his tummy, he pushes himself up onto his hands or elbows so he can look around. and if he's really ticked at you for putting him on his tummy, he'll scoot his knees under and scoot around in the crib. then we'll peek in to find him wedged into the upper corner of the crib.

star wars, ray bans, and a beer...can you get much better than that??

today we took a trip to paramount's studio lot for the annual cine-gear expo with daddy. we got to walk around and look at all kinds of cool lights and cameras and gear....but we really went for the free snacks :) micah looks kinda bummed out in this picture, but he's just acting cool to impress the chicks. hahah

standing up in the play saucer

micah would like to thank aunt amanda and his cousins avery and colby for the play saucer. what a cool toy, he loves it! :) as you can see we're propping him up with a big book under his feet so he has more space to push off of. his little chubby legs aren't quite long enough to reach the floor yet, hahah.

first time swimming!

i took micah swimming with jen and viv the other day at the glassell park public swimming pool near eagle rock. he didn't seem to mind it much, although he didn't seem to care for it all that much either. he was kinda just chill about the whole thing. sucking on his thumb and looking around relaxing.

milestones!!

micah has definitely been reaching some major milestones in the past few weeks. he's taking his binkie in and out of his mouth (kinda), holding toys and bringing them up to his mouth, eating solid foods....

....batting and grabbing at the toys dangling from his jungle play mat


....and rolling over!!!!