summer swim time!

underwater baby!!

micah & daddy enjoying a swim

taking off the sopping wet diaper

nakey butt!!

VIDEOS!!

4th of july in napa!

we spent 4th of july up in napa for a week. it was a wonderful visit with family and friends. the weather was beautiful, we got to go up valley, taste some champagne, play some bocce ball, eat some great food, play with the niece and nephew, go out on the boat, and relax a bit.

here's uncle jonny corrupting the youth...

great aunt lydia

mommy & micah out on the boat

a little worried?

...but happy!

grandma & micah

the gang

elephant growth comparison

one month old

two months old

three months old

(missed four months old)

five months old!

ra ra ra!

he loves the camera!

this one melted my heart

my little tripod sitter!

i know, i know...no, micah's not korean. but this shirt was way too cool. look at those chunkers legs!!

the boys

colby cannot wait until micah is a big boy and he can go potty on the toilet and wear big boy underwear just like him. and then they can play baseball together and colby will hit the ball to micah, and then micah will hit it back to colby, and then he will hit it back to him, and so on...(in the words of colby) hahah

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. :)