Mike's birthday

Root beer floats for dessert - since we were out of eggs I never made a cake! "Bar food" for dinner

Gianna took a bunch of these pictures...

I'll give you a hint about this picture, there are two of us eating!

This is what you call "improvising"!

Quick! The candle is sinking!

Bella blew it out first.

Then helped DaddyBlurry, but check out the "MY DAD ROCKS!" binkie!

After dinner, Mike actually had a surprise for the girls.

Check out how Isabella "covers" her eyes!!! Busted!

My Little Pony shirts! WOOOOOhooo! The girls LOVE Pinkie Pie, she is one of their favories! Good job, Daddy!

His gift from the kids and me - movie theater gift certificates and movie candy.

Of course the girls will help!A little bonus cuteness...

Tea Party

We've been having lot's of tea parties lately, here's a sample...bananas with chocolate chips, cherries, and swiss cheese "flowers"... oh, and of course, orange juice "tea"! How cute is this girl???

Yes, this dress is huge, and it's size 18-24 months! I've been trying every it on them summer since 2007. But it is getting too short now.

Bubbles are always flying around here.

What are those girls doing now???

Some of the important guests (taken by Gianna)

Technical difficulties

I have been experiencing some technical difficulties over the past month, hopefully I'll get more pictures on soon...

For B and M...

Starting with your old apartment on the right, down to freeway...

This drive made me soooooo miss our days of living sooooo close to each other (walking/biking distance for you, driving for us - ha ha!). It was too short of a time, but we have some of the best memories with you.

On a less sentimental note, do you even recognize this?!?!? I couldn't get my bearings, it was so different. I meant to go back during the day for a better view, but as with every trip, there was never enough time...

And just a little reminder of what you're not missing...

California trip

Andrew and I had a wonderful time in California. I relied on Diane to take most pictures, I snapped a few on my cheap camera and the battery was dead.

A big boy at his first Mexican restaurant...

In Mother's Market, where they have the best organic produce and the BEST restaurant! I could eat there every day.

Hey, who's taking my binkie out??

Traci getting a baby fix...

At Cheesecake Factory...

How old does your baby have to be before you can stop calling it "baby weight"???

Note: That was a rhetorical question only, please don't answer that!

Behind the umbrella, our old apple tree, Mike's first "baby"... He took such good care of it, I knew he'd be happy to see it's doing well!

Cotton Photography

Speaking of Andrew's belly, check out this link for photos that Diane took on our trip. They came out BEAUTIFUL! She'll probably be adding more later too...

http://cottonphotographyblog.blogspot.com/

3 kids in one picture!

For the first time since Christmas pictures, here are the 3 munchkins in one snapshot. I was playing with Photoshop actions, this is a 70's one. Looks like it came out of one of my old albums!
Gianna is playing with her new camera, it's always in front of her face. And it looks like Andrew is interested in it too! Gotta love Andrew's belly hanging out of his shirt... speaking of which... next post...