A rare family picture!  Thanks for snapping a few for us Mom. :)

Happy Halloween 2010!

Ever since I decorated Finn's bedroom as his "Pirate Room" I've wanted to dress him as a pirate for Halloween. I knew he'd be the cutest pirate on the block!  I was right! (And I'm not the least bit biased as his mother.)

 Rockin' the Pirate 'stache

 AARRGGG!

 Every good pirate loves his mommy

 He looked so small going up and knocking on the doors.  But he was so brave, did it all by himself and said "Trick or Treat!".  He was amazed every time someone gave him candy.  "Mommy!  Yook! I got a candy!"  (He can't say "l"'s)

 Score!

 I just think this is a cute picture. Love his little mouth.

 Whoa!  He LOVED all the "ghosties" that decorated the houses in our neighborhood.  We were going for walks almost every night to check them out all month.  He was thrilled to get up close and personal with them on Halloween night.

My mom's birthday is November 1st so we ended the night with a birthday cake.  He wanted to help blow out Gonah's candles.  Happy Birthday Mom!

Pumpkin Carving Party



The day before Halloween we had a Pumpkin Carving Party at our house.  Invited over some friends and family and got to work!  I'll try to post our Halloween pictures soon, promise!

Starting the party off right with chili and cornbread



Vanessa doesn't look to thrilled about the whole pumpkin thing

 

Me, Grandma Janet, and my mom



Ewww!



More ewww!



Finn and his partnet in crime, Abi

The masterpieces



Mine took forever, thought I'd do a pirate ship.  Turned out pretty cool but man way too time consuming!

Cutie pies

October pictures

 My boys and their cheesy grins.

 New skeleton jammies call for some lion roars in our house!

 Helping Daddy decorate the front of the house for Halloween.

 Nana sent us some cool Halloween jammies.  A hat made by my cousin Olivia completes the outfit.

 Dental hygene is very important of course.

More helping Daddy, putting together some chairs.

A Dinosaur Adventure and Baking with Mom

For Finn's birthday, he received a book from his friend Abi call "I'm a T Rex" and he just loves reading it.  Yesterday was the last day for the big Dinosaur exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum at Balboa Park so we took a trip to check out the big T Rex and his pals.  On the way we stopped at the fish pond in front of the big bird and plant enclosure. Yes, I am sure there is a fancy name for it, but I don't feel like looking it up. :) He thought the big fish were very cool. Once we arrived at the museum, Finn really liked looking at the fossils and displays showing all the creatures.  It was a nice exhibit.  They had a huge animated T Rex that Jamie took Finn up to say hi.  Right as they got close it bent down and ROARED right at them!  Yeah, he wasn't a fan of that. 

Oooh! Fishies!

Can I take him home?

A little kiss for the dino

AHHHHHHHHHHH!

I'm a T Rex!

 

Later that afternoon Finn and I baked a treat, he helped by holding the bowl and licking the beaters.  Cooking lession #2. :)

Jamaica!

For our fourth anniversary Jamie and I took a trip to Jamaica, just the two of us.  It was so much fun, really romantic and relaxing.  We stayed at the Secrets Wild Orchid in Montego Bay.  It was an all-inclusive resort, the only way to go in my book.  Our room was beautiful and we were lucky enough to get a swim-out suite, which was really cool.  We missed Finn a lot, but he was in good hands with my mom, whom he calls "Gonah" and we were able to Skype with him almost every night.  We had a wonderful time, quite nice just to be able to relax for a few days, no work, no laundry, no cooking!  As they say in Jamaica, "Ya mon!"

The day we arrived, can't wait to hit the beach!

Paradise

I'd been dreaming about this moment for 6 months: lying on the beach bed with a tropical drink in one hand and my book in another. Ahhhhh...

This was the back of our room, spent some time lounging around out here.

Livin' the life

Seriously, look at this!

We took an excursion to Dunn's River Falls near Ocho Rios.  Walked up a 600 foot waterfall, whoo hoo!

The view from one of the seaside restaurants. Did I mention it was all-inclusive? The restaurants were delicious and had beautiful decor.  A+

The obligitory toes and ocean picture, man I wish I was there.

Who doesn't love a swim up bar?

The water is very warm but perfectly refreshing in the 88 degree heat.  The nights were in the high 70's, just right.

This was the night of our anniversary, Happy #4 Babe!

Amanda: Superwoman

A few weeks ago my sister Amanda ran a Half Marathon.  It started downtown and ended in Balboa Park.  We love to go and watch her run.  This is her 3rd half marathon and she's also run several 10Ks.  It was a nice overcast morning, perfect running weather.  I am really proud that she's such a determined and focused person.  It takes self-discipline to train for and run in these races, maybe someday I'll let her drag me out too!  Go Mandy!!

Well I guess my previous post is a bust: no sound. I uploaded it from my phone, not sure what's going on. Oh well, you'll just have to take my word for it that he's very intimidating as an elephant.

I wanted to post a few things and then show you his new Big Boy Room, aka Pirate Room!  We did it all this weekend, painted on Friday and did the rest today.  We converted his crib to a toddler bed and tonight is the first night.  We figured he'd jump up and run out when we said good night tonight but he went right to sleep.  So, I'm preparing for an interesting night but maybe I'll be surprised???

Here he is singing the ABC's.  He's getting pretty good, very proud of himself.

Testing out the saddles at the Del Mar Fair last month

He had just watched a Wonder Pets about saving a baby camel and a baby elephant so he was primed for the zoo. 

His Nana send him the coolest Elmo flip flops and towel, he's a big fan.

Who wants to ride the baby swing? I'm a BIG BOY NOW!!!!

I am super excited about how his room came out. It was a lot of fun to do and he seems to really like it.  Keeps yelling: Pirates Mommy!  In case you are wondering, yes, he has a sunglasses fetish, we keep several pairs on hand.  My baby sure is getting big, can't believe we are done with the crib already.  Sniff sniff.