Check ups at the doctor

Today we took the boys for their 3-year and 9 month check-ups... it was a family affair. :) We love our pediatrician, Dr. Lan... he's a very nice Asian (young) man and he just loves kids (I guess this is a given if you are going to work with sick kids all day long, but I have met some grumpy pediatricians). He's very patient and kind. We talk about how we'd love to set him up with Goo Goo, but that will never happen.

Miles is 34 pounds and 39 inches
Oliver is 22.6 pounds and 30 inches (pretty tall for a 9 month old!)

Knock on wood - they both are in great health.

Dr. Lan got out a book to test Miles on his objects and when he got to a computer he asked "What is this Miles?" and Miles said "It's a computer." And Dr. Lan then asked, "What do you do with it?" And he said "You check your e-mail." LOL. That's our tech savvy 3 year old. Too funny.

Our first family vacation - Lake Tahoe

We took our first family vacation (as a family of 4) this past weekend to Lake Tahoe and we had a really great time. We spent the weekend with Christina and Justin who were so much fun, very patient with us, and very helpful with the boys. We wonder if they still want kids after spending a weekend with us! LOL.

A few (of many) highlights of the trip:
- Oliver crawled for the first time!
- Tractors were everywhere which means Miles was in heaven
- Great wine, champagne, food and great friends
- Miles and Oliver did great on the 4 hour car ride there and back
- The boys slept great

The not so fun parts of the trip:
- Miles having a meltdown while I was carrying Oliver in the Ergo and me having to "carry" both of them (seriously, see the picture below)
- Not bringing a lime juicer for our margaritas :(

Derek with the boys and his margarita (hand squeezed limes)


Tractor heaven


Are you kidding me?

Old man

Derek celebrated his 35th birthday today and he said that for the first time, he feels like 35 sounds old. I said that I wouldn't know... since I am still the young age of 34! LOL.

We had a very fun birthday weekend... we went to San Francisco last night for a very yummy dinner and then I planned a surprise party at a wine bar, which was a lot of fun! Derek was very surprised and loved celebrating his birthday with his family and friends. :)



Today, we took the boys to the beach in Capitola and spent the day there and it was such a fun family day. No complaints here (other than being hung over from last night!)

THREE!!!

Our sweet little Miles is three today! We cannot believe he's three ... how did that happen?!

We celebrated with a green John Deere tractor, mini cupcakes for breakfast, mini cupcakes at daycare, McDonalds for dinner with Hau-bo and Da bo bo and ice cream for dessert! Enough sweets and junk food?! :)

Happy Birthday sweet Miles!

Words

As my sweet Miles quickly approaches his 3rd birthday in 1 week from today, I decided I would write about all of the funny little words he used to say when he was learning to talk so I could remember them in the upcoming years. We take his speech totally for granted these days... and he had so many words that made us giggle and they are so easy to forget.

cubumber = cucumber
car trans po po = car transporter
labydug = ladybug
pomato = tomato
pin nan yo = piano
pupcake = cupcake
old mcdonalds = mcdonalds (fast food place)
sesame seed street = sesame street (the tv show)
hold you = hold me (when he wants us to hold him, he says "hold you"... too cute)

Alas, there is a few words that he doesn't say correctly and we are holding onto it for as long as we can.

gloves = glubs.
sesame seed street = sesame street (the tv show)
hold you = hold me (when he wants us to hold him, he says "hold you" instead of "hold me"... too cute)

Oh, my sweet little man. :)

Do you like his new hair cut? I love it. Daddy is on the fence.

Oliver eats like a king

After work last night, Hau-boo and I were hard at work making Oliver's baby food and we were able to make 10 ice cube trays of food in about 2.5 hours (for you non-parents... that's a lot!) (Thanks Hau-boo)

Our kings tasting menu:
- Baked Cod with orange juice, sauteed onion, and little bit of sweet potatoes
- Baked Chicken with grapes, cauliflower and potatoes
- Ground turkey breast with tomatoes, carrots, onions, and cauliflower
- Cauliflower with sweet potato
- Apples and peaches
- Pears with raspberries

When we were all done, it dawned on me that Oliver eats WAY better than the rest of us in the house! LOL. Kinda funny.

And, he also drinks Fat Tire! Pretty good life...

Early Halloween

Miles decided that he finally likes the fireman costume which I got for him for Halloween last year and he refused to wear it.

So, happy early Halloween. Or happy late Halloween. However you want to look at it.