Teri and Jeff's wedding in Calistoga

I finally have some pictures to share so here's a late blog post... Derek and I had the great pleasure of going to Calistoga the first weekend in March for Teri and Jeff's wedding. It was gorgeous up there! When we lived in SF (pre-kids), we were able to get up to Napa at least 1-2 times per year, but now we rarely get up there, so it was a treat.

More importantly, it was a very special treat for me to spend the weekend with 3 of my very favorite people from college:
-- Teri, the gorgeous bride who lives in Oakland (but you would think she lives in New York based on how infrequently we are able to make our busy schedules work for a night out). ;)
-- Geri, my dear friend from middle school and college who now lives in Ohio and I don't get to see or talk to nearly as often as I'd like.
-- and Lara, my sweet friend who now lives in SF and she lives the fun, exciting life of a single woman and, therefore, I also don't get to see her as much as I would like.

We had a fabulous time laughing all weekend, making fun of each other, drinking, dancing, and celebrating the marriage of Teri and Jeff! It was so hard to say goodbye on Sunday.

Some pics from the weekend...

{Geri, Lara, and me before the Friday night BBQ}

{Derek and I before the Friday night BBQ - gorgeous backdrop, huh?}

{The bride and groom at the BBQ}

{Silly Lara at the BBQ}

{Derek and I before the wedding}

{On the dance floor}

A weekend in pictures

I am too tired today to try to write something funny about our weekend... and since we had a good weekend... here are some pics.

{Slumber party with Sarah on Friday night ... and Miles and Oliver loved her Cinderella sleeping bag!}

{Saturday afternoon at the train park... Oliver very content on daddy's lap... such a daddy's boy!}

{Oliver very content on daddy's lap - take 2}

{Thank God for my momma's boy...}

{Sunday morning... Oliver re-living his door jumper days}

{Sunday morning brunch at the Mauch's... delicious food. And, sigh... the cutest baby ever... Henry doing his "What chu lookin at?" face! I could eat him up!!!}

{Very yummy cake that Christina made...mmmmmm... I could eat you up too!}

{I still love watching my baby sleep... so what if he's 4.5 years old - he's still my baby}

I just want to cry for a little bit longer...

Last night, Oliver said the most sad/sweet/funny thing...

Recently, when it's time for lights out he will say "I want mommy to lay with me." So, I get in bed with him and he immediately says "I want daddy to lay with me." And it goes on and on.

It's a little game to him.

Well, last night, I said "No - Oliver, it's time for bed." And he immediately started up with the crocodile tears. I kissed his head and left him crying in his room.

A few minutes later, I went in to check on him.
I said, "No more crying, Oliver. It's time to go to sleep."

And in the cutest, sweetest, saddest voice he said, "I just want to cry for a little bit longer."

OMG - it was seriously precious.

So, I told him that he could cry as long as he wanted. LOL.

(For any CPS lurkers, he stopped crying right after that and went to sleep! LOL) Sweet boy. I could eat him up!

Eat it

Derek introduced Miles to Weird Al a few weeks ago and Miles loves "Eat it". He sang it all the way to school today.

Pretty funny song, actually... but not so fun when you get it stuck in your head all day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyfcOriVKBM

Big Boy

My sweet lil Oliver no longer has a crib...
He's moved on to a big boy bed. He's been in his new bed for a week and he's doing great. Of course it's bittersweet - when I check on him at night and watch him sleeping, I can't believe how little he looks in his new bed. One week ago, I couldn't believe how big he looked in his crib. Sweet little bug is growing up way too fast!

Cure for Mr. Crankypants...

Here's a funny story...
Last night, Oliver was in a HORRIBLE mood. He wasn't feeling well and was Mr. Crankypants. Nothing, I mean, nothing would make him happy and he was just upset over everything. NO FUN.

Well, it was dinner time and he refused to sit down and eat. He was being impossible, so I decided to try to distract him. I asked Miles and Oliver if they wanted to have a picnic UNDER the dinner table. Well, I'll be darned... it worked! They instantly grabbed their plates of food and ate happily under the table with me.

And, Oliver was in a good mood the rest of the night.

Who knew dining ala under table would do the trick! :) Score one for mommy!

Honest Abe...

Miles is so honest and we know we have to appreciate it while it lasts.
It's just the sweetest thing ever. This is one of many examples...

This week, (in an effort to avoid the constant struggle to get them dressed 10 minutes before we leave the house) we got a tip from our friend Kelly to implement a rule that the boys cannot watch TV in the morning until they get dressed. So far it's worked out great. (Thanks Kelly!)

Well, this morning when the boys woke up, I asked them if they wanted to go watch TV and as we headed to the family room, Miles stopped and said "We have to get dressed first mommy"!

HA... DUH - mommy and thank you Honest Miles! He's such a great kid!