Walking, talking, dancing, clapping, waving, climbing.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Suri celebrated her first Halloween last night! She dressed up as an adorable bumble bee (while I attempted a poorly 'homemade' ladybug) & had lots of fun trick-or-treating! She actually was quite the trooper- never made a fuss! In fact, she even took the candy out of the bowls all by herself sometimes! We went trick-or-treating with our friends that live upstairs, who had awesome costumes! The boy was Cat in the Hat, his sisters were Thing 1 & Thing 2, and then his mom and dad dressed up as the kids! It was super cute! We all had lots of fun & it was nice for Suri to experience trick-or-treating with other kids! Suri got lots of candy (which she can't eat!), so it will go to Mommy & Daddy! lol. Seth came home and said alright let's check out what we got! lol. The man who didn't care for any Halloween festivities was the first to pick at the loot! Gotta love him :) Seems the popular candy around here to hand out is Reese's and Butterfinger. Suri really seemed to enjoy it & I think she mostly enjoyed seeing all the people. One house had an adorable black pug named Frankie, and I was in love! lol. We went around the neighborhood for an hour before calling it quits and scored a fair amount of candy - enough for us at least. I may try out a candy bar chocolate chip cookie recipe, if I get the time, or motivation! lol. Here are our pics from last night:

our family

ladybug & bumble bee w/ her pail

making our way down the street

first house: Suri picking out her own candy!

the whole gang trick-or-treating

As for our other Halloween festivities, during the week Suri wore some Halloween inspired outfits and our apartment complex played a cute game of Boo-ing each other! One person starts the game by leaving a surprise gift (candy, stickers, anything Halloween inspired) on two door steps with a note that says, 'You've been Boo-ed!' and a cute little poem, telling those people to post their 'We've been Boo-ed!' sign on their door/window & to continue the cycle until every house/apartment has been hit! It was fun to wake up & open the door to see our cute little pirate bag waiting for us! And it was even more fun to BOO others by sneaking their bags on their door step at night when no one could see who did it! Fun times :)

Suri & Daddy at Balboa Park

Suri playing on the lawn at Balboa Park

Just BOO-tiful!

But not digging the headband :(

our little ballerina :)

the princess w/ her daddy

in her pumpkin shirt & funky baby legs

I love baby legs!

our surprise BOO bag!

our BOO goodies & sign

Hope everyone had a fun, safe and Happy Halloween!!! xoxo, SC 3

Suri's a Rock Star!

Suri attended her first concert yesterday at Anthology in San Diego. Performing were American Idol winner, David Cook along with musician, Gavin Degraw. Upon arriving at the concert venue, Mike from Sophie 103.7 approached and asked if this was Suri's 1st concert, (yes!) and asked if we would like to commemorate the occasion by coming up on stage and having our picture taken with David Cook! Well,um, OF COURSE! So as the concert began, Mike pointed out Suri in the crowd & invited us on stage, where we took our pic with David Cook & everyone in the audience was in awe of little Miss Suri! During the mini break, we went to make a diaper change and everyone that saw Suri gushed & said what a great photo it will be for her album! My little superstar!! She had such a fun time bouncing to the music! It was an amazing concert & we had a blast! Thanks to our friend, Jaimie, from PLNU for inviting us!

Fall Festival

This past weekend Point Loma Nazarene University had their annual Fall Festival! It was our first, and we had a great time. Suri looked super cute in her overalls & had fun seeing all the people! We got to pick a pumpkin & Suri liked to explore the pumpkin patch! We also got to taste some food from L&L Hawaiian, and Suri had her first taste of rice - which she loved! There was warm apple cider, music, karate demonstrations, soccer games, bounce houses, pony rides & more! It was a nice family outing & a great way to celebrate the autumn season & the upcoming Halloween festivities!

mommy & daddy with their little pumpkin


checking out all the pumpkins


curious, playful & happy


yummy, yummy rice for Miss Suri

Can't wait for our Halloween fun this week & weekend to come! Stay tuned :)

3 day weekend!

Since we hadn't been to Bakersfield in a while to visit the family, Seth decided to take off of class and we went up for a 3 day weekend, October 14-16 . Suri was so happy to see her Nana & Papa and was giving love to everyone!

Papa, Je t'aime (I love you!) * playing with the exersaucer

having fun w/ Papa * all smiles :)

We finally got to meet our niece, Meredith Ann. She is so precious & so pretty just like her mama! Suri was very interested in Meredith, but will have to wait a little while til they can play together.

Seth & Suri, Adam & Meredith

Ashley bought some skulls to paint for Halloween, and wanted to decorate them with inspiration from "Dios de los Muertos," the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead. She painted hers white with lots of funky designs & I went for teal w/ a rose, peacock feather & heart eyes! These took us a long time because we kept changing our minds! But it was a nice way to relax :)

our Halloween skulls

We got to see our lovely puppies again, which always makes me happy! We miss them so much! Suri liked to look at them from the window, but when they came inside she was quite afraid! One day though, I'm sure she'll love having them to play with & chase around!

looking at the dogs from the window


Hi Ares, Luna & Chloe!

Then we had a family dinner night, with Nana & Papa, Grandma T, Aunt Ashley & Uncle Jake, Aunt April & Uncle Josh and cousins: Caleb, Jude & Sam. Suri had a BLAST with her cousins! She was laughing the whole time & just couldn't get enough! It was fun to see her interact with other kids & we're so happy she had some time to see her cousins & play with them!

hanging w/ Jude in Uncle Josh's lap * Sam about to give her a kiss * surrounded by boys


Nana & Sam playing * Sam is a superstar! * Aunt April & Sammy

We had a great visit & were so happy to spend time with family! We can't wait for the next visit in November for our Thanksgiving camping trip, where we will get to see even more family & make more wonderful memories!

Xoxo, Sc x 3

8 months...here & gone

September 5, 2011 - Suri's 8 month birthday!

At 8 months, Suri:

• said 'Da-da', and Seth was over the moon excited!
• Burned her hand on the oven door (poor girl...worst night of our lives!)

Daddy wrapped her hand up really well & took great care of her. The blisters healed up & she is doing great!

• Tested out her potty seat w/ a few successful tinkles!

• Loves to ride on daddy's shoulders & pull hair & bang on his head

• Watches Sesame Street

• Favorite book: Sesame Street Beginnings - At the Zoo (laughs the whole time!)
  
• Eats/Tasted: Hummus, Bread, Yogurt, Spinach pasta, banana chunks, sweet potato chunks & oatmeal

• Makes a funny noise when she laughs
• Clapped once! (after she saw mommy do it)
• Makes clicking noise with tongue
• Drinks from a sippy cup (still getting the hang of holding it on her own)
• Got her first tooth!!! (those were fun nights :P )

(you'll have to click the pic & zoom to see the tooth on bottom)

• Still in size 3 diapers
• about 20 lbs
• Goes on play dates/story time @ the library
• Got over a bad cold that lasted a week & a half
• Loves her picture taken!
• Loves anything that's not a baby toy: camera, cell phone, computer, remote control, sandwich bags, anything & everything that's not hers! lol

swinging in daddy's legs

playing on her high chair


Suri loves to open up the pantry door & investigate its contents


our little family <3 * hanging with da-da


These were all taken on my birthday (25!!) I had a wonderful day with my two loves & made myself birthday cupcakes in my new KitchenAid mixer!!

xoxo <3 Sc