Pugs & Kisses

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Christmas Time

This Christmas was very special with it being Suri's 1st & her receiving lots of gifts & getting to spend time with all our family! Suri's 1st Christmas gift arrived around Dec. 10th from Great Auntie Pat & Great Uncle Jack! Although she wasn't too excited to rip off the wrapping paper, once she saw the gift she was sooo excited & could hardly wait for Daddy to get it out of the box! Baby Abby - Suri's 1st baby doll :)

Suri also discovered a love for Mommy's baking tools! Daddy got some cute shots & I ended up putting them on an apron for Grandma Anne. She's gonna be a lil baker like her mama!! YAY!

After Seth was done with finals, we headed up to Bakersfield to celebrate the holiday with his side of the family. Suri got to see her puppy dogs, Ares & Luna, and actually played with them outside. She went for a bike ride with both Mommy and Daddy & had tons of fun playing with all her Aunties & Uncles, her cousins & her Nana & Papa! She got lots of new toys & clothes, but most importantly got to spend time with & love on her family! It was a wonderful visit & we can't wait to see everyone again soon!

playing w/ Daddy & Ares * riding bikes w/ Mommy & Daddy

Daddy love * helping Nana make yummy food* playing w/ Jake & Auntie Ashley

opening gifts w/ the help of Sammy & Auntie April * so happy!

pj time w/ the girls, Andrea & Meredith * little drummer girl * running from the pups

playing w/ cousins Jude & Sam - the boys thought it was so fun to climb in the bucket! lol

When we returned home to San Diego, we decided to have our own little Christmas & have Suri open her gifts from "Santa" & gifts that arrived from Gramma Denise & Granpa Rich and kids.

Suri got a baby doll, toothbrush, blocks, pjs, a cell phone & car keys!

After our Christmas in Bakersfield and back home in San Diego, we jetted off to Virginia on Christmas Eve....

Monday, January 9, 2012

New Year's Resolution

Although I'm sure there are many resolutions I need to make, one on the top of my list is: Update the blog on a regular basis! Yes, I'm sorry - it's been quite some time since I've caught everyone up on our daily life & what Suri's been up to - in fact, last time I did, she was 8 months old - and well, as most of you know, now she's 1 yr! Crazy how time flies!! But yes, I will make much more of an effort to keep this blog up to date. So let's see, where did we leave off?

In October, Suri reached her 9 month mark and gave us quite a surprise as she took her first steps! Not fully walking, but she would take a few steps, then tumble. She loved reading books & still enjoyed her shows: Sesame Street, Blues Clues and Curious George! She slept pretty well around this time - from about 7:30 to 3, then eat, then sleep til about 7! Unless she was teething, and that's a whole different schedule :( She also started smiling & laughing a lot more & making lots of new faces! And loved to play with the camera/have her picture taken! And as seen in previous posts, she enjoyed her first Halloween and pumpkin patch & had lots of fun adventures!

Suri on her 9 month bday

In November, she turned 10 months old & was walking without a problem! TROUBLE for Mommy & Daddy!! She started trying more foods: pasta, applesauce, cake (Daddy's influence), chicken, beef, hummus - almost anything we would eat, so did she. She loved to play outside with her friends & especially loved picking grass!! Such a curious little girl, she must get into everything! We celebrated Suri's 1st Thanksgiving in Frazier Mountain with Seth's family - times 10 - for a family reunion too. Suri met her Auntie Tristan, Uncle TJ and cousins Zaylee & Wyatt for the first time! She loved playing with them & getting loves! While there, Suri also got to experience snow for the first time - and well, I don't think she was too impressed. She's definitely spoiled by the San Diego weather (and now so are her parents)! Seth took Suri for her 1st ride on a sled & she seemed to enjoy it. There was lots of crazy fun going on for that trip & we had a wonderful time with all our family <3

Pushing her walker across the house

Playing outside with her friend

Gorgeous girl

Seth & I @ the cabin * Suri's 1st snow * Sock monkey!

Auntie Tristan * Cousin Wyatt * Nana, Zaylee, Meredith & Suri

Papa & Suri

Some of the Sisters xoxo

(minus Helen & Meredith, & Ashley)

Sunday, November 13, 2011

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

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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 :)