Happy Father's Day

"Happy Day" to all of the Dads out there as Adrienne would put it.  We had a great day trip to Tahoe today.  We loaded the bikes, parked at Camp Richardson and biked for a little while.  We then ate at the Beacon Grill and then to the beach.  After getting home, we treated Matthew to his first BBQ - PULLED PORK!  Let's just say he loved it a bunch.  All in all a very good day. 

Ode to My Baby Boy

You are not quite the little gentle creature that your sister was at your age.  You are aggressive, you are loud, you don't mind taking a thump or two from your Sister, and......you stink!

A little while back someone near and dear to me once pointed out that J&J sold baby cologne.  She was blown away that someone would want or need this product.  I myself was shocked and felt the same way she did.  Until now.......my son stinks!  I now realize why they sell this product.  He gets a bath each night and still stinks.  He gets up from his nap, he stinks.  To my dear Sister who is expecting her first boy in a couple of months.....Get ready, they are truly different than girls.  AND THEY STINK!

P.S. I love you my little boy, you are so sweet, even if you don't smell very good.  Mama

Bikes, Baths and Boots!

We recently bought a couple of bike seats for the kids.  Let me rewind.  Before that, we bought a nice bike trailer from Costco but Matthew throws a fit when we put him in it so that will sit for a little while.  O.k., back into the present......so we bought the new bike seats hoping that Mr. M would like it.  He does for the most part.  They are pretty cool since the kid sits in front of you rather than behind you.  Adrienne loves ringing the bell and Mommy and Daddy like getting some exercise.

ibert needs to pay us for marketing their product.  People were asking us all about them during our ride.

We stopped at a park to play.  Matthew loves the swings.

Adrienne is quite the character when she is not so shy.  Most people are surprised since they only see her in her shy state!

Now that Matthew is sitting up easily, we have been giving the kids a bath together.  They are starting to play together so that has been a lot of fun.  When I was pregnant, I had a lot of moms (that had kids close in age) tell me the exact phrase, "The first year is going to be rough, but once you get past that, they will play with each other.  That is when things get easy and fun."  It is true.  Matthew isn't quite 11 months yet but I can see how things are getting so much easier.  Adrienne and Matthew have so much fun together.  Here is them in the bath this week.

Goofy kids in the bath.

Well, since I love to plan things out well in advance, I am currently putting Matthew's first birthday party together.  It will be a Woody and Jessie western themed party (invitations to come soon.)  I bought Adrienne some red cowboy boots and told her that they were Jessie boots (since she absolutely loves Jessie from Toy Story.)  Well I expected her to refuse to wear them.  To my surprise, she loves them.  She wore them to dinner last night.  This is her this morning in her Jessie boots and hat.

Yee Haw!  Well, sort of, she didn't want me taking her picture.  The usual......