Bedtimes and Bathtimes

Hey, isn't it bathtime soon?


Yup!


Love blowing raspberries on Milo's belly.

Watching Bugs Bunny.

Pressing buttons on the TV in my jammies.

Playing outside...

January and the oak trees in the front yard are still trying to shed their leaves. Many of the trees in our yard are still green. Must be the "global warming" LOL. I scooped up a nice big crunchy pile of leaves for the kids to play in. Milo usually has no problem with playing and/or eating leaves but I think he became overwhelmed with all the possibilities when he saw them all in a pile. Zoey had no problem figuring out what to do.

It's hard to get Zoey to sit still very long for a picture and poor Milo usually has a big drool on his chin and closes his eyes in anticipation of the flash. But here's two for the book (or blog) except there's that drool still. It makes for some very wet and sloppy baby kisses though. 'Tis the age I guess.

This was an early Christmas present...and a total hit! Except Milo eats sand. The other day at the park he got so tired of me interrupting him from shoving fistfuls of sand in his mouth. He got creative and did an intentional face plant just to get a taste. That move was so unexpected for me that he got just what he wanted and he didn't seem to mind at all unfortunately.

Our big rain storm of the year. Milo was sleeping or he'd have wanted to be out there crawling around just to be with Zoey. The neighbors must've thought I was nuts to let her run around because it was really cold too. But she was running around so fast it was like she was trying to soak up every rain drop and hit every puddle...or maybe she was just trying to keep warm. This is the only picture I got of her standing...the rest were a blur of action shots. We're still getting a lot of use out of the rain gear that Uncle Kevin sent for her 1st (?) birthday.

Rolling around in the grass before dinner.

Christmas Pictures

Vince and Zoey waiting in the LONG line for Santa...while she told us the whole time that she didn't want to see him anyway. "I don't like it that one" is about what she kept saying over and over. What is it about the white bearded one that freaks kids out?

Looks like they're having a deep conversation.

He was fine until he heard Zoey wailing.

But we got a picture anyway.

Milo's 8 months pictures. What a little stud in his leather biker jacket!

Our family Christmas pictures.

Designer Gal

OK family & friends...you gotta check out this site...I had hours of fun creating caricatures of you all. You can order all kinds of fun stuff customized with the images you create. I made the image (on the right) of Me, Milo and Zoey (of course Milo and Zoey aren't that old yet but they'll grow into it) and sorry, Vince is missing for now...I couldn't find a dude in the stock images who would work. Anyway, http://www.designhergals.com/ was nice enough to let me use the image on the blog for free! Thanks Gals!!! Just click on the picture to check out their stuff.

This Month's Photoshoot

Too bad I wasn't dressed better for the picture. This was my attempt at lightening her mood...she's really not been keen on being around strangers lately. And I quote in Zoey speak, "Ee want no" means "I don't want any part of... (fill in the blank)". But you'd think she'd be pretty familiar with the portrait studio by now. Even still, the girl can never take a bad picture. She was running around like a maniac and the poor (elderly) photographer was literally chasing her around...so was I. Thank goodness for digital and fast shutter speed.

He's my little "Nugget".
Look what I can do now?! I'm as surprised as Mom was!

But I'm much more comfortable like this these days...not that I don't like to stand up if someone wants to help.

School field trip to the Farm

Hey Ever, we're gonna ride the horsies!

Yeah, this post is pretty much ALL about me.

Riding the ponies...nothing makes me happier.

Posing for a photo-op with Mom and Milo.

OK, a token shot of Lil Bro with pumpkins...and here's Zoey looking for the perfect pumpkin.

Chaperoned by Gramma Jean. Thanks for joining us. It was a great day and a lot of fun to have you with us!

Aw, big hugs for Gramma Jean.

It's been a long time since I've been able to carry Zoey around. It sure made Milo feel light, that's for sure!

Best buds on the hay ride.

And little did we know, we brought home much more than produce...we brought home Coxsackie A virus and Enterovirus 71...What fun for the Lopez household! Makes me wanna live in a bubble sometimes. LOL

1st Halloween...and a party pooper!

Surprised we got a smile out of him. This costume is really heavy and he wasn't too happy that it made his new crawling skill more difficult. I don't take much credit...OK, I do take a lot of credit..but it was a Martha Stewart idea just like Zoey's Eagle costume for her 1st Halloween. C'mon, you may not like Martha but ya gotta admit, she sure does have a great staff to round up all those great recipes and crafts.

Some different views.

OK, I'm definitely as proud as a Momma Web can be of this costume. Note the 4 eyeballs (Martha's pattern didn't call for that, it was my addition)...and yep, the really gross spiders have at least 4. To really appreciate it you must know that I'm very arachnophobic...for some reason it's getting worse with age.

Thankfully, we had a party at Preschool on Monday so I got some pics of us all together. And thank you Allison (Ever's Mom, another blogging momma and source of a lot of our photos) for getting some additional footage.

WARNING: Do not open unless you want to hear a whining/crying/hysterical toddler. Mind you, this blog is my version of scrapbooking so I must preserve it (even the ugly moments) for posterity's sake. All I can say is "Thank God I didn't burn the midnight oil actually making her costume". I'd have been even more pissed and I'd probably have forced her to wear it and trick-or-treat...damn it! Thanks Mom for the support! I was really disappointed...seems you probably were more persuasive with me than I could ever be with Zoey.