Saturday, December 27, 2008
Christmas is over!....so here's how it went...
Oh my...where do we start. It was such a wirlwind of an experience this year with our 7 month old (Trooper) Lauren!! In the pics we included below were some from our amazing experiment in entertaining the night Grandma Dorothy, Grandpa Steve, Erin, Tim, Noah and Molls came over for a fabulous dinner that we still can't stop thanking Tina and Sharon for making!!
We also had some pics of our night at the pizza place called Roma D' Italia! We had such a great time with Noni, Jim, The Itsons and Michelle!! Thanks again Faye for the awesome long sleeve shirt...it's so comfortable!! Lauren loved playing with Alex and Jenna all night as you can see!!
Then it was Christmas Eve! Lauren couldn't wait to get into all the presents. She thought they were all for her...especially the big ones! Do all kids think this?? I don't know why.
Christmas Day was such an amazing day filled with so much love and warm wishes from family and friends! We had a great time over at Tina's parents house. We were not expecting such an amazing dinner they had ready for us! The environment felt so warm you would think we were actually family!! I had fun playin' Guitar Hero with Marko!
It was so nice to also get to see Michelle Lima for Christmas! For me it had to be atleast a few years, but Sharon it probably felt that way even though she saw her last year. It was so nice to catch up and to have her meet Lauren for the first time!
Christmas time over at Grandpa Cardenas' house was awesome as usual! This time we had two new grandkids for Grandpa to handle! As you can see he was up to the task! I was so happy to be in the midst of the grandkids on my mother's side of the family for the first time!
Here's Molly and Lauren looking super cute on their first Christmas!!!
Managed chaos at John and Mom's.
Christmas morning after a wonderful breakfast at the Montage with Connie, George, and Michelle!!
Her first Christmas morning at our new place opening presents!!
Helping my girl with her presents!
Cute pic with the Smysers - Tim and I.
Last but not least we had our Christmas dinner out with Chris, Phil and Great Grandma Jacobsen! We had so much fun before it was bedtime for bonzo.
We also had some pics of our night at the pizza place called Roma D' Italia! We had such a great time with Noni, Jim, The Itsons and Michelle!! Thanks again Faye for the awesome long sleeve shirt...it's so comfortable!! Lauren loved playing with Alex and Jenna all night as you can see!!
Then it was Christmas Eve! Lauren couldn't wait to get into all the presents. She thought they were all for her...especially the big ones! Do all kids think this?? I don't know why.
Christmas Day was such an amazing day filled with so much love and warm wishes from family and friends! We had a great time over at Tina's parents house. We were not expecting such an amazing dinner they had ready for us! The environment felt so warm you would think we were actually family!! I had fun playin' Guitar Hero with Marko! 
It was so nice to also get to see Michelle Lima for Christmas! For me it had to be atleast a few years, but Sharon it probably felt that way even though she saw her last year. It was so nice to catch up and to have her meet Lauren for the first time!
Christmas time over at Grandpa Cardenas' house was awesome as usual! This time we had two new grandkids for Grandpa to handle! As you can see he was up to the task! I was so happy to be in the midst of the grandkids on my mother's side of the family for the first time!
Here's Molly and Lauren looking super cute on their first Christmas!!!
Managed chaos at John and Mom's. 
Christmas morning after a wonderful breakfast at the Montage with Connie, George, and Michelle!!
Her first Christmas morning at our new place opening presents!!
Helping my girl with her presents!
Cute pic with the Smysers - Tim and I.
Last but not least we had our Christmas dinner out with Chris, Phil and Great Grandma Jacobsen! We had so much fun before it was bedtime for bonzo.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Santa drives his sleigh to our house!
The Tustin PD sent Santa's sleigh right to our house!
First, they plant signs announcing Santa will arrive that night. Then, police cars with those non-emergency bleepy type sirens announce that he is coming. 10 min later Santa arrives and parks across the street! Lauren was so amazed that she never smiled or cried, just stared in awe at everyone the whole time.
First, they plant signs announcing Santa will arrive that night. Then, police cars with those non-emergency bleepy type sirens announce that he is coming. 10 min later Santa arrives and parks across the street! Lauren was so amazed that she never smiled or cried, just stared in awe at everyone the whole time.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Photos from the Park
A friend offered to take some nice photos of Lauren at a nearby park so I could have something for a Christmas card. So, here they are! (Look for the card in the mail!)
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Baby gym, Hanukkah fun, and a new tooth.
We've been having more family fun time with our new crawler and stander, Lauren. She's starting to get more and more headstrong about what she wants and knows how to get it. We've been going to a baby gym by the house lately. She likes all the mats and obstacles. We also just went to our annual White Trash Hanukkah party at Suzanne's house. There were ding dongs and ho-ho's a plenty..it was awesome. It was also the first time Lauren could go! Everyone was excited to see her...some for the first time. More Holiday fun is coming soon!!
(Sharons addition): New tooth alert: On 12/11, Lauren cut her top left tooth! The other one is following right behind it. And after months and months of trying to get her to say mamamamama or dadadadadadada or bababababababa, what does she say first? drumroll....
GAH! Gah? Yes gagagagagagaga, she decided to ignore us and choose her own sound. C'mon Lauren. Gaga is soooo cliche. ;)
Ross with Lauren after a fun bath time!
Lauren loves the Macaroni Grill
Ross with Lauren at The Little Gym in Tustin
Lauren climbs the blocks
Going down a stair is a lot harder than up!
Suzanne with Maddie and the Hanukkah hat!
Sharon and Elaine - the dradle champs!
At the park with her new friend Evan. First time on the swing! (she did try to eat it at first)
Her first laundry basket ride with Noni!
If she see something she wants, she will find a way to get there!
Lauren at her photo shoot at Mile Square.
(Sharons addition): New tooth alert: On 12/11, Lauren cut her top left tooth! The other one is following right behind it. And after months and months of trying to get her to say mamamamama or dadadadadadada or bababababababa, what does she say first? drumroll....
GAH! Gah? Yes gagagagagagaga, she decided to ignore us and choose her own sound. C'mon Lauren. Gaga is soooo cliche. ;)
Ross with Lauren after a fun bath time!
Lauren loves the Macaroni Grill
Ross with Lauren at The Little Gym in Tustin
Lauren climbs the blocks
Going down a stair is a lot harder than up!
Suzanne with Maddie and the Hanukkah hat!
Sharon and Elaine - the dradle champs!
At the park with her new friend Evan. First time on the swing! (she did try to eat it at first)
Her first laundry basket ride with Noni!
If she see something she wants, she will find a way to get there!
Lauren at her photo shoot at Mile Square.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Look Ma! No hands!
I try to catch some of these first things in a photo or video so that Ross can see what he misses during the day. This was todays! Bottom pic is a video of Lauren standing on her own for the first time (well, the first time on video!). Almost 6.5 months old.
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