Twelve Months!!

Elie and Zach are turning one,

And invite their friends to come

To a night held in their honor;

Party with two Little Monsters!

Elie: It's past my bedtime...how about you, Zach? The Uglydoll cake. Jana's creation--super cute!!The post-party meltdown.Zach: I want my crib...Happy Birthday Little Monsters!!

Zachary Eve

A year ago today I was in labor--all day (and most of the night before), but it took me a while to realize it.

A year ago today I was nervous. I was a self-taught HypnoBirth-er and I was starting to second-guess myself. Did I prepare well enough? Would I be able to have my baby naturally?

A year ago tonight, Adam rushed me to the hospital. They sent me back home. :-)

A year ago tomorrow Zach was born. Oh happy day!!

Today he took his first step (so proud of my LittleMan)!!

Tomorrow we celebrate his 1st birthday!! I'm very excited!! Hence the exclamation points!!!

**Haha! We just noticed that we're wearing the exact same outfits in this beach picture as we are in our header photo! Zach was in my tummy then, too...just too small to see yet. I love my brown dress...so sad that it's starting to fade and wear out.

Q & A

**When she said this I just had to laugh...I remember asking myself the same sort of thing in Junior High. Too funny!!

"Mommy, why did Jesus make me small private parts?"

The Concrete Jungle

I h-a-t-e downtown Los Angeles.

Specifically, driving in it.

I grew up in the country. Many of the roads were so narrow and deserted that the county didn't even bother to draw lines on them, which got really tricky in the fog, but I lived.

My cousin moved from similar circumstances to Redondo Beach. She has to commute on congested freeways a lot. It causes her extreme anxiety.

I feel for her.

The only reason we ever venture to downtown LA is to visit our friends, Adam and Marlene. They spent the past four years living in the concrete jungle and loved it! But I am sad to report that we just had our last LA visit with them. They are moving back to Nor Cal. I am sure we will still see them often, but I will miss our LA adventures now that they are gone...(minus the driving part).

We came for Braden's b-day party at the most fancy apartment complex I've ever seen.

The Ortini--or something like that.

The hand-made Telly Tubby pinata was the coolest. It was full of stale Charleston Chew and Simpson's fruitsnacks.

Braden was NOT happy when the other kids had a turn. He is inconsolable in the background! I love that Marlene is laughing about it!!

Happy Birthday Braden!!

We won't miss our adventures on Figueroa, Hope and Flower, or the traffic at the Staples Center, but we will miss the time we spent with you.

Good luck you guys!!

I Wish I Were...

Today I decided to meet Adam for lunch.

Little did I know we were about to encounter

THE WIENERMOBILE!!Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener,

That is what I really want to be,
'Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener,

Ev'ryone would be in love with me!!

(I'm in love with him!)Zach: That's a BIG wiener!!Katelyn: I don't like wieners!K: But I do like weenie whistles!

(We're holding weenie whistles, if you can't tell)Me: Come inside, it's fun!

Kate: I don't want to go in a wiener!

(She thought it would drive away with her in it.)

In other news...

Did you know Zach is a playa' ?