Happy Easter!

We are all moved into our new place and are lovin' it! I shouldn't say all moved in because we still have some unloading to do but we are getting very close. We moved in the first weekend in April and hosted Easter here the next weekend with my parents, Eric, my uncle Kevin & aunt Kathy, and Justin. Adelaide had her own little Easter egg hunt (thanks to Eric the Easter bunny) and thought it was pretty great. There were about 50 eggs filled with candies or stickers or cuties and she wanted to see what was in each egg as she found them. That wasn't working for us so we taught her a better way, but it was pretty cute while it lasted.

Mav is too young for egg hunting, so he just chilled on the grass.

I wish I would have taken a group picture with everyone but here is one of our little family.

We ♥ Beaches

We have ventured over to the beach a few times since moving back. Oh how I missed the beach when we lived out of state. We've gone for long walks, played in the sand, watched surfers catch waves, checked out tide pools, spotted naked sunbathers and did a little (fully clothed) sunbathing of our own. Life doesn't get much better than this!

Oak Meadow

It has been fun to spend time with Adelaide in the same park I played at growing up. On Saturdays the train and carousel are open and Adelaide looks forward to riding the "horseys" all week. We don't normally take Maverick out in his PJ's but there was a diaper incident and it was the only spare we had :)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

I know this looks gross but our Saint Patrick's Day breakfast was actually quite good!

Hootinannies with green buttermilk syrup and green eggs!

And dinner was good too! Corned beef is eaten but once a year....

Life Lately: Phone Pics

Lots of mother daughter time.

Our quick roadtrip to SoCal for Freddy and Ashley's wedding on Leap Day wore Adelaide out!

Adelaide loves the Library, although she likes collecting the books more than reading them.

Mav liked the library too.

Most Saturdays we head as a familyto a farmer's market to get produce for the week.

I loved this interesting cousin of a cauliflower.

We've gone out to Pleasanton a few times to visit Rick for lunch and ice cream.

Adelaide knows all her letters and now we're working on numbers so we painted them on rocks.

I finished knitting a blanket for my new nephew Soren.

Adelaide loves having her nails painted red or pink.

We've had some good times in the car with Eric squished between the kids in back.

El Metro is our new favorite Mexican spot... The El Pastor tacos are amazing.

Adelaide was a little hesitant at first, but eventually really got into the fountains in downtown LG.

Grandpa is very adventurous and took these two for a run on the LG creek trail loop around the dam.

Maverick finally got to meet Naomi!

Adelaide loved spending time with Naomi and her iphone full of pictures & loved her new fancy rose purse.

We visited Chanel for Lunch at Yahoo, what an awesome place to work.

At Uncle Howard's funeral Adelaide reconnected with some relatives.

Terrible Twos & Four Months

Terrible Twos

Adelaide is two and half and you can tell! She is full of energy, has been learning tons, is such a chatterbox and along the way has become quite destructive. I started a little memo page on my phone to keep track of all the things lately that she has destroyed:

My macbook screen! I left the room for one minute to dispose of a diaper after I had just done her hair. She used the brush I left at her side to quickly and thoroughly smash my screen. I still need to get it replaced, this is the reason I have not blogged in a while.

Maverick's sheets. She found Maverick sleeping in his crib while I was prepping dinner. She came back into the kitchen excited to inform me that "Maverick, head, grapejuice, ha ha ha ha" with a huge, proud grin on her face. Sweet Maverick slept through the whole thing but the small puddle of grapejuice around his head looked quite gruesome.

My parent's TV. She quickly drew with crayon all across it and back. Luckily Rick was able to get it off.

My very favorite jeans! She sneaked a little navy crayon in with a load of wash and they destroyed my rose colored stevie ankles. It is probably for the best because I was wearing them entirely too often and it was getting embarrassing.

My vintage little chair! When I was younger my parents gave my sister and I an adorable table with two chairs. She took a permanent marker to the fabric on the chair. It's okay because I was planning on reupholstering them anyways, but still... very naughty!

A dozen eggs! Adelaide opened the refrigerator with force and swiped the carton of eggs to the ground. Each one broke. It was gross cleaning that up.

I'm sure there are more but those are the ones I recorded. Now it's important to note that she is not this crazy all the time. She is so sweet and playful and cute 99% of the time, but out of no where this mischievous look washes over her face and she does something insane. I can't quite tell when it will strike or what motivates it. If I could bottle up all her energy I could seriously make millions... I have never seen anything like it. Oh how we love our crazy miss Adelaide.

Four Months

Maverick is four months! I can't believe how fast the first third of his first year has flown by. I can't get enough of him.... He is so sweet, mellow, giggly, smiley, squirmy and curious. He has been rolling over from front to back and back to front for quite some time. He can squirm his way out of the bumbo chair. He loves to eat his feet, particularly his left one. He has switched from his high squeaky voice to a lower grunt (early puberty?). He fits into 12 month clothing. He wears the same size diaper as Adelaide but still somehow (over)fills them pretty much daily. He giggles when you tickle him and loves peek-a-boo. He rarely cries but will give a little sympathy cry when Adelaide is having a meltdown. He calmly endures an abundance of hugging, kissing, squeezing and crowding from his older sister. We all just adore and love our (not-so) little Mav.