Cousin Jr. Spends the Weekend with Us 7-19-09

Jr. spent the whole weekend with us so his parents could get a little adult time together. We took the boys swimming all day Sunday and then to the park the next day. Julian had a hard time sharing at first because he's the only child and the world revolves around him. But, Julian slowly started to catch on after Jr bite him while he was trying to bully Jr out of a toy. Boys will be boys, I guess. After they both did a much needed time out, they got it together and played like little angels... well, sort of.... :P

Getting ready for his first jump.

You did it, Ju-ju!
Cousins cheesin together... AFTER the biting incident.

PB&J - Ju's fav!

Videos of us swimming:

Bathtub Conversations 7-18-09

"I'm not a baby, Cousin Cole is a baby" 7-5-09

We went to visit cousin Cole at Tiffany's house in the South Bay the day after 4th of July. I was amazed at how big he's gotten -- almost as big around as Jules. Cole is such a happy, easy going baby who's a little drool monster from teething.

Cole was being such a love bunny and cuddling with auntie...
Julian tickling Cole. Unlike Julian, Cole was very interested in what Jer had to say. Airplane!

4th of July 2009

Jer's shish kabob bbq!!! Yummy! Mia and Julian playing Julian and Jr. The kids watching fireworks. Jules crashed after his big tantrum... Batman -- tired after saving the city's people. These are pics from 4th of July weekend in Tracy at Caneisha and Desmond's house. We were suppose to go to the Lake del Valle, but the park was closed due to being at capacity. So...we ended up back at the cousin's house bbq'ing, then went to Celestes and Brian's for fireworks and swimming. There Julian had a major meltdown because he didn't have a Superman swimsuit like Jr. Because of his lovely and always great timing meltdown, Caneisha brought him back to her house -- and dressed him up as batman -- while Mommy and Daddy stayed behind to have some adult time. All in all it was a nice day.

6-27-09 to 7-3-09

I came home from work and found the boys like this. Usually I'm hanging off the edge of the bed.Getting ready to go to the pool.

Showing us his eye crossing abilities.

"Superman!" This would be one of his mean faces...

Julian...

• Can now count to 14 and can skip around until 20.
• Recognizes all basic colors.
• Recognizes shapes like circle, square, star, and heart.
• Can sing his ABC's.
• Can tell you how old he is verbally and by finger signing.
• Knows his first and last name.
• Can peddle his bike while steering recklessly.
• Changes his baby's diaper, feeds her, reads her books and puts her to sleep.
• Can correctly count a set of objects.
• Likes to dive into the deep end of the pool and has no problem holding his breath underwater.
• Likes to rub your back and kiss your boo-boo better when you've hurt yourself.
• Loves wearing a red dish towel, oh, excuse me, his red "Super cape" everyday and pretends to be "Superman". Julian also has super hero powers and shoots spider webs from his fingers.
• Enjoys singing his favourite songs like "Little Bunny Foo Foo",and "Colors of the rainbow".

Julian dictionary:

• Lip it = Lipstick
• Tisses = Kisses
• Do eyes = Put mascara on
• Footiful = Beautiful
• Koos koos = Blues Clues
• Momp = His new word for Mom
• Korti Koo = Horton Hears the Who
• Eyebow = Eyebrow
• Princess P = A girl in a dress
• Milky Roo = Milk
• Get toenails done = Get a manicure
• Sodie water = Julian's favourite drink - soda/sparkling water with lemon.
• Cold = Cousin Cole
• Pologize = Apologize
• Wack-wack = What a penguin says
• Wook = Look
• berry good = Very good
• Puter = Computer

His baby was crying so he put her to bed and read her a story:
When Julian gets mad he crosses his eyes and points his finger at us. Here he is displaying one of his many talents:

Dancing to Sesame Street.

Wedding in Soquel, CA 6-20-09

Karen, who I went to college with, and Zach got married this Saturday and the family was in attendance. We had a lot of fun and Julian was especially loving all the little girls giving him attention and had a blast chasing them.

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Watching the couple say "I do".

Taking their first walk as husband and wife. Isn't his outfit just adorable?!?! Our son is sooo photogenic, yet it is sooo hard to get him to take pictures. Julian giving his "mean face" to Dad.

Madison, the bride and groom's daughter, is 11 months younger than Julian; Mrs. Rita, the groom's mom. "Give Madi a kiss, Ju."

While in school Julian and I would go over to Rita's house for dinner every Sunday night. Rita, you're the best. Julian caught wearing Mommy's high heel. Julian chasing the girls.

Karen and Julian.

Our little Prince Charming.Look at that beautiful hair - he should be in a hair commercial.CAKE! YUM!Daddy trying to get a kiss from the Spaghetti.

"Tisses"

Congrats and Best Wishes to the Wonderful Couple and Madison!