Merry Christmas 2007

Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year!

Santa

A couple of weeks ago, we went to go see Santa and got this picture taken with him. He even had a couple of his reindeer with him. Nick got a candy cane from him and he really likes candy canes we discovered. Hope you all enjoy!

Baby G #2

Here is an ultrasound picture that I had today. They are the same picture I just added some information to one of them so some might be able to understand it. Couple more months and we should be able to know the sex of the baby. I'm getting excited to know. The Dr. said everything looked really good though, and I haven't had any more problems. We're having a BABY!!!! Yah

Big Brother Nick

I think Nick is going to be a great big brother. He just loves his baby doll. He carries it around in a cradle position and even gives it kisses. He can also say baby, too. Nick is going to be such a good helper for me. He already tries to help me around the house a little, picking things up and wiping things with rags. Now if I could teach him to change a dirty diaper. hehehe

Thanksgiving 2007

We had a great Thanksgiving in Phoenix with family. Nick also had a really great time because there were other little ones for him to play with. Apparently Nick thought the leftovers were pretty great, too. He's digging in the fridge to get himself some. Yum!

Silly Nicholas

Nick being silly with his glasses he got for Halloween.

Ashes

Here's a picture of the ashes that were on our balcony after the fires. Sad to see, knowing it may be what's left of some one's home or belongings.

Trick Or Treat

Nick had a fun first Halloween trick-or-treating! He even rang the door bells all by himself. Only thing is he doesn't say trick or treat yet, but he was very generous trying to give away his candy to others handing it out. Oh and he sure made out with lots of candy!

A Hunt for the Pumpkin

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! We went on the hunt for a pumpkin on saturday and got some fun pics. Here are just a few of them. When we arrived and got out Nick immiediately started sayin "Ball ball ball." We told him those aren't balls those are pumpkins, but he likes ball better. So we are going to carve a ball (pumpkin) this year instead.

Almost all contained

That's right almost all the fires are contained. There is only one fire that is not within the fire lines. That is the Witch Fire, and it is over 50 miles away. The air quality is still poor here but last night we could actually see the sky, and today we could see clouds that are not smoke clouds. Everything is almost back to normal, we'll be hanging our pictures up tonight and cleaning the ash off the balcony. Erica says that she will take pictures of the amount of ash and post them later. C'YA

Update on the fires

The evacuations in our area have been lifted. We stayed with our friends by the ocean, Monday & Tuesday. We could have went home yesterday but decided that it was too smoky and ashy to go back to the area, Ben drove over to check it out. While he was there he got some more photos of the area. The ones I've posted are the same place and time as each other. The one you can see the landscape in, is without the camera flash. The one that's black, is with the flash. The flash picked up all the ash in the photo instead of the backdrop. "It looks like it is snowing," Ben said. But you can't really see the ash floating in the air unless a light is shinned on it. He took the photos around dusk.

California Firestorm 2007

Right now we are evacuees at our friends home by the ocean. All of San Diego is completely surrounded by fire. Hopefully we can go back to a home not burned to the ground. The fires are moving to the west. They are on the east side of the lake by our house, 1/2 mile up the road. Ben thinks that the fire is 2.5 to 5 miles from our house and it is moving towards it.

I've Created A MONSTER!

Literally, I gave birth to him and now he is a monster. At least he is a very cute monster! He is into everything now. I almost can't keep up with him. I follow him everywhere. Every few minutes or so I pick up so he can destroy it all over again. Boy, I had no idea what I was in for!

Cute as a Bear!

Red Bull Air Races

Between the Roxy Women's Surf competition, the Local Indian Cultural Event, Street scene, and the air races we could hardly decide what to do this weekend. So Nick decided for us, he loves anything that flies in the sky so it was off to the races. So we drove over to Coronado Island and picked a spot directly in front of the track. We had to get there 3 hours early to find parking and get a good spot. It paid off though, we had chairs, umbrellas, coolers, and even brought the grill. The race kicked off by Navy seals jumping into the water from helicopter and then getting picked up by another helicopter, way cool. The race is a single plane flying through a course of pylons, 250 mph, 15 feet off the water. If they hit a pylon it deflates, and adds seconds to the pilots time. It was a blast.

Nick walking

Here is the video of Nick walking since some haven't seen him walking yet!

La Jolla Cove

What a beautiful place! We went to see sea lions and leopard sharks but all we saw were the sea lions. But there were lots of people snorkeling and in kayaks. I would love to go snorkeling, they have an underwater park in La Jolla Cove where you can snorkel and see all kinds of wild life. We also went to the fishing pier in Ocean Beach. It is quite a walk down the pier, we got some great pictures and saw lots of surfers. We also got some really great pictures of the sunset!