Mother's Day 2012

A couple photos from Saddleback Church. I love my family!

Date Night

This week we were in need of another date night, so we called up Gramma Joan, who happily obliged.  We headed out to an early dinner at Cucina Enoteca. We snagged the spot on the patio we loved so much last time and enjoyed pizza and cabernet. The eggplant/goat cheese/pistachio pesto pizza was amazing!

1 year old

My little girl is 1!

I have a hard time believing she lost 5 oz since last month (especially with the way she eats!) so my scale must not be the most accurate. Regardless, she has gained over 15 pounds and grown 11 inches in 12 months... pretty impressive!

London isn't walking yet, and she doesn't seem overly interested, but she gets around pretty quickly and is scaling the furniture. She is a sweetie pie, but this girl is LOUD. She is not shy about speaking her mind.

Happy Birthday, London girl! We love you so much!!

*photo by the amazing Melissa Brandman

London's 1st Birthday Party

   

This weekend we celebrated London's 1st Birthday with a family party.  There was an abundance of pink, orange and the British flag.  I created all the paper goods (invitation, flags, banners, stickers, coloring books and tissue paper tassel garland) and my sister did London's smash cake and cupcakes! I was so happy with how everything turned out, and the birthday girl had a lot of fun! She had no problem digging right into her cake, and found that face-first was the most efficient way to eat it. 

Picnics

One of Hudson's favorite things to do is have a picnic.  In fact, you call anything a "picnic" and he is all for it. Last weekend we had TWO picnics in the front yard!  He requested a peanut butter, banana & honey sandwich, goldfish crackers, and a box of raisins. I was happy to oblige. After our picnic on Sunday, we went on a hunt for roly polies. We ended up finding tons of them, and Hudson wanted to take all of them into the house. We compromised on the garage instead. ;)

*On another note, I recently installed Instagram on my phone and have been a bit obsessed! At least there won't be a shortage of photos taken... You can follow me @heatherlmyers.

Last Easter...

Crazy to think last year I was days away from meeting London (but thought I still had a few weeks)! This year London got to celebrate her first Easter on the outside. We had a great day at home with Grandma Joan. We went to church in the morning, then enjoyed the sunshine, an egg hunt & a delicious meal cooked mostly by Daddy.

Date Night

11 months

Today Miss London is 11 months old. Next month we will be celebrating her birthday! Wow, it's gone by fast. She is at a fun age right now, but she is pretty feisty! She knows what she wants and she will let you know. Most of the time, what she wants is our food or Hudson's toys. She is a great eater, and becoming less interested in baby food (she will spit it out many times) and more interested in real food.

Here are a few more highlights of the month:
-7 teeth with an 8th breaking through right now
-18-24 month clothes
-pulling herself up and scaling the furniture
-Starting to mimic some of our words/tones

I Love My Dog (Round 2)

Gunnar drives us crazy sometimes, but at least he is good with the kids (most of the time).

Little Artist

All of a sudden, Hudson is crazy good at drawing! I swear that just last week, most of his drawings were unrecognizable. Of course, they were beautiful, but mostly unrecognizable. His Oma & Opa brought him a journal last weekend, so he started drawing in it. Yesterday we started drawing pictures side by side, and I was amazed at how well he was doing! I know I'm his mom, but I think his drawings are pretty impressive! Looks like he got the creative gene from his parents!

*Yes, that is a gorilla. Yes, I know it looks nothing like a gorilla. And yes, I realize Hudson's gorilla is making fun of my "gorilla".