Team Burkholz

Brother and Sister

2010-02-22T23:13:00.000-08:00

8 month shots- can you tell they are related??

Sharing!

2010-02-16T13:44:00.000-08:00

We are practicing sharing our toys like NICE big sisters! AHEM!! Looks like we have a little bit of work to do.

From Video's Janfeb 2010

Valentine's Portraits

2010-02-14T21:55:00.000-08:00

Our beloved Walmart portrait studio is closing down!!! These were the last ones- enjoy and happy Valentine's Day 2010

Valentines 2010

2010-02-14T13:40:00.000-08:00

We had a hot DATE at Piatti in La Jolla with our friend Rae and Chris for V-day. It was sooooo YUMMY!! Then we stopped by Jake's in Del Mar for some coffee and dessert- the chocolate lava cake with strawberry ice cream for Valentines day was SO good, but not even all 4 of us together could finish it!.

Hannah and Cole stayed home and made cupcakes with aunts Kelly and Karyn and had a blast :)

Cole Trying to Crawl

2010-02-11T21:20:00.000-08:00

He is ALMOST doing it....

From Video's Janfeb 2010

Hannah sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

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From Video's Janfeb 2010

Family Picture Day

2010-01-15T14:49:00.000-08:00

OK, I've been TRYING to get family pics done for a few months now. We have cancelled several times. We finally got our act together and made it to Rancho Carillo park (with the help of Grandma, Grandma and Grandpa!) It was a tough photoshoot...Hannah pooped twice during the hour, had to be bribed for nearly every picture with tic-tacs, and Cole was kind of tired and not too smiley....BUT....our photographer/friend Marian is fabulous and here are the results!

click here for the rest of the pics!

Hannah's 2nd Birthday

2010-01-14T15:10:00.000-08:00

For Hannah's 2nd birthday party, I had visions of a jumpee, inviting 50 of Hannah's little friends, playing games, homemade party favors, etc etc. And then I decided....I'M TIRED. So we had a really small family party with pizza and aunt Kelly made cupcakes. It was SO MUCH better!! I was so glad my sister and my mom talked some sense into me! After all, if I did all that this year, what the heck am I gonna do when she turns 5??

From Hannah's birthday

From Video's Janfeb 2010

Wild Animal Park

2010-01-14T14:57:00.000-08:00

For Hannah's 2nd birthday, we headed to the Wild Animal Park for her first time. She LOVED it! The animals were not as exciting as the playground, however :) MORE PICS HERE

From Hannah's birthday

POPCORN PARTY!!!

2010-01-13T15:03:00.000-08:00

We started hyping Hannah's birthday party up a little too early. She would NOT stop talking about having a party on the 13th....and we still had 24 hours to go before her birthday party....so Grandma B stepped in and had another party...POPCORN!!

Hannah's 2 year pics

2010-01-07T15:20:00.000-08:00

Again...I was on a roll.....who needs the photo studio?

From Hannah is almost 2 years old!

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Big GIRL

2010-01-03T15:29:00.000-08:00

OK, there is a LOT Of talk around here about panties, going potty in the potty, etc etc. Unfortunately not a lot of success yet, it is all still a big game to Hannah, as you can tell...

From Video's Janfeb 2010

Cole's 6 month pics

2010-01-01T14:52:00.000-08:00

Trying to save some $$, took 'em myself :)
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Christmas Morning

2009-12-25T13:54:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning we started a NEW tradition- German apple pancakes!! Yummy! Grandma Gay's recipe turned out great. We had a few Christmas carols and then started in on the presents. Hannah was a little overwhelmed by all the gifts- next year we will go a bit easier (yeah right!) or maybe let her open one per day so she has time to play with them all. click here for more pictures

Train Table

2009-12-25T13:00:00.000-08:00

Here is Randy's ( I MEAN SANTA'S!) masterpiece- the train table. Took him only 2 hours to put it together!!

From Christmastime 2009

And here is the response....(click on the videos to watch)

From Christmastime 2009

More Christmas presents!

2009-12-25T12:58:00.000-08:00

Grandma's Boy

2009-12-21T13:48:00.000-08:00

Cole is loving having Grandma around, his own personal attendant! (we think she kind of likes it too :)

Santa Claus 2009

2009-12-20T13:12:00.000-08:00

Hannah was kind of obsessed with Santa Claus this year, talking about him a lot, but when she finally got to meet him she was TERRIFIED! Here is the documentation~ oh well, maybe next year (sigh)

Jenn and Tristan!

2009-12-15T15:26:00.000-08:00

My new buddy/walking partner Jenn and her son Tristan, who is 2 months older than Cole. We have been BUSTING it about 4x a week, melting away those post-baby pounds!

From christmas party

Christmas Babies

2009-12-06T12:55:00.000-08:00

Here are some Christmas pics I took of the kids by our tree. How could they be any cuter???

Hannah Lei BURKHOLZ!!

2009-12-02T12:44:00.000-08:00

From Hannah Lei BURKHOLZ

Cole can Roll!! (and Hannah too)

2009-12-01T12:39:00.000-08:00

From Cole rolls over

Turkey Day 2009

2009-11-26T13:00:00.000-08:00

We had my family over to our house for Thanksgiving. I got to work an early shift and got off at 4 in time for dinner. Sarah, Kelly's roomate and my mom's cousine Debbie joined us for dinner.

Here are some pics of Hannah helping Grandma bake the pies!
And Cole was all smiles :)

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Halloween Wigs

2009-11-05T13:32:00.000-08:00

Kelly brought over these wigs left over from Halloween costumes, and we dressed our little guy up. He looked FABULOUS!!

Maui 09

2009-11-01T13:27:00.000-08:00

The first week of November we took a vacation to Maui with both kids, Grandma, Aunt Kelly, and James and Jojo. The traveling part was not-so-fun but once we were there everyone had a blast! We stayed at the Maui Marriott right on Kaanapali beach. The pool was AWESOME and the kids had lots of fun playing on the pirate ship. Mommy and Daddy really liked the beachfront massage station :)

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The Official Halloween Pics

2009-10-31T08:06:00.000-07:00

OK, trying to catch up on the last part of 2009! Here are the official Halloween pics, taken by my good friend Marian, a budding photographer. It was a TOUGH day for all of us, but we did get a few good ones! Hannah the bee did NOT want to wear her bee hood, and Cole the monkey was about as mad as Cole the froggie, so in the end we went with the pumpkin onesie which was cute also. I think the last pic captures the essence of the kids' feelings about Halloween costumes! HAHA

Chicken Dance

2009-10-17T06:25:00.001-07:00

From Octoberfest

Hannah and Jo Jo

2009-10-17T06:23:00.000-07:00

Jo Jo and James came for a visit a few weeks ago. Jo and Hannah are fast friends, and Jo loves helping out with Cole too!

Halloween Preview

2009-10-17T06:17:00.000-07:00

We found some really cute Halloween costumes at the used baby store in town. Unfortunately, neither of the kids were too excited about wearing them! We are going to have to think of something clever to get them to smile for the pictures. Hmmmm.

Cole is 3 months!

2009-09-26T14:48:00.000-07:00

And what a handsome boy he is! Looks more like MOMMY, don't you think! Yeah!

Double BOB

2009-09-26T14:44:00.001-07:00

That's right folks, we are double Bobbing it these days. The kids are actually enjoying riding together in the stroller! Cole is 3 months and Hannah is 20 months now. Hopefully I can get back to blogging after a short 2 month post partum break :) It's been BUSY around here!

From Saturday 92609

Brother and Sister

2009-07-23T13:17:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures of Cole and Hannah at 1 month- note the family resemblance!!

Cole's first week

2009-06-25T07:05:00.000-07:00

Father's Day

2009-06-21T06:56:00.000-07:00

We took Cole to the Carlsbad ward for father's day and left Hannah at home with Grandma since it was her naptime. Daddy got a little bike ride in the afternoon, and for dinner we tried out our new favorite Thai restaurant in Oceanside with my mom. The last picture is of Randy on Hannah duty... we took turns chasing her thru the parking lot since she did not want to sit still and eat. Cole, on the other hand, is super at going out to dinner. He is also good at going shopping and pretty much anywhere else we want to take him...he never makes a peep!

Hannah plays fetch with Rio

2009-06-20T06:24:00.000-07:00

From Hannah plays fetch with Rio

Hannah has learned how to play fetch with Rio. Maybe now they will BOTH leave us alone and play nicely by themselves (just kidding!!)

Hannah meets baby Cole

2009-06-18T06:45:00.000-07:00

Hannah was quite taken with her new baby brother. She met him on his birthday at the hospital. ( We snuck her in after visiting hours were already over and luckily nobody really cared :)

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From Hannah meets baby Cole

He's finally Here!

2009-06-18T06:32:00.000-07:00

And what a handsome boy he is!! Cole Phillip Burkholz was born June 18th at 2: 25 pm at Palomar Medical Center. I started having contractions about 1 am when I got off work. Of course, I was was up all night not sleeping, so I had time to get ready, take a shower, get my stuff together, did a few pages in Hannah's scrapbook (hehe) and woke Randy up at about 7 am to go to the hospital. When we got there I was about 5-6 cm dialated so we were admitted. From there, everything went pretty smoothly and baby was born without any problems. He was littler than we expected, at 5 lbs, 15 oz! Don't ask me why, I thought he was going to be bigger than Hannah (but apparently it was all my own fat, HA!) Anyway he was healthy and we are so grateful he is here!

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Baby's Nursery is Done!

2009-06-17T10:24:00.000-07:00

We are finally done with the nursery, with a week to spare! LOL Thanks to everyone who helped, including our neighbor Peter and Randy who painted, and my mom who made the curtains. It looks great, if I do say so myself :)

6th year anniversary

2009-06-17T10:18:00.000-07:00

For our 6th year anniversary, we went down to La Jolla and ate at Azul. The restaurant we ate at when Randy proposed (Top of the Cove) was closed for remodeling, but this one was just as good! Aunt Karyn came to stay with Hannah. We walked around outside and went to the exact spot where Randy proposed. Can't believe it has been 6 years already!!

Hannah mops the floor

2009-06-15T10:19:00.000-07:00

From Hannah cleans the house

I've noticed that Hannah likes to wipe things up with a towel or wipes- thinking I'd better milk this one!!

Hannah drives the FJ

2009-05-28T16:04:00.001-07:00

From Hannah drives the FJ Cruiser

Here is Hannah's latest obsession: she likes to DRIVE and getting the KEYS, two of her new favorite words!

Randy the Mountain Man

2009-05-28T15:56:00.000-07:00

Randy took Hannah to Utah for Memorial Day weekend to see the Burkholz side of the family. Word is, she was the hit of the party and everyone loved her. Not suprising :) She has 11 cousins who were excited to see her! While they were there, Randy and his friend Rick climbed Mt. Olympus which is apparently pretty steep, with 4000 ft of elevation gain over a mile! Whoa!!!! They had to use fancy equipment like crampons and ice axes. What a studly husband I have, yes? For more photos and video click here.

From Mt Olympus

Hannah and Clarise's playdate

2009-05-15T09:49:00.000-07:00

We went up to Redlands last Friday to visit our friends James and Emily. Emily is battling lymphoma and very sick. James is an AWESOME daddy to Clarise, who is 2 1/2 years old. Hannah and Clarise (Jo-jo) had fun playing together; the last time they saw each other was when Clarise was 1 1/2 and Hannah was only about 5 months old! This time they had a little more to do! I got them matching dresses from Target and they were excited to be twins so they ran around the yard and jumped on the couch together! They look like they could be sisters with their blond hair and blue eyes! For more pics click here.

Mother's Day

2009-05-10T09:45:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures we took of us on Mother's Day. My mom was down so we all went to brunch at a little sidewalk cafe in Encinitas with my sisters. Hannah was NOT in the mood to sit still so she explored the joint, and destroyed my mother's day rose they were handing out to all the moms. Oh well. Here is a pic of MY beautiful mother also!

Hannah loves the Hot tub!

2009-05-09T11:49:00.000-07:00

We finally broke down and got the hot tub we were planning to get for the last....year or so.... Hannah LOVES it!!! We keep the temp about 98 degrees so it is just perfect to stay in for a long time for baby and pregnant mama! Her new favorite word is HOTTUB (pronouced....hopta)

Hannah at Karyn's school

2009-05-08T11:54:00.000-07:00

My mom and I took Hannah over to my sister Karyn's fourth grade class at Sage Canyon Elementary for a little "baby show and tell." All the kids were excited to see Hannah, and she was happy to be the center of attention, of course!

What is going on here?

2009-05-07T11:52:00.000-07:00

Your guess is as good as mine....Hannah loves Rio. Hannah loves to be naked.

Hannah's new pool

2009-04-24T12:24:00.000-07:00

Hannah had a few of her little friends over last week to swim in her new pool! It is still a bit chilly but they had fun. Hannah wore her new wetsuit so she could stay warm. Now all she needs is a surfboard!

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Couch Ball

2009-04-17T09:50:00.000-07:00

From Couch ball

Easter Sunday

2009-04-12T09:57:00.000-07:00

On Easter Sunday, we went to church at the Carlsbad Ward and then in the afternoon Aunt Karyn came over and we had a little egg hunt in the front yard. Karyn kept steeling Hannah's eggs out of her basket and re-hiding them, so she hunted for over 30 minutes! She had fun! Then Mommy had to go back to work :( Oh well, at least I got to be there for a little while!

Click here for more pics, (Daddy took 118 pics!! so you can browse at your leisure) and be sure to click on the video (last picture at the end of this post.)

From Easter Sunday

Hidden Canyon Park

2009-04-08T07:07:00.000-07:00

This is one of Hannah's favorite nearby parks. She likes to go down the slide and climb through all the tunnels. And of course, the swing. She says "weeeee weeee" when she gets on the swing :) Compared to a lot of the other little kids, she is pretty agile and pretty brave for her age, not afraid to climb all the way up and go down the slide by herself!

Carosel Mall

2009-04-07T15:49:00.000-07:00

Monday morning my mom and I took Hannah over to the carosel mall in Carlsbad to ride the merry go round and see the Easter bunny. She liked the Easter bunny from afar but wasn't too excited to sit on his lap! She also got to ride on the play cars and taste the sample from the smoothie shop. Big fun!

NOVA trio

2009-04-06T15:46:00.000-07:00

Randy and I took advantage of Grandma being here and had an afternoon out at Seaport Village. We checked out our friend Toby and his band the NOVA trio, who were playing there on Sunday afternoon. Toby's son Lucas who is 2 joined them onstage with his guitar. It was really cute and he drew quite a crowd! Randy and I were taking silly pics of each other with our new camera.

Swimming at the YMCA

2009-04-05T13:35:00.000-07:00

Hannah got her first swimming lesson of the season at the YMCA the weekend my mom was here....she was a little scared at first, but by the end she was having a good time. She wore the new rash guard Daddy gave her :)

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Playgroup Easter Egghunt

2009-04-04T13:30:00.000-07:00

Our playgroup had an easter egg hunt the weekend before Easter. Hannah had fun "hunting" for eggs (well, all the eggs were just out on a big grassy field so she basically just had to pick them up and put them in her basket) and she liked the treats she found inside, especially the chocolate ones!

After the egg hunt, Hannah and Daddy played a little basketball game together.

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Hannah says Hannah

2009-04-02T21:12:00.000-07:00

Here is a video of Hannah saying her new favorite word.....what else, HANNAH?

From Hannah says Hannah

and another new word....ELBOW (sounds the same as ELMO and APPLE)

From Hannah says Hannah

Randy's new Longboard

2009-03-31T21:08:00.000-07:00

Randy got a new Donald Takayama longboard the other day. Here are some videos and pics of him one of his first time out in the water. I went along and had a nice walk on the beach.

Randy headed out into the surf...

our dream house on Carlsbad beach

coming in from the surf

From Randys new surfboard

Happy Birthday Grandma!

2009-03-30T20:29:00.000-07:00

Today is my mom's 65th birthday- yeah!!! Here are some pics I took of Hannah- she is saying Happy Birthday Grandma! We love you and miss you! more pics

From Mom's birthday

Mashed Potato Face

2009-03-26T14:38:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when we let Hannah feed herself mashed potatoes.....

You're Cute but your Daddy dresses you Funny!!

2009-03-26T14:34:00.000-07:00

Hannah came home from daycare (the day that I slept in and Randy dressed her) wearing a lovely outfit that made everyone laugh! Her Sahara onesie with some too short bellbottom Christmas pants! Nevermind that she has a whole drawer of matching outfits, I guess Daddy is no Ralph Lauren! haha

Hannah helps mommy brush her hair

Bartlett Lake Triathlon

2009-03-22T11:40:00.000-07:00

Randy did his first triathlon in almost a year- the Bartlett Lake Tri on Sunday. After only a modest amount of training, I'm happy to report he WON his DIVISION (clydesdale, which is males 200 lbs and over) and came in 10th overall out of over 300 entrants!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Not bad for a 40 year old, eh? This was a sprint length tri but it was a hard one, with a really tough bike course and run course with a lot of uphills. Our friend Rob also did really well, it being his first tri, taking 4th in his division and 26th place overall! A couple of STUDS, I tell you!

Randysuprised me coming out of the water, I didn't have my camera ready because he was like the 6th person out! more pics click here
On the bike...

coming in for the win...

Our triathlon support group!

Greasewood Flats

2009-03-21T11:36:00.000-07:00

Saturday night we went out to a place called Greasewood flat for dinner with several other friends of David and Dana's. It was a cool western style "town" which is an outdoor restaurant with live music. The kids enjoyed running around and looking at the chickens and the donkeys. I had to restrain Hannah from entering the donkey corral- she wanted to go give him a big smooch! Yuck! Thanks David and Dana for the great time!

El Encanto

2009-03-20T11:31:00.000-07:00

We went to dinner Friday night at El Encanto in Cave Creek with several of our couple friends from Scottsdale. Of course Paul and Paulette were there...also Rob and Danielle (Rob did the triathlon with Randy, his first race!) and Dana and David Dumins. What good looking friends we have!!! Good food and good times!

Hannah and Zoe

2009-03-20T11:27:00.000-07:00

We went to Scottsdale this past weekend for Randy's triathlon and stayed with our friends Dana and David Dumins. Dana and I took her daughter Zoe and Hannah to the park while we were there so they could play. Zoe is 3 years old and Hannah likes to copy things she does:) It was pretty cute! click here for more pics

Suraya Boucharde

2009-03-17T21:04:00.000-07:00

I went down to Azul and JD's house today to meet their new baby, Suraya, who is 8 days old! We went to a few Dr's appointments and got to have lunch and baby was so good, she slept nearly the entire time! I totally forgot how small these little critters are when they first arrive! I put in a pic of Hannah when she was the same age just to remind everyone, haha! Guess which one is her? click here for more pics

One year portraits

2009-03-14T20:19:00.000-07:00

We did Hannah's one year portraits at JC Penney at my friend Leah's recommendation. They turned out pretty well- the only complaint I had was that we had to wait quite a long time and there was another little girl who kept walking in on our photo session and distracting Hannah. I guess next time I won't go on a busy weekend morning!

More pics click here.

Tickled by Daddy

2009-03-13T20:55:00.000-07:00

The pics speak for themselves!~

Grandma visits

2009-03-12T20:48:00.000-07:00

My mom came down to help us out for the weekend with Hannah. Hannah LOVES Grandma! Here are some cute pics of the two of them playing. Grandma Joyce the music major is already busy teaching Hannah how to play the piano at the tender age of 14 months :)

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Hannah Roars

2009-03-11T14:04:00.000-07:00

Here is a video of Hannah roaring like a lion, specially requested by my sister Karyn's class! Enjoy!

From Hannah roars

Meeting Michael Tucker

2009-03-08T20:33:00.000-07:00

We went out to Scripps Ranch to meet Kira and John's new baby Micael Davis Tucker, born 12/5/08. Hannah was pretty interested in baby Michael and especially in sitting in his baby chair. Now, we just need to get Kira and John to move back to San Diego!!!!

Date night at Jake's

2009-03-08T12:41:00.000-07:00

Randy and I had a date Friday night to Jake's in Del Mar- first date night in a WHILE! We got to use the gift certificate the Kelly and Karyn gave me for my birthday- thanks sisters! It was fabulous, as usual. We took a few pics with Hannah before we left her with Eleni (our babysitter.) She wasn't too happy about being left but she was so tired it didn't matter because she was asleep less than an hour after we left.

Pizza Night

2009-03-07T20:24:00.000-08:00

We went to Pizza Port with Leah, James, Charlie and the newest addition to the Reynolds family...Bailey. She is James' daughter who is recently moved from Colorado and is living with them now. Charlie entertained everyone by "drinking" parmesean cheese. Nice. We got a few evil looks from the moms at the next table but we didn't care:)

Beach Day

2009-03-06T11:48:00.000-08:00

We took Hannah and Rio down to the beach Friday afternoon. The weekdays are always nice because there are no crowds and no dog cops, haha. Rio met another dog who was very fond of him :) Hannah had a good time climbing on the rocks and playing in the sand.

Boogie Babies

2009-03-05T12:34:00.000-08:00

Thursday we had about 10 moms and babies over to our house for a playdate. The theme was "boogie babies"- we turned on some dance music and the babies showed us all their moves! Here are some pics of a few of Hannah's little playmates.

Hannah
Isaac
Leah and Charlie
Callie and mom Katy
Mia and mom Kathy
Valerie and Lesley's daughter Alessandra

Up to the same old trick

2009-03-04T11:37:00.000-08:00

I guess every baby does this at some point? Here are the toilet paper pics of Hannah, caught in the act!! a whole roll- that is 25 cents coming out of her college fund!

Hannah's Myra Face

2009-03-03T21:52:00.001-08:00

From Hannah's Myra face

I think I did this face for Hannah once or twice and now it is her favorite expression! Myra was a (second or third) cousin of mine (unfortunately deceased now) that had a strange look about her when she laughed...in fact her whole family kind of did. Here is Hannah's impression.

Chasing Hannah

2009-03-03T21:46:00.001-08:00

Here are some videos I took today while I was chasing Hannah around the ottoman. She liked this game A LOT! I chased her for about 20 minutes straight, and mommy was TIRED!

From Chasing Hannah around ottoman

Hannah loves the BEAR

2009-03-01T21:07:00.000-08:00

Hannah's baby sitter Eleni gave her this giant stuffed bear a few weeks ago and she freakin' LOVES it! Infact she loves all stuffed animals, and anything soft and cuddly. All you folks who have given her blankies and stuffed animals over the past year- rest assured she is using them and loving them! Other favorites include Lamby from Grandma, purple bear from aunt Janis, easter bunny from Michelle and Maddy, and the newest addition,this year's easter bunny from Connie Barker. She makes sure they all have adequate hugs and kisses everyday.

Carlsbad Ward

2009-02-28T20:53:00.000-08:00

We took Hannah to the LDS Carlsbad ward this past weekend. She had on her new dress and she was the prettiest girl in church!! We sat in the back with all the other families and she had a good time playing with all the kids. And there were a LOT of kids there, let me tell you!

23 weeks

2009-02-24T20:41:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of me at about 23 weeks of pregnancy. I am at that lovely "is she pregnant or just chunky" stage. Lovely. Anyway, baby is starting to show, and its about a month earlier than my last pregnancy. Must be due to complete lack of abdominal muscles this time around!

Pretty Baby

2009-02-23T20:43:00.000-08:00

I took these pictures of Hannah at the park around the corner. It was such a pretty sunny day and Daddy was tossing her up in the air; she looks almost angelic against the background of the sky. My beautiful girl!

Jill and Kim do Vegas

2009-02-17T21:25:00.000-08:00

I took a little girls trip with my BFF Jill for 3 days while Hannah stayed with Grandma and Grandpa and Randy had a week to himself! We stayed at the Palazzo which is the newer part of the Venetian. It was fantastic! We ate at several great places, shopped, went the the spa and got facials, went to see "O" by Circ du Soliel, got asked to come into the Bellagio club on the VIP list (Jill says its cuz we looked so hot that night!) and best of all, just RELAXED!

Pics of us at the wax museum, with Brad and Angelina, Jill and the Rock and me with Jerry Springer.

By the end of the third day I was missing Hannah so much I couldn't wait to get home! Oh well, I guess I'm a mom :)

Happy Valentines Day from Hannah

2009-02-14T21:42:00.000-08:00

OK I'm a little bit late, but here are some KISSES from the Hannah Lei. Happy belated Valentine's day to everyone!

Fun on the Slide

2009-02-05T16:10:00.000-08:00

Here are a bunch of videos that Randy took of Hannah on the slide at the park around the corner from our house. She is quite a climber, getting up on everything these days. She naturally gravitates toward the highest point in each room! LOL

Hannah learns how to use a spoon!

2009-01-25T18:09:00.001-08:00

A video is worth a thousand words....

From Hannah Spoon videos

Hannah gets Dad's Nose

2009-01-23T18:14:00.000-08:00

Hannah is starting to do some mischievous things these days! She is definitely starting to test us. For example...

From Hannah gets Dad's nose

Fun with Forts Playdate

2009-01-21T21:02:00.000-08:00

We hosted our first playdate on Wednesday for our playgroup. We are official members of the Carlsbad Mommies and Munchkins! Hannah and all her little friends had fun running around the house and we put up some blankets over the furniture to build some little "forts" for them to crawl around in.

Hannah gets excited!

Hannah gives Callie a hug.

Maddie, Lulu and Stacy making funny faces.

Our group organizer, Lesley, and daughter Alessandra.

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One Year Checkup

2009-01-21T18:23:00.000-08:00

Hannah had her one year checkup this week. She weighed 19 lbs 5 oz, 29 1/2 inches tall, almost triple her birth weight and 10 inches longer than birth height. Amazing! She got a clean bill of health, minus a small amount of foot fungus (which she obviously got from DAD, haha!!) Poor baby had to have SIX shots, 3 in each arm and THEN she had to get blood drawn. Boy, was she MISERABLE!! :( We came right home and she took a 3 hour nap after her appointment! Next visit- 15 months. She is switching from formula to whole milk (well, we are trying but she has yucked it the first few times.) She is right on track developmentally, as far as we can tell, and well above average for physical coordination, obviously!

January Birthdays Playdate

2009-01-20T17:59:00.000-08:00

Our playgroup has a day every month where we celebrate the birthdays of the kids for the month. This time it was Hannah's turn! Ella is Hannah's January birthday buddy, hers is Jan 3rd. We ate cupcakes and played pin the tail on the Elmo. This is exciting stuff, folks! Click here for more pics, and click on the video below to hear the kids singing HappyBirthday to Hannah and Ella.

From Hidden Canyon Park Playdate

Hannah turns ONE!

2009-01-18T20:55:00.000-08:00

We had a little joint birthday party for Hannah and my sister Karyn on Sunday (Karyn's is the 17th) while my parents were down from Lodi. My aunt and uncle Janis and Wendel and cousins Mike and Alana and Lisa all came over to help celebrate! Hannah got a lot of presents, once again, and Mommy got to help her open them:) She still wasn't feeling all that great so the cake-on-the-face pics didn't turn out so well. Maybe next year! click HERE for more pictures. Happy Birthday Bug!

My Poor Sick Baby

2009-01-13T12:08:00.000-08:00

Hannah was sick the whole week last week. She had a fever of 103 for two days, including her BIRTHDAY!! Poor BABY was so miserable! Not much great sleep around here for Mom and Dad, either. It was rough but we are on the upswing now, with just a bit of lingering snot:) EWWWW.

Charlie's new Train Table

2009-01-12T09:36:00.000-08:00

We went over to visit Charlie and Leah at their new house for a playdate the other day. Charlie got a new train table for Christmas and he taught Hannah how to play trains :) They both got a little bit excited, as you can tell from the video! (click the video to watch)

From Charlie's new house

Hannah's Loot

2009-01-11T08:45:00.000-08:00

Hannah got a TON of new clothes for Christmas. This is a really cute jogging suit from Aunt Karyn (thanks!) More to follow as she grows into them....

Paul and Paulette's Visit

2009-01-10T08:51:00.000-08:00

Our friends Paul and Paulette Savino were out visiting from Arizona this weekend. We took their dogs and Hannah down to the beach and let them run around on Saturday afternoon. It was low tide and there were lots of kids and dogs running around the beach. Hannah was up to her old sand-eating tricks, as usual, but not as bad as before. My little girl is growing up!

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Apple of my Eye

2009-01-09T08:40:00.000-08:00

I was in the kitchen the other day and had the refrigerator door open, and Hannah found an apple out of the fruit box and sat down and started to eat it! She MUST be Daddy's girl! She had a whole bunch of tiny little bites taken out of it after working it for 20 minutes or so. It must feel good on her teeth that are coming in right now.

Abierto, Cerrado

2009-01-05T12:25:00.000-08:00

Another new fun game...open and close the door. I like to say "abierto, cerrado" like they used to on sesame street, so she is getting a dose of foreign language education :)

Such a pretty baby in her new Pooh outfit from Grandma!

Rearranging the Kitchen

2009-01-04T11:40:00.000-08:00

Hannah's favorite passtime these days? Emptying out all the drawers and cupboards in the kitchen! This is what it looks like around here frequetly these days....fun for her, and it gives us something to do too..clean up! (with all our free time!)

Hannah also recently learned the word "up" and she walks around saying it and doing the motions all the time. She is definitely the smartest baby in the world ;)

Thanks Karyn and You're Welcome RIO

2008-12-28T20:36:00.000-08:00

We finally made it home from Lodi late last night...after 8 exhausting hour in the car. And, we vowed not to make to do that road trip again ANYTIME SOON! It was all so we could take Rio with us for Christmas...(how could we leave the Good Boy in a kennell?? or with a stranger dog sitter?) I know what you are all thinking...such dedicated (ridiculous?) dog owners we are. He had a good time at the Conner house, bugging his cousin Sherlock (my mom's dog :) YOU'RE WELCOME RIO!!!

Luckily, for this trip, Aunt Karyn volunteered to take Hannah on the plane with her instead of us having to endure 8 hours of baby screaming to get out of her carseat. THANKS KARYN!!!

Church

2008-12-27T20:09:00.000-08:00

We went to the Fairmont SDA church while at my parents' house in Lodi. Hannah even got a new dress from Grandma, and a BOW for her hair! She looked like such a grown up little girl! She was up to all her old tricks in cradle roll, climbing on the seats, etc etc.

Before the sermon, there was a special guest speaker in church. Stephanie Brown Trafton was the olympic gold medalist in the women's discus in Beijing. She lives in the area and she is a Christian so she was there talking about how she smuggled Bibles into China during the olympics! haha She was nice and we got to take a picture with her and even touch her gold medal! She is a big girl, at 6 feet, 4 inches and 225 lbs, she even dwarfed my tall husband!

Go Niners!

2008-12-26T20:06:00.000-08:00

I got Hannah a little 49ers cheerleeder outfit to wear while up in 49er country for Christmas! Daddy was helping her practice her cheerleading and she was having the time of her life! Daddy got a workout, too:)