gone bananas!

Can you guess whether or not Dare liked trying bananas for the first time!

We decided when we started Darren on foods that we would do all the vegetables first so that he wouldn't get used to the sweetness of the fruits and not like the veggies. Well apparently it worked because he hated his bananas! I never would have thought that bananas would be something that I would have to coax him into liking, peas...yes, carrots...yes but bananas? I tried them and they weren't overly tart just really sweet.

Hopefully he takes to the other fruits better.




Mommy made him plain oatmeal then he was all smiles.

Happy Anniversary

Two years ago today.....







Happy Anniversary Tim, I love you.

6 month well check

Dr. Lin

Darren had his six month well check today. He got three immunizations and one oral med and did very well with all of them. He was putting on a show for all the girls, flashing his biggest smiles and then hiding his little face like he was bashful, what a little flirt!
His growth charts all looked great, averaging about 50th percentile in everything...right on track. He weighed in at 17 and a half pounds and is 27 inches long.


Dolores and Tabby

Game Day!

The boys were wearing their colors today for the Niners-Raiders pre-season game today. They look so cute wearing the matching jerseys watching the game. I love it! I love my boys!

Go Niners!






For those of you who don't know, Tim, his dad and Lily all yell GAME DAY any time the Giants or Niners are playing. It's way cuter when Lil does it though. So, GAME DAY to everyone.

Christina's shower

We went to my friend Christina's baby shower today, she is 35 weeks pregnant with a baby boy named CJ. Congratulations Christina and Jay we can't wait to play with CJ!


Dolores playing with D

Mariam, Ava, Dolores, Christina, me and D

cute pictures

I just loved these pictures of Dare and had to put them up. What a cute baby!

Look who is sitting up!

Darren started sitting up a little bit last week, but this week he is really starting to master it. Before, he would fall over almost instantly, but now he is able to sit up and stay up. He has really seemed to like his new found freedom of sitting up to play with his toys.

Happy Birthday Dan

Today we went to my sister and Dan's new place for Dan's birthday. We hardly ever get out their way so it was a nice change of pace. Another nice day of BBQ and family!
Happy Birthday Dan

San Jose Giants

We had free tickets from my work to the San Jose Giants Game last night and had a lot of fun. Tim got a free San Jose Giants hat and we had free BBQ too!


Darren hanging out with the guys; Wes, Jacob and Josh

darren being super cute!

Enjoying his Friday with Grammy....

6 month portraits

6 months old!

Darren is six months old today! We took him this morning to get his six month portraits done and I will post them in a couple days, they turned out so cute.
He is becoming more active lately and is interested in everything around him. He has just started sitting up on his own for a very short time and I think will master it by months end.
He has had a busy six months: five baseball games, a plane ride to Arizona, a trip to the beach. Whats in store for the next six months?
Happy half birthday Darren, we love you!

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Carrots!!!

We tried food for the first time today! Darren loved the carrots and even cried for more when he was done. He was a little surprised that it wasn't cereal he was eating, but after the first initial confusion he loved every bite!

a sneak preview

Here is a sneak preview of our other vacation pics. We went to the boardwalk and to The Monterey Bay Aquarium too. Unfortunately our camera stopped working right after The Mystery Spot so I am waiting to get pictures from the other cameras on the trip. Hmmmm, our camera broke right after The Mystery Spot......it's a mystery!

??The Mystery Spot??

Our mini vacation started yesterday morning at The Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz. We went with Ron, Julie, Lily, Emma, Uncle Peter, Jerry and Maureen. We have always seen the bumper stickers but had never been. It was interesting, I still don't really know whats going on there but something definitely is. The gravity is off there or something......it's a mystery.