Happy Birthday Baby Jacob

My good friend, Rosie, had a beautiful baby boy today. Nine pound two ounce, twenty two inch long Jacob Isaac.
Congratulations Rosie, I got some little guys here that can't wait for Jacob to be big enough to play with!
Welcome to the world little man.

me and Tabitha got to see him when he was just 10 hours old

park time with Grammy

On Sunday we met up with Grammy at the park by her house. I had not not been there with the boys since they remodeled and it looks great. It was also Braden's first time on the swings and he seemed to really enjoy it =)

hmmmm..

I'm wondering which one of them taught the other to do this!

spoiled?

How in the world did Baron get himself under the pillows and just his little head out, I'm used to finding him under the covers when its cold out but under the pillows??? The tempur-pedic mattress must not be comfortable enough for him, I think my dog might be a little spoiled.

Saturday morning cartoons

Pier 39

We had a blast with the boys at pier 39. The highlight was probably when we went to the arcade. We had only been there about ten minutes when we were down to our last tokens in the last game when Darren and Tim hit a 1000 ticket jackpot. Darren was so excited he yelled over and over again "yay Daddy you did it", it was so cute! We spent an equal amount of time picking out a ton of prizes; two sharks, to claw sharks to pick things up, 3 rings, a car, two airplanes, a whoopee cushion and two flying toys. Six dollars worth of tokens very well spent!

playing with some of their prizes.

I thought this picture was cute, trying to hod both boys =)

Candy Baron (thinking of our doggy at home)

funny faces =)

Aquarium by the Bay

Yesterday we went to the Aquarium by the Bay on pier 39. Neither of us had ever been there and were looking for something to do with the boys. The weather in San Francisco was typical, a little rainy a little windy then the sun comes out at the end of your visit. The boys were amazing, we went all along the pier before the aquarium, to get the boring stuff over with =). Once we were in,
Darren loved looking for Nemo and wanted to know the names of the fish. Braden seemed to really enjoy it too, he was more interested in touching things though.

pointint at Nemo and Dory

silly face

Braden makes the funniest little face sometimes, he crinkles up his little nose and breathes out funny. I probably first noticed it about two months ago and never thought to take pictures of it but I'm so glad I did. I would be so sad if he stopped doing it and I never had pics or a little video of it. He used to growl at people all the time (it really freaks out Auntie Kim) and I was never able to get in on video so happy I got this one at least.

Last day of swim lessons

Today was the last day of swim lessons. Darren got his little report card from his teacher at the end of class that he loved! Darren really enjoyed his time in class and caught on pretty quick. When the teacher was showing the kids how to kick she would always say "kick kick kick kick", so in the bath tub for the last two weeks all I have heard is "kick, kick, kick, kick".

He did really well kicking on his back and his tummy, but by far his favorite part was jumping in the pool!

Safety day

Darren and Justin

Yesterday was safety day in swim lessons. They talked about all the rules of the pool and even floated around in life jackets to get the feel of floating alone. I thought Dare would be scared to be in the pool without me holding him but he was just fine and even smiling.
I think the boys look so cute in their life vests!!!

hot summer days

These past few days have been pretty warm and has knocked Braden out more than a couple times!

I have tons of pictures of Darren grabbing my necklace as comfort to sleep and Braden started doing it the other day too.

Darren's shadow

After posting Braden's nine month blog I began to realize just how much Braden loves Darren. I decided to follow them around for one hour with my camera to see if Braden really did follow Dare. He did! Braden followed Darren to the spare room to get a toy, then to check Mickey Mouse out for a minute. After a quick diaper and outfit change for little man he went to find Darren in their room and proceeded to try and climb up on the bed with dare then to the living room to read. I never realized just how busy the boys really are!

The Fourth of July

We had a great fourth of July, family, fun and of course BBQ (including a hot dog eating contest that Tim won). It was a perfect day for the boys to play with their water table in the yard and kept them happy in the heat. Fireworks are legal in Union City and we learned last year just how much our neighbors get into it. This year was no disappointment, we had three or four houses around us firing off the big ones that you see like at Great America! It was crazy and lasted for hours. They of course woke up Braden, but he came out front with us and watched too, neither him or Darren were too scared by them. Baron on the other hand was hiding under the bed the whole time.

even Baron was enjoying the water table!

waiting for fireworks