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Recent faves

Playing under the curtain.












Peek a boo.












Riding his rocking horse.









Carrying around his new blanket.









Holiday and Soren playing with each other.

What Soren's into right now

He's into wearing our stuff (momma's hat).











Here he is wearing mom's flipflops.












Papa's shoes are just a little too big.












He likes helping papa wash dishes...









and helping him make pancakes.

Photo Shoot Jen Took of Leslie & Soren-Love It!

A Shower For Baby Aiden

Isn't he gorgeous?!!












They liked the onesies I made for them. Yay!












I love this picture I took of Jen and Aiden. Look at that smile. So precious!








The pinata was the highlight for Kristen.











The ultimate party animal.

Florida trip continued

It was so nice being able to hang out with my siblings again.












They crack me up.









Soren enjoyed hanging out with his Uncle Todd a lot...











Aunt Jen too.












We had to continue our great bowling tradition.

Florida trip, May 2008

It just wouldn't be Florida without getting up close and personal with an alligator.








Soren had fun hanging out with grandma...












and grandpa.












We saw some good fireworks at a local street fair.












Soren thought they were cool, but kept saying, "LOUD. LOUD."

A tribute to my mom

Although my mom is kind hearted, forgiving, charitable, and every other admirable trait you can think of, my favorite trait would have to be humorous. My mom is so funny! She makes everyone laugh. I've included some of the signs she has up in her house that crack me up. Happy Mother's Day momma! I love you!







Who wears the pants?









Ha. Love it!










This one is the best! Don't worry, I know you love me mom.










She had seven kids. She's been through it all.

Soren misses his grandpa

Soren has always loved his grandpa.












Today he was whining, almost crying and when I asked him what was wrong he said and signed, very sadly, "gampa." It broke my heart. I told him that we'd try and visit again very soon. I love and miss you too dad.

A Toast!

Our good friends Shawn and Jillian recently got engaged (this is a picture from Shawn's surprise proposal), as well as the lead roles together for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at a professional theater in the East Bay. Congrats guys!!





We celebrated with a sparkling cider toast and gave Soren a glass too.

He dug it!

Tickle Me Soren

Soren is super ticklish just like his papa, but unlike papa, he loves to be tickled.

His Own Little Chair

I recently bought a little chair for Soren off of craigslist and he LOVES it!
We got it from this 3 and a half year and his mom. Soren was excited as soon as he saw it and has been saying "chair" and sitting in it every few minutes.










The king on his throne.













The little boy we got it from really liked Soren. He was holding Soren's hand, leading him around the house. He also kept wanting to give him toys to take home. Here is the bear that he gave him which he has become pretty attached to.











He puts him in his chair and talks to him.














He also gave Soren a magnetic choo choo train set which he has played with every day since.

Soren's love of music

Soren has always loved music, but he's really into singing and action songs right now. This first video is my favorite! He wanted to watch himself in the screen and I didn't even stop to think about the format. Oh well, I'm going to go ahead and post it (in 2 parts because this site won't upload anything more than about 45 secsonds) and rotate it later when I have the correct software. Enjoy : )

Leslie's hair at the present

Look Mom, it's your favorite do, except with a little pizazz!










Member of the Hot Moms Photo Lounge, lol (www.cafemom.com)













A little 50's flip.













Yay! It's long enough to do ponytails : )













Happy with my hair, for now...