Halloween 2012

We weren't sure if trick or treating was going to happen this year. Will was sick and Mat was out of town. I thought I would help by getting Chinese food for my boys for dinner but apparently I couldn't have made a worse decision. Mat got sick. He is highly sensitive to cabbage. It makes him violently sick. As Will was getting ready everything plummeted.
We made it out, just mommy and Will, to where we were meeting Kishori and Dev. The trick or treating began.
Mat's mom met up with us about half way. We had a lot of fun, and daddy even met up with us for a little bit. It wasn't the best Halloween, but it was nice.

Crazy September

What did September bring? Let's see...a trip to Disneyland, a lot of photo shoots, hiking, car problems, traveling, celebrating our anniversary, back to school, football season and lots of work.

Four Years and Counting

Four years ago we found each other at the alter on the beaches of Santa Monica. Surrounded by our family and friends we proclaimed our vows that we'd written and then the traditional vows. We celebrated the joyous love we've shared for one another.
This weekend we ventured to share a beautiful time together in honor of the vows we took four years ago. On Thursday, the 13th, we rushed around to get everything situated and headed to Temecula/Rainbow area. We stayed a beautiful, secluded Bed & Breakfast called the Rainbow Inn Bed and Breakfast. It was perfect. We arrived at sunset, met our hosts, and unpacked. We went out to a movie, Lawless, and had a light dinner. When we returned to "our place" we relaxed, talked and went to bed.
Our Anniversary morning brought breakfast and a horseback ride. After we got our morning Starbucks, we went to the wine country and had a beautiful horseback ride at Green Acre Ranch. Afterwards we headed to our first wine tasting at Robert Renzoni's Vineyards. This was our favorite place. It was so fun and tasty. We had an exquistie lunch at Leonness Winery. It was a beautiful outdoor restaurant. We then tasted more wine. Not our favorite, but it was still fun. We managed to make it to one more tasting at Lorimar Vineyards. This one was a lot of fun. The wine was good and the people were very nice. The conversation was great too. We headed back to our B&B and went swimming. It was wonderful! An amazing nap took place afterwards. Feeling refreshed and revived we went to an Italian restaurant in Fallbrook, Turpianos. We took the food to go. We watched movies and relaxed the rest of the evening. My stomach wasn't doing so great, but it was still very yummy. We even had Tiramasu for dessert.
Saturday morning was a time to enjoy breakfast on the deck, with a beautiful view. We had our coffee, and then packed up. We needed to stop at Nothing Bundt Cakes and then head by my mom's on the way to Coronado for kayaking. The cakes were incredible! We bought 4 small ones so we could try each one. We didn't eat them until we got back from kayaking, but still, so good. We dropped off the wine and luggage, got dressed to kayak, and were off. Coronado was beautiful, but very very hot. Much hotter than it usually is. We had fun going around the bay in the kayak, but it wasn't very "adventurous". It was more of a leisure trip. It was fine with us, but when you're not moving, it's just hot. A fire broke out on the island while we were out in the water too. It was so strange to see from the ocean. When we were done we helped a guy move his seedo that got stuck on the shore. Talk about a work out. After we went to Coronado Beach. We walked around and had some drinks and dinner at an Asian Bistro. We walked in and out of shops, laughed and had a lot of fun. We hung out at my mom's that evening and stayed the night.
The trip was definitely one of the best ones we had in a long time. We needed the quality time together. We look forward to every year to come and all the memories that come along with it.

Personality

Power Rangers!!!

Wisker Kisses

It's not earth shattering news that personality is big with William. He's always ready to make you laugh, be silly and just plain 'ol have fun. Recently, he is all about Power Rangers. He loves pretending that he is one and that he's out to defeat the "bad guys". Between being the red power ranger and Buzz Lightyear, we're constantly imagining, playing and creating a world full of bad guys vs. good guys.

Silly Will

In all the things that plague the world of evil, sickness and hurt today, William can make it fade away in an instant. We are incredibly blessed to be his parents. His personality and innocense is incredibly refreshing and needed in our world.
                   

Blowing Kisses to the Moon

This weekend I took Mat and William out on a photo shoot, to do test lighting for a wedding I'm shooting in two weeks. We had a lot of laughs and fun together. Here are some pix of Will and his daddy playing power rangers, and just being plain silly.

William 3.5 going on 5

Our beautiful and strong baby boy is definitely not a baby anymore. Though he continues to have me carry him to bed like one and sing "mommy's baby, mommy's baby." He is my cuddler, comedian and love bug.
William can sing the months of the year, knows how to count to 5 in Spanish, and 20 in English. This little guy is learning to read. With a knowledge of letter recognition and sounds he's well on his way. He is still our little artist and musician. We love to hear him sing on his guitar and draw us pictures for our fridge. He goes goes goes all day long. He is always wanting to help and be part of whatever it is we're doing.
This summer has been full of travels. We went hiking in Horseshoe Meadow, went to our first Padree's game as a family, have many trips to the beach, Disneyland and San Diego. He saw Gina and her family, Auntie Brianna and Uncle Club (Adam). Time with his cousins is always a highlight of any of our trips.
Medically, Will has been, and will have, had quite a bit of attention. He is having a cyst removed caused from his circumcision. It is definitely hard to not be nervous with him going under, but I know, to him, it won't be a big deal. Will also had a big visit to the dentist. This is his 3rd visit in a year. He had 5 cavities this time. Jeesh! Well thank goodness it's his baby teeth. Even though it's tough being a parent with a kid that has porous teeth in addition to his grinding them, we try to be too hard on ourselves. We know we do the best we can. We're just glad everything will be taken care of this weekend.
Will's current favorite things are to play baseball, sing,  play swords, talk to people in person or on the phone, go for walks to the park, play Candyland, play wii fit for kids and watch Blue's Clues or Thunder Cats with dady. He loves doing imaginative play as well. He pretends to be a Ninja, Spiderman, or Batman...daily.
We could not be more happy about how well Will's growing and shaping into the kind-hearted boy he is. We absolutely adore him.