Mr. Mischief eating some mango

Ezekiel can hold his bottle all by himself :)

Drew has his chopsticks ready for noodle soup, yum!

It's getting cold outside.

Howzit everyone! Here are a few pictures from the past week. Drew and I celebrated out 2nd wedding anniversary (yay!) and he gave me an awesome new camera. SO, I hope to be posting more pictures of the boys for you to enjoy and get to see how much they are growing.

Tekoa is one busy little man. He is a year-and-a-half old, starting to talk, and loves to be mr. mischief!

Ezekiel is now 9 months old. He is sitting up well and is almost crawling. He is such a big boy, almost as big as Tekoa - if not by weight, certainly by height!

drinking chai on our date

Ezekiel playing in his bouncer

here he is on a rocking horse that I used as a little girl

Tekoa - what a charmer :)

stunna shades

my beautiful mom at our favorite hangout

Mancakes

Today, we met Joe, Joey and Allie and the Stepping Stone Cafe in NW Portland. Drew saw an episode of "Man vs. Food" and got really excited about the 13" pancakes (!) also known as mancakes. If you can finish 3 mancakes then you get your picture on their wall. Joey tried, and only made it 1/3 into the stack. Drew and I shared some yummy pumpkin mancakes.

Here's an update of all the fun and new things that have been going on:

I've started classes at the Art Institute for graphic design and it's been nice to go back to school. Drew has been working hard, and his friend Joey is in town so they have been playing lots of volleyball. I think Drew wished he's stick around longer. Ezekiel is sitting up all by himself and is starting to eat baby food. He now weighs 19 lbs 7 oz! Tekoa said his first word, "more" but doesn't say it a whole lot. I'll say "more" and he'll giggle. He is a ball of energy and gets into a whole lot of trouble.

Bahamas, baby!

This September Drew treated us to a cruise for my birthday (I turned 21)! My mom and dad offered to take the boys so Drew and I could have a little retreat and spend some much needed time together. We went on a 5 day cruise to the bahamas with stops at Freeport and Nassau. During our stop in Nassau, Drew and I went on a clear kayak excursion and Drew did some snorkeling too. The ship had two awesome water slides that we got to enjoy and Drew won the $500 blackjack tournament! I was treated to 2, yes TWO, full body massage and facial treatments! We love cruises!

Mooo!

We bought the boys halloween costumes last year when they went on sale, so the sizes we picked were estimates. Little did we know our little one was going to be a big boy. Drew put Ezekiel in the cow costume and it was a tight fit! Here are the pictures, enjoy!

look at that little tail!

Here are some fun pictures of Tekoa that I couldn't resist putting up here!

September

Hello All!

Things around here have been slightly crazy. Our whole family was sick with fever/colds, but we're all better now. Drew has been working LOTS and Red Robin and Cheesecake. I've started selling jewelry and other crafty things (visit my site). Here are some pictures since the last post. Enjoy!

Ezekiel is getting so big! This little 5 month old wears 12 mos clothes


"here, take my bottle"


Look at those cute cheeks!


Tekoa reading a book. He loves turning pages.


Tekoa at the mall in the "firetruck"


The big boy and his daddy


Jessica and Keoni (Jessica turned 9 this year)


Always on the move


Ezekiel is too!


Me and Ezekiel


Chunky little man


Tekoa and Jessica playing together!

Playing at the Park with Cousins

We went to the park this week with the kids (for probably the 3rd time). They love it! Rochelle showed up with Cyrus ad Zakai and we brought Jessica along too. Here are a few pictures and a video of Jessica on this cool spinning thing (you're not really supposed to sit on it but she thought that was more fun).

we gave Tekoa some watermelon

he really enjoyed it

and wanted to share some with dad too!

Ezekiel was just hanging out watching the kids play

Tekoa walking in the fountain

Silly brother!

Tekoa sat on Ezekiel today. Ezekiel did NOT like it.


Drew's Grandma Faye and her husband Norm came to visit. We had dinner at the Olive Garden. Pictures to come.

Also, I found this awesome park through a friend, Magnolia Park, in Tanasbourne. Tekoa (and Jessica) loved it! I didn't have a camera when we went, but we'll be back for sure!

Tomorrow, we'll probably be going to the Beaverton Farmers Market and YOU should go! It's on Saturdays from 8 am - 1:30 pm next to the Beaverton Library. Good food and produce!

I'll leave you with these photos from our trip to Hawaii Oct-Nov '08. We went cruising down to Waikiki and forgot our stroller. Luckily, there was a "pack 'n roll" in the trunk :)

Weekend Seattle Trip

This past weekend we drove up to visit Greg and Michelle (Drew's brother and sister-in-law). We left at about 1:30 am (yikes!) and arrived at their home in Tacoma at 4 am. So, we were pretty tired during our trip. Drew and Greg enjoyed playing video games and we all played Mario Party and Worms (so fun)!

Saturday evening we took at long walk along the promenade in West Seattle and it was beautiful!

Our Fam








Cozy in their BOB stroller


Tekoa and Drew


Tekoa walking with me (he loves to walk)!

On Sunday, we went to the park and walked around the flower gardens.

Drew and me under a flower tunnel

Thanks, Greg and Michelle, for having us over!

Images - Greg and Michelle