Here’s a quick look at August. We finally got some warm weather and the month just seemed to fly by!

Look how cute these two are!

We put up the crib so Gigi could start getting used to it…

We met baby Simon Frey!

We had our annual pool party with little friends.

Brody tried rice cereal (he’s starting to like it more and more).

Too cute for words, this guy!

We had a BBQ with David’s company,

where we watched a beautiful sunset.

We played with cousins…

and had a family BBQ at Granny & Granpa’s house…

Aunt Jann

Granny & Brody

You can view all the photos here!

We had a super fun weekend camping in San Onofre {it was about a month ago actually}. It was our annual church camping trip. We were treated with a rare warm, sunny beach day amidst many gray days which was fabulous. We even had a visit from Alex, Angelina & Micah. Brody was a trooper on his first camping trip– maybe even better than his sister!

We saw an amazing sunset (complete with dolphins), had good camping food, s’mores, and a little surfing. Yay!

There are lots more photos here.

It took me a while to get up-to-date but I finally finished uploading July’s photos to my 365 Project (click to view).

Happy Four Months Old, Bro-Bro!!

Yep, I did skip 3 months, in case you were wondering. That’s a second-time mom for ya! But this month we went to the doc so I have some stats to share anyway, so hopefully it was worth the wait.

head: 43 cm (50%)
height: 25 in. (56%)
weight: 15 lbs. (54%)

In addition to lots of smiles and laughs Brody is also…

getting chubbier, almost sitting up, not quite interested in rolling over, loving his rattles, entertained by his sister constantly, learning to lay on the left side of his head, drooling like crazy (teething!), shoving fingers and thumbs in his mouth, and just about ready to start eating something other than milk.

Such fun!

I did a little photo shoot with him last week. I love how he just looks so squishy when he’s sleeping!! Enjoy!

My first baby is so grown up!

It’s hard to believe that August 2007 was so long ago.

P.S. more preschool details to come!

Here are the rest of July’s photos. These include more from the events I mentioned below and also some other fun times like dining at the beach, a wedding and other times with family and friends. Despite the warm weather coming late, we’ve had a fun summer!

It was so fun to get together with my extended family so everyone could meet the babies!

We headed up to the San Fernando Valley to my aunt and uncles and spent a really nice afternoon with aunts, uncles, cousins and even the kids’ great-grandma. It was such a treat for me to see my grandma and for her to see the kiddos.

Thanks especially to my Aunt Laurel and cousins for organizing it, and to everyone for the sweet gifts.

My brother took some great photos at the BBQ including some really cute ones of us in the pool. You can check them out here.

We had a great time visiting with Brody’s birthparents up in Orange County last month. It was great to catch up with them and see them get to hold and feed Brody. We also gave them a quilt that my mom and I made for them. We are really blessed to have them a part of our lives and look forward to getting to know them more over the years!

Here are a few of the photos…

Here’s a little slideshow of our photos from early July. These photos include random ones from around the house, David’s cousin Michelle’s wedding (including some break-dance lessons for Gigi!), celebrating Tia’s birthday in Costa Mesa, and some dancing & flipping at Jazz in the Park. You’ll also notice a few shots of the Geedge after she proceeded to dress herself during quiet playtime one day.

If you’re viewing in your email or a reader and the slideshow doesn’t come thru, you can click over to the blog, or just view the photo album.

We had a great fourth of July this year, taking part in the Rancho Santa Fe parade, since my dad had the honor of being the Grand Marshall.

It was a fun small-town event, although on a bit different scale than other small towns, because this was of course in one of the richest communities in the world {small exaggeration}.

In this small town, the parade consisted of Ferraris and Lamborginis and fancy vintage tractors.

We had a lot of fun!

At first Gigi was a little nervous about riding in such a loud car (Lamborgini), but she warmed up to it. She loved all the American flags. Last week she even asked the librarian for a couple of books about American Flags.

Brody and Micah both looked adorable although those lazy bums slept right through most of the festivities, heehee.

After the parade, we had ice cream and took a little walking tour of The Inn, a beautiful little resort in downtown RSF.

Then we headed back to my parents’ for a BBQ with family and friends, and finished off the night with a great view of the La Costa Resort & Spa’s fireworks show from our friends’ back patio.

Happy Birthday, America!

Here are all my photos, and my brother has some great ones too.