The Weekend

So I'm still having major I need to buy a hard drive issues. Now the problem seems to be which one? Jake's doing some research for me and I hope to have this whole picture problem settled soon! I have a ton of cute bday pics from of the girls and a fun weekend with Aunt Lauren. I'll have to convince Jake to let me upload them on his work computer. We had a very small party on Sat for the girls, mostly family and a few close friends. We're still half moved in with no furniture so I wanted to keep it small. The girls had a great time, they were very cute and very into opening their presents. Taylor saw me get a present out of the hall closet so for the past 2 days she's been knocking on the hall closet saying "present, present, more present please." I can't even stand how cute it is when talk now. I just love it! Aunt Lauren leaves tonight. We had a great visit with her. It's always nice to have company. I got to shower 3 days in a row, which is huge! And the kids LOVE her. We'll miss you Aunt Lauren, come back soon! Coby had his 1 year appt. today with our new Doctor. He's shot up more in height and is starting to thin out a bit from all the walking. He only gained 1 pound in the last 3 months which is not much for a guy who used to gain 2-3 lbs a month. The doctor thinks we should split/delay the MMR shot. So I need to do my research. I guess there's a great book out there about vaccinating kids. Where or where will I find the time to read it? Well here's a few pictures from last week of Taylor and her crazy stickers. (Andrew if you are looking for that favorite A's t-shirt of yours from 5th grade I have an idea of who may have taken it).

Out with the baby food

So Coby has decided that he doesn't eat baby food anymore (right after I just bought a jumbo pack at costco). Taylor is helping me find other uses for it.

Mason is coming home!

Our friends Tiffany and Derek just got their approval to bring their son home! If you would like to follow their journey to Vietnam(which I suggest you do because he is seriously super cute) you can do so here.

Happy Happy Birthday Chloe and Taylor!!!!

Look who's TWO!!!!!!

Photos, visitors and birthdays

First off It's going to be off with my head when Jake finds out how much we just dropped on photos! I just got back from viewing our session we had done in May. Seriously cute city! I can't believe she managed to get so many great shots of 3 active babies. In other news, we have another super fun weekend planned. Aunt Lauren is coming to visit! I can't wait to see what the girls do when they see her. Chloe and Taylor have a big day on Sat---their 2nd birthday!! I can't believe my babies are 2! How does that happen? How do they grow up so fast? We bought them a play kitchen, that apparently takes 4 hours to put together, so it looks like daddy has a fun Fri night to look forward to! Here are the rest of the photos from last weekend, our Vietnamese Autumn Festival.

Cool lanterns

Good food


A parade--Taylor was the best marcher ever. Very serious about it.

Good friends

A group shot

A very interesting chicken on a string

We have another.......CLIMBER!!

Monday afternoon Coby was enjoying his first popsicle in his red high chair.
(You can tell that he loves red popsicles).

All of a sudden these 2 little troublemakers decided that they had to go pee-pee in the potty at the exact same time. Go figure.

Mommy came back about 30 seconds later to find Coby like this.



*****Oh and the red popsicle...well you'll have to ask Cooper about that one.

Cute overload

Saturday we had a playdate at the park with some with Vietnamese cuties, Josie, Priya, and SP.

I just had to steal this first photo from Julie (Josie's mommy). Great shot Julie!

Meeting of the minds













"You listen up and you listen good! I have dibs on the girl in the blue puppy shirt."





Trying to round the kids up for a picture

Coby, Chloe, Taylor, Priya, SP, SP's Mommy, and Josie.


Josie making a break for it!

Our cousins birthday

The kids were invited to their cousins 4th birthday party. Here they are having a blast! Check out Coby going down the HUGE slide all by himself!