April 2007
Milk party time!
Natalie refuses the "baby" sippy cups and will only use Noah's cups.
Beach Day!
Natalie loves the other Mommies, especially Amy, Jody's mom.
Jody, Ralph & Noah
The foundation for something big!
Ralph's World
I think Beach Day is an excuse for Ralph to play!
Kylie
Jody's sister & Natalie's buddy.
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A local carnival
Natalie is thrilled!
Noah the Driver
At least this ride didn't make anyone sick (my stomach still hurts...)
Easter!
Thanks Auntie Jen for the Bunny House!
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Natalie is not impressed
She would rather be outside finding eggs.
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Grandma Day
A visit to the cemetery on the anniversary of my Grandma's death.
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Has Noah joined a gang?
Off to work with Daddy!
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The end of the walker
Had to get a few great shots before we passed along the walker.
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See you next month!
March 2007
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Natalie's 1st Carousel Ride
Buddy Kylie
And Natalie on the bench.
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Happiest Day of Noah's Life
A sod delivery for the neighbors. Noah is thrilled.
Another Great Day.
The neighbors behind us tear down their house. Noah makes sure to wear his construction shirt.
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Mom & Noah go on a date
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Natalie & Kylie
At the Discovery Center
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Remember this????
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Natalie & August
Such a big girl!
Her very own piece of cake!
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Dylan turns one
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High School Buddies
Our 20 year reunion is this year!
The Lehmans visit from Colorado
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Vegas!!!
And no kids! WooHoo!
The Purim Parade
Kinda like Jewish Mardi Gras
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Hard at work
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At the Long Beach Port
Ralph & Jim
Jim works at the Port of LB & takes Noah for a tour (he loves the port!)
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Noah on a "date" with Jody
This is right before she asked if he would be her boyfriend. He avoided her question and focused on his food!
Noah & Max
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"Helping" to fold the laundry
Scary Movie
Hiding from the scary parts in Monsters Inc.
See you next month!
Feb 2007
Go Bears!
We burn some SuperBowl nervous energy by taking a walk.
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Thanks for the swag!
Andy in Chicago makes sure we're all decked out. We get looks of admiration and pity as we take our walk.
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Trip to Big Bear
A weekend in Big Bear with Jacob's family.
No snow...
but plenty of dirt.
Well, just a little snow.
About 3 feet.
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All bundled up.
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Hallowed ground.
The front steps of 123 Sesame Place.
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Is Big Bird home?
The Big Sneeze
Trudy braves the nose in the Sesame Street Body exhibit at the Discovery Center.
AAAACCHHOOOO!
Gross.
Sitting on Dinosaur Poop.
Possibly even more gross than the sneezing nose.
Poop balls in the chute.
The boys think this is hilarious.
Kidneys are working.
Even funnier as they are "peed" on.
Maybe not so funny.
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Our little scientists.
Did you know you can tell what dinosaurs ate by examining their poop?
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ROAR! The dinosaur movie in the cave provides a good thrill.
The inner workings of a dinosaur
This is pretty cool.
Climbing through the tunnel
The boys really had a good time.
Grover's Obstacle Course
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Kid Concepts with the Zavarellas
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I love this hair!
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Sophie & Natalie
Buddies!
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Breakfast!
Noah takes feeding Natalie very seriously.
Go Bears!
Yes, those are Chicago Bears PJs.
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Fire up the chainsaw!
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Best Buddy, Michele Thomas.
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Noah the Photographer
We set Noah loose with the camera. This is his best shot.
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January 2007
Noah & Natalie
She looks like Heat Miser in these jammies!
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Noah's Birthday Chainsaw
Natalie gets ahold of the chainsaw. Noah was disappointed that it wasn't real!
Reading time with Mano Gisela
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Learning to feed herself
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The Big Girl car seat
She's still in the smallest setting, and will probably use this seat 'til she's six!
Noah & Jacob
They love to make silly faces for the camera.
Scared face?
It's hard to tell!
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Hard at work
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Happy 4th Birthday!
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Noah's Birthday Party
He collected food & treats for shelter animals instead of presents.
The little bouncer
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And the big one!
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Uncle Mark & Natalie
She spent most of the party in his arms.
Noah & Lightning McQueen
Noah calls him Lightning THE Queen.
All tuckered out.
Mouth still stained with punch.
Hearts for Hounds
Taking the first load of the animal gifts to the shelter where we got Cookie.
Long Beach Animal Shelter
And the rest to the shelter by our house.
Playing with the shelter cat
Our cat won't let Noah anywhere near him so we go to the shelter to play with their cats.
Natalie the Tinkerbell
Dressing up at Talia's party.
Ian & Noah
Showing us their muscles.
Room 8 goes bowling
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December 2006
Buddies
Hanging out watching "Where the Garbage Goes".
Natalie loves her big brother
Rancho Los Alamitos to see Santa
Noah was interested in the trains and jumping in the straw- not Santa.
Natalie & Santa
She jumped out of my arms to get to him.
Alien Scarf
Wendy knitted this and is making everyone admire it.
The happy recipient
Jo will wear it proudly!
Alex & Natalie
Alex visits from Italy and Natalie falls in love.
Our Girl
No kidding...
Noah & the Biggest Cookie EVER!
Making toast!
Happy Birthday Natalie!
Noah decorates a cake for his sister.
Noah decorates, mom writes...
Writing with the frosting is harder than it looks!
Christmas Tree Lot
Ralph is not talked into a fake tree and we head to the lot to pick out a real one.
Birthday Party for Natalie
Mano Gisela decorates her heart out.
The Birthday Girl
Getting a Tickle Me Elmo (thanks, EBay!)
The Hostess & The Guest of Honor
Wearing her pretty dress from Germany.
Noah in his "Birthday Suit".
He's such a little man now.
That's far enough away, Elmo!
Mommy, he's coming closer!!!
No more pictures, mom puts down the camera when Natalie starts to cry!
Birthday Cupcakes!
YUM!
The Birthday Cake!
WOW!
Smiling Drama Queen
Snuggle Buddies
No area that isn't covered...
Why don't they wear smocks at pre-school?
Just like his daddy...
Talia & Noah
Talia comes over and spends the evening.
Noah's Class
Taken the day of their Holiday Show.
Christmas Eve
Natalie has a real musical streak. She loves her xylophone
And her keyboard...
And her piano too.
With Uncle Mark
Good practice for the baby they're expecting in June!
The Loot
At Grandma's house....just wait 'til morning at our house!
The boys conk out.
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We're supporting Pixar
Not too many gifts didn't have the Cars movie cars on them.
The Rokenbok
The remote-controlled quarry and recycling center. One of the few non-Cars gifts!
The Elf eats Christmas Dinner
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Griffith Park Observatory
Newly re-opened after a 4 year closure for remodeling.
A good view of the sign.
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Mom & Kids
Quite a change from my last trip here in 1999 when I GOT ENGAGED!!
Noah the Astronomer
Pointing to the "Star of the United States". Must work on geography....
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New Year's Day
Starting the year off right, in the dirt!
November 2006
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Look who's trying to walk!
Natalie & Nicholas
She loves other babies.
Max & Noah
Noah & Lauren
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Natalie spills the Puffs
Mom should have known better than to hand her the full container!
Preparing for Seattle
The shrink-wrapped baby.
Marla & Joe
Our gracious hosts, expecting a baby in January. I think we scared them.
Our little sheep
This place was cold!
Marla & Wendy
We haven't celebrated our birthdays together in a long time.
Now we expected rain...
But we were there on a weekend when even the locals were saying, "This is a lot of rain!"
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Rainy Sunday
Spent at the Childrens' Museum while the guys went to the SeaHawks game. (that's football, right???)
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Seattle Underground Tour
Under the streets of Downtown Seattle.
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The coming home churro
Noah & Shiloh
Watch out Lauren, I think Noah has a new crush.
Noah & Jacob
At the music class. They were separated by the teacher for talking too much!
Happy Birthday Mommy!
A pile of presents and pancakes too!
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End of Soccer!
But no one is excited as mommy that soccer is over!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Driving his airplane to the park
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Getting ready for pictures
Now why do the test pictures turn out better than any of the real ones???
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Getting ready to rule the world
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Happy Birthday Natalie!
An early birthday present.
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October 2006
Halloween
Halloween deserves it's own album. More pictures soon!
Jody, Amy & Natalie
We resume our annual trip to the Apple Farm and the Goldmans come along too.
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Noah & Jacob at the Aquaruim
Playing a game they made up called "Milking the Shark".
Drinking the shark's milk
Ugh.
Get me out of here!
Not content to just ride along.
That's better.
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Disneyland with the Girls
Noah joins Jody, Lauren & Shiloh for his first trip to Disneyland in over a year
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The Buzz Lightyear Ride!
Saving the Universe!
Wendy & Amy, the UberDorks.
The Carousel
Marty with Shiloh (Noah's latest crush) and Lauren
Amy & Jody
The Boy-King
A day at Disneyland with Mom & friends
Yum!!!
Picking out dessert before lunch has even been ordered! (My kind of crowd).
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Thunder Mountain!
Still kind of rattled from the ride.
My Brave Kid
Noah says, "I was so scared I couldn't hold onto myself".
And a great time was had by all!
Way too much sugar!
The fairy learns to walk!
She's trying!
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Corn for breakfast...
Natalie & Miss Cervantes
She is the aide for Noah's class & Natalie's baby class.
She loves her class
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Halloween Decorations
He's overcome his fear & now think's they're fun
Noah with Uncle Mark
Who is going to be a Dad in June!
They really love each other.
Annual train ride
Every year at the pumpkin patch!
Up the big slide...
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Being rescued by the carnie...
And down!
Don't forget the bounce house!
And the fire truck...
At least we avoided the smelly petting zoo this year.
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Modeling his Jack O Lantern Face
Mickey's Trick or Treat Party
A trip to California Adventure with Brenna for a Halloween Party.
The Goth Princess & The Trashman
Wendy & Sully
Wendy visits friends in San Francisco & tours Pixar
All of the monsters...
No pictures of the friends she came to visit though!
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Outside of Scott's offce door
The Tiki Lounge
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