a great start to the weekend

thursday we spent the morning playing at UTC. the boys have always wanted to ride the train, but their cheap mom has always refused to pay for such a thing. things are always more fun when grammy is around to spoil. the boys loved the train and isaac continues to tell me that he rode it by himself and so did his friend colby. i forget how important those little things are to an almost 3 year old.

colby in front

isaac in back

then we were off to check out the fake dolphins in the water.

friday morning we got up and headed to VG's donuts and then made our way to the park to play with friends. how cute is ryder's friend, sawyer!

watch out for these two!

testosterone

it's always amazing to me how much energy boys have. i am starting to brace myself for a third little boy to join in all the fun. stew thinks i am crazy for assuming we're having another son, but last night my girlfriends and i did the needle and thread test and 3/3 times it was clearly a boy. stew says i am crazy and i probably will be if i have to keep up with three male toddlers ;) in all seriousness i can't wait for the excitement!

monday night

last night we took the boys to ponto beach to enjoy a COLD summer night. it made for a great evening together.

happy sunday

sunday started off good and ended great. i dropped the boys off for sunday school and headed up to the patio for church. i didn't quite make it to the service since i ended up spending the full hour chatting with friends on my way up to church. it was so refreshing that i might need to do that more often.

sunday afternoon we had anne marie and lars (her adorable boyfriend) over for brunch. anne marie is one of my old small group girls from menlo park that i have known since she was in 8th grade. it was a kick to see her all grown up and out of college with a real job! true that my oven decided it wouldn't go above 240 degrees after warming up for a full hour! the good news is that i learned we can make our favorite egg dish in the microwave. sure, it tastes a little less than ideal, but it works.

for dinner we all headed over to my parents to bbq with the ermanis clan. adam's sister, larisa and mom, astrid were in visiting from maryland. it was great to meet larisa for the first time and see astrid again. the kids played, the adults talked and larisa taught me how to better use my camera. thanks larisa! let's hope i can remember it all.

take two

take three

avery and auntie larisa

autumn and her "honey"

pals

glad trooper could make this shot.

and baby makes 3

we will soon be outnumbered by our children.

we are hoping to welcome our newest family member

January 11th, 2011.

bring on the zone defense!

family is the best!

stew was gone for the week at forest home with his high school group and had an amazing week. the boys and i stayed home and i was reminded what a great partner my husband truly is. fortunately my mom stepped in like only she can. she showed up everyday to take care of one of the boys while i took the other. time with one child is so easy, i mean great! here's a glimpse at what filled our time this week. i think it's safe to say that i couldn't make it without family... thank you!

smoothies...

tuesday night we headed to the montgomerys' place to celebrate grandma chris' birthday.

wednesday night my parents took all of us to pizza port.

after the port we played at the park and the beach.

berries for breakfast

auntie took thursday off of work to come down and help.

chris came over that night to watch the boys so that my mom, aunt, sister and i could enjoy some casa de bandini kid-free! after dinner we went back to my parents for an ear coning "party."

friday i took ryder to play with some friends while isaac played with my mom. the real highlight was that stew was home by 3pm!!

48 hours of fun

the montgomerys love the colburns! chris and jessie are amazing with our boys and a total treat to spend time around. we've known chris since our menlo park days and met jessie as soon as we moved back to san diego. what a fabulous couple!

our budding little photographer(isaac) wanted to capture a photo of jessie - he did! he also has a bit of a crush!

when our boys are in the shot we can almost guarantee that at least one person will not be looking at the camera.

saturday night we headed over to the ermanis house for pizza, cookie decorating and carrot picking.

a little frosting licking never killed anybody, right?

delicious!