Jim's Birthday Party! 3-0!

So it's been a while since I've blogged. We've been having a blast and many of you have been having a blast with us, so here's some pics and a recap of what we've been up to the last month:

Jim had his 30th Birthday and so we decided to celebrate with food and games-Wii style. Jim had a guys night at our place with nothing but good ol' pizza, hot wings, soda, and of course, the Wii. He had a great time with the guys that could come (the ones that didn't have newborns to tend to). Here's a shot of Kevin Wurtz and Paul Weitzel (we'll miss you) playing Wii boxing:

The next night, we went down to Irvine and celebrated with my family and also had a Wii party with Ball park food with a candle in the ice cream sandwich for Jim's cake (in effort to take Jim back to his youth to help him feel younger). We had a great time playing Wii Sports, Warioware: Smooth Moves, and Trauma Center New Blood (a Surgery game). Our nephew Ryan, took some great photos of the night: Thanks to all who came and made it a really fun party!

The following week of Jim's Birthday was spend with his family in Manhattan Beach. We had a relaxing time together and really enjoyed eating Joey's (Jim's request of Southern Barbecue).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM!

Silly Girl...

Lauren is no more silly than the next toddler and so we find ourselves smiling and giggling at what new ways she comes up with to entertain herself.
We captured a few examples for memory's sake: Mommy's shoes aren't big enough (see off to the left) but Daddy's are just right. The next picture is a happy picture of Lauren laughing at herself because she is trying to keep her balance while standing on something wobbly. The last picture is of Lauren eating an apple and just relaxing on a pillow (created by the pack in play that needs to get taken out to the garage), and the bars underneath our kitchen table chairs. She does have a bed, I promise. And no, this is not our version of time out. ;)

Playgroup at the Zoo

This trip to the Santa Ana Zoo was so much fun. It was about a year ago when we took Lauren for her first visit and back then she was still a little too young to notice where we were and what to look at. Plus it was freezing! (This time would have been the best though if we had Jim there with us). It was a nice day and the kids loved seeing all of the animals in the petting zoo, the train, and the many monkey exhibits. ;) They also loved the two places where they could run around and Lauren's favorite...going down the slide!

There's nothing quite like a good book to read...

Lauren really likes her books. Usually she just pulls the books off the shelf one by one as she reads them. These days, this is how she gets into reading. The other day as she was standing on one of her books she said, "Let's jump into this book!" (That's a "Super Why"reference taken too literally.) I'm all for her loving books, just not the part about jumping on books. ;)