Daredevil

Day 138 (5.18.10) - I have a million pictures of Ruby doing stuff she shouldn't be doing. Here she is standing up and climbing up on her highchair. I can't find the seatbelt for the chair - it's in a box somewhere but I need to find it soon because she obviously has no fear!

Funny Faces

Day 137 (5.17.10) - Totally random picture but I had to post it since it was taken by my budding photographer Joey! I taught him how to use my camera tonight and he just loves taking pictures. He is so funny doing it too - he says "say cheese mama, say cheese dada.............click!" Yeah he actually says "click" as he takes the picture too.

Z and Sasha

Day 136 (5.16.10) - Today the kids and I traveled to Brooklyn to celebrate the 3rd birthday of Sasha with a puppet show and pizza party hosted by her mom, my good friend Z. The kids LOVED the puppet show and even Ruby sat through most of it! It was a fun day and I am so happy we're back east so we could do stuff like this!

Betsy

Day 135 (5.15.10) - VJ and Melissa hosted a Welcome Home barbeque for us today. As usual at casa de Lao, we ate a ton of delicious food and had a great time. A bunch of our really close friends came including Ili's Godparents Tim and Carol who brought their dog Betsy. She is one of the sweetest dogs and so great with the kids....but she is super hard to photograph. Every time I point the camera at her she turns away but I managed to snap one good picture of her.

Window Watching

Day 134 (5.14.10) - My dad always jokes around that Ruby is the new Chynna. Chynna was our family dog who passed away last year. They have a few similarities - they both eat food off the floor, if you wave any food they both come running/crawling to you and lastly they both love to look outside the kitchen window being nosy.

Everyone Loves the Stroller

Day 133 (5.13.10) - Ruby and Joey have been fighting over this stroller the last couple days. Yeah, Joey loves it too. Hope he doesn't get mad when he gets older that I've posted a picture of him pushing a stoller with no pants on and his fake smile!

Baby Doll and Stroller

Day 132 (5.12.10) - At her birthday party a few days ago Ruby got her first girl toy - a baby doll and stroller. She loves her baby and especially loves the stroller (and ride in it).

Under the Stools

Day 131 (5.11.10) - Lately Ruby has been obsessed with playing under the stools in the kitchen. She gets stuck and then screams (as she was doing in this picture) until someone helps her out.

First Sleepover

Day 130 (5.10.10) - We "attempted" to let Joey and Jacob have their first sleepover. Both Nick and Alex were coincidentally out of town for work for a few days so I spent the night with Kelly to keep each other company. We had a great evening until we got to the sleeping part and Jacob wanted Joey out of his bed! Oh well, we had a great time anyway. Here are the boys watching a movie and eating popcorn.

Mothers Day and Birthday Celebration

Day 129 (5.9.10) - We celebrated Mother's Day and Ruby's First Birthday with a family dinner tonight. Ruby got to eat her first cupcake and boy did she like it. She picked it up put it to her mouth and didn't put it down till she was done. She was eating it for about 20 minutes and needed a bath by the time she was done.