LA HABRA HEIGHTS, CA - We got to go to Morgan & Lindsay's house tonight for an early Valetnine's dinner. The kids got heart-shaped pizzas, and the grown-ups had some pasta and salad. After dinner, we got to open presents (yay) and then we had chocolate fondue for dessert.

I got lots of nice things for Valentine's day, even Grandpa & Grandma, and Nana & Tata sent some things down for me (thanks guys!!). I think my favorite thing was this little white bear that sings and dances when you press his foot - he even wiggles his ears! I also really like the matching "purse-dogs" that all the girls got.

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

FULLERTON, CA - I've been helping feed Jake lately. It's kind of like feeding my Baby Alive doll, except the doll doesn't sneeze with a mouth full of food.

CORONA DEL MAR, CA - Nothing like a beach day in January. Aiden called to see if we wanted to go to the beach today - so I twisted my mom's arm and we loaded up.

It was a beautiful day! We had it mostly to ourselves, since most people were at work or school. Jake got to come too, and he even ate a little sand (just to see what it tasted like). I ran around with Aiden and Eli - we splashed in the waves and dug in the sand. Fun day!

FULLERTON, CA - Since we didn't get to go to the snow this year, it was nice that my school brought the snow to us! Today was snow day, which means I got to get out my boots and gloves that I keep in the "winter" bin in my closet. It's not exactly winter weather here in the OC, so it was nice to experience just a little taste of this season.

It was a fun morning! I made a snow angel, rolled down the hill, threw snowballs at my teacher (she threw at me first!) and snuck a couple of bites of snow in when no one was looking.

FULLERTON, CA - Happy New Year!! I rang in 2009 at Uncle Dave & Aunt Julie's house. We had some good food, played the Wii, watched a movie and counted down to the big moment. Yes, I stayed up until midnight - just like last year - but, this time I had company, since Jake didn't want to miss a minute of the action either! After the clock struck 12 and we enjoyed some fizzy apple juice, we ran outside so I could shout, "Happy New Year's Day!" I finally sacked out about 1:00 or so...but don't worry, I let my parents sleep in until 7:45 the next morning.


Happy 2009!!

Oh, and here's a quick picture of what I look like when I'm updating this blog - in case any of you were thinking it wasn't actually ME doing all the work...

SANTA ROSA, CA - Merry Christmas, part 2! After a quick snooze in the car, we got to Nana & Tata's in time for a great dinner - prime rib. Then we got to open presents. I got lots of nice things and so did Jake...although he had a hard time staying awake until the end - there were a lot of presents to open. It was really nice to see Gran again, even though we just saw her in Texas. Uncle Dave & Aunt Julie were there, and so was Nana's friend, Mary - it was a very nice group of people to share Christmas night with.

Tata got me my very own set of golf clubs, which I'm looking forward to using very soon! Thanks for all of the nice things, everyone - Merry Christmas!!

CASTRO VALLEY, CA - Merry Christmas! I got up this morning to check if Santa came and ate the cookies that we left out for him. Sure enough, he did! He also left some things in my stocking and a couple presents under the tree for me. Isabella came over and then we got to look in our stockings and open presents. Yay, presents! Santa brought me Pixos to play with, and I also got Baby Ally from Grandma, a Giselle doll from the Enchanted movie, lots of clothes, some more Polly Pockets and lots of other neat stuff! Then we had a yummy breakfast and packed our car so we could race up to Santa Rosa for MORE PRESENTS!! Thanks for everything, Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie 'Manda, Uncle Brian and Aunt Rebekah - what a great morning!!!!!

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Today we took BART into "The City" to look at all the pretty Christmas decorations. Our first stop was Macy*s, where they had beautiful things in all their windows - some of them even had real live kittens in them! Then we went over to Union Square to watch the ice skaters and check out the HUGE Christmas tree. After that, we found a beautiful hotel that had lots of decorations and a big house made of nothing but sugar - yummy! Before we headed back, grandma wanted to show me the Christmas village that was all set up in another hotel - it was really cool!

I had a fun time in San Francisco - thanks for taking me, Grandpa, Grandma & Auntie 'Manda.

FULLERTON, CA - So I've been a little busy around here - sorry for that lack of updates. Here are just a few of the things I've been up to:

-- Christmas program at school
-- 3 Christmas parties/dinners
-- Picking out and decorating a Christmas Tree
-- Decorating our house
-- Baking, baking, baking!
-- Aunt Julie's birthday party
-- Opening presents & stockings

Wow! That's quite a list...here's a slide show with just some of the things we've done this month:

FULLERTON, CA - Today we celebrated my very good friend Aiden's birthday. He's turning 5. Turning 5 is a VERY big deal. It basically means that you're not a little kid anymore. It also means you get to go to KINDERGARTEN! I'm so ready for that. I heard something about 5-year-old shots, but I'm choosing to ignore that information for now.

His party was a "Star Wars" theme. I'll be honest. I don't know much it. My parents have chosen to ignore science fiction as a genre in it's entirety - I just hope it doesn't impact my future development. I didn't wear a costume for the party, but mommy did make my hair look like a character called, "Princess Leia." I'm all for dressing up like princesses! I liked the double-bun look...I ran around the house saying, "Check out my buns, check our my buns!"

At Aiden's house we played outside, ate pizza, played pop-the-balloon-by-sitting-on-it, and had cake with ice cream. Yummmmmmy.

Thanks for inviting me to your party, Aiden - Happy Birthday!!!

LONGVIEW, TX - My mommy's grandma - we call her, Gran - is celebrating her 90th birthday in December. Wow! To celebrate the big event, we all hopped on a plane the day after Thanksgiving and headed to Texas.

Lindsay and Morgan met us there, and I met several new friends. One of them was named Chloe, and she was just about my age - we enjoyed doing puzzles together, playing dollies and swinging in the backyard at Uncle Tom and Aunt Linda's house.

Saturday morning was the party at church, and there were lots of family members there - from all over! There were people there from Florida, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas and, of course, California. They had some yummy snacks, a cool game room for the kids, and a big room where all the old people, errrr, adults could mingle and chat.

On Sunday, I got to go to Sunday School with Chloe and her sister Claire at Uncle Tom's church (he's the pastor).

On Monday, we took Gran out to lunch, went to the mall and then headed to the airport for our trip home. It was quite an adventure, and boy is it c-o-l-d in Texas!

Here are some more pictures...