First full day at home...

The girls spent their first night at home and daddy already misses the nursing staff! But we are really enjoying being able to deal with both girls at once. While we were in the hospital, we had to put one of the girls on a portable monitor to bring them close to each other.

So when we came home, I had to get a couple pictures with the girls together. I hope to take some more artistic pictures (or at least try to).
Later in the evening, Sonia and her family came by to see the babies. While they couldn't stay that long, we were happy have them.

Memorial Day trip

This is just an example of the planning ahead we do....

We received a call at around 10:30am, Papa, Rebecca and mommy were all outside "gardening" (ie: making wholes in the back yard) when Daddy says "Want to go out today?"



Of course Mommy says "yes!"

Daddy "We have twenty minutes to get ready. Will you make it?"


Mommy looks around, Rebecca is brown with dirt, hair has little rocks in it from digging, and then looks at herself, and looks the same as Rebecca. But she also looked around and saw that she had two choices, 1- stay home and do some "gardening" with Papa or 2- go out have fun with family and friends.

Mommy quickly replied "Yes! we can make it in 25 minutes."

An hour and 45 minutes later we were in Truckee, Ca. sitting and having lunch at our friends' pub the Half/Half with eight other friends and two, 2 yr olds. We ended up at a little beach shore, were and walked across to the Safeway and had some good Starbucks.

We were all freezing. On the way home, we encountered rain, snow, and a beautiful wintery road.

Thanks Daddy for driving us out and giving us a great day to remember.

Walking the Nature Center

A wonderful Mothers Day Trip to the Effie Yaew Nature Center.

Here we are, my mom and I with Rebecca in between having had enjoyed a nice walk and some great warm weather.

After having maneuvered our way down to the lake over so many rocks.
Tireless Rebecca and Daddy staying on the path back to the Center.

It could not have been a better day for this trip.

Thanks Daddy for an unforgettable day.

Hanging out with TiTa

Today we had a great time with Tita.

Since we are now spending all our afternoons with Tita, we decided to do something a little different. Instead of going to her apartment, we decided to bring her home with us instead.

Rebecca is trying to look like Tita in this picture. As we can see, she is doing a good job at it.

Because we were all feeling so great after nap time, which we all took part. We decided to go for a walk, one mile each way, to our closest market and get some great fresh fruits and veggies for snack.

Rebecca of course had a great time at the Nugget. She ran and tasted everything on all the fresh produce isles and tired herself out by the time we got to the check out counter. From the looks of Rebeccas' stroller, you can see we grabbed more than we could carry. So really it was a great workout for Tita and myself, since we started taking turns pushing Rebecca home.

Birthday Celebration Part II - Zoo Time

Since Rebecca's actual birthday was on Monday the 14th, we planned to have her actual birthday party on the weekend. This year we had her birthday party at the Folsom Zoo with a picnic at the neighboring park afterwards. It was a nice day, unfortunately it was a little chilly in the morning so we had chase the sun to stay warm!

The Folsom Zoo is a nice small zoo, the best thing being that kids 4 & under are free so most of the kids in attendance were free. The group got to see a peacock spreads its feathers.

We also saw, bears, tigers, cougars, and wolves, among the many animals. It was nice to see the kids having a good time watching through the fences. After a little while in the zoo the group headed out to the park where Nehal and I cooked some hot dogs and hamburgers while the kids played in the playground.

Despite the wind, we were able to keep the candle lit long enough for Rebecca to blow it out. (she did a really good job of blowing!) She even managed to put most of the cake in her mouth and not in her dress. It was good to see all the kids and adults out and about, thanks to all that came.

It was a very good day and Rebecca really enjoyed it!

Birthday for 'becca

Yesterday was Rebecca's Birthday, it was also Granny's last full day with us, so we tried to make the most of it. We started the day shopping, which I am hoping to get Rebecca to avoid in the future, but as long as Granny's paying, then I am good with it!

After an afternoon nap, we went to a local restaurant (John's Incredible Pizza) with the Schumacher's. At the dinner Granny shared her most recent purchases with our two-year old cousins. They both had a good time trying on the hats they were given. (along with the accompanying outfits)

Rebecca and Granny were able to ride a small merry-go-round and everything. Rebecca also played some of the other games that were there, unfortuantely she will have to wait until she is a little taller and older to ride some of the larger rides. We still had fun however.

We ended the day by talking to Auntie Millie while we opened up her packages. Rebecca has learned how to attack wrapping paper with the appropriate furvor and she doesn't stop until everything is open.

It was a good day, though we still plan to have a bigger celebration for her this coming weekend.

Time for a quick recap

Since this is our first post, I figured we should start it off with a quick recap of the year so far.

Starting up with the Christmas, 2007, we have Rebecca and Granny Birmingham on the left as granny prepares to blow out her candles. And on the right we have Rebecca and her Great-Grandmother (we call her GG) Rebecca. We had a great time in Hattiesburg, Mississippi with my mom's family.

In January, we started Rebecca in her first Dance Class. She goes to a local studio every Saturday along with other 18-24 month little girls.

She has gotten much better at following along with Miss Katie, but still needs the occasional help from Mom:




On the 16th of March, we went to the California Capital Airshow with the Susana's sister, Idis, and her family. Rebecca got to see multiple helicopters and airplanes, including the Blue Angels. Despite the noise of the planes a great time was had by all.

The Saturday before Easter we went up to Beale AFB to enjoy a 0-2 year old Easter egg hunt. Rebecca got a good collection of eggs and candy, she even saw the Easter Bunny.

We followed that easter egg hunt with another one at the Schumacher's house, where Rebecca looked for eggs with her cousin Raymond and his neighbors.




Abuelita was there as well, watching Rebecca search in the garden.

A good time was had by all, and afterwards the kids inspected their loot.

All in all, we have had a great year, and we are looking forward to celebrating Rebecca's second birthday and seeing what the rest of the year brings us.