Huntington Beach Kite Festival

Today Mommy, Daddy and I went to Huntington Beach for the annual Kite Festival. Ummmm . . . what's a kite?

OOOOOOOOO . . . I see! Those kites are really cool.


This is going to be fun!

The family found a nice place in the sand to sit down. Ummmm . . . what's sand?

Here is Daddy pointing to sand to show me.

Ummmmm . . . ok.

Let me check this stuff out . . .

I think I like this sand stuff!!The beach is really fun! I like this sand stuff, and it's nice to watch those kite things :)

I had such a good time playing in the sand for hours :)

Later in the day, Daddy took me to the ocean. Ummmmm . . . what's an ocean?

Huh. Interesting.

WHERE are we GOING???

DADDY?

"Here it comes Lucas!" Here WHAT comes???

Oh! Water! This water is super cold! It feels nothing like my bath!

I had a great time at the beach.

I want to go again real soon ---

Happy Birthday to Me!

Guess what today is????
It's my birthday!

Happy Birthday to me!

Today I am 9 months old! At this age I am saying "Mamamamama" everytime I see my Mommy . . . . . and my Daddy . . . and my reflection in the mirror. Apparently everyone is Mama to me :) I can now crawl really fast to wherever I need to go, hang onto something and bring myself up to standing and then stand there all by myself for a long while. Sometimes I even stand there and wave "bye bye!" I like to "cruise" too; I hang onto something with one hand and walk around very carefully. My Doctor is VERY impressed with everything I can do -- he thinks I may even walk at 9 months, but we'll have to see about that. All I know is I don't like to sit still -- there's just too much to see :) Oh yes! My two top teeth also started coming out! It hurt!

On my birthday, I went to a class at My Gym with some of my friends. Here I am with the teacher. I really like her. She made me laugh while she rocked me back and forth on this piece of equipment.

I also got to go on the swings. I love the swings! WEEEEEEEEEE!!

My friends and I got to play with lots of fun things. Here's our band playing our instruments. We should play at parties. We sound AWESOME :)

A Visit from Grandma and Grandpa

This week I have two new playmates. They're so much fun :) Hi Grandma! Hi Grandpa!


I LOVE hanging out with Grandpa. He took me on many tours of our big backyard and explained lots of different things to me. I'm now very knowledgeable on all matters related to Lent, including the history.

I love you Grandpa!

I think he loves me too :)

Here we are on Day 2 of our backyard tour . . .

Grandpa introduced me to this new toy -- the windchime. It's SO COOL. If I shake it it makes lots of noise. I love noisy things!

Here I am with Grandma. She took me on lots of tours too :)

Peekaboo!!!

The family went down to San Diego to visit our friends the Mahans. They're lots of fun :)

Grandpa let me wear his cool beret. Mommy thinks I look French in this picture . . .

Bonjour! Comment allez-vous ? Je fais bien :)

Alouette, gentille Alouette / Alouette je te plumerai / Je te plumerai la tête / Je te plumerai la tête /Et la tête, et la tête / Alouette Alouette /O-o-o-o-oh . . .

Thanks for visiting Grandma and Grandpa! I hope to see you again soon :)

Lolo's 70th Birthday

Can you believe my Lolo is 70 years old? I think he looks 56 :) To celebrate his birthday, the family got together and took him to the Ronald Reagan Library.

Unfortunately, there was no flash photography allowed in the library so a lot of these pics are kinda blurry! Here I am in the "Presidents Room" posing with my fellow mutt, President Barack Obama.

I had lots of fun with Uncle Carlo, although you can't really tell in this picture . . .

I felt MUCH better after I saw these pictures. Turns out Ronald Reagan had to wear a dress on his baptism too!!

The library is located otop a mountain in Simi Valley. There's a beautiful view of Ventura County from up there.

Here is the family as they get ready to board Air Force One.

Almost there. So exciting!

They wouldn't let us take pictures on the plane, but here's a pic they took of our family as we were about to board the plane.

Posing with Reagan's car . . .

. . . and his helicopter (Marine One)

Outside the library

An exact replica of the Oval Office as it was decorated during Reagan's term.

The family got excited over this dress because it was given to Nancy Reagan from Imelda Marcos. She also gave that chair. As you can see, I don't really know what the big deal is.

A piece of the Berlin Wall (West Germany side)

. . . and the same piece on the East Germany side. I guess they didn't allow graffiti!

Reagan's burial site

Taking in the awesome view. Well, the family is taking in the view. I think the grass is FASCINATING.

Playing with Daddy and Auntie Archelle at the gift shop

After the library, we took Lolo to eat at Cafe Firenze which is owned and operated by Top Chef contestant Fabio

Happy Birthday Lolo! Here is your present.

Dinner was delicious! At least that's what they tell me . . . I drank milk and it tasted the same as it always does.

Happy Birthday Lolo! Hope you had as much fun as I did :)