Baggage Boy

Milo has had a little suitcase obsession for awhile now. Whenever he would see one he would want to wheel it around, but since he is about the size of a large suitcase himself, maneuvering it would get a little tricky & frustrating for him. Frustrated baby = Frustrated momma ... so we tried to keep all "uitcases" out of sight & out of mind. At our hotel in Cusco, we had to hide our suitcases on top of a book shelf and covered with blankets. Against my better judgement, I ordered Milo a child sized piece of luggage for his birthday, which ended up being the best choice ever. He is so darling with his "uitcase" ... he loves opening and closing the zippers, filling his bag full of cars, pointing out the doggie's body parts, and of course pulling it around.  He is in heaven and we are now taking his "uitcase" with us everywhere, it has all ready been to Disneyland and the fabric store... I can't wait for him to drag it through the airport.

Celebrating Milo!

 

Birthday celebrating this year was a little bit different, I decided to not throw a party since we are not living near family and we are still working on making friends here. But party or not we had so much fun this weekend, and I drug the celebrating out all weekend long because that's how I love to do it! On Thursday, Jordan took a half day from work and we went to Disneyland (one day we will do something different). We met up with Jordan's cousins and we all had a ball with them. Milo loved being with the other kids, they gave him so much attention and he loved every second of it. At the end of the evening Milo got to pick out a toy for his birthday from the gift shop, he chose a stuffed Lightning McQueen. He loves it so much he thought he needed three. On Friday (Milo's Birthday) we kept it pretty low key. Milo and I went on a walk in the morning to pick up some eggs, then we made his birthday cupcakes, he loved helping. When Jordan came home from work, the boys went swimming for awhile, then came back inside for some presents and cupcakes. We FaceTimed with Grandpa and Grandma from Idaho so they could sing to him and see him open his gifts. Milo got spoiled like usual with lots of trains, Thomas train book, a rolling suitcase, the cutest clothes you've ever seen, monster bowling, a wooden MILO puzzle, Yo Gabba Gabba coloring book, cars, some money.... so spoiled! On Saturday morning we decided to head back to Disneyland for some more fun, we met up with Ted & Maggie (Maggie & Milo share the same birthday). We partied all morning with them, then met our friend Clark Tanner for lunch at Downtown Disney while Milo napped in his stroller, and then we headed back into the park to catch the Parade and eat some churros. It's probably a good indication that we take Milo to Disney too much when he raises his hands and screams as we go down the ramp at the parking garage. We had a great weekend and loved celebrating Milo, I still can't believe he's TWO!

The Terrific Two's

 

Sorry for posting way too many photos, but isn't Milo the cutest baby/toddler you've ever seen? (The answer is, Yes) Mr. Milo turned two years old today! I can't believe that two years have already past since he was born, it has gone by so fast. He has brought so much joy to our family. He is such a happy, smart, darling, active little boy. We love him more and more everyday. Here are some of the things our two year old is up to lately:

-He loves all music and singing. He loves singing his favorite songs, having me sing to him, or playing a CD in the car. Whenever he wants to wants music he will say "singing"

-He talks a lot lately. He copies everything that we say and he has a few sentences down, we most often hear, "come here", "here it comes", "hold you". He still says a lot of gibberish, but I feel like I can understand most of what he is trying to say.

-He has a deep voice, apparently it is the same voice that Jordan had at this age.

-He loves to color but only with markers, crayons and colored pencils don't cut it. Luckily, we've only had one incident of coloring on the walls.

-He loves to help. He will throw things in the garbage or bring things to me. He especially loves helping cook. He will wear his apron, stand on the step stool, and say "mix mix mix"

-He is sleeping in a big boy bed and we can finally celebrate this because he is finally staying in his bed sleeping through the night.

-He loves Disneyland! When we tell him that we are going there he gets so excited and starts listing off all the characters that he will see. He loves Pooh & Tigger, "Qween" & "Maner", the Pirates, and "the Mouse" ... it didn't take him long to start loving the characters.

-He loves riding in the car. Lately, when we pull up to the garage he has a mini melt down and wants to keep driving.

-He knows all of his letters and most of their sounds. He loves the alphabet!

-He can count to 10, but not on demand. He only does it randomly, when he wants to. haha

-He loves to go to the gym child care and nursery. He usually is upset when I drop him off but more upset when I pick him up, he loves playing with the other kids.

-He loves cars, trains, buses, bicycles, airplanes, "copters" ... He packs cars around with him everywhere. He thinks that 12 cars is an appropriate amount to drag with us to church.

Happy 2nd Birthday Mr. Milo

We Love You! 

Super Saturday

 Jordan's cousins came into town this week to visit, they flew in Saturday morning so we planned to meet up with them that afternoon at the beach. Before we hit the beach, we of course went to Disneyland. We've gone every weekend ... Jordan thinks its embarrassing, I think it's awesome. This Saturday we went to Magic Morning in California Adventure and pretty much had the park to ourselves, we rode pretty much everything that we wanted to before the park officially opened. Then we wandered over to Disneyland and had a great time there as well. Milo got to give high fives and pounds to all the Winnie the Pooh characters and Jordan got soaked on Splash Mountain. After our morning of fun we headed down to Newport Beach. It was beautiful, sunny, but a little chilly. Even with how cold the water and wind were we could not keep Milo out of the water. He was in heaven. After Carl and Michelle and their family headed back to the hotel, we met up with Ted and Maggie to watch the sunset and visit. So good to be at the beach again and surrounded by good people. We love California ... on Saturday's.

Debbie's Visit

Debbie came to visit us two weekends ago (I'm playing catch up). It was fun to have her in town. We enjoyed showing her around our new neighborhood, visiting Disneyland, trying some new restaurants, and shopping. Milo loved having Grandma in town and was of course very spoiled, Debbie bought Milo a darling Tigger sweatshirt at Disneyland but he of course won't keep the hood on. It was pretty emotional when we dropped her off at the airport and it took him a few days to recover from her leaving, he woke up screaming for "Gamma" for a few days after she left. This little boy loves his Grandparents.