life with leo...: August 2009

it started with our anniversary...five years. i've said it before, and i'll say it again...i have the best husband in the world. leo and i had lunch with brian...we packed a picnic and ate outside. what a gorgeous day it was.

on saturday, we went for a nice, long walk. and then to the beach. where brian and leo built a bunker. it was pretty funny...it was just a big hole that leo couldn't get out of. he was laughing at brian building the walls, and he'd try to climb out every so often, but he never complained. i think he just dug hanging out in a hole. with daddy. more pictures here.

then...we went out to dinner. i can't say enough what a wonderful dinner it was. it was just...wonderful. i don't know if it's just because we don't go out to dinner that much anymore...or that the food was so good...or that leo was a champ at the restaurant...or that i just have the best family in the world...

whatever it was...

it was wonderful.

to top it off, we got ice cream for dessert.

and then, yesterday, we spent some time apartment searching. and then at the park.

see? a wonderful weekend.

need more pictures? find them...here.

so, looks like i haven't been to good with writing these days.

in the meantime...leo is 11 months old now. aye...it really does fly by! we've been doing a lot lately...last weekend, we went to the skirball center for a concert and to the noah's ark exhibit.

drumming at the rhythm child concert

drumming with daddy

gettin' some love from jillian :)

zipping around noah's ark

brian and leo had a boys night on sunday...while i had the pleasure of having a girls night out. i came home to leo passed out on brian's chest while brian was watching a movie. i love my boys :)

a couple of weeks ago, we headed into downtown la for a renee & jeremy concert. it was pretty hot, but leo didn't seem to mind. he was so fascinated by all the tall, shiny buildings...just pointing away at all of them. he was also a big fan of the water fountain in the park where they played.

renee & jeremy up on stage

a group of campers were also at the concert...leo decided to crawl over and sit amongst them. the girl he's looking up at had on some pink sparkly shoes...leo was impressed.

the cool fountain

as for the the little man...here's some updates...
-he has officially mastered the stairs outside the apartment. in fact, there was never even a trial and error time. he crawled up to them and up he went. now, looking out the window isn't good enough, because the stairs just call his name.
-he stood (once) for a couple of seconds all by his lonesome!
-it looks like tooth #8 is making it's way out...he's up to four on the top and four on the bottom.
-he's a BIG fan of making raspberries on our tummies...especially brian's.
-he claps when we ask him to.
-he moves up & down when we sing "bumpin' up & down..."
-he says "mama" and means it!
-he gives open mouth kisses...smack on the mouth.
-he's still not a fan of diaper changes.
-he LOVES his ukulele.
-he wants very little to do with the inside of our apartment lately...he always wants to be outside.
-he knows the hand movements to "open, shut them."
-some of his favorite books right now..."head to toe," "my friends," "whispers in the woods," "the very lonely firefly," and "ten little ladybugs."
-when we read "head to toe" he'll imitate the movements in the book when we do them. his favorite is when the "ape thumps his chest"...he'll climb up to me and hit my chest.
-he likes to hide the magnets under the refrigerator...he stretches his arm as far as it can go under there and pushes them in.