Sunday, January 22, 2012

Big Bear

For my last weekend of maternity leave we decided to head up to Big Bear and take Zoe sledding since she loved it so much when they had snow at the zoo. (I know, I know...I am super late on posting this since I've been back at work for a couple of weeks now and things have been suuuuper busy). We weren't sure what to expect as we were driving up there...would battling the horrible Friday LA traffic be worth it? Would the cabin we rented be worth the price? And most importantly, would there be snow??? Well...YES!!! It was all worth it and we found lots of snow to build a great sledding area and our little daredevil loved every minute of it.
Taking turns pulling Zoe up the slope. Good exercise!
Hunter's Lodge...the name of our cabin.
This ranch only had 4 cabins as vacation rentals and we were the only ones there. It was really quiet....except for when the lion at the animal sanctuary down the road would roar. Yes, you read that right. We heard the lion roaring throughout the day and night. I'm just glad I read about it before hearing it. I would have definitely freaked out otherwise.

Zoe learning to build a fire.
Swinging on the porch swing
Here is a video of Maddox going down the slopes. Who said 3 months is too young to sled?


Zoe and Francis!


Monday, January 9, 2012

3 Months!

Happy 3 months to our little man!
It's hard to believe that I have to go back to work in 2 days. Although I'm looking forward to starting my new role (same company), I have to admit that I will really, really miss the routine I've fallen into for the past 3 months: the morning walks along the shoreline, lazy afternoon naps & my yoga pants. But more than anything, I am going to miss seeing Maddox's goofy grin throughout the day. Lucky Francis will be taking the next 6 weeks off and will be getting those amazing little smiles now.

For easy reference, here is Zoe's monthly chair picture at 3 months.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Happy New Year!

Dear 2011,

I'm not going to talk poorly of you, you were good to us. Thank you for giving us a healthy son, for good jobs that allow us to live this charmed life in beautiful Santa Barbara and for finally having only one kid in diapers!

We celebrated the end of the year at Harry's with Grandpa Wayne.
Zoe thought it was funny to put the NYE hat on her little brother. I don't think he was such a big fan.
May 2012 bring everyone lots of love and laughs. I know that we are looking forward to it!