Rick got 1st Place Overall

Rick and I went to the Hennessey's Paddleboard National Championships Race in Hermosa Beach on July 9th, 2011 and he got 1st place overall in the 3 mile race-he did awesome-so proud of him! He is now in training for the big Battle of the Paddle Race here in Doheny Beach at the end of September-We will all be there cheering for him!!!!

August is here-Fun summer so far!!!

Wow, can't believe I have not written anything since July 4th-the summer has been so busy so far. Jessica my cousin and her 2 kids were here for all of July staying in a beach house in San Clemente and my Aunt Karen was also here for most of the month. Crazy that it is already the middle of August. Rick's friend Matt gets married next weekend and Rick is in the Wedding-it is right here in Laguna Niguel, so it is nice and close.
Duke and Cole are growing and changing everyday. Duke is talking so much and can pretty much repeat anything you say to him. He swims in the pool everyday too and is getting so good-I hope by next summer we can take his puddlejumper life jacket off and he can swim on his own. Rick has been taking him on his paddleboard in the harbor-today they went for 40mins and Duke stayed on the board and they went all around the harbor-checking out the boats and all of the people. Wow, my little man is getting so grown-up-so proud of him.
Cole is crawling, standing and so close to walking-I predict he will be walking before his 1st b-day which is just 3 months away. He is so motivated to start so he can keep up with his big brother. He is mostly on finger foods now and seems to love everything we put in front of him. He chats alot too and him and Duke love hanging out together-it is so cute to watch. I did not think they would have the bond they do this early.

Summer is here....

Hi mom, ready for my close-up

Too cute...

They are looking quite innocent here....haha

A little young for nude sunbathing huh Duke?

End of the day July 4th

My boys...

My little Cole-Cole

The boys-they love playing together

We took Duke to his first Shamu show at Sea World

Daddy and Duke

Passed out on the way there-this is huge since he usually never sleeps in the car

We had a nice July 4th yesterday with Lisa, Paul, and baby Jack...Duke was excited to see another baby and the day was warm and perfect for swimming and BBQ'ing. Can't believe it was Duke's third 4th of July and Cole's first-they both were in bed before the firework show which Rick and I watched from the backyard and had a pretty good view of the firework show at the Laguna Niguel Regional Park. Can't wait to take the boys there when they are older.

Cole now has 3 top teeth that are showing and he has been great-he is such a sweetie and has a great personality-he is crawling all over the house, standing on all of the furniture and we can't take our eye off of him for a minute-he is very curious and in to everything just like his big brother. Duke is also doing great and talking and learning new words everyday-he will repeat back anything you say to him and is starting to string several words together at a time. Duke is in the pool everyday and does great in his life jacket and swims all around the pool by himself-one of his favorite new tricks is floating on his stomach. We have even starting getting Cole in the pool more and more and he loves it-both the boys are total water babies which makes their dad very happy.

Jessica is in town with the month renting a beach house in San Clemente so we are taking the boys today to play in the sand and waves.

So far we are having a fun summer and look forward to many more days of fun!

Cole's crawling-2 Top teeth are here and Duke talking up a storm!

Well Summer is here...Can't believe that Duke is 2 and Cole will be 8 months in just 2 weeks. Cole is crawling everywhere and has gottten really fast-also just a few days ago he has starting pulling himself up and standing-he is growing up so fast, he is eating and sleeping really good and has we have started to give him finger foods-he is such a sweet guy and has such a nice friendly personality-he adores his big brother and is always up for a laugh. Cole also got his two botton teeth and the op two are just about to come in. Duke is talking a ton and learns new words everyday-he loves thomas the train, cars, trucks (really anything with wheels still) and is really starting to enjoy puzzles. He also has a great personality and cracks me up everyday. Duke and Cole really enjoy being around eachother and I love watching them play and interact together-you can just tell they are going to have so much fun together-even though Cole can't talk yet they make eachother laugh all the time-it is so cute! Time is flying and they are both changing so much...Love my boys!

Duke's 2!!!

Hard to believe that Duke is 2-he had a blast at his birthday pool party. The weather was great and everyone seemed to have a good time.

Duke at 2 is still talking up a storm (just like mama)-he is still obsessed with anything with wheels: trucks, cars, and now he has discovered Thomas the Train over at his friend Cash's house. He loves the water (just like daddy) and goes in the pool almost everyday with him. Rick can't wait to get him on the paddle board this summer and he has been practicing in the pool with one of his smaller surfboards and Duke is actually starting to paddle with his arms a little. He makes us laugh all the time and is quite a "little ham", I look forward to watching him grow-up. We are so blessed to have both of our boys and they have forever changed our lives for the better. Happy 2nd Birthday Duke-we love you so much!