Easter!

Zeke was sure lucky this year and was able to go to a couple of Easter Egg Hunts. We started the weekend at the Encinitas Annual Egg Hunt! It poured the night before - we even had some thunder and lightning. But that didn't stop us and the park and fields were amazingly dry. Zeke got to go in a jumpy house which is one of his favorite things in the world.



Zeke did have a little melt down because it took the organizers forever to let the 2 year olds go find their eggs. Zeke was not the only one! I mean they are only 2 years old or younger!



They finally let us go and Zeke was amazing and found lots of eggs!





He even shared some of his candy with daddy!



On Easter, we went to Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop's and had another egg hunt!



Mom-Mom only put candy in two of the eggs, but Zeke didn't take long to find it!



Thanks Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop!

Liz and Madison Visit

We were so excited to have Liz and Madison Briggs visit us the first weekend in April. Zeke and Madison had a ball playing together. We even got up to Orange County to visit with M'Lissa and meet Bishop. (hopefully Liz will post some of these pics with Bishop as I of course forgot my camera)

Here is bathtime!



And Liz reading before bed time:



It was so beautiful that weekend that we even squeezed in some beach time!





Here's some squeezy hug time:




Thank you to Liz and Madison for such a wonderful visit. We loved having you and Zeke can't wait to play with Madison again!

St. Patrick's Day!

We had a little early St. Patrick's Day celebration since I will be traveling for work and will miss the holiday with Zeke. We skipped the corned beef and cabbage and settled for cupcakes covered in Green Frosting! I think Zeke was happy and enjoyed his St. Patrick's Day cupcake.

In N Out!!!!

Ezekiel had his first In N Out experience this Sunday! We just got him a grilled cheese - thought we would save the Double Double for when he was a little older. He loved it and ate a lot of french fries as well!

Picture taking time!

One of Mike's responsibilities is to pick out Zeke's Christmas outfits, and he usually does a good job. This year, I was really impressed and loved all that he chose!
We decided to get Zeke in one of his Christmas outfits and try to take some pictures one afternoon. We just went to a little grassy area by our house that has lots of leaves to try to give the fall affect even though it has still been in the 70s in San Diego lately.
Isn't his sport coat the cutest?



He loves throwing leaves too:



And climbing over a fence to get pine cones:

The Day After Thanksgiving!

The day after Thanksgiving is usually a big shopping day for Sheila, Mom and I. We actually braved it last year with Zeke in stroller and he was a good sport. I wasn't holding out this year, but Sheila and Mom-Mom insisted that he come with us. We only went to the Forum which is just a little mall by our house and Pop-pop was on call to come pick Zeke up if needed. Well, he lasted about 15 minutes in the stroller - thank goodness there was a coy pond with lots of fishies outside of Chico's where Mom-Mom and Cioci Sheila took forever in! Then Cioci decided to take over and when we went into Talbots, Zeke bee-lined for the window with all the Christmas ornaments in it. Finally when the sales girls were giving us looks I gave Sheila a look and took out the phone to call Pop-Pop. Sheila finally took Zeke to Gepetto's while I bought Mom-Mom a Christmas present. Zeke was totally content at the toy store and didn't even want to leave with Pop-Pop. However, we finally bribed him with something and got him in the car seat. The boys went home and had some lunch and took naps while us girls went and had a very relaxing lunch. Thanks so much Pop-Pop!
The Forum was having a special Christmas event starting in the evening so we all ventured back to take a ride in a horse drawn carriage. Zeke loves horses and was so excited, but the waiting in line wasn't so fun. Overall, he was a pretty good sport this time!
Here is one of us waiting in line:



And here we are on the carriage:

Thanksgiving!

Mike had to work on Thanksgiving and usually he is the photographer of the family! I really failed in this category and finally remembered to take some pictures at the end of the evening. Here is one of the only good ones, but it is a precious one of Zeke and Cioci Julie: