Back to Reality

I think we might need to sit Jett down and have a little talk about fantasy and reality. I think he's blurring the two a bit.

Ever since Halloween he has been referring to Batman as Jett. If it comes on TV he'll say "look! There's Jett!!"

Tonight when he was watching his favorite show - guess who made an appearance? Catwoman! Lila!!! Jett's sister!
Maybe I won't have that little talk. I can't take how cute this is.

Uh, I've never seen it used like THAT.

If you are looking for a good DVD to watch, DON'T come to the Bunch household. Jett loves his DVD's like nothing else. He carries around these prized possesions all day every day. He'd rather hold them (and closely examine the picture) than watch them!

Apparently Lila thinks they are a super dooper cool toy too.

This also is a true testament of Jett's love for his sister. He not only let her play with his beloved Justice League DVD he even let her, um, stick her tongue through it.

When she had enough of the DVD she crawled over and stood up! Look how smug and proud she looks ;)
((-Hey Maddie- do you like my shoes??-))

Hello table, you look much different from way up here.

I'm just warning you....

Lila might have pierced ears soon.

I like to be the fun aunt when Raquel and Ethan spend the night. I don't like to burden the children with silly things like rules, baths and bedtime. I also like to leave them with something to remember the fun night by. Sometimes it's a belly full o brownies but this time I thought "why not pierced ears instead?" Much to my (and Raquel's) surprise her parents were game for the idea so we all headed down to the mall.
I'm telling you people...it took every ounce of my will power to not pierce Lila's ears. I can't promise you that I can resist much longer.

Raquel took the piercing like a champ!

This is right when she realized that it didn't really hurt that bad. I think she was expecting the equivalent pain of a limb loss.

Where are you going Baby???

I have NO idea why Lila got so upset at that statement....BUT it really broke her heart.
We were all down in the man-cave playing and she started to crawl away and so I asked her "Baby...where are you going?"
And before we go further with this story, yes we call her baby more often than Lila. Jett pretty much refuses to call her anything but Baby so that name sort of gets a lot of use around here.

ANYways...so I ask her where she is going and she bursts into tears. It was as if I took her favorite toy. HEART BROKEN. We at the Bunch household like to tease and torture so we did it a few more times for amusement. Every time she would just be crushed and start to cry.
Raquel and Ethan were over visiting so later that night Raquel and I decided to have a little more fun and see if she still did NOT want to be asked where she was going.

And here again...after calming down we tried again. Same thing! She is so happy when Raquel is saying hi to her....but then...meltdown. What gives Lila?

Aaaan last try. Nope, still hates it. Are you guilty baby? Where ARE you going?

Meanwhile, down in the man cave, hours of this ensued....
Ethan and Jett played lots of Lego Batman. LOTS.
Seriously...no matter what your opinion of 2 year old children playing video games is...how can you not love these chubby little fingers here?
And he's quite good actually!!

9 months

Our little girl turned 9 months on Nov 1st and along with that came the well check up and some not so fun shots :( Jett was a super big brother and went first....I felt so bad telling him to "hop on up, Peggy is going to give you something really fun!" Um, he was super pissed when she stabbed him with that needle.
He was even more concerned though when his sister got put up on the table. He always has been a pretty awesome brother :) They both had lots of tears but got over it with a lollipop. Lila got a few more sticks than Jett but from the looks of this, I think they both have long forgotten the pain!!

I told Jett to show my his 'owie' and he just thought that was super hilarious.

Little Miss Lila is never really all that little ;) but her stats were 19#11oz and 29 inches. That was right about 70th for weight and 90th for height. Jett was a whopping 23 lbs and 31 inches at his 9 month!

Trick or Treat!!

Prepare for some Halloween overload - lots of pictures!!

Anywho, Batman and Catwoman are all dressed up and ready to hit the streets!

Lila I guess technically looks more like a cat than Catwoman....BUT she refused to wear the mask.

The whole gang. Believe it or not this was the best picture of the bunch...anyone with kids knows it's impoosible to get more than one kid looking at the camera at once. Six kids taking a decent picture is absolutely impossible.
But here they are in all their Halloween glory; Baby Jacob (the newest edition to the gang), Jett, Braden, Luke, Lila, and Drew.



Jett trick or treating...he was a bit unsure at first....BUTIt quickly turned to delight when he realized that strangers were handing out candy!!
How excited is he?!

Lila's very first trick or treat :) She got a rubber ducky! Loved it.The boys and their boys...Braden was so cute. He dressed up as (as he told me) "a Darine."

Pumpkin Carving

Sean is the artist of the family so he is always in charge of the pumpkin carving. This is the first year Jett was allowed to grab a sharpie and help out too! He gave a great effort - :)

Drawing the nose.... although when he finished it was a nose with lots of other stuff. We asked him what he drew and he told us "a whale with a tail!" Um...ok?
Note to everyone: magic erasers work awesome at getting sharpie (whale's tails) off of a pumpkin.

Lila did a great job of rooting them on!
So proud with the finished product!




Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch

We made the annual family pumpkin patch trip out to the wineries to try and find the perfect pumpkin. Jett was in a lovely mood and wanted nothing to do with any picture taking. He also couldn't stand the goats...what the heck Jett? Apparently this year it was all about trick or treating!!

At least little Lila had fun with pumpkins!!

This is what happens when you ask a two year old to take your picture.

This is the only picture that the two of them were looking at the camera...

The rest mostly looked like this :)

Thanks Ree Ree!!

Auntie Ree dropped off some Halloween goodies for the kids this week....they were thrilled to say the least :)

Lila is super pleased with her yogurt melts. Any present that includes food makes her super happy :)

Thank you very much, I'll take that book there.

Fave present in the box...

Thanks Auntie Ree and Uncle Warren!

Trunk or Treating!!

Lisa J Mails had a fall festival out at Petlzer Farms pumpkin patch last week and the boys, as well as Kel and Ethan had a fab time. Jett's batman costume hadn't arrived in the mail yet, but thankfully Auntie pulled through with this Spidy outfit.

How cute are these super hero's?

Some practice for trick or treating....Jett must have forgotten how it worked last year because he was thrilled and SUPA surprised that these strangers were handing out candy!! He didn't really get the "trick or treat" part down - he just held out his bag. I do have to say that he definitely had the "THANK YOU!!!!!!!!" down pat. Love the manners ;)

Ree Ree worked this booth. Ethan's class had a game where you threw a hula hoop over some scare crows. Jett didn't quite get it around the scarecrows but had a good time trying!

Hey look! Jett's friends Dane and Luke! Can you see how thrilled they are to stop for a picture? At least little Dane is cooperating.

Little Miss Lila only made it about an hour before conking out. Luckily her buddy Momo was there to snuggle up with!


This is the next night but as you can see the Spiderman mask was still in full effect. Jett tends to really get his money's worth from costumes in case you hadn't noticed that!!
We went up to Momo and Papa's for dinner and Spidy wore himself out.

Gal Pal

Lila's friend Kate came over to play this week. It's been a few months since the girls have hung out so they had a great time playing with toys and snacking on some banana puffs :)

Mmm, my hands taste good. Yours too?! Weird!

Jett thought Kate was a crack up. And she thought a 2 foot batman was hilarious!!

Halloween Sneak Peek 2

Jett is OBSESSED with Batman lately. He is loving all things superhero but Batman holds a special place in his heart. So when the subject of what to be for Halloween came up - the was no changing his mind. Batman it is!

His costume arrived in the mail today. How happy does he look??

He wanted to make sure I "got a picture of the cape."

and a picture of the "seatbelt."

In true Jett fashion, he loved his instructions as much as the costume itself.

He was so so so happy to see himself as Batman. I got a little of him flying around Lila's room. He wanted to make sure everything looked quite right! I love how he keeps checking himself out as he runs by :)

It's exhausting being a super hero. Batman got so tired that he just collapsed right here. Standing up! Hey, when you are a superhero - you can do all sorts of super acts!

Nighty night Batman.

Halloween Sneak Peek

Can you take it?

Birthday and the Bunch boys.

We spent a great weekend up at Grandma Auntie and Crap-paw Brunch's house! We got to see Sean's uncle Bob who was in town from Missouri AND celebrated his birthday. Happy 29th Uncle Bob!
It's not often that we get all the "Bunch" boys together. They made the best of it with non stop playing...and when I say non stop I mean these boys can hang like Jett! The wii was going on into the wee hours of the night :)

This is Lila with her cousin and our Godchild Vito. He is for realz the cutest thing EVER.

Lila and Grandma Auntie :)

Jett's had SO much fun with Vito - the second they saw each other they quickly put on their capes and became immediate BFF's.

"Let's Fly!"

I don't know if this is just how a two year old's mind works...but I told them, "look here and say cheese!" and they both held up a toy? Um...ok!

Lane and Lila

Happy Birthday Great Uncle Bob!!!

Puzzles and Posing.

One of Jett's favorite things to do is puzzle's. He's not bad at it either! Here you can see his concentration...
Lila on the other hand - one of HER favorite things to do is sit and look pretty :) She's not so bad at that either. She was rooting Jett on to find the right piece here...as well as giving a wave to all her peeps. "Holla!"

Thank you baby, I'll take that.

They both love their job!

8 months

Here is a comparison of Jett and Lila at about the same age :)

It's that time of year again....

Football season is here again! Friday night football is back and Lila is a great new addition to the fun!
The best part of football (for me) is that Momo gets some Lila time and *I* get to just sit back and relax ;) You know...now that I think about it, Momo has never really had a football game without a baby. Each year it seems like someone is little enough where they want to be held and need to be rocked to sleep long before the game is over.
Hey...it's not Sarah and I's fault that the babies love their Momo!

Getting ready for the kickoff....hmm I noticed this year they added some yellow caution tape to the side lines. I wonder if that has anything to do with a group of rambunctious boys that maybe, might have, maybe just once or twice - ran on the field? During game time?
Interesting....

Drew doing the Bronco "2" thing. I still don't know what the two stands for but everyone does it there.


Some things never change. Every year the boys bring out all the toys and set up for the game...


...and Papa and Josh are always ready for the perfect shot..
..and Luke still has the same girly friend...how cute are they? They look so much older this year! And so much more serious!!! :)

Auntie Sarah's latest....

Jett and Lila put up with my incessant need for lots of cute pics and sat through another round of photo's by Auntie. I know I'm reeeaaaallly biased but I think these are some pretty cute kids and taken by a pretty good photographer :)

My buddy B

Jett's bestie, Braden turned three this week! No one can throw a party like Braden can. It was pretty much the best brithday party a little boy (or girl!) could ask for. There was jumpers, a pool, a slip n slide (Jett's personal favorite), pinata's, a taco stand and as if all that weren't enough the lizard lady (I think was her name??) brought a ton of creepy things for the kids to look at, touch and learn all about. There was snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, alligators (I'm serious!), tarantulas, and a ton of other stuff that boys love.

Here is Jett stepping away from the slip n slid for about 5 seconds to pet this turtle. Or was this a tortoise? I never really understood the distinction.

Speaking of slip n slides....
I thought Sean was being a tad rough here - I mean he's only two years old. But Sean insisted this is exactly how he was raised on the slip n slide by his Uncle Jim "The Wheel."
Whatever! Jett seemed to enjoy :)

The snake cake was a huge hit. Can you tell?

Well one thing is for sure....

A camera lens cap makes a great baby toy even 30 years later!

This is a picture of me and Lila at just about the same age. I don't see much of a resemblance :) I think Lila looks like her dad and his sister Kim, but also looks a lot like my mom and HER sister (Lila's auntie Ree). Or maybe I just can't decide?
What do YOU think?

The Stow Away

Sean left this morning for Hawaii. I, for one, did not think it was fair that he got to go and leave ME at home!
Jett apparently agreed as well and tried to sneak on the flight out!

All packed and ready to go!

Um....

Oooh, nice try Jett!

Summer Nights

It has finally started to cool down (well by cool down I mean it's only 95 rather than 105). So we can venture outdoors again. One of Jett's most favorite outdoor spots to go is Momo and Papa's...it's like the park only way better because along with the slides and swings he gets bonus cookies and golf cart rides.

Here Jett is with Jessie....take a good look cuz I can't gaurantee there will be many more pictures of this good ole dog! She's got diabetes and is blind so really...how much longer can a dog hang on?

Auntie Grandma the artist

Jett loves to color. He also loves to dictate to others what to color. Autie Grandma had NO idea what she was getting herself into when Jett very sweetly asked if she would please "color Jett."

What a sport...she drew Jett.

BUT WAIT....it went on. Jett proceeded to tell her to - in this order - "Draw Jett. Draw Jett in bed. He needs a pillow. He needs a t.v. Watching t.v. Watching Willy (Free Willy). Willy stuck in a net. Draw stuck in a net. Draw YaYee (foxxy). YaYee needs a treat. Thanks Auntie Grandma!!" You draw great!!

Do you see how happy he is with his vision and her creation?

The finished masterpiece.

Thanks Foli Fam!!!

One of the best parts of Jett's weekend at Grandma's was getting to celebrate his birthday again! Auntie Kimbo sent up a present for him and he loved every second of it. Thanks Auntie Kim - you made Jett a VERY happy boy :)

Digging in...

The ultimate. Thomas the Train.

He STUDIES things so closely!!!

Yay! More trains!

Weekend at Auntie Grandma's

We got to spend a few days with Grandpa and Auntie! On the way up we mentioned that we were going to see Grandpa and Grandma and Jett corrected us - Grandpa and AUNTIE. Auntie Grandma.

Um...I don't want to start any Bunch family drama, but it KIND of looks like Grandpa might have a favorite :)

Auntie Beefie and the gal pals.

The boys spent a ton of time throwing lemons. Random I know but they had so much fun!!

Reagan and Jett. Screaming for the camera. Why can't toddler's just cooperate when you want to take pictures?? :)

We got in some fun swimming time too! Thanks Auntie Beef!

Bookends

These are the Bunch bookends. The oldest grandchild Ernie and the youngest, Lila.
So freaking cute!!

Dr. Jett DVM

Uncle Matt would be so proud! He got Jett these vet scrubs and we put them on the other day. I told them that you wear them when you fix animals when they get hurt.
Jett LOVED that idea...HURT you say? Well, nothing can fix that like a band aid can! Jett LOVES band aids. So what could be better than putting band aids on all his animal friends?? Nothing! This game went on for a loooong time.

Let's see here monkey...hmmm...my doagnosis is: ouie.
I prescribe a band aid.

Right there ought to do the trick!

Trash Day

We love trash day! Sean loves it because he just loves organizing and trash is one more way to make things super clean and squared away.
I love it because they take away diapers that stank up the garage.
And Jett loves it because of the truck. We can hear it coming from up the street and he sits and sits and waits until it's our turn.

And before I go any further...I'd like to acknowledge that yes, I know that in several of the most recent posts Jett is wearing nothing but a diaper. I really don't have a good excuse other than he likes to roll like that! The kid isn't really wanting to wear clothes lately...sorry!

Waiting....

I think I see it?

There it is! In all it's blue and red beauty.

Fascinating.

Bye bye trash truck! See you next week!

Baby and her toys.

I've said this a million times already - but I'm saying it again! Jett is the best brother a little girl could ask for. He LOVES playing with her, eating her snacks and making her laugh. She totally adores him too. I just know the day is coming where they are going to fight like normal siblings do....I'm remembering the day that I gave my youngest brother a large bald spot from yanking his hair out. Ahhh, the good ole days! Now THAT was fun.
But...today they love each other so I'm just going to enjoy that :)

Jett showing Lila how her toy works...

"That's called a moon baby!"

"I love you sissy. And I love your baby snacks!"

It's a jungle over here!

I think this is a giraffe? It's a weird looking giraffe that's for sure! Jett found this in Foxxy's stash of clothes (hmmm, must have been when I actually liked Foxxy and bought her things like clothes and Halloween costumes...) anywho I guess she alright, but these days just isn't getting as many new outfits!
Back to the giraffe...Jett wanted to wear this costume very badly. I tried to tell him it was for dogs but he insisted on putting it on....



It's an adventurous little giraffe too! He decided Lila needed to live it up a little bit more.
I don't' know about you, but I'm PRETTY sure this isn't what the manufacturer's of this swing had in mind! I'm not sure what is more disturbing...the fact that I'm just sitting back and filming him launching her over and over, or that she is thoroughly enjoying it!

First big catch!

Well, maybe "big" might be a stretch. Jett did catch his first fish though! Jett's Great Uncle Jim might want to watch out because it was his FIRST fishing attempt! According to Sean it's not "Great Uncle Jim" it's "Uncle Jim the Great."

And there it is!

A Great day!

This was a great day for a few reasons.....
The first was that Lila got to spend some time with her Great Grandma! She got super cozy and went right to sleep...Thanks Grandma Jo for the nap spot :)

And the other reason for the great day was that my cousins Rachael, Cameron and Cole moved back to California!! They have been in South Carolina for several years but now are back. Back in the day Rachael and I used to hang out all.the.time. She is one of my most favorite people in the whole world :) I'm so glad they are back!!!

This is Rachael, Jett and Cameron - Jett looks thrilled to be in a cousin sandwich eating chocolate cake!

I got skillz. Map skillz

Boat

Guess who is learning to drive the boat??

6 months old!

Auntie Sarah took some pics of Lila this week on her 6 month birthday :)
Thanks Auntie! You rock.

I LOVE this one...pinching the fat is priceless.

Team work!

I'm not really sure why...but every toy that I pull out for Lila to play with is suddenly the BEST TOY EVER according to Jett. He always has to have what she has...nevermind that it's been sitting in his closet untouched for eh, about a year now.
Oh well, she's a super good sharer so it's really no biggie.


Aaaaand while we're here we might as well acknowledge the elephant in the room. Jett's choice of outfit for the day. Or should I say lack thereof? He insisted on a rubberband worn high up on his arm, a bandaid on an invisible arm injury, no clothes, and blue marker to accent the whole getup.
We pick our battles around here...and this just wasn't a mountain I was gonna die on! Rock on with your bad self Jett.

Such concentration these two have!

The game came to a screeching halt when Lila decided to dive in and eat the game...Jett HATES that. It results in a thousand "oooh NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, you too little baby, too little, TOO LITTLE!!!"
He hates all that slobber.

Thanks Joy!!!!

Poor Lila. I didn't really realize how deprived she was of toys until she got this fun toy from my mom's bff Joy. She seemed really happy to play with dinosaurs, cars, planes and trains and never really complained? Poor girl was so happy to get this girly toy!! Thanks Joy, she played with it forever :)

Helping or Hampering?

Jett loves helping Sean in the garage. It's one of his favorite activities! In fact, yesterday he happily offered to hose out the garage....you can see here how pleased he is with his job:

This face, on the other hand...is NOT pleased. Hmmmmmm, what happened?
The fun was shut down when Jett decided to hose down the cars! Uh oh!!

And not to be left out...this little girl spent the day inside helping ME! She did a great job of sitting pretty while we cleaned up the inside :)

Well THAT didn't work.

As everyone is well aware of....we don't exactly have Jett on the most appropriate bed time routine for a two year old. It is NOT for lack of effort however! I swear it's just in his genes to be a night owl like his parents.

Last week we woke him up about 7:30 with the idea that he might go to bed earlier that night. However...the poor kid just does not function that early. Regardless of how much sleep he's had.
I walked into the living room about 30 minutes later and found this:

Yep, just tipped right over!

The fall didn't even wake him...kept right on snoozin till his regular wake up time of 10am.
Sigh....at least we tried.

New Neighbors

Well, almost new neighbors...
Sean's good friend came down to go house hunting - which is pretty much my most favorite thing to do so not only was I super excited for a fun day, it was also really fun to get to have such a great family living near us! They have an adorable little boy named Jacob and both Jett and Lila had a fun time hangin with the new baby in town :)

Oh and note to Uncle John: I think the Vista Murrieta Broncos might want to get a head start on recruiting Jacob for the football team - don't let his big solid physique fool you - he is only 4 months old! I think he was a bit bigger than Lila and she is just about 6 months old. And she's no small potato!


Mmmmmm. Hands.

Seriously...how cute is he?

Jett looooves his sissy.

And he couldn't leave baby Jacob out!

Ok...this picture concerns me a bit. Jacob is already going for the hand hold and looks SUPER smug about it.


There is nothing better than chubby baby fingers.

5 month comparison

So...do they look alike? Sometimes I think yes, and sometimes I think no...you decide!

Freaking Impossible

I tried to get a picture of both Jett and Lila looking at the camera and smiling. Complete.waste.of.time.
It's pretty much impossible to get a toddler and a baby to cooperate for the camera!

Doesn't Lila look lovely in her new dress? My friend Meesh got this for her...by the smug look on her face, I think she knows she looks fab. Um, just don't tell her the drool all over the front isn't really doing her any favors.

Aaaaand here are all my failed attempts. Jett wouldn't put down this turtle.
Lila wouldn't stop looking at Jett.

STOP looking at the doopid turtle. And Lila - stop looking at Jett!

Great, now she is looking at the turtle. I think I give up.

Smootches for a good effort!

The many faces of Lila

This post really has no point. Just showcasing Lila's many expressions....

There is happy:

Serious:

Shocked:

And this one is "mildly surprised":

Uncle Matt would be so proud!

Papa and Jett were out lizard hunting when they came upon an injured lizard. Apparently the little buggar had gotten his foot (paw?, hand?) in some foam stuff. They had to cut the foam out and then wash it all off with some nail polish remover. Jett was super excited because he got to "sabe the lizard!"
All those hours of Wonder Pets have really paid off!

Lila's new friend

While playing in her room the other day, Lila caught a glimpse of ANOTHER little baby. What a crazy coincidence!

Hey girl!

Um....girlfriend, you got a LOT of drool hanging from your chin.

Too Little!

Jett's has a pretty consistent phrase he has been using with Lila...TOO LITTLE! She is creeping in on his toys and I don't think he appreciates her tearing down his tracks and trying to eat his trains. He's fairly patient with her but he is constantly reminding her that she is just way too little to be touching his toys!

Choo choo!

Safely looking...but no touching!

Lila thinks the whole thing is super hilarious.

One kiss for a well behaved baby!

Lake Gregory

We spent the day up at Lake Gregory last weekend. My school had a "family day" which was really fun! It was a really nice day and Jett had a blast building sand castles :)

Sean and Jett checking out the tractor...I love this picture :)

Hey look! Someone else is taking the pics! Lila spent most of the day napping...it's a tiring job relaxing at the lake.

Jett and his buddy Luke digging...it's in Luke's genes - his dad AND grandfathers drive (ride?) on backhoes. He's practically a professional digger at 3 years old.

Big Girl!

Big news here in the Bunch household...Lila is officially ready for the high chair....and......

.....it's a good thing because I don't think this is how the bumbo is supposed to be used.

And while we're on the topic of high chairs and eating...I typically don't really like messy food face pictures but I had to make an exception with these. Can you see how much she is enjoying her little cookie???

Let's fly a kite!

Warning: picture overload. But I couldn't help it.
Jett found a kite in Papa's garage that was bigger than he was. He BEGGED for Papa to open it, which of course Papa did - how can you resist such a cute face?

The first attempt was to fly it on the front lawn...

But there just wasn't enough wind.

The side of the house was perfect!

Jett was all about helping with this fun project. Papa let him hold the string but they needed one more person to help get the kite up.

Dada came over to help - Jett was taking his job as string holder very seriously.

And it's up!!!

It was big news...even Kel and Ethan had to come outside and check it out...if you look veeeery closely you can see them on the top of the hill.

Papa even let Jett fly solo.

Lila thought this whole kite nonsense was just silly.

Learning how to real the kite in.

Papa is pretty silly too!!

Happy Birthday Drew!!

Our godson Drew turned 2 this week! Jett couldn't have been happier when he heard we'd be celebrating at none other than playwerx :) It's a popular place for 2 year olds!

Jett and Drew spent most of the time chasing each other all over the place. When it was time to leave all the kids listened obediently EXCEPT for these two. They took off into the toddler area for just a bit more play time. Jett decided to bury Drew....

There he goes...

Almost finished....

I'm a tad disturbed by the look of excitement here on Jett's face. Um, son,....you just BURIED your cousin!!

After that it was time to head to the beach house for some presents and cupcakes.
Drew and Lila had a little chit chat for a bit.

And as usual Jett is right up in the candles! It's his favorite part :)

Day at the Beach

We spent a day last week at the beach with Momo, Papa and the cousins. Everyone had a great time...I think the beach is officially Jett's new favorite place. He spent many hours digging in the sand with the boys...

Little Lila just hung out and enjoyed the weather :)

Jett and his best bud Drew.

The other buds - Luke and Ethan. It seems like the 4 some has paired off into 2 groups - the big boys and the little boys.

Jett and Drew thought this was such a fun game...running around and often messing up Ethan's creation. It's a good thing Ethan might be the most patient person on Earth. He doesn't even look phased at these two crazy kids!


The beach is TIRING! Lila slept most of the day right here with her Momo.

The highlight of Jett's day had to be swimming in the waves with Papa. They were out there forever!

With a little more digging and building....

Jett ended up looking like this :)

Time for a bath!!!!!

Let's try this again....

It's so much fun watching the two of them TRY to play together. It's still not a huge success however....

Here is Jett's favorite game of "gickle gickle baby feet!" As you can see Lila isn't quite as thrilled.


The next game was called 'shove this bear hat in Lila's face.'

Uh, yeah she pretty much hated that game too.

When all else fails, give baby a big hug!

Works every time :)

MMMMM Cookies.

Lila fits right in this family...she loves her some cookies!

Oh no! Where'd it go????

Beach time!

This week is the annual Momo and Papa beach house week. They have been vacationing a whole 40 minutes away for the past few years now (they are getting super adventurous in their old age). KIDDING! But yeah, so every year they go to the nearest beach and hang out for a week. Their will be more pics coming but check out this one; the annual cousin pic. There was an addition to the mix with lovely little Lila but check out everyone else...they change so much in just a year!! It's nice to see some things never change though - Ethan is still super bored with all this picture stuff.

Sleepin in

I know I have posted sleeping pics before but seriously...it's WAY too cute!
And yes they are both in our bed. And yes, it's almost 10am.

Banjo and Baby

This picture is so sweet....Sean fell asleep holding Lila after a jam session on his new banjo. Yes, that's right, I said banjo. He kept asking for one for fathers day and when I realized he wasn't joking I had to go into overdrive to try and find one! Ironically my mom has had her oldest brothers banjo at their house ever since he passed away several years ago. It was old and beat up but of course Sean got it looking brand new! He has even learned to play a few notes (strums? chords?) whatever they are called and it sounds pretty good! And we all know how much Sean likes "heritages" so I think it's pretty cool he brought my uncle Billy's banjo back to life :)

Lila was gonna give it a few strums but fell asleep before she could reach the strings.

Animal Farm

You'd think Momo and Papa live on a farm. They DO live in the boonies AND they have a gaggle of dogs so I guess that's almost like a farm? Jett and Papa have been lizard hunting for some time now and finally they caught one! Must have been that bear hat that did the trick!!

Here is Papa trying to get Jett to pet the lizard.

Goin for it!

And just for good measure, had to check out some horses too...

Baby's Baby

Lila is really interested in toys lately. Jett found this and immediatly wanted to give it to "baby!" Lila was so pleased!!

First she checked out the hands...after all, hers taste wonderful!

Smootches!! I love you baby!

Happy 4th!

We hope everyone had a great Fourth of July! We spent the day at our good friends' house - the Valdes family. We have gone there every year as a family and always have the best time! Not only do they have a gorgeous house on a hill that can see 2 different fireworks shows, they also host the annual boys vs girls water polo tournament. Unfortunately the boys won this year but I think there was quite a bit of cheating going on. Uncle Josh also lost a big chunk of his toe. It gets pretty crazy and is not a game for the weak! I think it's more like a rugby/water polo, but I don't really know official water polo rules... so who knows?

Here is the littlest firecracker at the party.

Big brother ready to hit the pool!

During the fireworks show Lila spent some girl time with Momo and auntie Karen.

Jett and Papa watching the fireworks.

Jett found this cool plane at the party and took it for a quick flight while watching the show :)

Playmate?

Now that Lila is getting older, I thought it might be time to let her join in on Jett's playtime. I first tried sitting her on the train table so she could see all the action....

This apparently was NOT a great idea. Jett immediatly started in with "baby, bumbo on COUCH. COUCH mama, COUCH. Bumbo, baby COUCH!!!" So, I think he wanted her off his tracks.

She was able to stand at the edge with him for a few minutes which was acceptable to him, BUT he made sure she didn't mess with his trains too much. This is observation time only baby!

Good thing she's a great observer! Look at how attentive she is. Here he is telling her the ins and outs of trains and tracks.

Maybe next time you can drive one Lila!

Up!

We took Jett to his first Movie today. Well of course he has seen hundreds of movies but this was his first time going to the movie theater. Wait...did I say hundreds of movies? Uh, I mean he may have caught a glimpse or two of a movie here and there. We try to limit TV at our house. HAHAHAHAHA! Just kidding y'all. We LOVE tv.

We saw the movie Up. It was great!! I highly reccomend it :)

Here is the movie goer. He sprung a freak out on the way in needing some chocolate milk. Lucky for us (and him!) there was a starbucks right outside the theater.

Can't watch a movie without candy, right?

Oh and in case anyone is wondering...this little bubble blower hung out at Momo's.

Donuts with Daddy

Jett got an extra special treat this morning. A trip to the donut shop!! Wait, who are we kidding...donuts are a staple in this household! But anyways, back to this morning...Sean took Jett to the donut shop to pick up a few for breakfast. Usually we just go for the ole Entenmann's but today decided to go for the real deal.

You can see how all the fun flavored donuts are right at his eye level. You know, the ones with sprinkles and all that jazz.
My kid insists on the old fashioned. Who gets old fashioned???

See...there he is...insisting.

Mmmmmm. Breakfast of champions!

I have to add - I did not go to the donut shop this morning. SO not only is Sean a super cool dad for getting a super fun breakfast but he ALSO took the pics! That's a great dad right there :)

Stories for Baby

I've said this before but Jett really is a great big brother. Today he decided that he wanted to "show baby" this book. He was so cute telling her what everything in the book was.

Apparently he is under the impression that Lila is veeeery nearsighted. :)

Good thing Lila thinks her brother is super funny!

More "Jett try!"

We had to give the poor girl some food. She was so hungry she was eating her feet.

But, in true fashion, her big brother saw this and like everything else just HAD to try!

Speaking of Jett needing to try everything...when I say EVERYTHING I really mean everything! :) I'm not too sure what to think of his style sense when he pairs up dinosaur legs, a bass pro shop hat and a tutu.

Tiny Dancer

Enough with the hair bows...my new favorite thing to make are these freaking fun tutu's!

Sean is helping her do a jump thingy. I'm sure there is a more technical term for that? Jette? Pirouette? Somthin like that.

Father's Day Photo Shoot

My friend Angela had the bright idea to take some pics of the kids for the dad's for father's day. The location was perfect, the weather was not bad, BUT it was waaaay too early for Jett. You'd think 9:30 would be a great time for a toddler, right? Not my child. The little night owl was not having it. He was a crabby pants for the whole time. The stinker usually sleeps in until about 1030ish. I know, I know. RIDICULOUS.

Papa really has his hands full trying to shoot four toddlers. Braden was by far the most cooperative. Jett was by far the least cooperative. I think he's kicking Drew in this pic? Nice Jett....real nice.

Lila and her toes :)

Papa and his boys. Jett and his truck.

Snakes and Snails and Puppydog Tails

You know that old saying...or poem or whatever that is that says what boys and girls are made of? Yeah, well...it's true. Jett found Sean's fishing gear this weekend and has not stopped asking for his worms. LOVES the worms.
And while were here we might as well acknowledge the elephant in the room. Jett's haircut. Sean finally got his way and shaved Jett's head. I feel tricked because he said he was just going to "take a little off the top." Uh.....ok.

Aaaaand then we have this. Yep, sugar and spice and everything nice ;)

Mmmm. Food.

So...at Lila's four month appt Dr. Du said we could start Lila on solids anytime between now and six months. Because Lila is clearly not lacking any nutrition ;) and she has been sleeping all night for a while now I'm not really wanting to mess up a good thing! I think we started Jett around 5 months or so and will likely do the same with Lila. Buuuuut...um, I think she heard this talk of food and is really interested in what is soon to come.

Here she is diving into Jett's chicken stars.

Do you see her eyeing that cookie?

Oh yeah. Cookies. I like the sound of that!!

Oh crap. Someone just realized pretty soon, he's gonna have to share!

Cordination Rules!

Too bad Lila doesn't really have much of it yet! She reaaallly wants this baba!

Dr. Du

Before I had Jett I got lots of parenting advice. LOTS. But hands down the best advice thus far has been to use Dr. Du for a pediatrician. She is the best doctor ever! Seriously...I think she might be the smartest woman alive. With an amazing memory to boot.

Here is Lila at her 4 month appt. This is RIGHT after she heard she would be getting shots in just a minute.

And the other awesome thing about Dr. Du's is Peggy. She is the nurse/nana/gossip queen/blanket maker/shot giver...- wait that last part sucks but everything else is super awesome about Peggy!

Park Punks

Jett and Colt met up at the park today for some guy time. Guys don't hug, they high five.

Does he look so happy or what? It's amazing how the park can make you feel this way!

These two goofballs chased each other around like this forever. They thought they were so cute and funny.
It was so cute and funny :)

Gee thanks Jett...ruining yet ANOTHER family photo op. Just when Kelsey and Colt were smiling so nice Jett comes over and dog piles them both. It's a good thing Kelsey and Colt are so easy going! Otherwise Jett might not be invited to the park again.
Finally tired enough for a group shot.

The best kind of play date

Papa and Momo came over for a playdate yesterday...and of course they came bearing gifts. I have the most spoiled children on Earth. I wonder how come Momo and Papa don't bring me a fun little thoughtful gift each time I see them? Like maybe a new Marc Jacobs bag? Hhhhmmmmmm? I feel slighted.

Jett played with this thing for hours. It sling (slung? slinged?) a car around and across the floor...he thought it was the coolest.

Lila and Momo had a little girl chat.

Looks like I have a helper too!

Just when I was thinking that Sean really has it made with his little helper, Lila offered to help make dinner ;) She was entertained by these spoons forever...

Such a nice day for housework :)

Sean is so lucky. He has the most willing little helper. Nevermind that Jett's handy work is not quite up to dada's standards of looking nice - his effort is 100%!

Today he decided to lend a hand in painting the railings. He liked to do this part but the part he REALLY liked was dipping the brush for more paint...

A lot of this tug of war ensued...

Daddy always wins that game.

All is well in the end though - back to painting!

AIr Show

We went to a local air show today. It was really fun! Jett loved all the planes and he even got to sit in an F-5 Tiger II (whatever that is). Watch out Maverick - we may have a future pilot here :)

Who needs Santa???

When you have Crap-paw Bunch? Jett's Grandpa is the COOLEST. He is always sending him this really rad stuff in the mail that Jett loves. First of all - mail is super fun. Who doesn't love getting mail? Then, as if that's not fun enough, he gets this awesome cars watch! Thank you Crap-paw!!!

Roly Poly

Look who's rolling over :)

Another fun jumper!

Auntie Sarah was nice enough to lend Lila her Jumperoo...it has a bunch of fun toys to look at AND she can bounce in it. Lila is a big fan :)

Aw crap...look who just HAD to try. Although he led me to believe it needed to be "fixed" before Lila could safely sit in it.

It's that time again...

Remember this cute face? On this fun swing? Well, it's out again ready for a new rider.

Wait...nevermind. Same kid wants to try.

Here she is...she loves this as much as Jett did/does. Thanks Braden..again!

Jett's Turn!!!!

Why is it that every freaking baby toy is all of a sudden the coolest item in the house? This swing has been downstairs collecting dust for the past year - do you think Jett showed an ounce of interest? In that entire year? Nope. But put Lila in it and all of a sudden has HAS to have a turn. I get "Jett's turn! Jett try, Jett try, Jett try!!!" until he either gets his way or he gets distracted by yet another fun infant toy.

Vintage Jett. When he actually fit in the swing.

4 months

Lila is almost 4 months old...she is getting so fun and giggly :)

Auntie Sarah took these pics last weekend....

Thanks Crapaw!

Jett's Grandpa Bunch (or Crap-paw as Jett says) is the coolest Grandpa. He sends Jett fun things in the mail that Jett always goes crazy over. First it was a cars shirt that had a button to make noise - he wore it for 3 days straight. Yesterday he got this awesome Star Wars pow-pow. Needless to say there has been a lot of killing going on in this household today. Thanks Crapaw! We love you!

Storytime Starbucks style...

The Starbucks by our house has a storytime for kids every Wednesday. It's great because the kids get to hear a story, get free chocolate milk, cookies and coloring time. Who could ask for anything better?! And I get to have an hour to just sit with a latte....sounds like a perfect day!

Jett's a child after my own heart...he loves his Starbucks trips :)

Gal Pal

Lila had her gal pal Kate over yesterday for some play time. That mainly consisted of sleeping, drooling and drinking some baba's :) They woke up long enough to get some cute pictures though...they both share the same love of big huge hair bows.

Piggies!

And no, I'm not referring to her thighs :)

Elmo is my homeboy

Elmo made a rare appearance to the city of Temecula yesterday...ok fine it wasn't the REAL Elmo, in fact it was a poor imitation of Elmo...BUT Jett didn't care. Any Elmo is fun to him and the day was even better because he got to play at My Gym AND see his bestie Braden!

Jett loved all the climbing stuff :)

I have no idea who this random little girl is, nor do I know if she was ok with Jett rolling her all over the gym. She looks alright with it?

The tramp is always a big hit!

The anticipation is over...ELMO! Jett couldn't believe it...he also couldn't believe it when he saw Braden was there too!

So it looks like the My Gym worker just really loves Jett and is playing with him...but really what is happening here is they were saying "take ONE step towards Elmo, now take THREE steps torward Elmo...!" Jett would just run full speed. He wanted Elmo and he wanted to get there first! So this is acutally a picture of restraint.

Still Lovely

Lila is getting so big...like, we busted out the 9 mo and 12 mo clothes this week. And yes, for those trying to do the math she is ONLY 3.5 months old. My girl is big and beefy...but still lovely Lila :)

This outfit is from Lila's cousin Reagan. Reagan has the BEST clothes ever.

It's definetly summer...

Summer time in Canyon Lake is HOT. Really hot. We decided to try and enjoy the last bit of not quite scorching heat by heading down to the water to feed the ducks.

Just becuase she's so cute.

So cute, right?

Watch out VonTrapps!

Uncle Josh had a birthday shin dig at his house and...it's not a party until you bust out the Guitar Hero! It was a pretty awesome sounding band, if you ask me...

Luke participated in the backround vocals...

Sean was both lead singer and guitar...

Jett was the DJ...makin sure all the ravers had enough colored lights...

Eathan was on bass

Oh, and of course the fog came out. A good band needs fog.

Lila and Auntie were the roadies (isn't that what you call the fans?)
And Jett helped Papa with a Willie Nelson song.

Brotherly Love

Jett loves Lila. He really does. He is an awesome big brother and he is so sweet to her....

He can't wait for her to play with him more...cops and robbers perhaps?

For now, she makes a great robber.
Stick em up, baby!

Happy Easter!

We hope you all had a great Easter! We had an entire weekend of Easter's this year....Saturday with my family and Sunday with Sean's. Jett and Lila were spoiled rotten and had a great time with all their cousins :)

A rare family pic...

Yes, there was a bow change.

Ok...so apparently Sean thinks he is still in the Marines. And Jett is his recruit. Is this child abuse?
Luckily Jett just put his cape on and escaped!
Next we headed down t (actually up) to the other half of our family...

Here are the Augustine's...aren't they such a cute family?

And here is our growing brood...


Grandpa Bunch and his lovely ladies :)And here is Grandma and Grandpa with all the kids :) Happy Easter!

Baby Birthday Cake!

We went to go visit (as Jett calls her) baby birthday cake again! Lila had a fabulous time with her little gal pal. Kate is absolutely precious!

Grandma Cathy with both babies.

Um, maybe Lila is enormous compared to baby Kate because Matt and Jen are starving her? She's so hungry she's eating Lila!! ;)

So...Jett made a new best friend while we were there. He was really wanting some "nummy" which is what he calls chocolate milk. Matt offered to make him some and I knew Jett had a friend for life when we heard Matt say "this is going to be the best chocolate milk you've ever had." And by this look on Jett's face I think he was right!

Sleeping babies...

Is this the cutest thing or what? Jett is always asking to "take it" and "hooooold er!" He loves snuggling with his sissy :)

Art

Jett is obsessed with stickers. Couple that with a Thomas the Train book and it's pure heaven. Lila was a real sport and let Jett decorate her. You like?

Happy Birthday Kel!!!

Raquel turned 10 this past week! We had a little party for her up at Momo's house and Jett, having just had a birthday party himself was THRILLED. He's all about the parties now. Doesn't matter who's it is, he's down!



He really really wanted to blow out the candles though.

He's just going for it here...

Happy Birthday!

Daddy daycare

Lila is still a really easy baby...she is happy and content - uh...as long as you are holding her :)

Sean would disagree with me though. He watched her for 3 hours the other day and I think he hated every second of it. In fact I think his exact words to me were "I have no business watching her until she is a year old." Um, sweetie...you're her DAD. You have to watch her. I also got a 7 minute voicemail of her screaming.

This is what Jett looked like when I got home:

But boy does he have fun when he's at daddy daycare! He's in heaven with Sean and maybe in a year or so Lila will be too!

Seriously, though...how could you NOT love to watch her? Look at that face!

Wait....where is Lila??

This week we also got to visit two of my oldest (not by age but how long I've known them!) friends. I have known these two girls forever and they finally got to meet Lila.

Kelly...

And Alli.

2 months....

This is Jett and Lila at about the same age. They both sleep exactly the same - toungue out :)

Bribery!

This is what little boys get when they go potty on the toilet!

So in no way is Jett out of diapers yet, but he is starting to use his little potty chair and as long as he does, the donuts will keep on comin! Hey- every donut is one less diaper change for me...sounds like a deal!

Sleeping the day away!

There hasn't been many Lila pics lately because, well, she doesn't really do anything all that exciting! She sleeps a ton but she is really starting to smile a lot at everything! She is really easygoing and very tolerant of Jett landing his planes on her head and running his trains up and down her tummy.

Last night papa pulled out his guitar to play some songs...Lila loved it :)