Babies in Tahoe

We just had a great weekend in Tahoe with the DeShazer's, Macway's and Colato's (minus Scotty). Andrew and I headed up on Thursday with Jen and Grevin. The kids did fantastic in the car but Andrew was a little confused why Grevin didn't want to play with his lamby that he kept throwing in his carseat. Clearly Grevin didn't understand how cool lamby is! The rest of the crew (Brian, Zippy, Greg, Michelle and Brewer) came up on Friday night. On Saturday, Ali and Jared came over for the day to hang out and play.

The weekend was filled with hiking, swimming, playing games and of course great fun with friends. We are so blessed to have such great friends and a place to go to unwind and relax.

On Friday Jen and I took the boys on a hike. We hiked the Martis Creek trail TWICE! ;) The signed advised us that stollers were not allowed but clearly they didn't know we had Super Strollers. They can climb over rocks and leap over creaks with a single bound!

This may have been the best part of the entire weekend. Grevin and Andrew were entertained for 45 minutes in these swings while Jen and I had our cocktails!

WHEEEEE!

Andrew's first official pilot job with Grevin as his passenger

The Daddies and the Babies

Greg, Brian and Zippy

Brewer, Jared, Andrew and Grevin

The girls wanted to do some shopping so the daddies were in charged!

Swimming was great until they closed the pool. A girl got sick in the pool so they had to close it for the rest of the day. :(

The mommies and our boys

Me, Ali, Michelle and Jen

Andrew 13 months, Jared 3.5 months, Brewer 2.5 months, Grevin 3.5 months

Life sized Jenga rocks!!

Andrew was too interested in the gondola's to look at the camera

Jared and Andrew

Little Swimmer

Andrew and I just completed our two week Mommy and Me swim class. Andrew had no fear of the water and learned quite a lot in two weeks. There wasn't anything that Andrew didn't want to do, except of course getting out of the pool at the end of class. Our friends from playgroup, Kate and Evan, were in the class too. It was nice to have someone we know there with us. Our instructor Scott thinks that Andrew swim team is in Andrew's future. Watch out Michael Phelps!!

Kate, Evan, me and Andrew

Andrew loved going under the water

Doing torpedoes to Scott!
(We started the week passing the babies above the water but by the end, Andrew was able to go face down and not swallow any water.)

I can hang on by myself.

Learning to climb out of the pool

1....2....3....

....JUMP!

Wordless Wednesday

Father's Day Fun!

We had a great time on Father's Day over at my Grandpa Duste and Glenda's house. My uncle Tim was able to be in town and it is always great to see him. He is a truck driver for Simon trucking so we only get to see him a few times a year. It is always fun when the entire family gets together. We ate some great BBQ, had some fantastic wine and played 1 competitive game of horseshoes! As always, Andrew was his perfect self and entertained everyone with his laugh and smiles. I am so lucky to have such great dad's in my life.

-4 Generations-
Andrew, Grandpa Duste, Me and Daddy

Horseshoes is a must at Duste family parties!
The Champions
Tim and my dad

Zia and Andrew soaking up the sun

Seriously, mom...where did you find this hat?

It's just a guess, but I think they are talking about airplanes!

Only a Grandpa would think this is a good idea!

You can't really tell but they are both soaking wet!!

Happy Father's Day

Dear Daddy,

Happy Father's Day! Thank you for being my best friend. I hope you have the best day ever.

Love,
Andrew

Cruise on the Bay

Brian and I went on a San Francisco Bay Cruise with his boss Craig and his wife Tish. One of the vendor's at Brian's work was hosting a dinner cruise so we got a night out on the town! Thanks to Grandma Darlene and Grandpa Lee for watching Andrew while we were out playing.

Brian, Me, Tish and Craig

Let's go running!

I never thought that I would be the crazy person who is out running at 6:15 in the morning but that is exactly what I was doing this morning. Brian and I started running 2 weeks ago and we both are fantastic and thinking of reasons to not go. We've been doing it when he gets home from work and he is really just too tired. So, last night Brian's idea was to get up in the morning and hit the road. It actually wasn't too bad. Andrew was a little confused about why we were getting up and out of the house so early but he sang most of the time in the stroller. I do have to say that my running is really more of a jog/walk combo but at least I'm not sitting on the couch or laying in bed!

Someone once told me that if you have a goal you should write it down and tell people about it. It makes it a more solid goal and you are more likely to follow through. So, here it is: I am going to run three days a week for three months straight!

Now it's up to all of my blog readers to make sure I stick with my goal! (See how nicely I put the responsibility on all of you and take it off of me!!)

Our little fish

Andrew and I started Mommy and Me swim class today. We both had so much fun and Andrew loves the water. It started out with the teacher telling us to get in the water and we would see how the babies did. No surprise, Andrew started splashing and laughing right away. Then the teacher told us that in a few days we would try to get the babies to go under water. Well, needless to say, Andrew went under water today! He has no fear of the water at all and would be perfectly happy if I just let him swim away. He's a natural little fishy!



*Grandma Darlene came with us to swim class today also. I gave her the camera to take pictures but I accidentally had it on the video setting. Oh well, you can get an idea about how our class went!

Standing...check! Walking...not so much!

Andrew has mastered the art of standing but he is still not ready to take those first steps. He just gets so excited that he is standing, he looses his balance and plops down. At least he thinks he is funny!

Tahoe - Adults Only!!

Brian and I had a great weekend in Tahoe. We went up just the two of us; no kids, friends or family were allowed! It was a great, relaxing escape from reality and we enjoyed being able to spend the time together. We were busy playing golf, relaxing in the hot tub, listening to the live band up at the village while drinking cocktails and had a great dinner surrounded by adults only! Brian took Friday off work so we were able to drive up on Thursday night and come home on Sunday. It was great to have a couple days away and now I'm rested up and ready to come back to the real world. Diapers, laundry, house cleaning, and cooking here I come!!

A weekend away wouldn't have been possible without my mom and Oma who watched Andrew this weekend. Thanks ladies, you're the best!

There were so many squirrels running everywhere. Every time I tried to take a picture, they would run away. I tried to explain to them that I was going to put them on my blog and they would be famous but none of them seemed to care!

Most couples go away and get a couple's massage. Not us, we pay for golf lessons instead!

When we were getting ready to leave Tahoe this morning, Brian couldn't find the car keys anywhere. He thought the he had put them in his jacket pocket but there were gone. Then he remembered that he had tucked his jacket in the strap of his backpack yesterday when we were walking around. He was sure that they had fallen out. We called security and up to the club house and no had had they keys. So, we decided that we better retrace our steps and see if they were laying on the ground somewhere. We walked up the trail to the clubhouse, over to the village and back down again. No keys. I decided that we should check the parking lot to see if he dropped them and someone had put them on the car. I walked up to the car and tried to open the driver door. It opened and the car started beeping.....the keys were in the ignition! The car was already ready to go back home!

Busy Week

Wow, we've had a busy week! We've been to playgroup, visited friends, babysat and played.

On Tuesday, Jen and I took the kids to downtown Santa Rosa. We were walking by Luther Burbank's museum/house and I thought perhaps we should stop by. I know he is an important person who lived in this area but I wasn't really 100% sure why. After walking through the garden's I left not knowing much more than when we arrived but we did get a great picture of the 4 of us!
Thursday, I watched Andrew's friend Evan. He is such a fantastic little boy. He is always in a great mood and loves to play. The boys did great together and had tons of fun.

This was their favorite game. They would take turns hiding behind the curtains and then trying to catch each other!

Light - Andrew's first word!

Ever since Andrew was born, he has been fascinated by lights. When he was an infant, he would stare at them in amazement, when he learned how to point he would point out every light he saw. I guess it's only fitting then that his first real word is light! Yesterday Andrew started pointing to the light saying "ligh" (sounds more like lie). He hasn't mastered the "t" sound yet but that's ok! At first I thought I was just hearing things but he said it all night last night and all day today. My little man has reached another milestone!

Andrew can also point to buttons and logos. He hangs out with daddy each night and Brian normally is wearing a polo shirt with a logo. If you ask Andrew where the button and logo is, he'll point to each of them.

Perhaps we need to start on more important things like letters!

*I tried to get a video of Andrew saying light but he just wants to act silly for the camera. I'll keep trying though.

Brewer and Andrew - Best Friends

The Macways came up to visit this weekend and we had so much fun. Brewer and Andrew played the entire weekend! OK, it was really more like Andrew watched Brewer eat, sleep and be held but that is how a 2 month old and 1 year old play!

Michelle and Brewer, ready for dinner!

Andrew and Brewer playing in the bathtub!

Clean Babies

Brewer wasn't too excited about getting his picture taken.

The Wing and Macway family

Andrew's New Bed

Before anyone asks, Andrew got into Bella's crate all by himself. The only help I had in the situation was taking the pictures! He learned how to unlatch the locks a few weeks ago. Now, if I'm not watching he thinks it's fun to crawl inside and play. Bella loves that he can open her crate and runs out as fast as she can!