Congratulations to Jenny & Jason!

William's sister Jenny got married this weekend in beautiful Foresthill, CA. It is a tiny little township near Auburn, CA. Thomas got to be the ring bearer and we were quite surprised by the fact that he was put off by all the strange people staring at him. here i am during the rehearsal, trying to placate him and letting him know he had a very important job to do. The panda bear had a little pocket with the rings inside.


here are some photos from the day of the wedding. as you can see, thomas has decided that getting his tongue into as many pictures as possible is the new mission of the day. maybe it is from watching KISS perform on the American Idol finale?? William retaliates by tickling :) and my motto has been if you can't win, might as well join him :)



Here he is enjoying his post ceremony rewards: a lollipop and getting his hands on my ipod.


And a series with William... more sticking out of the tongue and lots of tickling :)


His hamburger mouth...


The backdrop for the ceremony was this fabulous vista of the California mountains and despite our best efforts to get a nice family shot, thomas was just such a goof ball. Either more hamburger mouth, or funny poses, or testing out his funny faces. instead of getting a frame-able shot, we got bad exposure from bright sun and more silly Thomas!

just to remember...

sometimes you just can't believe that their little brains click so fast. a couple days ago, thomas was watching a DVD and using the fast rewind button to watch one of his favorite scenes again and again. it was right before lunch and William was going to be home any minute.

Mommy: thomas, you know that is very hard on the DVD player when you do that. plus Daddy will be home soon and he gets really annoyed when you do that.
Thomas: when daddy comes home, I will not do it any more.
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Here's another one from last night. They were having lots of fun playing toddler baseball right before bedtime. (i know, great "quiet down" activity dad!)

Daddy: ok thomas when the big hand gets to the 6, we are going to stop and go to bed.
Thomas: daddy, don't look at the clock!
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We were both getting washed up one morning. Thomas decided for the first time, to try pooping by himself. he runs into our bathroom, onesie all unbuttoned, no underwear on.

Thomas: "mommy, daddy, I have a present for you! come look!"
He quickly darted out, bare butt flashing, back towards his bathroom.

I dashed after him saying: "Oh a present, how nice! did you go to the bathroom yourself?" (as fear of poop smears stabs my heart)

Thomas grandly gestures to the toilet and says:
"I went poo all by myself. you will be so proud of me!"

I couldn't believe how much he wanted us to be proud of him for pooping all by himself. of course i praised him profusely and then helped him wipe his butt.
can you believe that?? :)

Thomas and the Wiggles

It's official that we are headed to the Wiggles concert on July 22nd at HP Pavilion (aka Shark Tank). He's been counting the days backwards...and keeps asking is it July yet. What an opportunity to show him the calendar...

Meanwhile, Catherine scored a set of Wiggles comforter & pillow casing off Craigslist about 2 weekends ago. We made it into a grand trip out to the peninsula to visit our UCLA friends Michael & Grace. They sarcastically commented that the only visits they ever get from us is a side-trip on another craigslist mission. Hahaha

Anyhow, here's Thomas excited about his new acquisition.