some random pix from this weekend

there was a street fair/car show in la verne.
gma mia works for the city so we came out to have a looksy!
bear enjoyed this little junior racecar!

we had brunch, but more like lunch, with the maese and martinez fam.
bear got a kids cheeseburger meal-- it was pretty huge for a kid!

oh there's the out of order santa pic!
this was in la verne.

since jarrod has been in the hospital- nicole and hannah stayed with us one night....
these two are betrothed! ;)

some pix from peytons 3rd and Turkey Day

peyton turned THREE!
she had a playdate birthday party with lil friends and their mommas...

and she also had the traditional birthday dinner with immediate fam....

she even had birthday lunch!
they went to her papa's work and bear got to tag along since i was at work
(see, his hat-- it has a propeller!)

thanksgiving.....

lotsa yummy lunchy!

new foods!

bears been doing a teeny bit better about trying new foods...
a couple weeks ago he at a couple tiny bites of cheese pizza
and tonight-- he took a couple of tiny bites of my homemade lasagna- which has spinach in it
annnnnnd he LOVED my homemade parmesean crusted eggplant slices!
woo hoo---
sloooow progression but proud of him!
tee hee heee =) go bear!

birthdays

the christmas toy catalogs are out!
and bear has been drooling over the toys!

we also celebrated my parents bdays- dad-oct and mom-sept, but she was in italy or somewhere in europe during her actual bday!

annnd reagan turned ONE!!!

and my sis and i turned THIRTY-THREE!
dessert with reen and sarah at cheesecake factory!

bday dinner with our hubbys at viva madrid!
(jino was a tropper being that he was pretty sick!)

definitely NOT the best pic of all of us, but nonetheless
happy birthdays!