I officially HATE Costco.

I officially HATE Costco.

Too many people, it freaks me out :)

Happy birthday, little Joshua!

Yes, Joshua has just celebrated ONE full year :) Just on time, he's started taking stints of steps across the room (with grin from ear to ear, obviously so proud of himself). As if the one year mark was a magic milestone, he also has been burbling cute little jibberish phrases, pointing at things he wants (water, ribs), and asking for just a couple of those things by name (wah wah: water, dhat: that, dis: this, etc.).

Joshua's nicknames to date: J-man, The Blub, Dibbles, DEE-BLACE (said by Mike with a "Rocky" voice, a spin off of dibbles as it would be read if in Spanish... Spanish "Rocky" impressions... only Mike), Little Man, J-bug, and JJ.

These videos are from our wonderful little life group which surprised Joshua with a birthday party the day before his birthday. His real birthday was on the 6th. Thank you Mr. Stutzman for the quick iPhone :)

Ventura Harbor Holiday

So we pretended to go on vacation the other day. A fun trip to our very own Ventura Harbor for spur of the moment ice cream cones, and "chips" (fries) and ranch, and a late night run to Panda Express with the kids. Noah enjoyed the giant ice cream cone statue and "pirate" (a large pirate skeleton by a restaurant). Enjoy the fun shots of Noah and Mike I snapped with my phone.

Lessons from Daddy

While Noah and I were having lunch together today. Classic, just classic. For those of you who don't know, "toot" is what we call passing gas.

Noah: "...I toot all the time."
Me: "I wonder why?"
Noah: "Because my daddy taught me to do that... all the time..."