Finally we made a trip away from Seattle. PRE-babies, Ned and I use to go to Cannon Beach, Oregon for Valentine's Day, (6 years) but the last 2 years has made it a bit difficult being 1. broke 2. close to my due date both times 3. broke. Yes we're extra broke (lol). 
We had 3 great days away from our daily lives. Kingston's trouble 2 was at a good level all days but we managed. We went to the aquarium, visited some smaller towns nearby, a lighthouse and of course the beach, although not much because of the wind and rain. But as you could tell from some of the pictures we got lucky with some sun breaks every now and then. This trip was much needed and long over due. Our boys, has much as I love them, take up a lot of my time. I haven't made much time for Ned. There's something about being away from your daily routine in a different place. We needed it, we deserved it and we loved it.
Burn Bitch Burn 2010
I know its been over a month but life happens and I wanted to let you all know how the boys Christmas went. The picture above says it all. The boys had piles of gifts to open (well mom and dad). As you can tell by Davin's reaction it was quite overwhelming that he had to thank God for all of it. We had a busy Christmas eve. We went to my brother's house and then to my Aunt Nena's. Note to self, one party per day. The boys stayed up past midnight and it messed up their sleeping schedule for weeks. I know they had a good time dancing, eating, and playing with his their older cousins. 
Christmas morning we hung out with grandpa and grandma Casault. We had yummy breakfast and torn through our presents. I got the best gift ever, my wonderful in-laws gave me a garden. They will be help me build a garden. I will post pictures and updates in my person blog. I will give you the link as soon as the project is started in March.
We had a great Halloween this year. As you can see, Davin wore Kingston's lion costome and Kingston was our little monkey. We were in invited to Auntie Lon's house for some homemade pho and spring rolls. OMG if you've never had Vietnamese food your missing out. I'm still very reluctant to let Kingston eat candy or anything bad that taste good, so there was not trick-or-treating for us. No worries people I will let them go wild in about 5-10 years (LOL).
Sweet little Davin is nearly seven months old. We went for his six months just a few weeks ago and here's his stat:
To help in his weight gain, I've added baby food and mixing formula with this breast milk. Its not like he doesn't eat. He is exactly like big brother with food, ravenous.
Kingston my big boy, melts my heart everytime I see him taking steps to be independennt. I love to see it all happen but then I step back and say to myself that it needs to slow down, everything is happening way too fast. The latest milestone is Kingston's first day of playschool. Its nearly two hours of free play with songs, storytime, and group play in between. The first day I couldn't take him away from the trains and block station. All the kids kind of did their own thing.
Here's a picture of Kingston's first ever fat lip. He fell down while playing with daddy. Can you believe it, it took him 20 months to get a fat lip. I'm sure there's going to be more of those, you know how boys get. This summer although, was nice, we only had a few 80-90 degree weather, so we had to let him use this very cheap kiddie pool before summer ended. This day was pretty warm, I think 85 degrees. He had a blast, as you can tell by his face. 
Lastly, his hand me down big boy bed, which he won't use until after his 2nd birthday in January. I just had to pull it out and let him try it out. I think he likes it, bought him animal print sheets to match all the deco and accessories in his bedroom. 
For our 3rd year wedding anniversary Ned and I had brunch at Salty's on Redondo Beach. It was the best brunch ever. The weather was beautiful and we had a view of the beach. We had alone time for 3 hours. The sun was out and we started seeing families at the park, walking at the pier, and playing in the sand. So instead of enjoying alone time we decided to go home and pick up the boys and Red and just have a day at the beach.
The following weekend we met up with Casault grandparents at Seahurst beach park. Kingston had a blast playing in the sand with me and grandpa Rick. 
