Billy: Wakes up from nap and sit straight up clapping
Daddy: Are your hands asleep?
Billy: (shaking hands) Yes, they're snoring.

Billy has a little green thumb, he loves to dig and he loves water so I guess it's only natural for him to love to plant as well! Aaron's grandfather(Mary's dad) loved to garden, that was were you could find him after work and on the weekends. I hope Billy continues to love to grow stuff. When Aaron and I got married his friend Ted got us a plant, some kind of plant that was indestructible (a fern maybe?) Anyway a few months at Casa de Hamilton did him right in. I hope he ends up with this cool genetic trait of loving plants and having them thrive.

While we were there 2 of the plants blossomed, WOW! To me it was pretty amazing!

And the most funny part was when he went to Target with Pop II he was a hurricane, throwing random plants in the basket (one of them being ground cover) and neither of them knew exactly what they had purchased until they were home and unloading in the back yard.

What a stud

Just love this little face! Billy got a haircut (well actually all of them cut) and it is SHORT!!! When I take some pictures I'll post them, he's at Noni nad Papa's right now, luck boy.

Ok, one more while baby is occupied

So much fun at the beach.....

He had no fear of the water, loved the sand, wanted to be one of the big kids, loved seeing the train, the ducks, the moter homes, the bikes, the boogie board.

He slept better then ever, all the way through the night a couple nights but was a little overwhelmed by the SIZE of it all.

Waiting for the train

Aaron found this great spot to wait for the train and I loved this shot!

We just got back from carp, good times and being ill, bad times (haha) and are looking forward to the rest of summer!

HE DID IT!

He swam, and swam, and swam!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe it, I am so proud!

He kicked his little feet and moved his little hands and hs did it!

Woot! New Camera!!!

SOooooooo excited to have this new camera, love the quality of pictures and the size. Thank yOu Mary!!!!!!

Not to much going on here, we went to the Discovery Museum (childrens museum) on Tuesday, it was soooo cool!
They have a place called the wonder cabinet that was put together by First 5 of Califonia, lots of sensory stuff, loads of fun.
http://www.cdm.org/viewPage.asp?mlid=189 check it out!

We went to Happy Hollow and Billy ran with the goats, sort of like running with the bulls but less dangerous and for little kids haha. No pictures yet, but I'll post some when I pick up the disk from Mary. Good times!

Arrrghhh!

When I went to meet Dan's maybe baby downtown, my camera fell out of my diaper bag and it's gone. I am so bummed out. So, once again I am cameraless. I still have Mary's from the last time, so while I'm saving up for a new one I can take pics of the boy.

So, Billy, Mary and I met Pat and Carole down at Child Services to have a visit with Larissa (who'll be known as Nicole Marie if she is adopted by Pat and Carole) . They still don't have the paternity test results so I was a little aprehensive to go down there but I must say she is such a sweet girl, Dan's or not. She was "passed around like a cheep doobie at a Grateful Dead concert" like Aaron is so famous for saying and not a peep. The visit was an hour long and she was so good. She weighs just 6 pound and is a tiny little thing, but is only feeding twice at night! WOW lucky foster mom! She is being really well taken care of and that's what's most impertant to me!

Here's a picture of her and Pat, she doesn't look like Dan so much now but she really looks like Alicia. She's gotten much darker and her cheeks have filled out.

Oh yeah, I was suprised Billy was totallyuninterested in her! I thought he would be really into the baby but even when I held him next to her and pointed her out he didn't notice. He DID have fun playing with the legos and the Barbi Jeep though!

the day after easter

I can't believe I'm admitting this but I did not get one easter picture, not one! No pictures of billy with the easter bunny, no pictures of billy with his easter basket, no pictures of billy on an easter egg hunt. Hell, I didn't even get him an OUTFIT to take a picture of him in.

This being sick is the pits I tall ya, next year will have to do.

We went to picture people this morning, my bright idea, thinking everyone had taken their spring photos. Nope, the place was packed, unbelievable! The couldn't squeeze us in. It's probably better, billy has a drippy nose and a bonk on the head, might not make for the best picture.

OK I'm gonna try this again!

At our favorite fountain on Friday, I got a couple quick shots. A lady was there with her baby girl and asked how old Billy was. I told her 16 months and she said, "THE WORLD IS SUCH AN EXCITING PLACE WHEN YOU'RE 16 MONTHS OLD." And that it is.

I totally lost that contest, was outed in the first round! I knew it, it wasn;t really "funky" enough.

Want to be totally addicted to a new site well here you go

http://www.oceangram.com/


and the most exciting news of all

http://scrapsville.com/

Woot Woot check it! Nick is getting it up and running. Too freaken' excited over here!

This was done for a contest. You could only write journaling on the photo. Not totally crazy about it. There are like 450 people participating, the winner gets like TONS of scrap supplies, I saw a lot of the entries yesterday and don;t think I'll even make the first cut. Oh well, it was fun!

Baby Einstein rocks!

Did a couple yesterday about Billy's first favorite toy, the baby einstein play yard! Not much going on here, getting ready to go to Kimi's wedding this weekend.

This father...

...got on the train going the wrong way tonite.
...gets up with his son in the middle of the night
...sings songs all the time but never the dame one twice, it's hard to remember what you made up the night before!
...gives his son a bath
...rocks the birk's and socks
...tells his son how truely special he is at least once a day, usually more
...won't let his son "just cry it out."
...makes us laugh each and every day
...plays a mean kazoo!
...isn't told enough how much we appriciate him
...will be embarrassed when he sees this!
...wants his son to love music like he does
...tries to teach his son how to crawl (but doesn't get frustrated when Billy has other ideas)
...thinks he is a very lucky man
...was born to be a dad
...is our hero everyday!

WE LOVE YOU

Sweet darlin'

I just started reading this, about 50 pages into it. Loving it! I just finished this last night, it was so good check it out!



Trying to be good and go backward scrapping the "old" stuff! haha I LOVED this outfit, what a PITA to get him into though!

This went backward, I thought it would start with the page but oh well. I hurt my neck somehow, have a Dr. appt. at 4. Uhhh, it stinks, really hard to lug the 21 pound baby around!

Santa Cruz

Love taking the baby there on Fridays!

We saw Nana Aunt Mil and Aunt Bonnie yesterday! So much fun. We went out to lunch at the San Leandro Marina and Billy was perfect, of course haha. Not much new goin gon just trying to stay cool.

FEELIN" HOT HOT HOT!

Maybe this will cool ya down! It is over 100 here today, billy is taking his nap in the living room and it's too hot for me to sit in the bedroom do I'm a prisoner, trying to be as stealthy and quiet as possible!

We go to Billy's first Babies and Books class at the library tonite. Can't wait, I think Aaron is going to the first one with him then I will go to the next.

We're BAAA--AAACK!

Quick one I did of Billy this morning, I tweaked it a little after I photographed it but battery in camera is charging.

This is from Santa Cruz on Friday, we went to see Eddie Money (said like Eddie Mun-EEEEEE) at their free concert series. It was PACKED we got there a couple hours before the first set and the first two parking lots were sold out already. We got to sit in our normal spot but had to share the table with some crazy stoned ladies. OK we didn't HAVE to but Aaron was in the bathroom and I was too chicken to tell them no!

S is for showers, they're good enogh for me!

Good times at Noni's. Our new place doesn't have this kind of faucet, looks like we'll be heading to Osh!

S is for showers, they're good enogh for me!

Good times at Noni's. Our new place doesn't have this kind of faucet, looks like we'll be heading to Osh!