Happy 30th Birthday Joseph!

Joseph broke into a new decade on Monday.  We celebrated it California style with hot dogs and marshmallows on the beach.  We were lucky to have Natasha, Anna,  Alessandra (Joseph's sisters) and Holly (my oldest sister) in town along with their families.  

The birthday couldn't be complete without carrot cake...

David was so absorbed with his cousins, that he forgot to eat his slice!

We love you Joseph!  Thanks for being such a wonderful husband and father!  I couldn't be a luckier woman!

Baby's first bath in the big tub

I thought these were adorable.  Nothing's cuter than a naked baby!

David thought it was great too!

Matchies

I used to hate it when my mom would buy matching clothes for my sister and I, so I vowed that I would never put my kids in matching clothes.   Now, I can't resist.  David loves it too.

I found these "rocketship" shirts yesterday.  David couldn't wait to put them on this morning.

Yesterday, James officially began to crawl.  If he can't go around something, he'll opt to go over it.  Watch out world!

Happy July

Not much to report over here.. it's just been a very busy summer.  Here are a few random shots. 

James is REALLY close to crawling.  Hopefully he will be more content when he can cruise around.  I have forgotten what it means to "babyproof".  He enjoys putting every little speck of something into his mouth.  If it's outside it's organic, right?

Our summer has been full of cousin time.  David has had a blast.  Here he is with two of his 41 cousins (yes, that's right...41 with 4 on the way).

Hopefully James will like to wrestle as much as his older brother!

Whenever I leave James on the floor, I come back to find that Pilot has been "babysitting".  

Summer couldn't be complete without fresh tomatoes.  One of our tomato plants seems to be on steroids.  As you can see, it's almost taken over the garden.  

I love the lazy days of summer.  Long days, watermelon, barbecues, and no schedule.