Monday, December 28, 2009

A Little Night Music!

Texas likes to sing. He knows three songs: Happy Birthday, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and Jingle Bells. His greatest performances take place at night, in the crib. Here is a snippet from tonight's show. Enjoy.

(You may need to turn your sound up a notch in order to hear it.)

Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas in San Diego!

Texas was lucky to have two Christmases this year. The first celebration was a real white Christmas with GramZ and PawZ Zubiller in New York. While there, he saw snow for the first time and snuggled with his grandparents from inside. Brrrr - it was cold! Back in San Diego, Texas celebrated a sunny California Christmas with blue skies, 70-degree weather, and endless sunshine. He played with his cousins Max and Benjamin, and danced with the Santa Claus at Grandma Star and Grand-Daddee's house. He also had his first taste of the annual Slipock Jello ("Jello 2009"). At the end of the night, we wished Daddy a happy birthday and ate a delicious chocolate cake. It was one big party!

Here are some pictures from his California Christmas. Enjoy!

Ready to go to Grandma's house:

Lounging in the salon:

Jello 2009:

Santa Baby:

Opening presents:

Tex's very own garbage truck from Daddy:

Elmo gear for his new tricycle:

Grand-Daddee's gift - tickets to the DaVinci Experience:

A bench from Grandma:

A Yard-o-Beef for Daddy:

A new slide from Aunti Samanthi and Uncle P.Tricky:

Celebrating Daddy's birthday:

Ready for bed:

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Christmas in NY

Our trip to NY started off on the wrong foot. Our flights were delayed due to a massive snowstorm and by the time we arrived in Sayville at 1:30 in the morning, Texas was ready to go to the emergency room for a high fever and violent cough. It took a few days for all of us to recover, but we managed to have a great time nonetheless.

Texas loved looking at the snow from inside the house. There was over three feet waiting for us when we arrived. This was Tex's first time seeing snow and he liked to call it "big snow", "white snow", and "coooooold". We took him outside only once and he got a taste of how cold it truly was. He asked to come back inside immediately - that's a true California boy for ya!

Highlights of the trip included GramZ's famous lasagna, meeting Auntie DD Danielle's boyfriend Joe for the first time (thumbs up from everyone!), playing with Tex's new train set from PawZ, seeing the Sayville crew and meeting Oliver for the first time, and spending time at home with the Dodos. Overall, it turned out to be a great trip.

Each picture below includes a Christmas song that we felt best described the mood at that moment. Enjoy!

-Love
"Silent Night"

"Little Saint Nick"

"I've got my love to keep me warm"
(or in this case, my mommy)

"Baby it's cold outside"

"Frosty the snowman"

"My Favorite Things"

"Santa Claus and his old Lady"
(Don't look at me - this one was selected by Matt!)

"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"

"Sleigh Ride"

"We Three Kings of Orient Are"

Friday, December 18, 2009

Tickle Me Texas!

Here is a short video of Texas opening his present from Daddy on the last night of Hanukah.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Cupcake Day

It was a special day at our house on Friday. It was Amanda's birthday!!!! Sofia and Hannah came over for a cupcake party. Here are some pictures. Amanda is the best nanny ever and we love her so much. Happy birthday

Nice and clean (pre-cupcake)

Blowing out the candles ** Texas and Amanda

Hannah's chocolate mustache

Sofia's chocolate beard

Tex's frosting lips. Who wouldn't want to give him a kiss???