Merry Christmas with Love!

Mimi helping decorate our Christmas tree. She really gets into all projects with gusto and sass!

Emilia visited Santa's playland and enjoyed pushing and pulling of the levers on the steam train.

We had a chance to take Emilia for a visit with Santa and as expected, she wasn't quite ready to visit with him alone. Here's a family shot (minus Stella) of our Santa photo. Daddy took her downtown to visit the giant Christmas tree. She LOVED it and stood in front of the tree and shouted "MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE~!"

Merry Christmas!!

Welcome to the world Stella Maxine!

Stella Maxine Lara arrived over 3 weeks early on 12-1-09. She weighed 5lbs and 4 oz. She's our sweet little angel and we can't wait to bring her home to introduce her to her big Sister!

E visits the Academy of Sciences

We took a trip to the California Academy of Sciences and Emilia loved it. Her favorite was the huge dinosaur skeleton and the rainforest with butterflies. She also loved meeting new friends outside in a tube featuring a study on bees. It was a great day and lots of fun for all of us.

E's first school picture

It blows our minds how big she looks in this photo. She is still going to Play and Learn two days a week and is enjoying herself. She is learning so quickly and comes home with lots of new games, songs and phrases. Very amusing! I'm looking forward to maternity leave when I can spend a few school day in her class. These kids are adorable.

Pumpkin Patch Fun