Chicken Fried, Nico Turns 1, Shamrockin Half Marathon

This week/weekend was a busy one.
Started off with a Thursday night concert at Acro. "A Little Bit of Chicken Fried" with the Zac Brown Band. Not the best pics, but fun to ride in a limo, and had amazing pizza at Hot Italian in Sac.


Saturday we headed to Winsor to celebrate with the Busalacchi's for Nico's 1st bday.
Sock Monkey was the theme, and it was so darling. Even homemade Sock Monkeys for the kids- great job Renee!!
The kids loved running around and playing with eachother. We dont give Giada sauce with her food usually, so when she was given some, she decided to play with it instead of eat it!
Ketchup in the hair! What a fun- but sticky mess.

Clever Decor

Birthday Boy!

Tali- one of the beautiful Cuneo girls

Jackie and Gianna

I love this slide.

The infamous ketchup incident.

Then it was back home to Lodi for a big dinner, then up bright and early(thank you time change for falling on run day) to head to Sac for the Shamrockin Half Marathon. Everyone finished, and had a great time- right Nicole?? I was very proud of our first timers the Kernals- they did awesome! It was also great to catch up and visit with Jackie- thanks for joining us Jacks!

The gang before the race. Look how dark it is, and only 38 degrees- burrr!

Congrats Kernals on your first half marathon!!
Mike and I post race- proudly wearing our medals - when else can you wear those things!

Post race- We made it!!

Zoo, Mom's 60th, and Randoms!

Well this weekend my mom turned 60! Isnt she looking good???

But there sure were ALOT of candles...and ALOT of smoke...he he he love you mom!

Dinner at our house on Friday night, then my mom and dad went to Half Moon Bay for a getaway.

Dinner guests

Random Pics

Giada has really enjoyed reading to herself lately. And then bringing over book after book for us to read together.

Just checking mom to make sure you baby proofed this plug!

Love my jeep!

Micke Grove Zoo

Well its not as good as it used to be. No lions, seals, none of the good stuff. Looks to be under construction, but I think has been for awhile. It was still a fun outing and Giada loved it. Her two favorite things - birds and monkeys so she was set. But, I think we'll definitely need to hit up the San Diego Zoo on my trip in October!

She really wanted to touch that rooster!

Pointed at everything!

Peek a boo!

Went over to look at the Japanese Gardens after the Zoo. They are still in pretty good shape!

Over all great weekend!

Last 2 weekends, and something I forgot to do...

Forgot to post G's 1 year stats!

Here are a couple pics, I thought it would be cute to take of her in her bday outfit holding a 1 - but she didn't cooperate, but had fun playing with her ball instead, and throwing the 1 down of course!

-weight (can't find doc at this late hour....I'll post later)

-height (same here)

-sleeping through the night!!! 7ish -6ish...I'll take it after a year of waking up every couple hours. She is great at taking naps now too. 1-2 a day depending on length. When she is tired I can just lay her down with Mr. Monkey and she is out. Finally! :)

-we have a climber! She climbs on everything! Rocking chair, couch, chairs, fireplace, any box in sight, the bench-then to the bed, and if she cant get to something she brings something over to stand on to get to it....yikes...thought only boys did that!

-4 teeth on top and bottom

-Good eater overall- willing to try most anything, prefers fruit. Loves blueberries, bananas, pears, clementines!

-LOVES being outdoors, and birds. She is obsessed with pointing out birds.

-Loves playing with pets, loves Sydney and Max, and my parents kitten "KittyBob" (I'm not sure KittyBob feels the same way)

-Says Dada, Momma(although usually points to herself since she has watched me do that soo many times- oops), baby, ball and a few others. Some people(Nana and Pops) claim she has said many other words but I've yet to hear them.

-Loves using the toothbrush to chew on when we are brushing out teeth

-Enjoys bathtime

-Loves being chased and thinks it's SO funny.

-Enjoys having books read to her, she will bring them over to you to read as well as look through many on her own.

-Enjoys playing with herself for longer periods of time now.

Overall very happy, and laughs alot- we are very lucky!

Last weekend we spent Sunday in Roseville wedding dress shopping with Steph. She looked beautiful in them all! Can't wait to see what she chooses. My mom and I were excited to join in the fun and had a nice day getting to know her girlfriends. Can't wait for more wedding events! Good thing we love Steph because in some ways it's hard to swallow that your little brother is getting married!!!

Lunch break- Cocktails!

Monika Avansino Baby Shower

Chocolate and Brown was the theme. Tables decorated with Moni's old clothes. Too cute, and her mom kept them all! Delicious food and good company. We cant wait to meet "Rena"

This weekend it was rainy! So instead of going to the zoo we went out to the ranch to check the cattle and play in the rain. Not sure who had more fun - Giada in the rain with dads hat, Sydney running around with the cattle and playing in the lake, or us watching them both have the best time. Fun day!

Look a bird!

What?? Im not supposed to eat Sydney's food? But I gave her my milk!

Forgot some photos...

Not sure how I could forget our visit with the Deans!
Great quick visit with Eric, Adj and Cianna.

Playing with Cianna...teaching her everything she needs to know about Blue Moon

The girls playing in the morning - Giada was all about the hugging and Cianna was a good sport!