Day at the Promenade

The best part of living in LA is going to the fun new attractions. One of my new favorites is the 3rd Street Promenade.

On thursday Jared blew off studying for a few hours and we went down for a walk in the shops. We each got to pick something out, and we just enjoyed walking in the sunshine and sipping lemonade.

We stumbled apon a breakdancing group on our way out, and Kiki had to join in...

Nicholas loved having his daddy around, and I have to admit I enjoyed it too :)

Next week hopefully we can get to the beach, if the weather permits. Otherwise we'll find somewhere else to explore.

I Have a Nephew!

I am so happy to report that I am now an aunt!! Brittany had their little boy, Daxton, yesterday night! He was 7 lbs 6 oz, and 19 1/2 inches.

I can't wait to see him for myself next month!

Ryker at 6 weeks

Naturally as all really great parents do, we've already begun comparing our children to one another.

Last week was Ryker's 6 week check up. After waiting for 2 hours and begging Nicholas not to touch a thing in the filthy office (a doctor's office? really? come on guys, haven't we heard of germs?!) we discovered Ryker's stats:

12 lbs 13oz- 90%

23 in tall - 75%

16 cm hc- 60%

These stats are literally the exact same percentages as Kiki's were at 8 weeks. Crazy, huh?

We stumbled on some old photos and were looking for resemblances. I was actually surprised to see how different they look. Sometimes I think they are quite similar but depending on the photograph they appear to have few similarities. Of course, part of this could be due to having a crappy camera for Kik's and a better one now.

The New Place (pt. 1)

I finally got around to taking some pictures of the new place! Its a work-in-progress and we just found out we can paint too! I'm so excited. Picture yellow walls (I'm tenative on this one) in the living room/dining room, and blue in the bedroom. Also, I didn't put up pics of the boy's room yet because Kiki was sleeping and I want to finish something for one of the walls. Likewise I didn't put in pictures of the hallways and random corners yet because frankly they haven't been totally sorted yet.
The place has its quirks when it comes to design (no plugs in the hallway? a bathroom in a toddlers room?), but we like it overall and are happy to be living here for 2 years!

Here's the tour...
You walk in, to the left is the dining area



To the right is the kitchen

Walk ahead to the living room area


(additional views; Jared's fave is the new TV)
To the right is J's desk

Down the hall to the left is our bedroom

and finally our bathroom (which extends further to the right but it was hard to photograph!)

A few more to come... and potentially updated photos when I get around to painting in a month or two!