Our Fearless Son

Sometimes I cannot believe what a daredevil Little Paul is. He is absolutely fearless. He loves to run down hills, jump off of high places and dive into deep waters, which also means mom cannot take her eyes off of him for one second. He loves to climb on top of our fireplace and then jump off. I have to be right there to catch him or he gets hurt. He also likes to run down some pretty steep hills at full speed and if I don't catch him he falls down. Unfortunately, falling or getting hurt has never stopped this kid from doing it again. He is even getting a little sneaky. He now trys to distract me with something like asking me to open a bottle for him and then takes off at full speed in the opposite direction. I catch him most of the time but sometimes he is too fast for me. We went to the beach the other day and he kept trying to dive head first into the ocean. How do people have more than one kid?

Disneyland

Paul's brother and family visited us last weekend. We started the weekend off by going to the beach. It was a beautiful day and the kids had a blast running in and out of the ocean and playing in the sand.









Later in the evening we went to a party hosted by some of our friends. Paul and his guitarist performed a little acoustic show at the party. For those that have not heard Paul sing, he is an amazing singer.

The next two days we spent at Disneyland. We were expecting hour waits for each ride but it was surprisingly quiet for July. Most lines were about twenty minutes long. It was really fun to see Brooklyn experience Disneyland for the first time. She especially loved the coasters and parades. She also got to see Minnie Mouse and the other princesses which made her trip.







I think Little Paul really enjoyed playing with his cousin, aunt and uncle. He cried for a few minutes when we dropped them off at the airport. It was kind of sad. Luckily, we will spend another week with them next month at the cabin. Thank you guys for a fun weekend! We played hard and now I need to take it easy for a few days :)

4th of July Weekend

Paul's parents came to visit us for the long 4th of July Weekend. We are usually working on our house when they come to see us so it was really fun to have a weekend of just hanging out. We spent the weekend going to the park, the Getty, the play Wicked and the Galaxy Game for the 4th.

15 Months

Baby Paul is 15-months-old today! I guess I need to stop referring to him as a baby since he is now more like a kid. Oh, how fast the time goes by! It is amazing to me how much of a personality he already has. He is such a playful kid who loves to laugh and dance. He has a really unique laugh that is contagious. He also has this fake laugh that is equally as cute. He is also quite the dancer. His favorite song is Viva la Vida from Coldplay. Anytime the song is played or sung, Paul starts dancing.

For those of you that know him, you know he has endless energy. He is ALWAYS on the move. In fact, the first thing he does every morning is grab his shoes and bang on the front door. He loves to go out and explore new places/things. We were actually trying to figure out today why Paul takes so many spills. We came to the conclusion that he moves too fast! I rarely see him walk. He runs everywhere! One of his favorite things to do is run down hills. Paul also loves water. I always carry a swim diaper and board shorts with me in my bag just in case we run into a fountain while we are out. If Paul sees a fountain, it is nearly impossible to keep him out of it. He finds some way to get in. We were also talking today about how our house used to be meticulously clean before we had a baby. These days it looks as if a tornado went through it. Paul goes from room to room taking things out of drawers, cupboards and closets. He also likes to take random things from each place and put them in other places they don't belong. I will often find one of his toys mixed in with the tupperware or one of his socks mixed in with my shirts. It's also getting harder and harder for me to get this kid to nap. If there is something going on, he wants to be part of it.

He is definitely a very active kid but he is also very affectionate with his family members as well as his stuffed animals. He loves to give hugs and kisses. The kisses are usually open mouthed and wet but we still love them.

Disneyland

We went to Disneyland with some friends yesterday. However, this time we spent the day at California Adventure instead of Disneyland. It was Paul's first time at Adventure and I think he had a great time. We went to the Mickey Mouse Playhouse show and then played in the water. We probably wont be able to make it to Disneyland again for awhile since our pass is blocked in the summer.

I don't know why Paul always does this. I think he enjoys being sprayed in the face.

Photo shoot

Whenever my friend, Julia, is visiting she always does a mini photo shoot of Baby Paul. Here are some of my favorite photos from the latest shoot.

Fun in the sun