may be less confusing in two months...

drop of sunshine

carol [grama] visited us last week and it was AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL to have her here! it was a pretty quick trip but we managed to sneak in a few trips to the beach, two swim lessons and a visit to the hotel pool. thea has turned into quite a water baby.

the day before carol left we went up to solana beach and had a yummy breakfast before heading to the beach for a couple of hours. thea played in the surf, built sandcastles with zack and tired herself out so much that she took a 1.5 hour nap snuggled up first in my arms and then with carol. this is a photo of them shortly after she woke up.



thea and i were in the car on monday morning just after carol's plane took off and she was kissing and hugging her kitty, holding her tightly.

i said "do you love kitty?" and she responded, "kitty is so sweet."

i asked, "oh really? who else is so sweet?" thinking she might reply "thea" because i often tell her how sweet she is.

she quickly and definitively replied, "grama."

i agree miss thee.

frank the tank

here thea is getting herself psyched for a streaking mission:

driving miss daisy

playing dress up with la la last week

to our love

happy father's day to all the dads out there, especially our own dads, papa and jimbo, and the best dada around: ZAAAAACK!

thea loves her books

this is a pretty long video but i love it. thea has been counting for the last month or more. anything and everything must be counted. she can get all the way up to 21 though lately she's been skipping 13-16 and jumping from 12 right to 17. you can't hear it on this video but she usually makes twelve into a three syllable word: ta-weeeell-ve. she does this with the word blue too: ba-loooo-u. i'm trying to get her saying them on video before she outgrows it as i've missed so many funny words already!

summer's here

zack and thea have been going to the beach at least once a week for over a month now but this weekend was my first time in a long time and it was just what i needed to feel that summer has begun! thea absolutely loves the beach and asks to go almost every day. i think she'll be surfing before we know it.

eighteen months

and thea finally has enough hair for an up-do!