Many Many entries....

The following updates are not due to a new year resolution. I got a new camera and cord for Christmas so I decided to finally upload well... a couple months.

The ZOOO!!!

Last Saturday, Matt decided he wanted to go to the San Diego Zoo. Our family is all members thanks to a Birthday gift from my mom and dad so we go a couple times a year. We went with my parents and had a long but fun day.

At the front of the park are the ducks and flamingos...Sterling loooved the ducks.

Sterling at the Sea lion show... check me out.

On the turle in the children's zoo.

HIIPPPPO! He didn't want to leave this guy.

LOOOK DAD!

On the Bus tour ... approaching his favorites the giraffes and elephants. He really likes elephants.

Papa in the artist village at Balboa Park.

Sterling was napping in the stroller...finally... so we decided to take a quick picture.

Nana and Papa.

After the zoo, Balboa Park, we headed to Dog Beach at Ocean Beach.

Did I mention is was a bit nippy.

Where's my swim suit... just kidding I'll chase my shadow.

Really all a little boy needs is some bubble wrap...

These are just a few picts. to capture more of Christmas day...

Sterling thoroughly enjoying the bubbles...

Matt and Missy.

Matt's most favorite gift of the day I think. He's been waiting a long time for these babies.

Christmas Morning

Christmas Christmas!! I can never sleep well on Christmas for some reason but that's ok. I woke up early to prep our kitchen for breakfast. Matt woke up around 6:00 ish and Nana and Papa Haas came around 6:15 am for our annual Huevos Rancheros Christmas breakfast. Sterling, remarkable, slept in until about 6:45. All fuzzy eyed, he walk out to see nana, papa, daddy, and what will now be refered to as the "Big Dump Truck". Sterling's big santa gift this year was a giant recycling truck complete with recycling and trash cans. What a blast.

Merry Christmas.

BIIIIIIG TRUUUUCK!

YUUUUMMMY food.


Go figure... books about trucks.

Hey papa did you see my truck!



Papa and Nana.

Matt and Sterling playing...so early in the morning.

Christmas Eve Scenes...

The pictures are kind of out of order but that's ok. This year, as always, we enjoyed Christmas eve at my parents. We ate yummy lasagna, antipasta salad, garlic bread and more. We had fun being with family and Sterling really got the whole "it's fun to rip open presents" thing this year.

Papa Haas enjoying the evening.

Sterling and Alicia sitting so nicely at the kids table, a new addition this year. They sat there during all of dinner and actually ate, it was great.

2 hot tamales!



Sterling and Nana Haas enjoying the christmas decorations.

Happy 2nd Birthday Sterling!!!

On November 20th, our bigger boyser woyser Sterling turned 2! We had all the family over the following Sunday for dinner and cake. Sterling even blew out his candle. It's pretty nuts to think it was only 2 years ago that he joined out family. Both Matt and I love him so much and are so happy that he is ours.

He pretty much wouldn't let go of the drill all night.

Mmmm, MMM, good.

An October Visit from the Glass Family

In October our family had the pleasure of some company visiting from out of town. Jason Glass and family (Michelle and Weston) came for Halloween weekend. We went trick or treating, enjoyed date shakes, played guitar hero, shopped at Cabazon and more.

Sterling and Weston enjoying time out of their strollers at Cabazon.

One Sleepy Chinese Ambassador.

Old companions and perhaps someday future ones.

The Glass Fam.