Boyd, the big brother : )

 

Boyd hasn't been able to keep his hands off his new brother. Mason feels very comfortable with him, and they are dang cute together!

Merry Christmas to our good friends!

Hey guys, just wanted to take a moment and thank all our dear friends and family for everything you do, for the good times we've had this year. We are truly grateful to have such wonderful people in our lives. May you enjoy this special season with all your loved ones, and Merry Christmas!

Love,
Q, Shelly, and Boyd

And another birthday bash!

On Sept. 26th, Boyd hit the big 1!!! We had a party at a local park, and he had a blast. As many of you know, Boyd wishes he had been born a lion, so it wasn't too hard to pick a theme for his bash. Lion cake, lion piñata, and little lion cub cupcakes... finished by a classic game of Pin-the-nose-on-the-lion!

Liz Hale came over and helped make the cake

Boyd was SO excited to see his lion cake! Nice work ladies!

This was by far Boyd's favorite activity. He could not believe we actually wanted him to hit the lion...

Did I mention he enjoyed hitting the piñata?

Boyd was not at all shy when it came to raiding the piñata loot, he ran right in and came up with his treasure, a tootsie roll... : )

I think he remembered this part from his party down in SoCal, he was ready to attack that cake!

Grandma Wilcox made the trip up the night before, just in time to help with all the preparations... And our little guy just loves his Grandma!

Boyd parties with the Sanders!

Grandma and Grandpa Sanders threw our little guy a party for his first birthday, and as usual, he loved the attention! He got some great gifts, but he really dug his first cake!

Boyd giving some "loves" to his new book, "Peek-a-boo kisses"

Big Boyd doin what he does best...

Boyd did NOT like being told he was "All Done." : )

Adventures in SoCal!

September was a fun month for us, Shelly and I were able to get some time off work, and we drove down to hang with family for a bit. Boyd did really well with the drive, (whew, we were sorta worried about that part) and we enjoyed catching up with everyone.

Boyd getting into trouble with his cousin Garrett.

Repentance.... part one ; )

Sorry for keeping you all hanging... we have been such lazy bloggers of late. Good thing we know about repentance! So here's to fresh starts, and stay tuned for more riveting updates about our little family... : )

Florida, Part one!

Dec. 31st - Jan. 3rd, 2009
This year on New Years Eve, we decided to party by packing up our suitcases, and flying to Florida! Well, we mighta made the decision a bit earlier than that, but we did do quite a bit of last-minute packing for our trip on New Years eve... : (

So we headed out to San Jose airport at 0-dark-thirty, and flew to Ft. Lauderdale, met up with Shelly's sister and family, rented a minivan and drove for a few more hours to Orlando (don't ask why we didn't just fly straight to Orlando, it's a long story!) But the place we stayed at was great, and we had a nice cozy bed to crash in for our week in Florida.

The T-Rex restaurant in Downtown Disney

Boyd loved the lights, and the food wasn't too bad either!

Our next day was mostly spent stocking the home, napping, swimming in the house pool (a first for our little guy!), and a very cool dinner at the Disneyworld version of Downtown Disney. We ate at the TRex Restaurant, and Boyd was absolutely loving all the animated dinos and lights!Boyd hanging out with family in the house pool

He wasn't quite sure he liked it yet... : /

Saturday was an amazing day, we went to Discovery Cove, a nature water park and animal reserve. There were huge salt-water pools that had amazing reefs that you could snorkel around and through, whilst surrounded by ginormous sting rays... : ) Shelly's favorite thing was the river that wound through the entire park, where you could just lay back on floats and watch the beautiful tropical landscape pass by, and spot all the amazing birds that were all around the park. Very fun day, and we highly recommend anyone visiting Orlando to check it out!

Our group at Discovery Cove

Boyd bonding with Aunt Shawnda

Boyd cuddling with Mommy, and loving it!

Los Velez y el delfín

This place was crazy full of birds, I took almost 200 pictures there! This one was in the aviary where all kinds of birds would swoop down to you and feed.