Darrin and I decided to spend the evening at home for the big day. We had been playing all week with Darrin's parents and his sisters family so we wanted to have a relaxing evening. Our good friends Kathryn and Bryan watched Colby for us so we could get some needed time to gather supplies. We both love to cook, when I am home during the day HGTV and the Food network are always on! I am learning a lot from all of the cooking shows. We decided to put those skills to use and have a romantic dinner for two. We had a great time, we set the table ( coffee table- for some reason we always eat on it, instead of our actual table! ) for dinner we had sparkling cider, an asian salad, scalloped potatoes and filet for me and rib eye for Darrin! It was delicious! We had a great time cooking and spending time together!

Posted in: 2009, darrin, riss, us on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 4 comments  

Colby loving the first time being in a swing. He is so relaxed and loving life. My favorite thing that Colby does is his headstand. He will crawl a little, do a head stand, crawl a little more do another-It's the cutest thing in the world!

Posted in: 2009, colby on Monday, February 2, 2009 at 4 comments  

Last week my mommy was able to spend the weekend with us. I just loved having here here. No, it's not just because she woke up with Colby every morning- that was just a BIG plus! We where able to explore Rancho, visit some fun shops and we went hot tubbing every night. I had a blast! On Saturday we went back down to Laguna and found a great beach called Treasure Island- it's situated right by a super swanky resort. This is now my new favorite beach. My list of beaches I love keeps getting longer and longer!

a-m-a-z-i-n-g, all I'm saying.

Silly me, see how much I love this place :)

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We decided to explore Laguna Beach. This weekend was the first time we ventured there. Laguna is gorgeous. Now that everything is getting green again it even prettier. The hills are right by the beach and it is gorgeous with all of the houses and quaint little shops. We were able to find some great beaches that we will be excited to show family and friends when they come visit. Today it was 78. The temperature was perfect and after a week of having a sick baby it was nice that Colby was in such a great mood. We love exploring and trying out new areas.

Colby and Me. I just love this guy!!!!

Posted in: 2009, colby, darrin, riss, us on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 5 comments  

Here is a picture of my boys playing on Dads lunch break. I'm so thankful that we found a place so close to his work, we love when he comes and visits us during the day. I love seeing Colby light up when his dad comes home. Colby is becoming a daddy's boy. He is all smiles and giggles when Darrin is around. The other day Colby started crawling towards Darrin as he left the room when I was right there playing by his side. I must have trained him wrong! :)
Colby now has started talking, no not real words but he loves talking. After he eats he sits on the floor and entertains himself for at least 10 minutes with himself talking. The only real thing he says that is "Dada" he loves that word. Now I know all those nights of whispering mama ended up not working.

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Darrin and I received a fabulous Christmas gift- a Bosch! With that said we have been using it the last few days. Darrin got ingredients to make super hot salsa-there was like 15 crazy looking peppers that I have never even seen. Just to paint you a picture of the upcoming scene-our kitchen and living area are in the same vicinity, there are no walls dividing the two areas. Darrin was making his salsa and I went to the kitchen to make some dinner and about 10 seconds later I started having a horrible coughing attack (not from a sudden onslaught of the flue) the peppers from being cooked on the stove made the air super thick and made for "spicy air" I don't know how to describe it. I couldn't breathe. My shirt was up over my face to cover my nose and mouth for most of the night. Darrin even had to bring up our huge fan to start airing out our place. He was even having coughing attacks. This has never happened before, I can not believe he could even eat the salsa that we couldn't even breathe in. He is insane! The air was so thick from the peppers cooking that it hurt to breathe. I can't believe any person can eat salsa that almost kills you to make!!

Posted in: 2008, christmas, darrin, riss on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 5 comments  

Grandma thought of the best thing in the world, I figured not to bathe Colby and be lazy so my mom would offer to bathe him everyday for me. She gave him a bath in the sink! I thought it was crazy, I have never done that, he is always in the bath tub for his baths. He fell in love with the sink. He sits up so he can splash around and it is the perfect size for him. This way it is way more secure so he does not fall over. He loved him bath time. Thanks Grandma!!! Also, ever since Colby was born he has been a morning boy. Darrin and I are not but he loves waking up early. I have taught him to stay asleep until 7 but I would love just one more hour, not happening. But I really can't complain he is a great kid, if that is his only downside I can handle that. The best is Grandpa is a morning person so every morning I would walk upstairs like a zombie and grandpa could play with him in the morning. They had great fun, he loves his grandparents!




P.S. He can hold his own bottle! That is the best news ever. I have so much freedom! Also he had his six month checkup and he is 99% in his height and his noggin and 87% in his weight! He is so adorable, just like his daddy!!

Posted in: 2008, colby, millers on Monday, December 15, 2008 at 2 comments