sleep in heavenly peace

These two slept the morning away.
Chamberlain was feeling under the weather last night.
Papa Bear (yes this is what Chamberlain really calls his father) was
right by his side the whole night.
Chamberlain slept most the day away, a 6 hour nap. Which was nice
since the weather was cold and snowy. Chamberlain woke up around 4 p.m. and was happy as a lark, and feeling great.
When I asked if he would like to eat something, his request,
cheese balls.
Of course I gave in since he hadn't eaten in 24 hours.
Nothing like a bucket of cheese balls to brighten your day.
We ran a few errands and made it a family movie night.
We watched the Princess and the Frog complete with popcorn and treats. What a great ending to a lovely day.

I would also like to point out
we have barely made a dent in our bucket of balls!

kitty love

I firmly believe that there is a neon flashing sign above my parents home that reads,
All lost and wandering pets,
WELCOME!
Seriously, we always have/had strays. When we lived there for our brief time we had like 13 lost dogs alone. So it was no surprise when a cat came wandering over to my parents house around Christmas and has never left. And of course my sweet mother took her inn. This cat has also had kittens recently and we were able to see them on our way to the O.C. this past week.

Chamberlain is in love.


There are 5 in all.


4 girls and 1 boy.


Chamberlain really just wanted to play with them all day. When they were in their box he had to constantly check on them.


Sad thing is, Chamberlain is allergic to the momma cat.
That's why there are no pictures of the momma cat.


What a great kitty sitter.


This is Chamberlain and my moms favorite one. She has the most personality and is extremely curious. Chamberlain named him Curious George then we realized she is a girl and so the name has changed to Curious Georgia.

dog food

Growing up visiting Grandma Laura and Grandpa Garth in Sun Lakes one of the many highlights, for me, was feeding the ducks across the street on the lake. Grandma Laura, would have bags and bags of bread crumbs that she had been saving for the week and we would use them all!

I loved it.

Today, Grandma and Grandpa Reid Burgess live on a lake.
Its so awesome to watch Chamberlain feed the ducks.
He gets so excited.
He not only gets ducks, but Koi fish, turtles and Geese.

We averaged

17 Koi Fish

9 Turtles

2 brave ducks

and 2 mean Geese

(which one Grandma named Chuck)

Every Day.

Chuck comes every morning and in the afternoon and sits on the railing of her deck skwaking for food. However, he isn't skwaking for bread crumbs but rather dog food. Grandma has bought special Koi food for the fish and bread for the birds, but they all prefer/demand DOG FOOD.
So Chamberlain throws cups and cups of dog food.

Luring in the ducks, Koi and Turtles.

Grandma and Grandpa Reid Burgess

Just waiting for Chuck.

The only shot of the turtles we could get.

camels

Grandma Burgess was in Dubai earlier in the month visiting Chris, Lesa and their 3 beautiful girls (whom we cant wait to see this summer). We kept up on her travels with her posts. One post stated that she was going to ride a camel. Chamberlain, just laughed and laughed when I read that post to him and then requested that she send us a picture of her on a camel. He just thought that would be so funny to see his grandma on a camel. Long story short, she was not able to ride due to camel racing season just ending(?). However, Grandma did not forget Chamberlain's request of the camel and brought him home some sweet loot!

a shirt with 3 camels to show off his muscles.





complete with a stuffed camel.


which he quickly turned into a balancing act.

I had to post this picture.
This picture is so Josh when he was little.
I swear the faster this child grows the more and more
he is looking like his father.
Honest, I wish I had some pictures of Josh at this age.
They are IDENTICAL!
Thanks grandma for thinking of us while in the luxurious land of Dubai.

the full spectrum

Every time we visit Grandma in the O.C., its seems that we never fail to make it to the Spectrum.
I quite like this pattern of going to the Spectrum since my favorite shop is there, Anthropologie.
Chamberlain likes it for other reasons.


The merry-go-round.

sun glass shopping.

Chamberlain trying to be like dad.

Dancing in the street.

the Train.

Our newest discovery, Chamberlain's thumbs-up.
Seriously, where's the thumb. We took several pictures
and in each picture his thumbs-up is the same. No thumb!
It just looks like he is raising his glass...
Funny guy.

baby weight

The most pregnant part of my body, my face.
Its so round.
I think that I gain 10lbs just in my face alone.
3 more months.

orange surprise.

My dad, aka Grandpa Lex is a gift giver. Growing up he would always surprise us with gifts. He has carried on his gift giving traditions with his grandchildren. The thing about my dads gifts is that they are quite random and unique. Every gift he gives has some kind of meaning or thought put into it. Whether they be, key chains with random animals, salt and chocolate covered sunflower seeds, skull spoon holder, a cougar earring box, or a big bucket of cheese balls, my family has grown to love and cherish these gifts.
So when Chamberlain called early Saturday morning to see if they had left K-town to come up north this weekend, the last thing Grandpa Lex mentioned was an "orange surprise" that he had for Chambs. From about 9:30 am on, Chamberlain and I had come up with all sorts of ideas for what an "orange surprise" could be.

Here is the "orange surprise"

This might be a little much!

Oh the excitement.

We had to open them up immediately and have a taste.

His Trophy.

Now, what possesses someone to buy an enormous bucket of cheese balls and give it to a 3 year old? When I asked my dad this question, his reply was simply this: "Well, when I saw this in the store I thought, Chamberlain would love this, and I had to get it for him." Grandpa Lex was right, Chamberlain loves it. And I think this will be a great bucket to put all his cars in once the cheesey mess is gone!

an afternoon at the park.

Warning, there are too many pictures on this post.
I don't mind, I had fun taking them, and Josh and Chamberlain had fun playing.
This is our afternoon at the park.

The swings.

The Monkey Bars.

A race to the tennis courts.

Chamberlain's attempt to jump over Josh.

Two things I just thought of, or realized.

1. Every post of Josh in 2010 he has worn this same shirt. Its my favorite. He saves it for his days off. I love that.

2. Chamberlain's number one go to article of clothing is his Cougar hat. He wears it ALL the time. Today we almost lost it. We left the park without it and didn't realize he wasn't wearing it till we were almost home. I did not want to lose that hat. So 10 minutes or so after we arrived home, we all jumped back into the car to go find it. Lucky for us it was still there laying in the grass.

oh mr. sun

Mr. Golden Sun



Because of you, we stayed out all afternoon,
we did everything we possibly could.
We road bikes, played with sidewalk chalk, road the wiggle car, we picked blooming flowers for the house, pulled out the scooter, raked the yard, chatted with the neighbors, and kicked the soccer ball around for 2&1/2 hours. We gotta practice for the soccer league we just joined.

And planted some of these lovelies.

Thank you &
come again soon.