After Emma and Taylor went to sleep the night before their Bday I decorated their room with balloons and streamers. What a hit, it was like Christmas morning. The down fall was Emma got up at 5:30 to go to the bathroom, early morning for us all!!

Excited Birthday girls

Taylor at the beach and her seashell find..

Ky girls on a California beach, long way from home...

Emma doing a "Trick"

They are into Big Girl Tricks :)

Brian and Phillip went in together and bought a Kayac. Emma and Taylor got to go out on it while we were at the beach. It was fun to watch but considering you get wet and the water is frigid, I'll watch from the shore! This is Taylor..

Taylor getting ready to head out to sea..

Emma ....

Emma getting ready to go out..

Just some scenic pics,

These are from the 17 mile drive in Pebble Beach..

Claire is her Bumbo seat! Thanks Wendy and Marta!!

She was about 3 months old in this pic. She loves to sit up! Going to be a busy body and into everything, I have the feeling!!

I anxiously got back to running after Claire was born. This was a 5k (short one) that I ran in Feb. Since then I have signed up to run a 7 mile race in May and a 1/2 marathon in July. I have major foot problems right now so I am not running much and praying it will go away soon.. Running is easier when you have this scenery to run with!

Everyone after the race, except Claire in the stroller

And they are off!!

Emma and Taylor in the kids fun run. We aren't sure where Emma was going at first? Maybe she saw a chair??

Silly girls with their medals..

We survived January!!

It has been a while since I updated the blog. Life has been very hectic. Claire gave us quite a scare and was in the hospital with RSV for 5 days. The whole family got the cold and finally after 3 weeks of it we thought we were in the clear and Taylor brought home Pink eye.. Thankfully it didn't get the rest of us. We are now living in a bubble of Lysol!! So now all is well and we are getting caught up. I feel like 2 weeks of Claire's life have been erased.. She is doing very well and starting to sleep a little better. Brian's flexible schedule has been a life saver. I will soon go back to work a night a week, yuck. Emma and Taylor are doing well despite Taylor's 2 hour tantrums. By the time she is done we don't even remember what started it.. I started back running and wow the first couple runs were painful. I am running a 5K this weekend and hope to run the San Francisco 1/2 Marathon in July. Brian of course is running like Forest and will run his 3rd Marathon soon. He is taking full advantage of Mountain Bike riding here and I am thankful everytime he comes home in one piece. NOw that I am not pregnant I hope to do more here as well.

All my piggies!!

Claire is 8 Weeks Old!!

Time is flying by and Claire is growing like a weed. She should be all she does is eat!! I took some pics today of our little darling.. She is doing well starting to get a little personality and a little spoiled.. She is either very content or screaming to be held. A monster in the making. Emma and Taylor are really good with her and can be trusted for the most part. Although her Pediatrician claims all siblings under the age of 5 are homicidal. We have adjusted to life with 3 kids, crazy!!

Claire 7 weeks old

Where's Claire??

We rounded up quite a few baby dolls and stuck Claire in the middle..

You would think Emma and Taylor played with dolls.. They don't!!

If I could only get sleep like this...

It is Feb and Emma and Taylor still listen to their Halloween CD. They were dressed up as princesses but acting as monsters.. All they sing is Monster Mash and We wish you a Merry Christmas. Painful to hear..

Now that is scary..

Claire in her bed..which she hardly sleeps in. She still sleeps in our room but I try to put her in her crib so she gets use to it.. She sleeps about 10 minutes and then is done. Hopefully that will change.

Her head looks rather round in this pic. Must be the angle :)

Taylor holding Claire after a bath..

They want to help and it usually it a disaster, poor Claire

Emma holding Claire

Claire in the tub.. We usually do a quick wash off on the counter, it is so much easier.

These are a couple pics taken from Point Lobos. As I say below, it is just a few miles from the house and a good place to walk trails, bike ride ect.. Brian has been there many times, this was my first trip. The views are breath taking. You could sit out on a rock and not get up for days.. This was along the trail we walked.

This picture was taken from Point Lobos just a few miles from the house. There are hiking trails and a state park. This time of year the Grey Whales are migrating south and they are seen all time in Monterey Bay. The "white" spout of water is a whale. Sorry not a great pic but neat to see.

Us looking out over the "cliff" watching for whales.

Brian walking up the trail with the girls. Kinda nerve racking, the cliff drops off and goes straight down to the water!

Just some scenic pics from HWY 1.

While we were at the beach with the seals there was a very pretty rainbow over the mountains..

Elephant Seals..

Description is below

We drove down to see the Elephant Seals.

Every year they migrate to the beach to have their babies, get pregnant again and head back out to sea until it is time to do it again. Remind me to never wish to be an elephant seal!!! The males have a "trunk" and are huge! they can weigh up to 5000 lbs. There were hundreds of them and really interesting to see. They were just a few feet away from us, makes you forget they are wild..

A male elephant seal

The seals on the beach. They were all over in both directions.

Sorry, this out of order

Taylor picking flowers

Emma and Taylor had fun picking flowers after watching the elephant seals. They were pretending like they were getting married.

Boy we are in trouble!!

Emma