And Baby makes 4!

Baby #2 due August 18, 2009

Yep, if the heading didn't give it away, then.... We are expecting another BABY!! I found out I was pregnant the day before my birthday (12/11), and kept it a secret from family until we had Christmas with each side of the family. We thought that it would be a special way to tell everyone that another little baby will be joining our household soon! I'm due August 18, 2009. I get to tough out the wonderful HOT summer's of Folsom pregnant! But other than that we couldn't be happier to welcome another addition to our family!

Merry Christmas!

Tyler Christmas Morning!
Bubbles!

Merry Christmas Everyone! Addam came home this morning from work and we had such a wonderful morning as a family. We opened presents and played and just enjoyed eachother. It's amazing to watch Tyler this year with gifts. He opens one and we do the rest! He received many gifts from family and friends and we couldn't be more grateful! We headed to the Bay Area to have dinner with my Grandparents and family and as always Tyler loved visiting Nona and Nono's house and exploring the backyard! After dinner we headed over to visit Addam's Mom's side of the family and see everyone. It was a great time and so special to be with family! To say the least, Tyler fell asleep on the way home after a fun filled day!

Cookie's for Santa

MMMMM... Sprinkles!

Mommy's cookie helper!
Licking the spoon when we were all done!

Talk about last minute! With all the holiday buzz, I almost forgot we had to make cookie's for Santa! So Grammy came over and we went to town! We made TONS of cookies not only for Santa, but for Unkie Steve & his crew and for Daddy & his crew since they had to work Christmas Eve and wouldn't be home until Christmas Day. Tyler loved it! He sampled the cookie dough and loved eating sprinkles! Thanks for all the help Grammy! Merry Christmas!

Tie Dye!!!

Abby, Tyler & Emily

Abby, Jenn, & Lisa

So for out play group one Friday, Lisa had the awesome idea of letting the kids make tie dye shirts. So since she is the resident know all of Tie Dye as is Miss Emily, her daughter. We let them take full control of this and teach us their ways! It was a HUGE messy FUN time!! The kids lasted about 5 minutes, and then ended up just chasing eachother around our garage and we finished up the shirts. They turned out so cute and we plan on having the kids all where them at some point and getting a picture. Awesome idea Lisa & Emily!

Schwartz Family Christmas

This year we all got together at Uncle Chuck's house in Lincoln to celebrate Christmas together! It was a great time, and of course Tyler loved it cause he saw everyone and loved seeing Grandma and Grandpa and Great-Grandpa. He played with his cousins and had so much fun! It was great to be together with everyone and just enjoy the holiday and being with family. Merry Christmas!

Station 50 Santa Parade

The lights & Santa!

Florin Fire Engine

My brother Steve invited us to come with him and his station crews from Station 50 with Metro Fire to go and do the Santa Parade that they do yearly in the surrounding neighborhood by their station. They bring out an old antique fire engine and Santa sit's on top and greets all the neighbors and you had out candy cane's to the people watching. We thought for sure no one would be out there, and we were amazed!! TONS of people came out and were waiting and watching the parade. We followed behind the engine with candy cane's in hand. Tyler loved it and kept saying, "Ho!", every time we saw Santa. Santa was nonother than Steve! He dressed up as the jolly man and did a great job! After our walk in the cold we all headed out to pizza and to hang out! So much fun!

Cookie Fun!

Eating up his gingerbread man!

CHEESE!

Time to play!

So The Little Gym, where Tyler does gymnastics once a week had a special day where they could come and decorate gingerbread men and then do gymnastics afterward. GREAT! That meant one more Little Gym session that week and Tyler loves it, plus our playgroup got together there that Friday and the kids had a blast! My Mom, Aunt, and Grandma came to watch Tyler decorate and do gymnastics. Tyler had fun decorating and eating his entire gingerbread man, and then we did over 1 hr of gymnastics. To say the least he fell asleep pretty quick! It was a great time!

Daddy's Birthday

Birthday fun!

Addam celebrated his 28th birthday! WOOHOO! I celebrated my 29th birthday a few days earlier. We just spent the day having fun and being together as a family. We went to Ruby Tuesday's for dinner and of course had a mint chocolate chip ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins! Happy Birthday Daddy!

Brooke's Bachelorette Party

One of my best friend's Brooke is getting married January 3, 2009 so we of course had an awesome Bachelorette Party planned in San Fransico! We stayed in the Westin on Market St. and had an amazing view of the city and we could even see the Christmas Tree in Union Square. We shopped, shopped, ate and partied! It was a great time with just the girls! We endured the rain and still had a blast! Congrats to Brookie!!

Sailing

Playing with the headset.

Big yawn!

So one morning we got a phone call from Addam's captain at work, Scotty, and he invited us to come to the Bay Area and go sailing on his boat. I unfortunately had to work, but Tyler and Addam headed out to Vallejo for a day of fun! What an awesome father/son day huh? Scotty has a 44 ft sailboat and the water was calm and it was sunny on the Bay. The guys had a great time and Tyler even fell asleep on the boat! He loved steering the boat of course. After the sailing trip they headed to Addam's parents house for dinner and visiting. Such a fun day!

Folsom Tree Lighting

Snow flake's!

Mommy & Tyler

So for the first time ever since we've lived in Folsom we went to the Tree Lighting they have in Old Town. Addam unfortunately had to work, which stunk, but Grammy came with us and we had fun! We got there early and glad we did, there was hardly any parking left! We had dinner at our favorite Mexican place, Hacienda Del Rio, then headed out for fun! There were soooo many people and it was so cold, but we had fun watching the hay ride go down Sutter St. & getting ice cream at Snook's and of course Tyler got a chocolate Santa for being so good with the big crowd and everything! Tyler's favorite part was the snow machine that was blowing bubbles that looked like snow flake's, he could have stayed there all night! It was a great time and we'll definitly go again next year!

Christmas Tree Hunt

Addam & Tyler

Playing with the farm cats

Since we moved to Folsom, Addam has been wanting to cut down a tree every year. We attempted it our first year living here and it was a total disaster. Between rain and tons of mud we came home empty handed and hit the tree lot down the road. So this year, with a little pushing from Addam, we went up to Apple Hill which is always fun for us and went on a Christmas Tree hunt. It was sunny, so I was happy no mud would eat my feet! We went to Rappeti Farms, and the wife of the owner was the woman who hired me for my first nursing job at UC Davis! They had a beautiful lot of land and tons of tree's to choose from. We of course thought we chose a somewhat small tree until we got home and it was HUGE! Tyler had a blast chasing the farm cats and watching Daddy and Mr. Rappeti cut down the tree. It was a great adventure and we can't wait to do it again next year!

Daddy the Lumberjack!

Thanksgiving

Grandpa & Grandma Schwartz, Tyler, & Me

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We had a great holiday. We started out the day visiting Addam's Grandparent's in Lodi and visiting Grandma who has been in a rehabilitation center after a fall, and had a blast! Tyler loved seeing his Great-Grandparents and of course I brought food for Grandpa so he wouldn't go hungry. He's a Schwartz, so of course I made Grandma's famous Steak and Weenies, he loved it and I'm soooo happy he liked it! Then we headed to my Grandparents house in the Bay Area and of course Tyler loved seeing everyone and getting all sorts of attention. He loves running around my Grandparents HUGE backyard and exploring. We ate lots of food and had a great time!

Tyler took a bath at Nona's, of course in the sink!

Where's my Turkey?

Early Thanksgiving

Addam, Katie, Zach and Tyler hanging out.

Tyler playing outside.

So over a week ago we recieved great news! Addam's Mom and Stepdad were going to be out to visit early for Thanksgiving. We were so excited to see them and to share everything that has been going on and especially for them to see how much Tyler has grown since the last time they saw him. We all met up at Grandma and Grandpa Beck's home for a wonderful family dinner, the food was delicious as always and then we all just sat around and talked and enjoyed being together as a family. You can't ask for anything better than spending the day with family, because family is what means the most in the end. It was so wonderful to see everyone and to enjoy eachother during the holiday season. Tyler loved listening to Grandma Rache'l and Gramps play their violins, he just stared in amazement at them and then danced! He loved giving GiGi kisses and hugs. And loved taking a stroll with Grandma Rache'l down the street. We love you all! Happy EARLY Thanksgiving!

Helping Mommy with Breakfast

One morning I awoke to a very happy baby who was ready to go. I got Tyler out of bed and brought him in to wake up Addam, he loves to run in and kiss Addam and surprise him. After he did that, we went into the kitchen and Tyler had his cup of milk (or "mi-mi") and decided he wanted to help me make breakfast. He said, "Up!", then came "Help!". We made sausage, and Tyler kept saying "HOT!". Then we mixed up waffle mix because Daddy loves waffles, and he loved mixing and helping me measure and pour. When Daddy walked out he found a yummy breakfast made with love. We love you Daddy!

Tyler taking a break, he sat right down on the edge of the fridge!

San Francisco Zoo

Addam & Tyler

Mommy & Tyler

Tyler chasing Daddy

We awoke this morning to it already being a little warmer than usual for this time of the year. Addam and I had been talking about taking Tyler to the City and having a whole day there and just doing and being. So we decided to take him to the San Francisco Zoo! I hadn't been in years and Addam has never been so it was perfect. We had a great drive down, and when we arrived, we arrived to 80 degree weather in Novemberin the City!! When does that ever happen? Tyler didn't even nap, he was so excited once he saw the animals. He didn't nap until 2:30p.m. He fell asleep in the stroller as soon as we walked into the parking lot to go to the truck. Addam and I just drove across the street and parked right next to the ocean and just sat there and let our little man take a nice nap. Then we headed to Pier 39 and Ghiradelli Square. What great food we ate and yummy desserts! It was a great day trip for us! And we can't wait to go again!

My favorite picture I caught of Tyler & Addam looking out at the Sea Lions. So precious!

McKinley Park

Tyler chasing ducks.

Loving the slides!

One afternoon we went and visited Daddy at his station and had a blast! Of course we got there before them, but they are one of the busiest stations in the district. We had fun as always visiting Addam and his crew and they all love to see Tyler or as he is nicknamed, "Tank!". So after we left we were going to have dinner at Grammy & Grandpa Joyal's house, but we had some time so we stopped at McKinely Park in downtown Sacramento. It's a great park with running paths, duck pond, play area, library, you name it! Plus the homes that surround it are just gorgeous and I wish I could take a tour of them all! Tyler had fun of course chasing the ducks and wanted to follow them in to the pond, so I was busy chasing him and making sure we weren't both soaking wet. After we chased every duck in the park, we headed over to the playground and he had so much fun climbing and running around. Then we headed for our dinner date and had a great evening! And of course Tyler got to take a bath in Grammy's kitchen sink so it made his entire day!

Train Museum

Tyler playing with the Thomas trains.

Mommy & Tyler with a BIG Train.

So it's been raining all day today, so we decided to head out and go to Old Town Sacramento and have an afternoon of fun at the Railroad Museum. Tyler is apparently into trains, well sometimes, but we thought what a great place to run around and have fun! We had a blast! Tyler wanted to climb every staircase in the place and ran through all the trains and gave all the volunteers high five's as he ran by. And he would say, "CHOO CHOO!". So cute! He loved playing in the upstairs area where all of the Thomas the Train toys are set up. He had fun playing with the other kids and then just watching what the older kids were doing. We had a fun family dinner and then headed home for the night. Love all of our family outings!

Halloween!

Tyler & Mommy

Our cute little Monkey!

Tyler & Daddy


So for Halloween I found the cutest costume at Target. Tyler helped by grabbing it and hugging it. We decided right then and there in the Halloween area that he would be a Monkey! He is a monkey at home anyways, climbing and jumping around, so we thought why not?! In the morning he was not really into the monkey outfit and cried, we thought he would never wear it to go trick-or-treating. We got the surprise though that night, he put it on with all his safety stuff (he wore this cute blinky light around his neck) and grabbed his candy bucket and hopped in his little car and we were off! At every house he would get out of his car, walk up to the door and knock, and when the door opened he would say, "HI!". Addam had to hold the candy bucket because he didn't really get that, and he would say thank you to everyone. We thought that we would just do our block and head home, well, Mommy was the only one who went home because someone had to hand out candy! Addam and Tyler were out the entire time before it down poured rain! They had a great time! And thank goodness they came home when they did because I was running out of candy so I borrowed some of the stuff we didn't like in Tyler's candy bucket and handed it out. Is that bad? Overall, it was a great Halloween and we can't wait for next year!

Congrats to Matt & Jessica and family!

Grandma Ann holding the newest grandbaby!

Welcome Joshua Roy Charles Schwartz!

We just wanted to send out our congrats to my brother-in-law Matt and sister-in-law Jessica, our nephew Zach and niece Katie on the arrival of the newest family member! Joshua arrived and was healthy as can be! I forgot how small newborns are, and it was such a joy and priviledge to be there and see him as he was only 2 days old! Congrats you guys! We love you all!

Funderland!

Sharing a corn dog with Daddy!

Since I had to work toinght, Addam had the great idea of taking Tyler to Funderland! How awesome of a Dad is he?! Funderland is a kiddie amusement park in Sacramento near the zoo and Fairy Tale Town. Needless to say they had a total blast and rode every ride! Go Daddy!

Sand

Addam has been working on the top of our hill since the summer started, and he put sand up there and placed slate over it so we could sit up there on our park bench and look at the hills behind our community. Tyler has now discovered that we have sand at our house and loves to play in it! He's so funny, though we have to make sure it doesn't hit the mouth because he still likes to eat sand every now and then! I think this means that Santa might have to bring a sand box!

Playdate with Emily

Can you tell Tyler liked them?

This week we missed Jenn and Abby for our Friday playdate. So Lisa and Emily came over and we again had yummy chocolate chip muffins and starbuck's (Thanks so much Lisa!). I also had some kind of crazy moment the night before and made cupcakes for the kids to decorate. I wasn't too sure what we might be getting into but Lisa and I decided to go for it! The kids loved it! They were covered in frosting, sprinkles and cupcakes! It was awesome! Thanks for a great time guys!