We Have Moved...

Dear loyal blog followers,
In fairness to our new son, we have renamed our blog and moved to:
http://tanyonandcallaghan.blogspot.com/
Please continue to follow our adventures there.
Kindly,
Paula, Paul, Tanyon and Callaghan

Tanyon's Almost 3rd Birthday Party

On February 12th, we celebrated Tanyon's 3rd birthday a month early.  I figured we would not be able to have a great party with a new infant on the actual date.  So, I gathered the troops and created a sports themed extravaganza.  I am cheating and just putting a link to the great pics my sister April took below.  You should get a good idea of the day from the pics.

http://malvino.smugmug.com/Children/Tanyons-Almost-3rd-Birthday/21672130_qRjFrH#!i=1728753207&k=JQBZw5S

For fun, here are two of the many great pics you will see:

Family Day 2/18

Friday, 2/18/12, we decided to take a family trip up to Healdsburg for some hanging out.  We started with lunch at the Beer Republic, then we checked in with Paul's parents at their house (so Tanyon could try to use a familiar potty). Next, we walked around downtown.  We stopped at our favorite bakery, Downtown Bakery & Creamery.  Tanyon had his favorite Doughnut Muffin, which got all over his face:

 I got my favorite Brownie Cupcake:

 Paul gobbled up his almond bar before we could get a pic:

 We played in the store Mr. Moon's, then messed around in the plaza:

 We took a second to dance around:

Daddy and Tanyon also played:

 When we got home, Tanyon tried on his new helmet and elbow gloves. We thought the extra protection and safety might encourage him to ride the bike Nana & Bapa got for him.  Paul even put on his helmet and showed him how easy and safe it was:

 However, Tanyon still did not believe him at all. He opted to ride his scooter.  This kid cannot be convinced to do anything he does not feel super confident about.  He got his scooter a year ago and he is just now feeling sure enough in his ability to ride it. We have a feeling it may be the same way with the balance bike.

 He did want someone to enjoy the bike though, so he insisted daddy follow him on it.  As you can see in the distance, it wasn't the easiest for Paul to ride:

Move Over Jamie Oliver...

Our own "Naked Chef"

Tanyon got a kitchen rom Paul and I for his early birthday present. He loves pretending to cook us food everyday, so we thought it would be fun for him to have a pretend kitchen to do it in. He loves it and has made us several meals.  He likes it so much, in fact, sometimes he doesn't wait for clothes before he begins preparing a meal.

Below he is getting ready to make us some cake (a neat wooden birthday cake set given to him by his friend Samuel at his birthday party):

 Making some eggs on the stove..."Hey lady, are you photographing me cooking naked?"

 Mixing up his ingredients:

In the video he is saying "chocolate" in Spanish over and over. He was making hot chocolate for us on the stove, just like Dora's abuela does for her.

There was an even longer video of intense cooking, but it may have shown a little too much bum for blogspot.

2/16/12  

Future Slugger

Paul made a makeshift tee in our backyard and Tanyon loves using it for batting practice...

he can't wait until he is old enough for t-ball

I couldn't get the first video to download, so I put a link to it on my facebook below:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150695770192673

This one he insisted on using his "pretend" bat:

2/16/12

Train Engineer

2/5/12

Pairing my obsession with overalls with my mom's gift of an engineer's hat...he was very excited to sport this outfit around the neighborhood.

Oakland Zoo

1/28/12

Thanks to a killer groupon deal, the Miller Family has a membership to the Oakland Zoo this year. It is a perfect size for Tanyon and he loves it there. Here are a few pics of our first trip down for the year:

Preggie lady (8months) in front of the giraffes: 

Dad and son checking out the elephants:

Love this one!  What is Tanyon looking at?!

Pretending to be flamingos in front of their exhibit: