We had the privilege of having my sister Stephanie, her husband, Martin and three boys here to visit.  They had a great week at disneyland and at the end of the week they came to stay with us.  It was so fun to spend time with them and hang out at the beach.  Thanks for such a fun visit.  We love you guys!

Here is Taj with Jame, Isaac and Luke at the end of Huntington beach Pier.

A few more of Taj's favorite things.  Again things I am sure so many of you can relate to.  He loves to pretend talking on the phone. And of course I think it is so cute. 

He is also in the copying phase.  Lately he is doing everything Mike and I are doing.  He always sees us open the garage with the keys, so the other day he walked right up and started to do it himself.  Just a couple minutes ago Mike had the hiccups so Taj pretended he had hiccups to. 

So we have the cutest neighbor ever named Gavin and Taj is obsessed with him.  He seriously wants to be Gavin.  We know this because everything Gavin does Taj wants to do.  If Gavin is riding his bike, Taj must ride the bike too.  The other day Gavin was skateboarding and he had to get on the skateboard.  He would cry so hard every time I took him off of it.  I got so tired of pushing him on it that finally I just stopped and he was almost as happy just standing on it.  He just wants to be like Gavin.  And...hopefully if we are lucky Taj will be a happy, fun loving boy just like Gav!

ok this one cracks me up because he is totally  yelling his boy yell/grunt that means go faster.

Taj has started making the craziest faces.  We have learned this kid can make some dirty looks when he doesn't get what he wants.  Hopefully I can capture it one of these days to give you the full affect.  Here he stood up and knew he wasn't supposed to.  So he started to scowl at me for telling him to sit back down. 

One of my dear friends, Sue, gives Taj so many great toys when her kids grow out of them.  This is the latest donation to the Taj toy room. He loves this toy and loves playing with cars.  It actually keeps his interest longer than 5 minutes.  Which as many of you know is pretty amazing for a busy toddler.

Taj started a toddler tumbling class with some great friends in our ward.  It is so fun to watch all the kids dance and have fun.  As I heard one of the workers say, "it is a baby disneyland."  It really is a lot of fun.

Dad actually made it one day to play with Taj. They both had a blast. 

Taj and teacher Gail.

Ok so I thought this was a fun video to share.  hopefully it works.  It is Taj doing some sign language, smiling and walking.  what a cutie!

Taj's Favorite things!

So here are a few of Taj's favorite things! I am sure many of you can relate to these fun activities they seem to discover.  He has been so much fun and such a pain lately.  Isn't that funny how that works.  As some of you know he chucked my cell phone in the toilet the other day.  Of course it destroyed the phone, but I now have a phone up and running again.  Oh the joys!

He loves putting on our shoes, but when he does he trips all over the place. 

He loves digging through my purse and taking everything out.  He does this multiple times a day and never seems to get sick of it.  Go figure.  All those toys and he wants my bag. 

He is currently obsessed with Hats.  He will get his hat and his dads hat and then will hold them until we get them on. 

And of course he loooooves pulling the kleenexes out of the box.  And lets not forget the toilet paper.  We have finally just taken it off the ring because I can't deal. 

Balloon Boy

I had to put these pictures on because Taj is soooo cute.  No I am not biased.  Taj has loved balloons since the first time he laid eyes on them.  Anytime he is sad or cranky all you have to do is give him a balloon and it is perma grin.  

I got Taj and his friend these chairs and it has been a big hit.  When I take it to the beach he actually sits in it to eat his snacks and just chill.  So funny. 

Doheny Surf Trip

I finally went Surfing!  It has been a long time since I have been on a surfboard and I had a blast.  Mike, Taj and I went to Doheny beach on Friday and had such a fun Surf day.  I was finally able to ride my new long board (which Mike as been enjoying for me) and catch some great rides.  Taj also had an awesome time.  Mike and I took turns surfing so one of us could play with Taj.  He had so much fun just playing in the sand and waves.  I think his favorite part of being at the beach is all the airplanes and helicopters he sees.  Every time this kid hears any kind of plane, no matter how far, he spots it and says, " I see it!"  It is so funny and so cute.  He was so tired he slept in until 10am on sat.  If any of you know my little boy, you know that is so out of character.  The bad part is I didn't even get to enjoy it because we had things we needed to get done.  Bummer!  Oh well, at least he was a happy camper.  

My little sand digger.  At least he doesn't eat it anymore.  Yea!

Gotta love him in his glasses.  He thinks he is so cool!

I love his mischievous little look.

He loves to get on any kind of board and thinks he is such a big boy.