Amazing way to start '08!

We went down to Balboa Fun Zone on New years day with the Jorgensons and it was so much fun! It was amazingly clear, no wind, not very crowded and tons of fun! I didnt think it could get much better and then we went over to the beach. I have been to the beach tons of times, i practically grew up there-but I dont ever remember a day like this! The ocean looked like a lake, and it seemed you could swim to catalina island it was so clear and calm....dolphins were jumping...it was straight out of a movie! :) The sunset was one of the best ive EVER seen.....it just kept getting more beautiful as it went down and we had a blast snapping pictures and having fun with this amazing backdrop we had. It was a really great way to start a new year~ hope to have many more days like that ahead.

We got a great big convoy........ :) were such a scene!

Dolphins off the pier....

Memories.....

Paige and I were home from church today so we were looking through old pictures and found these cute video clips from some of my favorite times with Paige. I just think that from 1 year to 2 years was the best! She was just learning everything and it was so fun, and it was just her and me.....Love my girl!

This of Paige and Taylor was in May 2006. Shortly after that video, they attempted to kill each other in the carrier :)

August 06 Shaking her groove thing........

Sept 06- on her favorite ride at Disneyland....

SO much fun....too many to put on here.....so ill just stop now :)

Another year of fun and traditions!

It was fun to have a quick visit from Craigs Grandma and Grandpa Blume this year. Paige served them up some of her famous "hot chocolate tea" each in their own pricess tea cups and was a great hostess! :)

4 Generations of Blume boys......

Our candy canes first Christmas!!
He was spoiled all weekend and now it seems to become accustomed to arms while sleeping, which poses a problem when I am the only one here now :)

Blume Christmas eve.

Instead of our traditional weekend in Julian, we had 24 Watsons at our house this year....

Despite our lack of furniture and places to sit, everyone found a place to pass out after dinner.

( I could have put some embarrasing sleeping pictures on here but im still in the holiday mood so I wont .... yet! :) )

Nativity at the Frys-glad there are kids to take over because I think without them, we would all still have to be putting on the sheets and garland around our heads!

Cozy Christmas Jammies-Mason screams in delight whenever his sister is holding him :)

Christmas morning....she was so excited...."whats next?, whats next?!"

Then due to the hurricane winds in corona Santa put the jump house for Paige to find in the garage, which was then moved into the living room. Seems that we have purchased a new piece of furniture for a while:)

Its like a "cage thats not really a cage"....I highly recommend it!

We had a great Christmas! Hope you did too!

only 363 shopping days till next year :)

love,

the blumes

Luck of the draw.....

Grandpa Jack picked a winner during the Watson white elephant exchange!

Paige loses her chapstick!

Always fun.

My friend Michelle came a couple weeks ago and took our christmas pictures for us. She is always amazing and so I thought id share a couple favorites. Others I already put in our Christmas card.......

She came when Paige was 10 days old also and we put together a collage of her as a newborn. I know its not my babies "prime" moment in thier life to take pictures, with wrinkly skin flaking off and no smiles, but I love them more because you forget how little and scrunchy they were so fast!

Her website is www.Momentsbymichelle.com if you are interested :)

Let the sibling torture begin.....

So, I walked in to Paige holding our camera taking pictures of EVERYTHING in the house, little did I know she was also torturing her brother at the same time!

It begins with a flash in the face of a sleeping baby.......

Again.....

and again...........

and again......

Shell pay for that when shes older :)

Ive also found him screaming and her wrapping stickers around each finger saying he needed bandaids! :)

If only it could stay this simple when they are teenagers :)

Oh the weather outside is frightful........

We looked out our window today and saw this....!!!!!

And then we woke up! :)

Wishing that the snow I keep seeing up on the mountains would majically appear in our backyard for a day! :)

This last weeks adventures....

We got our tree Tuesday night and it was one of the best trees weve ever found! We usually spend the fortune and go home with a tree that ends up being really crooked (but only if you look at it from the left side of the room :)) or has big holes or something....so we were very excited to have found this one. I still think its the most bizarre thing that we cut down a HUGE pine tree from a forest and put it INSIDE our house and decorate it.....who started that one?? :)

We decorated it last night...these pictures are all out of order......and im running on very little sleep :)

There is nothing better than this tiny baby boy cuddling with his daddy!

Craig looks really happy in this one because its his favorite part....putting on the lights!! He can barely sleep the night before just because hes so excited :)

Our pile of decorations....we were looking at them all and they are the best ornaments because they have been collected over the years from family. We exchange ornaments each christmas and end up with some of the funnest ornaments that mean something to keep and bring out each year.

At the christmas tree lot in Eastvale.

Mason's first time picking out a tree.....and he slept through it..... go figure.

Our mantel....

Paige was the flower girl in my friend Jessicas wedding last saturday at the Nixon library. It was a beautiful wedding and she was quite the twirler. Even though all the girls forgot to throw the flowers down the isle :) They looked so cute and Paige remembered that she had forgotten during the reception so she toook her basket and just turned it over and dumped them all out on the dance floor....apparently that made up for it.

A smirk from Mason....

Poor Babies growing up in dairy land!!

Its a Boy!!

Our baby boy is finally here!

I must have eaten way too much on thanksgiving because my water broke early Friday morning .

Craig and I went into the hospital around 5:00 that night and at 6:10am he was here! He was just about a week early.

MASON STEVEN BLUME

6 lbs 8 oz.

18 1/2 inches

November 24, 2007

She just eats him up!!!!

All ready to go home...

He is the sweetest little man alive! He just stares into your eyes forever.

It was a crazy thanksgiving weekend....one we werent expecting but made us all that much more grateful for all that we have.

We love our little BananaHead :)

gobble gobble

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

We are so thankful for all your friendships and the help youve given us!

Enjoy the feast............

Our Rainbow

I dont know if anyone else saw this really cool rainbow last week, or if it was just out my kitchen window but I was so impressed by it. I love the little things in life that actually make us stop what we are doing and take the time to focus on the beautiful creations around us. Life and making dinner paused and I took Paige outside and we just watched it until it disappeared.


"Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times its essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow."