Don't walk, run.....

We can tell Brendan is going to be a handful, he is trying to skip the crawling phase and go straight to standing and walking.



Here is Samantha doing some gymnastics and activities at a birthday party...

Party over here....party over there....

This month has been pretty busy with lots of things to celebrate--between Mother's day and birthday parties (for me :) and Samantha's school buddies), we had plenty of opportunities to capture the memories!

This was on Mother's Day:





This was dinner at Buca di Beppo's:







The single ladies...not for long!!! Well, I guess Samantha still has a way to go--don't worry Michael.





At the Little Gym--one of many birthday parties Samantha went to this month. Keeping track of her social calendar is trickier than mine!



My attempt at action shots...

sitting up and riding fast.....

Spring has made its way to MD, the flowers are blooming and our new grass is coming in nice and thick....


Eww, is that a bug?


Can I try Mommy's shoes?


No! too soon! Daddy's getting stressed....


Brendan couldn't wait to sit up and got the hang of it just before his 6 month bday...


It was trial and error for a while there...


With plenty of rest for the weary...


Look Mommy....


I did it!



It didn't take Brendan long to start getting mobile. Here he is just yesterday showing off how he can make it across the floor in no time. All he needs is to lock in on the target.
But in this case, he doesn't get to enjoy the fruits of his labor..... thanks to jia jia >:o



When she's not busy messing with her brother, Samantha has been practicing her tricycle riding...



We had posted pictures of our trip to tahoe on Christmas, but just found these videos which we had never gotten around to posting....enjoy!

first time on the snow in the sierras...



at the children's museum with mommy and xiaw nia nia...