Christmas 2007

Grandma Lu was in town for Christmas. We had our traditional fondue dinner Christmas Eve and then went up to see Aunt Jackie (or Yackie as Dylan calls her), Uncle Pat and Van in Valencia. There we had Grandma Lu's manicotti. All in all, quite a feast. Dylan got a lot of truck books this Christmas - trucks are his favorite thing right now. Every Monday morning we run outside when the trash truck comes and every Tuesday we run outside to see the street sweeper. Luckily, there is plenty of entertainment in this world for Little D!


Over the holidays we also made a Zinser family outing to the Getty. Dylan enjoyed the children's area and horsing around outside with Yackie and Grandma Lu.

After New Year's Day we also went to see the floats for the Rose Parade - wow were they intricate. Dylan napped through most of them.

Huntington Harbor Boat Parade - December 2007

Dylan got to go on another boat in December for the Huntington Harbor boat parade. We joined our friends Dave and Liz Mesic and found out they are expecting too! Dylan liked the boat, the lights and pointing out Santa Claus.

At the Park - December 2007

One of Dylan's favorite places is the Canyon Park. Its a short walk away. He goes there many mornings with Marianna, his nanny. This time Dadda took him and got a lot of pictures. Dylan goes down the slide on his belly and generally enjoys climbing and playing with the other little kids who come to the park.

Hanukkah - December 2007

Dylan enjoyed Hanukkah with his cousins and aunts and uncles. Pepita made delicious latkes for everyone. Dylan is just starting to realize what presents are at this point. Auntie Victoria and Uncle Dwight got the cousins all the cutest p.j.'s - which you can see them modelling.

Santa at Newport Harbor - December 2007

Uncle Bob and Aunt Corky invited Dylan (and his parents) to the annual Christmas event where Santa arrives by boat and the kids are treated to a marionette show. As you can see, we all meet at Bob and Corky's on Lido and take their Duffy to Newport Harbor Yacht Club. Dylan loved the marionette show but this year he wanted nothing to do with Santa. His cousins, Morgan and Madeline, took very good care of him. This was quite a night - no surprise, Dylan fell asleep on the short car ride home.

Swim Lessons

Dylan loves swimming - here he is at his swim lessons right around Thanksgiving. Grandma Lu was in town so she was able to come and take the pictures. He loves walking on the Hippo (that's the treat at the end of class). He takes swim lessons in Irvine at Waterworks Swim School - Mommy likes it because the water is warm!