A Musuem, Sharks, and Donuts!

We had a jam-packed weekend! We took Bianca to the Lied Children's Museum here in town on Friday and Bianca had lots of fun with the new exhibits. She was able to go grocery shopping, learn about car mechanics, water flowers, build sand castles and a whole lot more! On Saturday morning, Mark took Bianca to Dunkin Donuts to pick up some goodies for all of us and she looked so cute in her "I Love Chocolate" hat that Daddy snapped some shots of her before they left. Yesterday, we went with the Gregoryans to the Shark Reef Exhibit to see fish, sharks, crocodiles, sea turtles and more. Bianca and her little friend, Francesca, had a lot of fun learning about animals that live in the ocean together!

Brace yourself for LOTS of pictures!

She "helps" me water the plants at home too!

Hmmm....do I want some chicken?

Let's get some donuts!

The Daddys and their little girls!

Mimi's Back!!!

Mimi came to visit us for a week recently and she kept Bianca busy! She took her to the playground almost every day, introduced her to sidewalk chalk, and gave her plenty of hugs and kisses. We were able to make it to the Springs Preserve one of the days that she was here and Bianca loved the children's play area and walking the trails looking for birds.

In addition, we went to the Usher's for a b-b-q last weekend and Bianca had lots of fun riding in the toy Jeep with the twins, playing with matchbox cars, and pulling the boys around the yard in their wagon.

On another note, Bianca went to the doctor last week for her 15-month check-up. She is now 20 lbs. (12th-15th percentile) and 31 inches (50th-75th percentile)!

First with Sean...

Then with Colin!

Ready for lunch!

Eating a cracker with Mimi!

Rockin the side ponytail!

Pointing out something special in the children's play area.

Bianca's crazy hair when she wakes up in the AM!

So Big So Fast

Bianca was 15 months old yesterday! Where does the time go? She is just as happy as can be... Her favorite thing to do is play outside. It doesn't matter what we do outside, as long as we are out there. Sometimes she has meltdowns because it is too windy or cold to go out and we have to stay indoors. Her favorite foods are probably blackberries, mac and cheese, and pizza although she hasn't been wanting to eat all that much lately...another phase...Her favorite words are "Daddy", "Ma-Ma" , "This" and "That". Pretty much all objects are either "this" or "that" (besides Mommy and Daddy).
Nothing all that new to report this week, just a typical week running errands with Mommy, going to My Gym, and playing with Daddy in the evenings. We are going to the doctor for her 15 month check-up (and shots :-( ) next week so we will update everyone with her "stats" then.
Here are a few pictures and one video from our week:

Ready to go in Mommy's sunglasses!

Giggles!!!

New Man in Town!

Watch out potential Bianca suitors; there's a new man in town! Well, not quite a man... actually he is almost two years old but, he sure is CUTE! The Chars were in town from CA with Riley and their newborn little girl, Ava. They came over to visit along with some other friends on Saturday and Bianca and Riley have lots of fun playing with her toys and learning to share. By the end of the playdate little Riley was offering Bianca some rocks outside (a hot commodity by toddler standards!) - they really were adorable together! In addition, Bianca had great fun playing in baby Ava's infant carrier. I guess she wants to be "young" again too!

Riley!

Rockin out on her xylophone!

Santa Barbara Zoo

We headed back out to LA last weekend and spent some time at the Santa Barbara Zoo with the Afsharis. Unfortunately, I was so busy packing all of us up that I forgot the camera and Goli's camera died while we were at the zoo. So...the only pictures that I was able to get of Bianca's first trip to the zoo were on my iphone. Not the best but, better than nothing. You can't tell from the pictures but, Bianca LOVED the zoo! She was pretty much in awe of all of the animals that we saw and stared at them with her mouth gaped open. I could just hear the wheels turning in her little head thinking, "These animals aren't just in my books; they really exist!".

Kimia, Layla and Bianca riding in their red wagon all over the zoo!

Daddy looks sleepy...

Bianca stealing some time in the princess chair while Kimia isn't looking!