Ready for Spring

Hi everyone,
It has been a couple weeks since we posted but things have been busy.  It is hard to believe that Tallulah just turned 20 months old.  Where does time go?  March is a busy month for us.  We have a trip to Ojai coming up and are excited that Uncle Richie, Auntie Sara and Cousin Julien are coming to visit for a week at the end of the month, followed by our sweet friend Jonathan.

Everyone is healthy and past their colds.  Aaron's hung on for awhile but he is finally better and back to his running program.  He blasts it every morning and runs before work, that way I can do pilates and yoga in the afternoon.

However, with the time change, it will be fun for him to take Tallulah after work with the stroller since she has been going to bed a bit later.

Tallulah is growing every day and talks so much.  It blows me away that she has been talking in full sentences for such a long time, she just loves to talk.  Along with talking, she is busy climbing, doing big hops and dancing.  These are some of her favorite activities.  Here is a video of her with her new vintage record player dancing to "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith.

Last week, we also went to the Birch Aquarium and she loves the sharks so here she is checking them out.  We are anxious for warmer weather, beach days, camping days and fun with friends and family.

Love,
The Bravos

Happy Weekend!

Happy weekend!  Things have been busy at our house.  Tallulah had a cold  which she recovered from but Aaron has been sick this whole holiday weekend which has been a bummer.  Nixon is always carrying to many germs with all that Hong Kong travel :)

Tallulah has been loving her Hummingbird class at Waldorf.  I think her favorite part is when we all sit down at the table and eat snack and then wash our dishes and sweep and clean up.  She had great manners and is such a great helper.

We had some exciting news this week when Chad and Andy announced that they had bought back Nixon from Billabong.  Billabong had been struggling to stay a float and Nixon was their shining star but in order to pay down their debt, Billabong agreed to sell back Nixon which was awesome news for everyone at Nixon.  This means great things for Nixon, now that they are not held back by Billabong.  We are excited to see what the future holds.

Other then that, we had a wonderful Valentine's day and look forward to Spring coming.  We hope to make a trip to San Francisco soon to see Cousin Julien, who is getting so big and handsome.

Here is a fun video of Tallulah, who has loved that she has mastered the slide at the park, along with a video of her putting on her "make up" that she got for Valentine's day. (It is play make up made out of wood)

Stay tuned.

Love to all.

Tallulah is feeling much better!

Last week was a bit hectic for us.  Tallulah seemed like she was teething and then had a bit of a runny nose.  She had a mild fever that went up and down but it seemed normal.  The doctor said she had a little bit of fluid in her ear but nothing serious and we could ride it out before considering antibiotics.  As the week progressed, Tallulah stayed the same and was not sleeping at night so finally on Thursday night we decided to give her the antibiotics.  That night she slept better and then was feeling a lot better by Friday.  Sadly, she had to miss her first day of class at her Waldorf school so that was a bummer but we are just glad that she is back to her old self and feeling so much better.  This was her first time really being sick so we were glad it went well for her.  Thank goodness for homeopathic medicines as well!! They have helped her so much.

We had a great weekend. The weather has been amazing.  Saturday, we played out in the front yard and Tallulah painted and played with our neighbors cat, Bam Bam.  Today we had an awesome hike at Torrey Pines state beach with Tallulah in her hiking backpack.  She loves traveling on Papa's back!  It was super busy.  I think everyone was trying to get out before the Superbowl game.  Of course, we could care less about the game so it was nice to be outside, enjoying the sun.

This week will be back to normal and hopefully enjoying more crazy warm weather!

Our little picture poser

On Wednesday at the botanical gardens, there were some sweet women there taking pictures of the different flowers, plants etc.  They asked me if they could take some pictures of Tallulah.  I told them that she never sits still for pictures but with in minutes I found our little Tallulah posing like a true professional.  The pictures came out so beautiful.  A huge thank you to Pat Flanigan and her amazing photography. 

www.photobooksbypat.com

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Holidays 2011

So I realize we are almost in February but I thought we would keep spreading a little Christmas cheer with an update from the holidays.  We had a wonderful holiday season.  Tallulah had the best time at Grandpa Richard's house in Anza.  She got to see goats, horses and explore the great outdoors.  I think she loved the freedom to roam!  After Thanksgiving, we did a family trip of the three of us to Ojai.  We love visiting there and we rented the perfect little studio house from a super awesome family.  The weather was amazing.  It was super warm and Tallulah loved exploring the farmer's market and playing with the chickens and dancing to the local band.

Christmas brought us an extra special gift, the birth of Tallulah's cousin, Julien.  We spent Christmas at home and Tallulah was super excited about Santa.  I think her favorite gifts were the table and chairs from Grandpa Richard, the art aisle from Grandma Julie and the tea set from Santa.  It was a beautiful day hanging out at Grandma's and enjoying family.

Finally, the first week of January arrived and we took a family trip to San Francisco to meet cousin Julien.  Great Grandma, Grandma and Auntie flew with us to visit Uncle Richie, Auntie Sara and Cousin Julien.  We all rented the perfect house in San Francisco and once again were blessed with seasonally warm weather.  Tallulah had so much fun exploring the big house, Golden Gate Park, the Academy of Sciences and most of all her new Cousin Julien.  I think Auntie got the prize for holding him the most!  It was such a special trip, we hated to say goodbye.

We look forward to all the new things to come in 2012! 

Bravo's back in 2012

Hi everyone,
Wow, the last time we blogged Tallulah had just started walking! Now she is not far from being 19 months old and is one busy little girl. Our goal is too blog once a week about our family happenings so stay tuned.
Tallulah is doing great. She is our social butterfly. This week she will be starting her hummingbird class at Waldorf. It is a two hour class on Fridays that includes circle/story time, snack and tidy time and outside/social time. We are so excited for this time with her. Aaron and I will be alternating who will be attending the class with Tallulah. It will be a special time.

Tallulah just had her 18 month check up. She is 25.5 pounds and 34 inches tall. She is tall and lean and sassy!

We feel so blessed to have such a beautiful, smart and healthy little girl. Happy 2012!

Lots of fun updates!

Sorry, it has been so long since we updated the blog. It has been busy!!  So many fun things have been going on.  First big news, our little Tallulah is walking!!  She has been walking a bit since Memorial Day but now she is blasting it everywhere and loving it.  We spent yesterday at the beach with our friends and celebrated Aaron's birthday.  Tallulah loved walking on the beach for the first time.  Her birthday party is going to be similar so she is going to love it. 

Other great news is that I am leaving Kashi at the end of July to be a stay home mama!! I am so excited!!  I have had such a hard time being back at work and my heart has wanted to be at home so Aaron and I are so happy we could make this work.  You really do not need much to live so it amazes me how many people have huge incomes but feel that cannot stay at home.  It is so worth it!

Other then that, we are getting ready for Tallulah's birthday and a few camping trips as well.  It is going to be a great summer. 

Aaron and I are also excited because we are having a date day on Wednesday and going to Disneyland while little Tallulah stays at home with her amazing Auntie.  It is going to be so much fun.  We hope you are well and we will see you soon.

Oh one more great thing is that we have Uncle Rich's wedding in July as well . We cannot wait to meet Sara and Tallulah's soon to be cousin. 

Lots of love!