Donovan and Zoe

I've been wanting to post these cute photos for a while now. Donovan has a friend named Zoe. She is the daughter of our good friends the Forester's and is two months younger then him. They are super cute together. A few weeks ago Zoe and her Mommy stopped by and I took these cute photos of them.

I love this one!


He looks like he might kiss her here.


Hello up there!


They are going to have so much fun when they are older.

Disco Dance

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A Vegas Wedding

On Halloween night Sterling, Donovan and I drove to Las Vegas to celebrate my Dad's wedding the following day. It was quite the drive. We thought since we were driving at night that Donovan would have slept right through it. However we were wrong. He wanted to be awake for the road trip fun too apparently.

When we got into Vegas around midnight everyone was dressed up in their costumes. My Dad and Kamie were pirates and my brother Scott was a prospector. It was great getting to see them! We had Donovan dressed up as a skeleton. And with the combination of my Dad's pirate hat he became a pirate skeleton.


We stayed at the Hilton and even got our room upgraded for free! Here's a picture of Donovan on our posh bed.


The next day we met up with my Grandma and Duane who drove out for the wedding too. We all took the monorail over to the Paris Hotel where we had brunch. Here's us riding the monorail.


After a nap...


and a wardrobe change...



we went to the chapel for the wedding. It was small but really nice and it was great to be there for the special occasion. I'm so happy for my Dad and Kamie. I know they really care about each other and I think they make a great couple. Here are some of the pictures we took after the wedding.





This is our four generations photo. Me, Dad, Grandma and Donovan.


I love this one of Sterling and Donovan!


At dinner after the wedding. We went to Benihana. It was delicious!



We even had the opportunity to see Jordan while we were there.

Our Seattle Trip

In October the DeVard family went to Seattle. It was really great because we got to spend time with my whole family. I really miss them being so far away all the time so it was great getting to make some memories. Donovan had his first plane ride! Not to mention first trip to Washington State. We stayed with my Mom and got to spend time with my Uncle, Brother, Dad, Stepmom and the entire Koler family. Yeah and did I mention Elisa drove up for the weekend! It was wonderful getting to see her too, especially around her birthday.

Here's Donovan after our flight being held my the flight attendant.


Picking out a pumpkin at the pumpkin patch. This one was just the right size for Donovan!


Grandma, me and Donovan at the Pumpkin Patch



Donovan riding my Mom's dog Stella


Donovan with his Grandpa and Grandma Kamie after we ate at the Spaghetti Factory


Donovan and Elisa at the delicious Mexican restaurant


My Uncle, Mom and Brother


And of course no trip to Seattle is complete without going to a Maserati show

Donovan Loves My Water Bottle

Just a few quick pictures of Donovan drinking out of my watch bottle. I thought they were adorable. He's always trying to go after it now. Even when he's getting his diaper changed(hence the naked baby photos). He'll roll over and crawl over to where the bottle is. He's such a silly little guy!

Something Fun

Alli tagged me (and Elisa) to do this.

5 TV Shows I Love to Watch: (I don't watch TV anymore (we have no cable). But when I did...)
1) The Road to Avonlea (old school disney channel)
2) Doug (one of my favorite cartoons when I was younger)
3) It's Me or the Dog (Becca needs this ladies help with her barking problem)
4) Ace of Cakes (fun show on the Food network, makes me want to be a cake decorator)
5) The Biggest Loser- Couples (this show made me cry just from watching the opening song)

5 Favorite Restaurants:
1) Cafe Rio! My favorite and I miss it so bad! I think I might drive to Vegas right now to get some.
2) Cheesecake Factory. Fun and I love their Lemon Chicken and Godiva Cheesecake
3) Tokyo Wacko. Pretty much everything! Eating filet mignon with their garlic dipping sauce, sushi and deep fried ice cream!
4) Lena's Cafe. In Shoreline. Reminds me of my Grandparents. Cobb Salad and Banana Cream Pie!
5) Pinkberry! Okay it's not really a restaurant but I love it and could eat it everyday!

5 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1) I went to an art show with Donovan (his first!). We got to see a bunch of friends, including Jane and her beautiful art work!
2) I drove to my doctor's appointment in Santa Monica.
3) I ate lasagna.
4) I bought delicious Martinelli Sparkling Cider.
5) I planned out our Thanksgiving day feast.

5 Things I Love About Fall:
1) The rain. We finally get some of that come fall in California.
2) Wearing coats, scarves an gloves.
3) Thanksgiving. Cooking, eating and being with family.
4) The colors. Not so much in the leaves here. But the beautiful colors I think of when it's fall.
5) Christmas is just around the corner.

5 Things On My Wishlist:
1) Sterling passes the CPA exam.
2) Donovan learns to change his own poopy diapers.
3) That we could go to Illinois for Christmas.
4) That I had time to make everyone a homemade Christmas present
5) For everyone to have a puppy!

5 People I Tag:
1) Leah
2) Tara
3) Amber
4) Jane
5) Mom