baby dawg's shower

i was so excited to see ldawg in all her preggo glory this weekend at her shower. she looks the same- just
with a cute belly. when i asked jbird what she thought the baby was- she said "dawg"....i asked her girl dawg or boy dawg?
she said boy dawg....we will see if she's right soon enough...this suspense is killing me!!!

...the cuteness continues

just when we thought ben couldn't get any cuter....
he got cuter!!!! we just can't get enough of ben!
poor little guy needs to get used to be constantly
looked at, blown on and cooed at. he's adorable!
we love you ben!!!!

happy birthday man!

today is mister's 6th birthday. boy do we love this dog-
he's got more nicknames than most humans: mister beau jangles,
mister, mist, misty morning, the mister man, mitty, meester,
the sleeping mistikins...and he's the best dog friend a girl
could ask for. his fifth year was a big one- moving away from
his glamorous life in the OC, hiking and camping and floating the river-
can't wait to see what happens this year....happy birthday mister!!!

gigi rides again

here's a photo of gigi riding her cool new bike
at the bend pet parade on the 4th of july.
she made a special request for me to post this photo on the blog-
and how could i say no! she's too cute!

another newbie

baby congrats are also in order for helene & richard, of the earth founders.
neomi jade prema bisnaire ziff was born on june 12th.
we went to visit little neomi last week
and she is so tiny and absolutely adorable!
neomi is ultra lucky to have gigi as her super cool big sis.

it's ben!

welcome to the world benham james schmid!
born on july 9th
9 pounds 3 ounces....he's a tiny guy
and give his poor mom a run for her money
with 35 hours of labor. daddy kyle likes combing
ben's hair into multiple styles, including a really
cute faux hawk. congrats kyle & corey!

waldo lake

friday we decided to get out of the 100 degree heat in town and head to waldo lake. it was gorgeous and we even brought mister, his first camping trip. we also brought our trusty inflatable boat- the now famous Club 300 aka the USS Kapakahi. thad rowed mister and i around the lake, what a catch!