Finn is really attached to his Mommy at the moment. I can barely put him down and if I leave the room, he becomes pretty unhappy. It is kind of annoying but at the same time it is pretty cute. He really likes attention. When we all sit down for dinner at night, he lets us know when the attention isn't focused quite enough on him. He screams. It isn't great. Another thing he does to gain attention instead of screaming, is clapping. He claps his little hands with lots of enthusiasm and smiles! It is adorable. You can't really do anything but join in and smile back and tell him how cute he is. It works. Karen sent us home with Luke and Brinn's push cart the other day. Finn loves it. He walks up and down the drive way and side walk and looks so happy! He has taken a few steps but with that cart, he is fast! And his babbling - mostly Dada and I am okay with that. We swear he also says "titta" which means "see" or "look" - it was also one of Max's first words. Finn's hair is blonde and his eyes very blue. His hair is growing longer and I hope he will have little curls, just like Max did at this age. We are so lucky. We get to experience this "almost one" stage once more. I love it. Tonight, Brent is visiting a friend in SF and I had the evening alone with the boys. We walked to Wrap This for dinner. Max was great and listened so well, chatted up a storm and overall just awesome. Finn was happy in his stroller and behaved just fine at the restaurant. He is entertained by his brother and wants to do everything Max does. What a great evening it has been with my beautiful boys. I could not possibly love them more than I do.

Max's birthday

On June 13th, Max finally turned four. He couldn't wait. His birthday party was held at the beach on Saturday the 11th and we had a great turnout! Lots of friends from school and several neighbors. The kids had fun and Max loved every minute of his party. Later in the day while back at home, he opened all his presents. There were so many. So fun. On his actual birthday, we celebrated him in the morning. We brought brownies to school for everyone. That evening, we went to In & Out Burgers and brought back dinner. We even had strawberry milk shakes! Max is already talking about next year's birthday party..

Almost four..

Every day for the past few weeks, Max has been asking if it is his birthday. Soon, he will be four. To him, June 13h will never arrive. I assure him that soon, the big day will be here. The 11th of June is the day of his party and the 13th is his actual birthday. Ever since he started asking, we must have attended at least three birthday parties for his friends. He is now so anxious about his party, he can barely stand it! Today, I let him know that two of his friends from Central Nursery School are unable to make it to the party. He became so sad! Still, most everyone has said yes. It will be a big party.

I can't believe my first born is nearly four years old. He is so tall and looks more like five and is often mistaken for being older. My big boy. Does he know how much I love him? I tell him every day, hug on him constantly but still. With all the correcting and reprimanding taking place daily, does he think that all I do is tell him what he should and shouldn't do or does he truly know how loved he is? He was 7 lbs, 14 oz when he was born, a few days following his due date. He seemed so tiny. We talk about when he was a baby quite often. He likes to hear the stories about when he was brought home, about things he did and said as he grew older and how Finn reminds us of Max as a baby. We have experienced so much with Max in four years. We have traveled to Sweden twice, when he was six months old and when he was two. He has been to Delaware, Texas, Canada and all around the Bay Area. His most favorite play area is the beach. We are so thankful that we live near the coast. I honestly don't know what I would do if I wasn't able to take my child to the beach if he asked me to. He can ride his bike, his scooter, has tried skiing twice. He loves to play sports, including soccer and baseball. He is an active little guy who more than anything wants to be outside. He is interested in animals, mostly those who live in the sea. Our wonderful and amazing boy. How lucky and fortunate we are to have him. Happy almost birthday to you my son. I hope Saturday's party and your actual birthday will be everything you want it to be.

Finn, who is a good sleeper nowadays has had some difficult nights lately. No wonder...we just noticed on Sunday that tooth number five is coming through..here we go again!

Our baby is about to walk! Yesterday, Finn took a few steps at Colista's and today, he did so again while Kristina watched him. We hope to be able to witness it ourselves this weekend. Stay tuned..

Physics 101...Fundamentals of Weight Transfer

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I can recommend an outing to the California Academy of Science in San Francisco. We went today and it was quite cool. We arrived right when they opened at 9:30 which is key...since it gets super busy a couple of hours later. Max liked seeing the albino alligator and the fish and the sharks. He also liked the penguins. Oh, and the reptile exhibit was great. We spent right at three hours there, including lunch and had a great time! I know what Max is going to talk about at share time at school on Tuesday!