Happy Birthday Mr. V!

From this

To this

to this!


my how fast two years have flown by... and I love my baby boy more and more every day! here's to many many great years buster brown!

All Boy...

Vaughn enjoying an early Christmas present from Grma.

photo shoot

we have been having way too much fun this summer to update often! :) so here are some photos to document our summer fun. not necessarily in order... enjoy!

lots of fun in the pool... almost every day daddy is home is pool day!

grandma was here on her vacation... buster loves story time with gamma!

got his first haircut in july. before: note the wings.


and after. what a handsome little man!

enjoying his first ice cream cone on the boardwalk. it was a perfect day!

at the MY museum in Monterey. I think this is where he became obsessed with fire trucks. he says it super cute, but too often!

at the Dennis the Menace park in Monterey. the coolest place!

trying to get a group photo when aunt nay nay and unkie were here. bedtime wasn't the right time to try...

loving his new radio flyer trike from nay nay and unkie. thanks guys!

loving the sprinklers.

blue steel!

enjoying joe joes on the beach at the Capitola Twilight concert.

when grandma was visiting, Keith and I enjoyed a Giants game.

loving my buster brownson!

summer fun!

my cat Mia

Mia (bumpers)

June 1991- May 2009

I'm very sad to post that my beloved cat Mia passed away last month. she came into our family when I was 11 and she has been there for every milestone in my life. when I moved to Santa Cruz, she moved with me. she was my baby. when Vaughn was born, since she was used to being an only child her whole life, we decided it was best for her to live with my mom. thank you mama for taking care of Mia during her last year where I knew she was loved, cared for and very happy. we will all miss you my dear cat!

new link

This link works better for the clip of me charming Anderson Cooper. :) I'm still trying to find the full version of the show online...

click on Thursday's recap if it doesn't automatically play.

http://tv.yahoo.com/daytime/video/regis-kelly-gma-the-early-show/13565947/

Wake Up Call of a Lifetime!

I've been entering the Travel Trivia on Live with Regis and Kelly's website pretty much since Vaughn was born. 17 months later, it totally paid off! June 4th at 6:19am, I answered my phone and it was Kelly Ripa and Anderson Cooper! are you kidding me? fully sporting the groggy morning voice, I managed to make both of them and the audience laugh a few times. I was actually having funny banter with Anderson Cooper at 6 in the morning! during the conversation, I ran to my laptop, logged on and had Google ready to go. since I started working Mon-Wed, I record the show everyday, but don't always have the chance to watch it. I wouldn't have known the answer if I didn't Google it... luckily it was an an easy answer to find. What is MC Hammer's real name? STANLEY! I will know that for the rest of my life! I won, I won! I actually won a 7 day trip to Barbados! I am still in shock! after watching it a few times, I wish I would've said more to them... when will I ever get another chance? but I was happy with how it turned out, and how all the stars aligned to make this possible.

never in one million years, did I think my 10 seconds a day to enter my name would pay off. I am so thrilled! anything is possible! it is crazy!

here is a link to a clip of the show. http://tv.yahoo.com/daytime this really happened!!