cutie pie

sheer adorableness

he looks like he may speak here...

I stole these pix from my sister in law's Facebook page...so all credit goes to Natalie S., her amazing genes, Nick's amazing genes, and that killer camera. just in case you were wondering.

Ryan is almost ONE MONTH OLD now.

is he not THE cutest yiddle baby boy around? I'm pretty sure he is.

Seems like everyone is having babies. except for me. whew...scared ya there for a minute, huh?

Godspeed little man. You are loved.

Our new nephew, cousin...

Well, folks....here he is....and only FIVE days after his EDD. I "borrowed" this picture from Natalie's facebook wall...nice to see she's already snapping pics for those of us far and away...

Natalie and Nick S. welcomed their first child/son, Ryan Anthony last night at 11:29 and he weighed in at 8 lbs. 5.5 oz. awwww.

I'd say he was worth the wait, eh, NickNat?

Last year, they were getting ready to wed...this year they have a little family. sniff sniff....

Our flower girl has grown up, folksies. I must say, it makes an old girl cry. (in good ways)

We are so very happy for you two, for you THREE...and can't wait to see the wonderful blessings that God has in store for this new little addition to the Y/S clans. Congratulations Family....he is absolutely precious, adorable, and perfect!

Nephews...

This adorable lady is Natalie. She's been on my blog before.

She and her hubby, Nick, found out yesterday that in August of this year, they will welcome a little boy to their family and ours.

I have to say, we are pretty excited over here. Girls are sweet and all...but there have been a lot of girl births in our families over the past few years. Whatta sweet little NickNatian he will be.

Can't wait to meet him.

Just wanted to share the good news. Congratulations to you Nick and Natalie.

Hollywood is skeery...

City of Angels

E's hands are almost as large as Clint's.

for a tip, you can have your pic taken with whatever character you see walking outside of the theatre...no shame. David was really excited about finding this Stormtrooper.

Apparently, the Roosevelt is haunted by Marilyn Monroe.

Jimmy Kimmel's Cousin Sal (the guy in the black button down and jeans, by the easel), taping a segment from that evening's late night show. We didn't get to watch it because my slacker brother failed to get a converter box. and he's never home, so it works for him.

We ate at this open air thingy...and our view was the Jimmy Kimmel pic above. pretty cool. Charlie was NOT impressed.

When Marilyn isn't haunting at the Roosevelt, she's working it with Michael J. This guy was eerily similar.

And when the King of Pop isn't haunting with MM, he's getting coffee at this swanky little coffee shop in the uber expensive but super neat-o mall with US! (Levi's expression is like "Umm, thought this guy was dead")

the yellow vest on this fella was a wee bit teeny...

Char, you are a poser.

I was really hoping we'd see Tom and Katie. but alas, not on this trip.

There's that Chinese Theatre again...

I mean, it IS cool there....just so many people, and it's sooooo grubby. Money, apparently, can't cover grubby. or creepy. or weird. or odd.

Levi, looking on in complete awe!

Infamous Hollywood Boulevard...

ahhh, got it. didn't think I would, but when it appeared thru the trees, I swear little angels sang and the sun DID shine even just a bit brighter (than it already WAS, OMGosh, it was never cloudy there)

grid-lock...this is another of those "parts" ya don't see on TV.

Happy Belated Chinese New Year to YOU!

Happy Chinese New Year...it's the year of the OXEN....

ever so lovely Christy....

Chinese transplants....

these little guys really do resemble a couple of Asian boys, don't they? so cute!

Christy and Charlie

Christy and Duncan

rambunctious little Chinese boys...

I wanted to share these, in honor of the Chinese holiday that was celebrated yesterday...Thank you for letting me post these, Christy...you lovely Chinese/Asia/Malaysian chick, you! You make our family so much more interesting...not that the Swedish/Scottish/English etc stuff isn't nifty...we love you guys...hope your celebrations and red packet acquistions were loads of fun!!

Happy Belated Birthday, Duncalunker

crazy boy...like his father before him

Legomaniac

agile as well...

Christmas 2006...handsome dude!

Before I let anymore days pass, I need to shout out a



Happy 7th Birthday, Duncan...



To my sweet nephew, who is on the west coast!!



I hope and pray that your special day (which just happened to be Memorial Day this year) was one full of many happy memories! May the Lord bless your 7th year on this planet!!



We love you Dude!! Wish you lived closer to us so we could celebrate ya up the right way!! :)

Cute little nephews...that's who they are

These are my brother's sons...Duncan and Charlie. They are 6 and 4 respectively and they are so sweet!
Sad thing is, I don't know these little dudes as well as I wish I did...they came at Christmastime and that was nice to get to know them a little bit better...I tried to kidnap them but Andy wouldn't let me. jerk. (just kiddin' Duke)
It's so strange to look at these little boys and see my brother. I can do that all day long here with Beck...seeing the similarities between her and her daughters...and I'm so glad to be able to be near them. Duncan is Andy's mini-me...Charlie is even starting to fill out and take on some Andy-characteristics! I love you, little guys! I hope you know that!
That's all I have right now...maybe my kid bro will send me some more pix of these dudes. Thanks for letting me get mopey. hope your hump day is marvelous! we got snow....ugh. and you can go now winter. really. any time. spring will be such a welcome change.
off to run some errands!!