Beach Day in St.Kitts 2010

Meeting for the first time

Meeting my neice for the first time was so amazing. London is such a loving and happy baby, she has a light in her eyes and a laughter that is contiagous. I'm so proud!

Uncle Leonard and Auntie Felicity meeting London for the first time.

Cousin(s) Janelle & Chantel and Auntie Joycie meeting London for the first time.

London and Marley meeting for the first time. Love!

Thomas the Train

Marley's 2nd Christmas

Marley's 2nd Christmas was spent in St.Kitts with my parents. Marley is loving every minute of it. Happy Holidays Everyone.

22 Months

My little Marley is not so little anymore. I marvel in his growth. I am amazed daily with his vocabulary. He is starting to string words together, make up simple sentences. He has thoughts, and ideas that he can actually express. For example: we started Christmas Shopping today and we were driving around in circles looking for a parking spot. "I said to myself "Oh No Marley , I cannot find a spot. What are we going to do?" and he said "I know....I got a idea?!" I broke my neck to look back really quick and briefly and could not believe my ears. And we both just started laughing. It's pretty amzing, eventhough he is the very same person who has restricted my sleep and energy for 22 months thus far, he is still my favorite person. He wakes up everyday with a loud "Good Morning Mama, Good Morning Papa". When we open our front door ......look out because Marley will run you over with excitement to get out and conquer the world! Lessons of fearlessness he teaches me everyday. ~he has already given me one my new years resolution.

Skywalker Ranch

This weekend we took a mini vacation to Skywalker Ranch for Ahmed's 2nd season premier of "Robot Chicken". We had the amazing experience of staying on the Ranch in one of the suites. The Ranch was the most beautiful retreat, tuck in the middle of hundreds of acres of protected forest and farmland in Marin, Northern California. We stayed in the John Steinbeck inspired suite filled with his books. The most popular being "Of Mice and Men". It was a beautiful 2 bedroom with a fireplace. It was so peacefull and quiet we didn't want to leave the bedroom! All I wanted to do was drink hot chocolate and get cozy in front of the fire. From our window all we could see was reddish/orange leaves and rain gently misting over the green. A day that would seem gloomy to most, but I found it to be comforting and inspiring.

Marley had an amazing day, he met George Lucas and all of Skywalker Land. After the premier, The Skywalker Ranch fire department pulled out the trucks and allowed Marley to sit in the drivers seat. He screamed "Truck Mama, Truuuuuuuuck!"Ahmed lifted him inside and the rest was history..........until we removed him from the seat, he then had a melt down. ......Understood my son. ;)

WES Coast

My dear friend Wes Veldink, visited Marley and Nainoa last weekend from NY. I was introduce to him more than ten years ago through one of my besties Coralissa, and I haven't let go since. I cannot tell you what a talent and amazing spirit this man is. He filled our home with love, tenderness and laughter and the boys had us laughing all afternoon. Marley entertained all of us with pop locking moves and Nainoa showed off his unique styling! Wes was a natural and as you can see.........And they were very excited to view the playbacks of there highlighted moments. ;) I think we have some entertainers in the making. Ooops. ;)

Yo Gabba Gabba Concert

The day after Thanksgiving, Marley attended his first concert at the Nokia Live Theater. The Yo Gabba Gabba Live Concert was awesome. Marley didn't know what to do with himself. He was so overwhelmed with the lights, music and his favorite characters dancing on stage. He kept on looking up at the jumbo tron, then at the stage. It was as if he was questioning whether his whole experience was real or not. He stood behind me in our seat, with his little hands wrapped around my neck, the hoopla had him bursting with so much excitement, I thought he was going to fall out! All the children were going crazy. It was the equivalent to a fan of the Beatles or Micheal Jackson. Gabba Fans were not coveted by children alone, Parents were just as enthusiastic and Gabba Crazy. Parents, Grandparents, Friends, Celebrities.......everybody was in that audience. The only thing that mattered for 2 hours was DJ Lance Rock, Phlex, Brobee,Muno,Toodee,Foofa and Biz!!! What a great weekend.

ThanksGiving Rockband

Marley's 2nd ThanksGiving was spent in the Los Feliz hills at our freind, Tracies house. We had an intamate dinner with about 10 people sitting down for dinner and more people trickling in during the evening. The night was fun, warm and full of laughter. Although the evening was attended mostly by adults, Marley always manages to entertain himself. As long as there are drums..........he is happy!