Christmas Light Cruise

On Christmas Night, we took Isaiah out cruising to look at Christmas lights. He loved it! There are some really great neighborhoods that really get into the Christmas spirit. It was a great new tradition.

Basketball Birthday Bash

Isaiah spent the night of his 1st birthday proudly watching his dad coach (and win) a great basketball game. The birthday boy definitely enjoyed all the attention he got.

Isaiah and Coach Andrea...


Isaiah cheering on the Eagles from the side court...

GO EAGLES!

Salon Tosland

Isaiah got his first haircut on his 1st birthday by his own personal stylist. We did just a trim, and he was very well behaved. He still has both his ears.


"Mom... I am not sure about this do..."

Its Party Time

We got to celebrate Isaiah's first birthday tonight with our family. It was a great evening of food, gifts, cupcakes, and smiles. Isaiah got some great gifts (as you can see below) and truly enjoyed his first real "sweet." He chowed down a whole cupcake with no problem. Looks like he has his mom's sweet tooth (I blame heredity). He had some birthday experts on hand to show him how to open presents (his cousins). He got some good practice for Christmas. By the end of the night, Isaiah was on cloud 9 smiling and loving every moment of his party. What an animal. We'll see how he does tonight with all that sugar pumping through his veins.

What an awesome kid! This year has been so great. What a blessing Isaiah has been to us. There have been some tough times, some sleepless times, some messy times, but each day has ended with us realizing how much better our life is now that Isaiah is a part of it.

Happy 1st Birthday Kid! And many more...

Isaiah's First Year

THE BIG DAY IS HERE!

Happy 1st Birthday to our litle man Isaiah Quinn Tosland. At 7:08 tonight, Isaiah will have completed the momentous first year of life, and we will have officially survived and enjoyed the first year of parenting. What a blast it has been.

We have a great day planned for Isaiah. His favorite blueberry muffins for breakfast, his first hair cut (by the ever so famous celebrity hairstylist his mom), luxiorious bathing and styling at the Tosland Day Spa, power napping (taking place right now), basketball games (dad is directing a tournament this week and coaching his team in it), and I'm sure we'll fit in some goodies and presents in there somewhere. We gave him his first present this morning. His own cell phone (seen in his hand in the picture above from this morning). We decided to be the most obnoxious parents ever and break the record for youngest kid with a cell phone. Watch out little Barron Trump. Actually, its our old cell phone that we found yesterday and thought he would like. Lets see how long it takes for him to figure out there's no service plan agreement.

Happy 1st Birthday to the best baby in the world (there's no bias on this one folks, the kid is awesome)!

"I've been a good boy."

Gingerbread Weekend

Isaiah got to hang out with his cuz Jules this weekend and make his first ever gingerbread house. What a beauty.

The highlight of his day was when his Auntie came to pick up Jules. He always has a hug and a smile for Auntie.

Nudey Beauty

Bathtime Fun

Splish Splash I was takin' a bath, and lovin' every moment. Isaiah is bustin' out of his ducky tub and ready to move on to bigger and better waters (the real tub). Wow.

Lots of Leaves

Wild winds blew almost all of our leaves off the trees this weekend, giving Isaiah a whole new backyard for play. He really enjoyed stepping on the leaves and crunching them in his hands. We went from Fall to Winter in one day as all the trees in town were blown empty. As we were driving around town, the leaves were flying all over the place making our car seem like it was going into hyperspace. We had lots of fun with the crazy weather and beautiful, colorful leaves this weekend.

Crash and Burn

Isaiah seems to think that since he has been walking for a month, he should be able to start running. Running right into things to be exact. Yesterday, Isaiah crashed into a rubbermaid container full of Christmas lights. He landed right on his mouth. You can see him showing off his sexy big lip in this picture. "Adrian, Adrian..."

Isaiah's Latest Glam Shots 2

Still working his way towards a dynamic career in male modeling...

Thanksgiving 2006 -

Escondido (Papa and Ma's Casa)
Hanging out with the cousins - one of Isaiah's favorite past times. The kids like to wake up early in the morning and find the only morning person in our family (Ma, not me shocker). They sit on the counter and drink hot cocoa. Isaiah is just about ready to join in the hot cocoa tradition, but instead gulps down some cherrios and a smoothie (his favorite morning treat).



Isaiah and Ethan cruise the house in their PJs looking for some trouble. Isaiah will follow Ethan almost anywhere he goes. Ethan fell off a chair during the vacation and broke his elbow, but Isaiah didn't get to follow him late at night to urgent care. Ethan has a cute blue cast on his arm for a few weeks, but doesn't let that stop him from continuing to have adventures with his cuz.

Thanksgiving Olypmics 2006


Isaiah wins a silver medal for the Tosland Team (The Nation of Land of Toz) during the ping pong drop event. We trained him well.


Team Tosland - The Peoples Republic of the Land of Toz
Each family made their own flag representing their country. Our motto...
"There's no place like... 1st place"



The Olympic particpants and delegates. We had a blast playing ultimate frisbee, putting and driving golf (Josh scored an amazing hole in one during the driving contest), basketball, ping pong drop, M&M wars, and horseshoes. The Land of Toz walked away with 3 gold medals. Yeah Baby!

New Thanksgiving Tradition

We ended our vacation on a high (and fast) note by visiting this indoor racing place where we got to race each other with these mini racecars (going up to 40MPH). It was a blast. I'd like to say I came in first, but I didn't. I was too busy waving to Isaiah at the starting line every time I drove by (yeah, yeah, excuses).

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so thankful for our amazing family. Mom, Dad, Doug, Tiffany, Mason, Julia, Ethan, Nick, Midi, and Tim. We love you!

Disneyland - Basketball Team

The Fresno Christian Girls Basketball Team and Coaching staff spent the weekend before Thanksgiving down in Anaheim for a little team bonding, Disney style. Yes, we were one of those really cool groups that had all matching shirts and sweatshirts. We had a great time!

Halloween Party Time

Trick or Treat!



Isaiah had his first Halloween party this weekend. It was a blast. We decorated pumpkins, frosted cookies, scarfed down chili boats, pounded on a pinata, and inhaled as much candy as possible. What a night. We are definitely going to have to make this one a Tosland Family tradition. Here are some pics from the party...


Arrggghhhhh! Yar in me way! Eventhough Captain Isaiah was feeling under the weather all weekend (he's fighting a cold), he still made an adorable, I mean, ferocious pirate baby. I think the snot drizzling from the nose only added to the spirit of the costume.


Jordan, Isaiah, Benjamin, and Lucas hang out in Isaiah's pirate grotto.


Everyone loved the delicious sugar cookies (baked from scratch by Tiffany), as well as the mobs of frosting and candy decor loaded on top.


Dorina and Meilani (cutest flower and butterfly mom and daugther costumes ever) decorate cookies with Krizia. Meilani was much more interested in eating the plate than the cookie. What a doll!


Its not a true party unless you have a mummy pinata (a powerranger wrapped strategically by Josh in toilet paper) to pound on. Benjamin sends the mummy flying across the yard with a huge swing.


The cutest little good witch in the west. Julia brews up some cute cookies to munch on during the party.

Isaiah and Mom

Finally got the Mommy and Me pictures done...
Isaiah is almost 10 months old already. Wow! This kid has my heart in his hands big time. What a doll.

Isaiah's First Horserace

Go Horsie Go!


Isaiah watches intensly during the showing of the horses before the race. He wants to be sure to carefully select which horse he wants Dad to put 5 bucks on.


Isaiah definitely gets into the competitive spirit of the race. If he could talk, I think he would be screaming "move your bloomin' arse."


The dramatization continues as Isaiah's horse of choices places and scores us an extra couple of bucks. What a great day at the Big Fresno Fair and at Isaiah's first horserace.

Happy Birthday Auntie!

Monday was Auntie Tiffany's birthday, and what better way to celebrate than with a homemade chocolate cake (made by Doug all by himself). Isaiah enjoys being in his Auntie's arms. When he sees her, he smiles, bounces, and claps his hands. What a great way to be greeted. He knows he's in good hands when Auntie is around. His cousins provide pretty good entertainment too.

Garden Girls

As beautiful as the roses they pick...
Julia and Ma Hawaii visited last weekend and spent some quality time picking a gorgeous bouquet of roses from our garden.

Go Bulldogs

Go Bulldogs!
They may be on a losing streak, but the Bulldogs still have two cheerful and all-weather fans.