Happy Father's Day! (a little late!)

I just wanted to do a quick post for AJ since he's the best daddy in the whole world! He loves his little girl so much and I appreciate all he does! He's always wanting to get on the floor and play with her (which is great considering the pregnant state that I'm in!), he's always wanting, yes, I said wanting, to change poopy diapers, and he clearly loves Lily so much! I'm so grateful for him!

Happy Father's Day (next year he'll be the father of 2 kids! YAHOO!)

And a Happy Father's Day to my Dad and Dan (my father-in-law) you're the best!

San Diego Part 1

We are back from our amazing get-away and I have lots of pictures to share! Instead of overwhelming you all with tons of pictures, I'm going to break it up into chunks!

First of all, thank you to both sets of grandparents that took Lily for us! I know she had such a fun time being spoiled and played with 24/7! Just beware, since she did so well staying over we might take you up on that again! :)

So, we left first thing Thursday morning and flew into San Diego. I was already sad to be leaving Lily and it was really hard being away from her! Except for the times when I did see kids her age who were crying or throwing a tantrum, it made me happy Lily wasn't there! But, it really was hard being away-but so needed at the same time! We rented a car (thanks to my dad!) and AJ was in on this little surprise:

A mustang convertible! This thing was so fast and so fun to drive in! It made our experience a lot more fun that's for sure! And I also got a funky tan line on my forehead from the sun coming down on top of me! But it was super fun! And AJ is normally a SLOW driver, but apparently to get him to drive fast, all you need to do is get him a mustang!

And our hotel room (thanks again dad-he travels a lot and earns "points", which is why he was able to get us the car and room!)

View from our hotel window-so fun to lay in bed and see the water! After getting settled in we decided to drive around the town a bit and find a beach to go hang out at for a little while.

We stopped at Mission Beach for an hour or so. It was nice and warm for us-although the locals kept calling it the "June Gloom." I'm sure they're used to warmer weather, but for us Oregonians it was perfect! We were never too hot or too cold (except for the evenings) and with me being pregnant I didn't want to be sweating everyday anyway! It was great weather for us!

The boardwalk

Cooling my feet off in the water

As we were walking along the boardwalk, we saw this crazy place-I think it was called Wave Rider. Anyway, people pay to catch a wave on this thing! It was fun to watch for a bit. After walking around for a while we were hungry! We decided to head on over to Seaport Village and eat at one of the restaurants that face the bay.

The view from our table-it was so nice! Anyway, that's all for now-more to come later :)

Pool fun

Since it's been so warm out lately, Lily's been in her little kiddie pool lots! She loves splashing around in there, getting in and out of it over and over, and even going down her slide into the water! Today, it wasn't even very hot outside and she was wanting to go in her pool so badly. I couldn't let her-I'm a mean mom! But she had fun playing outside anyway. Hopefully warmer days can come so she can take advantage of her pool!Ready to go down her slide!
Going down...
And she's in!
And wanting to go backwards this time! I love her little bum :)
By the way, this was happening the day of our big thunder/lightening storm! We were out because it was nice and sunny and not 10 minutes later it started to get really windy. Like, eerily windy and super dark. I told Lily I was sorry but we needed to go inside. Good thing, because 10 minutes after that the storm was here! Crazy weather!
And I won't be blogging for a bit because AJ and I are headed to San Diego for a little get-a-way for just the 2 of us!!! YIPEE! I'm so excited and can't wait to have 5 days alone with my husband. We'll head to Sea World one day and hang out the rest of the time. Unfortunately, the high is supposed to only be 68 degrees. I was hoping for warmer. :( But, the forecast calls for no rain! I'll take what I can get!

More S'mores!

I love that it's basically summertime around here! We've been having such great weather and it makes me happy! Last weekend we had people over for a little burn pit. With our wedding gift cards, we purchased this little outdoor fire pit. We didn't use it too much at first, but the last couple of years we've brought it out lots. Lily hasn't seen it yet, because we always wait until she's in bed so we can have some adult time! One of these days we can make one early for her :) I think she'd like it! Anyway, it's fun to sit around and talk and roast s'mores! I LOVE THEM!Trying out different settings on my camera and thought it turned out kinda cool! This is Joel (my brother) and Katie
And one with the flash on!
My sister Leandra and her boyfriend Kevin.
Me and AJ

And the burn pit!

Here's to more nights of fun! And if you ever wanna come over just let me know! The more the merrier :)

Silly Lily

Just a couple of funny pictures of little Lily that were taken this past week:

This is where I found her after I got out of the shower one morning. She had taken most of her toys out of this chest and was sitting in there play for a very long time! It sure made getting ready easy for me because usually she just follows me around and gets into my make-up when I'm trying to put it on! She is definitely a girl :)

Sporting her dress up shoes while being almost naked! I was working out and she comes up to me wearing these and says "look mommy". She cracks me up.

Other than being cute ( and sometimes naughty!!) she is saying so much these days and is putting together full on sentences. She also knows about the baby. If you ask her where the baby is she'll usually say "in mama's tummy." Sometimes she'll randomly say "in mama's tummy, growing, high as the sky." Not sure where the high as the sky came from!! But it sure made me laugh! And tonight, to get her to go to bed, I ask her if she wants me to carry her or if she wants to crawl (she's into crawling when she's supposed to go to bed-whatever works!) So she says to me, "ummm....crackers?" She sure knows how to work me into staying up later! I said no to the crackers and she decided to crawl! This summer marks a big one for us as we will move her into a "big girl" bed and try to potty train! I'm scared...but excited for the changes because that means a baby will be coming! We get to find out the baby's sex on June 25th!!! I wish it was sooner but I'll take what I can get!!

Lily's FIRST haircut!

Well, not a full on haircut, but a trim!

It was time. I was sick of food getting in the ends of her hair and her crying whenever I comb her hair! I just wanted to take a little off the ends-and she has great curls at the end and they were starting to go away! Anyway, she did an amazing job! I was really worried on how she'd react to a complete stranger (to her, not me) cutting her hair, but she just sat there. No crying, not even saying to me "hold you" (her way of wanting me to hold her!), nothing. She was a gem! Here's some fun pictures:

Smiling as she was just getting started! Janna (my hairdresser) was so good with her and let Lily pick out her own cape and everything.

She's zoning out! I had a sucker for a back-up in case she started to freak out. Apparently she'd never had a sucker before, because she didn't know how to lick it! I showed her over and over and she'd kinda put her mouth on it. But she mainly just held it in her hand. It's hard to see, but it's in her left hand!

How she "sucked" on her sucker! She'd basically just put her lips to it and kinda kiss it. It was hilarious!

After her hair was done being cut, Janna wanted to try curling her hair. I said to her "good luck!" I've tried before but she hates it. But does she hate it when a complete stranger does it? Of course not! I was amazed. She just kept staring at herself in the mirror! This girl can be so strange to me sometimes! :)

The finished look! Isn't she adorable?!! I love her cheesy smile and the fact that she's still just holding her sucker!

Another cheesy smile, but at least she's looking at the camera! And half of my mom's face-sorry about that! She brought Lily because I was already there getting my hair done and afterwards just took her back to her house for a nap. I also think Lily did so well because her appt. wasn't until 1 pm-which is when she goes down for a nap! But she was in and out in 15 minutes! I'm hoping I'll be able to curl her hair one of these days! I'm so proud of her for doing so well!

Bump

Yup, I've got a bump and I'm feeling big!

At 9 1/2 weeksAt 12 weeks!

People, I'm scared! I'm secretly (only secretly!) hoping that maybe there's 2 in there still?! I have had ultrasounds, but I've heard stories of the second baby hiding behind the first one! I really doubt there is though! I just need to work on being THANKFUL that I'm pregnant in the first place and not worry about the weight right?! God is soo good!!!

And here's the little baby at 10 weeks! The baby was super active during the ultrasound too. My doctor was really nice and just let me stare at "it" moving around for a while. So fun! We find out next month what we're having! YAY!

Of course I had to include a picture of my sweet Lily (who wasn't so sweet to me on Mother's Day but that's a whole other story!) A trip to Costco = a fun box for her to play in! Who knew she'd like cardboard more than her toys?!