Family Vacation

This past weekend we took a little family trip down to Long Beach, CA. We went to El Dorado Park (the park is huge!) where we rode the train, attempted to feed the ducks, and had a nice picnic lunch. After that we headed down to the Long Beach Aquarium. Once we got there we realized how CROWDED the place was, but decided to make the best of it. You could spend the entire day there, there is a lot to see and Emalee loves animals, all she kept saying was "Fishy." We were all getting a little overwhelmed with the crowd, it was hard to see or do anything with the number of people that were there. We then decided to head outside and walk around in Shoreline Village. Emalee rode the carousel, we shopped a little, and just enjoyed being down on the water.

For dinner we headed down to one of our favorite spots, Ruby's Diner at the end of the Seal Beach Pier. Tommy and I hadn't been there since I was pregnant...which was a long time ago!

Over all we had a great trip. We enjoyed spending time with Aunt Cathy and Uncle Tim (my godparents) and we all had a great time!

4th of July

We weren't sure how this year would turn out. Last year we were out of town on the 4th and the firework display was much smaller then Pahrump's. We spent the afternoon at my parents swimming and barbecuing, then headed to the park once the sun started to set. Emalee did fine, she wasn't scared, there were no tears...but she fell asleep! She slept next to my mom for most of the fireworks, until the finale woke her up :)

Our little fish

Emalee absolutely LOVES the water...she gets mad when she has to get out!




Swimming with Shuggie



Just came down the slide, we did this for hours! :)

Loving the pool

Emalee turns 2!

I am still kind of in shock that Emalee is 2 ALREADY!! Time has literally flown by :)

We had a birthday party for her over the weekend. We had her favorite...hot dogs (with ketchup, of course), and I made cupcakes for her. Her Great Grandparents came in from California for the weekend, which is always a special treat.

She was spoiled rotten by all of our family and friends. She got adorable outfits, jammies, dress up clothes, movies, money, a scooter, a tricycle, swim toys, a baby doll & a stroller, and Leap Frog ABC's. She is a 100% GIRL and loves to dress up in her Tinkerbell costume and her tutu. She is also very into baby dolls and being a "Mommy" so the stroller and baby doll have gone just about everywhere with us. She also loves her new tricycle and scooter...Mommy just needs to get the helmet to go with!! :)

At her 2 year check up we were told that she growing just fine, measuring in at 3 feet tall already...I think she's going to be very tall like her Daddy!! We are looking forward to all the new adventures of toddler hood. :)

Mommy & Daddy love you Emalee...Happy 2nd Birthday!!

Emalee's 2 Year Pictures

Today was our first attempt at taking "professional" style pictures without the professional! ;) Since the picture place we've used since birth is now closed, we figured why not try and do it on our own?!

There were definitely challenging moments, when our "almost 2 year old" didn't really want to sit still and pose, so we had to be quick and ready to snap a shot at any moment.

We aren't quite sure if we will do this all the time, but it was a fun experience, and as she gets older it should only get easier...hopefully! :)

Hippity Hoppity!

We had a great Easter this year! It was so fun watching Emalee understand the concept of hunting for eggs. Last year she wasn't walking yet, so she basically crawled around and payed with the eggs on the living room floor. :)

Tommy and I hosted Easter dinner at our house which was nice, I can't remember the last holiday were we didn't have to go all over town visiting all 3 sets of parents. We had 15 plus Emalee and my little niece Brodi. All of our parents, my sister, my little brother, Tommy's little sister, and some of our niece's & nephews.

It was a beautiful day and so nice being surrounded by our family!

Planting Flowers

We recently took a trip down to California to visit Emalee's Great Grandparents. She had fun helping Nana (my mom) plant flowers in Great Nana's yard. She wasn't too sure about the dirt and being dirty at first, but once she realized she liked it, it was all over!! She loves using her new gardening tools that Great Nana & Great Papa got her! She was also very fascinated by the snails; thank God she didn't try to put them in her mouth. She picked it up, looked at it, and then dropped it back on the ground. :)