Happy Saint Patrick's Day...

We had a play date at the park this morning, and of course we all dressed in something a little green in honor of the day. I actually had to wake Lizzie up this morning at 9am so we could get ready to go and there's absolutely no way she would have gotten up unless I mentioned that the park was involved in our plans for the day... she was more than a little cranky since she was up last night until 1:30 am (I'll explain why in a later blog), but once we got to the park, after watching the garbage truck do its thing all the way down our street, Lizzie was her normal spunky, outgoing self. Abby was a dream baby all morning long, smiling and cooing at everybody, just being mellow, chilling in her stroller. She's such a great baby... I got really lucky with this one. Anyways, happy Saint Patrick's Day!

My happy little noodle!

Moving Day...

Okay, so it's been a little while since I've posted anything on here, but at least there's a good reason for it. We moved... again. I know, I know we move a lot. This would make move number 8 in the almost 9 years we've been married (ugh, I'm so tired of moving). Now before you all go crazy on me let me explain, we're still in the same area, with Ben at the same job, we just moved across town... away from the ghetto, if you can call it that... where we used to live, and closer to our friends, church, and other fun stuff. It wasn't really that bad where we used to be, but just a slight exageration! ;) So, we ended up moving west this time instead of our traditional southernly direction, but I love where we ended up. We have a beautiful 4 bedroom town home (twice the size of our last place) within walking distance to a park and we even have a garage that's attached, so no more hauling kids and groceries up a flight of stairs! Did I mention Ben's sister now lives with us?! Which is really nice so we can all save a little money... and plus with Heidi here all the time (well when she's not at work or out having fun that is) we have a built in babysitter. ;) Anyways, that's what's new with us down here, still a few random boxes left to unpack, but other than that we're all settled in.

We really do need a truck that big!

We have way too much stuff!

2 Month Update...

Here she is 2 months old already... isn't she cute (even with the slashes on her nose from self mutilation... a case of too long of finger nails on the day she got shots)?! ;) Abby had her well baby check-up this Monday and did fantastic, that is until they gave her her first round of shots... poor girl, she didn't do well at all. She turned bright purple for a minute because she wouldn't breathe and then after she calmed down a little she threw-up all over the table. The nurse felt really bad and so did I. She did alright for the rest of the day... no fever, but you could tell her legs really, really bothered her and thus the scratching of the nose while trying to sooth herself by sucking on her thumb (she missed obviously). She's fine now, after a couple of sleepless nights, and a few really nasty diapers. I totally forgot how awful shots were and how they screw-up whatever rhythm you had established for a couple days.

But back to the doctor's appointment... Abby's 23 1/2 inches long, her head measured at 39 3/4th cm and she's 15 lbs 2oz. I know she's a chunky one... all she does is eat and sleep all day, but she's my adorable chunky monkey!

Disneyland...

On President's Day my parents took us all (minus Abby... thanks Heidi) to Disneyland! It was a total blast and Lizzie was in heaven the whole entire time... I don't remember the last time I saw her so excited. She got to see all her favorite characters - Pluto, Goofy, and of course Mickey Mouse. We wandered through Mickie and Minnie's houses in Toontown and stood in the longest line imaginable for the shortest ride possible, but Lizzie really wanted to ride in a flying elephant, so in Dumbo's line we stood. The sad thing is I don't think we got any pictures of it, maybe Ben got some video of it though. We also watched the main street parade, which she loved and was so excited when she finally got to see Donald Duck (she'd been looking for him everywhere). By the end of the day Lizzie was exhausted... she was asleep for half of the fireworks display! It was a long day, but it was a fun day. Thanks mom and dad! And thanks Heidi for having Abby literally all day long. ;)

Lizzie and her cute Mickey ears!

Being smothered by Goofy

Look, Ben has Mickey ears too!

Our favorite encounter of the day!

Beach Day...

My family was down over President's Day weekend and we had a whole lot of fun... The first day they were here we drove, what seemed like forever to get to this place called Solvang... kind of disappointing. The only thing Danish about the place was the buildings, but at least we got to do a wine tasting (and stopped to eat at Esau's along the way - Ben and my favorite surfer cafe).

The next day we went to the beach and just hung out all day. Heidi even came to the beach with us that day, so we took up a pretty good chunk of sand. My parents loved the fact that they weren't in 2 feet of snow or freezing cold and were hanging at the beach in shorts in the middle of February. ;) Got to love California.

My brother rocking it as a surfer

Baby Abby just chillin' on a blanket on her very first trip to the beach

Lizzie making her little village with Auntie Heidi

Happy Valentine's Day...

For Valentine's Day we had a play date at the park and passed out valentine's, of course... as you can see the lollipops were, hands down, Lizzie's absolute favorite.

Just look at those chunky cheeks! ;)

The Dinner Party...

A couple weekends ago we ending up having this extravagant dinner party playtime with Lizzie, while Abby was taking her nap (it was so nice just to play with Lizzie... just the 3 of us). Ben and her went grocery shopping (pretend of course) for it and everything. We all got dressed up and Lizzie took me out to dinner while Ben was our waiter, plus "Mr. Chef" of course. Lizzie was hilarious and we all had a lot of fun. Enjoy the pictures. ;)