Disneyland with Nat & Maya

Nat and Maya came to see us! 

I just can't get over how great it was to have them here! Every last second. 

We had a great time.. even though most of our time was trying to keep our two maniac girls entertained.. okay, mostly my maniac girl! 

the first day they were here, london found my red lipstick. 

what do you think, can she pull it off? this is just about how i feel like i look when i put it on so i guess like mother like daughter.

getting ready to hit the pool. the weather was PERFECT while they were here.

oh nat, this picture will please me for a lifetime. 

she sat on a reese peanut butter heart for 2 hours on our way to Disneyland without knowing. 

i can honestly say.. this might be the hardest i've ever laughed in my life. COULD.NOT.BREATH

we got our girls princess dresses and took them to Disneyland for the day. 

London is a bit obsessed with Minnie Mouse right now.. so I got her a "Minna" (as she calls her) dress 

she's crazy. seriously, out of control. 

Maya could not love Rapunzel more.. so we stood in line for about an hour to meet the cutest Rapunzel of all time. Doesn't she have the sweetest face? I didn't get a picture of Maya with her on my camera because I was taking them all with Nat's camera.. so i might  have to do a Disneyland part II update just for that! It was the sweetest thing ever to see Maya meet her. 

by the time Maya left i'm pretty sure some of D's Minna obsession had rubbed off on both her and nat. Muz left with minnie earrings, necklace and stuffed animal! 

using nats camera to take a picture of herself as she says "cheeeeessssse"  over and over.

We hit the jackpot because Londons second obsession is CARS. 

She about lost it when she saw lightening. Could her smile get any bigger?! is there anything greater than seeing your child THIS happy!?! 

when she saw him she kept saying 

"kachiga kachiga"like Lightening says.

gotta check out EVERY detail! 

this is the only day i took pictures of anything really. 

but oh.. it was so great. 

Natalie came and pretty much took care of us instead of the other way around. Cooked us DELICIOUS meals that we are still eating on, and spoiled D and I both way too much. 

But just having her around and all to myself was the best thing ever. I said this on FB already, but its so true.. I am totally the typical little sister that wants to grow up to be JUST like my two older sisters.
Truly my very best friends, and I could take their kids as my own in a heartbeat... all of my nieces and nephews for that matter. 

San Fran

 Jeremy had a quick business trip to San Fran a couple of weeks ago, so D and I tagged along. 

I have been once before, but it rained the WHOLE time, so I didn't do any site seeing at all..

So this time we got it all in.

I must admit, I LIKE it there, but I'm not in LOVE. 

It was fun to see the sites and downtown, but I might be okay with not going back.

I'm more of a SoCal girl.

:)

I love that I'm SO from Idaho, and I just called myself a SoCal girl.

Alcatraz

Fisherman's Wharf 

 I can't even get over this picture of bubba d and her dad. 

oh, makes me so crazy how great they both are.

Ghirardelli Square

Ghirardelli Chocolate. Heaven in a bite. 

Golden Gate

 Rainbow Bridge

 It was freezing the night we walked around, but London was a trooper the whole trip...

but I'm not sure we left our hearts in San Fran :) 

Now for the goods. 

Oh, I just love posing for those pregnancy bell-eh shots. 

I just can't quite find a pose that I can feel comfy and cozy with.. so I end up just making fun of myself until it makes Jeremy crazy and he throws the camera against the wall. 

Well, he would like to anyway. 

And so would I after looking at the end product. 

Pregnancy Update:

I was so greenly sick for the first 3 months, and felt like I might be a home bound, anti-social outcast forever..

but at about 15 weeks, the fog started to lift and I slightly started to recognize myself again.

And now I feel really good actually. 

Food is my best friend.

I'm starving ALL .THE. TIME.

Why is ANY AND EVERYTHING edible just so much more delightful when you're pregnant? 

Gosh, I could really use Krispy Kreme just sitting here talking about it. 

attempt at a 22 WEEK belly shot.

This is as good as it gets for the (almost) 25 WEEK belly shot. 

London loves "hugging and kissing" my stomach. 

She always points to, and pats my belly and says,

"shhhh, bebe seepy"

isn't it tragic how picture deprived my child is?! 

she is going to feel so unloved when she goes to find baby pictures of herself when she is an adult. 

poor girl. 

how could i not capture this face as much as possible though. 

she's just the greatest good one of all time ;) 

21 months

Overdue London Update

I haven't done an update on London is a LONG time! And I know I'll be sad if I don't write some of this down for me to remember. I know I'll forget most of what I love about her age right now, but at least this will get me started. Most of it is just silly little stuff, but she changes so much so fast that I want to remember some of the small silly stuff that doesn't last long. I usually don't have the patience to write long blog posts, but this one is worth my time and patience! But just a warning that it might not be worth your time and patience to take the time to read :)

She is almost 21 months
Weighs about 22lbs

*She still has her pacifier at night, but never asks for it during the day and knows its for babies when they are sad, or just for night night time. I haven't even begun the thought process of weening her from it at night.
*She has a play set of spoons and little pink bowls that she carries EVERYWHERE with her. In the car, on walks, in her crib.. everywhere.
*She says please and thank you
*When I lay down on the couch she goes to her crib and gets her favorite "ga" (blankie) and puts it by my face.
*kisses my stomach and says "bebe"
*Still loves drinking milk from a bottle.. even though she drinks every other liquid out of a sippy cup.
* She has a shoe obsession, just like her dad. She plays in my closet of shoes for a while every single day without fail. She likes to have them on even around the house.
*She still loves people. Says hi to everybody in the elevator and in all the stores.. and says it until they acknowledge her and say hi back.
*When Jeremy changes her stinky diaper, he fake dry-heaves... so now every time she has stinkers on she comes to me with a diaper and dry-heaves.
*Her favorite book is "That's What a Friend Is", and all of the Dr Seuss books.
* She does all the actions to: popcorn popping, itsy bitsy spider, if your happy and you know it, once there was a snowman, patty cake.
* We sing her I am a Child of God every night when she goes to bed, so she associates it with bedtime, and actually loves it at night, but if we sing it during the day or if she hears it during church or somewhere else, she bursts out in tears and cries until its over and then she is completely fine.
* She loves going to the daycare a the gym while i work out. When she sees me in my work out gear, she runs to the door and says "toys".
* loves having her fingernails painted. She'll sit on my lap and let me paint them and help me blow on them while they dry.
* She LOVES going to nursery at church (I don't know if her or i love it more!).. she sometimes cries when i go to pick her up to leave.
* She has picked up hitting a little bit. Slapped me in the face in church last Sunday actually. So time outs are a close acquaintance these days :)   She knows that shes not suppose to hit because she'll come up after and rub my face really soft and pull my face to hers so i'll kiss her.
* LOVES swimming in the ocean. The water is FREEZING right now, but she doesn't seem to mind. Her lips will turn purple and start shivering uncontrollably before acting like she wants to get out.
*She loves grapes and oranges, and thats about it as far as food goes. Stinker! But we are working on it and she is doing better and better at trying and liking new things.
*Her favorite show is Curious George, and makes his monkey sound all the time.
*She knows when kids are younger than her or around her same age, and loves to boss them around "no no no, mine!".. so naughty. But she doesn't do that with kids older/bigger.
*Jeremy and I love to put on music and try to get her to dance, she has no rhythm and its hilarious. She sure gives it a go though.
*She has started biting her fingernails, makes me insane.
*She has 8 front teeth, 4 molars, and 1 canine just coming in (and hates getting her teeth brushed!)
*When she wants to leave the house she'll go get her shoes, and a pair of my shoes for me.
*Loves having her swimsuit on, even just around the house.
*She loves her baby doll and will wrap her up, sing to her, pat her back, and say "shhhhh, seepy".


I love learning her lingo. She says way more words than this.. pretty much tries to say everything we say.. but here are a few I want to remember.

Hocka = Socks

How = More

Ga = Blanket

toe toe = toes

tur tur = turtle

peeeese = please

tain tu = thank you

esus = Jesus

paa = pacifier

shish = fish

coooo = cookie

banana = nana

Goer = George (Curious George)


I know every parent feels this way... but she really is just the greatest thing in the world. Don't get me wrong, she makes me insane some days, but those moments never last long. I love having a "friend" with me all the time (except when i'm shopping, she's become a horrid shopping partner!) Jeremy and I are a broken record.. its ridiculous how many times we look at each other and say how great she is and how lucky we are. I know that makes me sound like i'm trying to say our life is bliss and our child is perfect. its not. but its close, and we are so lucky to have each other :)  I can't imagine loving anyone else as much as I love D and Germ, but people say it happens.. so this baby girl on her way may have some hope. I'm kidding, I know I'll feel the same way about her as I do London, and I just can't wait.

we just love you "bubba es d"... obsessed really. 

the beach

i can't count how many times a week jeremy and i say 

"i can't believe we live HERE!"

and i really can't

the beach is my favorite place.. ever.

there is NOTHING like it.

here are some pictures from over the last couple of months.. some before Christmas, and some after, but i wanted to share.

these are some i look right before we were announcing to our families that we were expecting again :) 

we are just way too excited for another girlfriend.

the other day, i heard someone say that living in La Jolla was living at the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.. and that anywhere you go from here won't compare. 

i believe it.