San Diego

We headed to San Diego last weekend for a

weekend vacation/spring break.

Addyson and Brandon at Mission Beach

She LOVED the beach!

Me and my girl!

digging a hole

we buried her in the hole

We went to Sea World,

and got to meet Shamu!

look at my child's face... speechless

on the Abby ride!

on the Elmo ride!

The dolphin show!

It was so cool! Ad loved it!

penguins!

my two faves!

And her dreams came true!!

She got to meet Elmo AND Abby!

happiest. girl. ever.

Us with Elmo and Abby

Shamu show

petting a pig!

touching the star fish

riding over the bay!

Ad loved it, she kept telling us she

wanted a pink boat

Breakfast on the beach, it was gorgeous!

Our fam on the boardwalk

It was a fun weekend trip with LOTS of good food,

swimming, beach, shopping, and animals!

Weekend With Brothers!

My brothers and their others came to visit

us last weekend and we had SO much fun!

We of course had to take our cousin on the

carousel ( I think this is Ad's like 10th time on it)

Brandon and my brother ran a half marathon.

Brandon at the finish line!

Here comes Benjamin!

The aftermath, bloody knee and all!

Ad with the medal!

The boys!

The whole gang after the race,

Lake Mead in the background.

The girls

Addyson, Me, Emily (and baby bump) and Katie

Ad checking out the water.

She spots the birds...

she makes her way over...

a little closer...

and off they go!

bundled up after playing in the

FREEZING water

Our fam

We ended off the weekend with a

party with my Aunt and cousins to celebrate

Damon's first birthday!

Damon's birthday cake!

The birthday boy enjoyed it VERY much!

It was a fun and busy weekend. We were

exhausted by the end, but we had so much fun!

Happy Birthday DiDi

Today is my Mom's birthday,

and it's a BIG one!

We are sad we couldn't be with her on her

special day, but we made this video to show

her some love!

Happy Birthday to the best DiDi in the world!

We love you SO much!

Big Girl Room

It became time to convert the nursery into a big girl room.

Little Miss Ad had learned how to climb out of her crib,

which was really more like a jump out of her crib,

so I decided it was time!

Here is her new big girl bed,

with the headboard I made for her.

This is the main and only full wall in her room.

Her room is the size of a shoe box, luckily she's

little and doesn't mind!

Here's a view of her other walls

(p.s I hate diagonal walls!)

and a view of my new favorite addition to her room.

It's a ruler growth chart, which I painted and ordered

a vinyl for. I love it and can't wait to put Ad's stats up on it!

So that's my little girl's big girl room. She loves her

big girl bed, and stays in it most of the time, except

for today when she was jumping on her bed instead

of taking a nap!

And she has only fallen out of it once! Luckily, she was

so out of it, that she doesn't even remember it happening

and fell right back to sleep!

Here is the link to the RULER GROWTH CHART

My Pretty 2 Year Old

Here are LOTS of pictures of my pretty little 2 year old.

What can I say, I'm a proud Mommy!

Also, I regret not taking more professional

looking pictures during her first year of life, so I'm

trying to do better!

Yummy cotton candy

She actually was not into the cotton candy so...

out came the "pop"

Then came the horsey aka "neigh"

cheesy smile

pop!

my 2 prop, I found it at Homegoods

for $2 and couldn't resist!

Out came the balloons

and strolling with Daddy

want some pop Mom?

happy girl!

lick!

I love those eyes!

and off she goes!

one more walk by!

Happy Birthday to my favorite 2 year old ever!

And thank you to the cotton candy, "pop", "neigh"

and balloons for allowing me to snap a few pics of

my busy little girl!