The Tuesday 7

1. This picture makes me smile. Matt is on a work phone call and Ky is trying to get his attention. I think they have a similar head shape.


2. We had a busy weekend with 3 birthday parties (for a 2 year old, a 3 year old, and a 30 year old.) Here's Sheri, Megan and I celebrating Sheri's 30th at the Viceroy hotel in Santa Monica- such a fun night!


3. Lauren's 3rd bday party was at The Little Gym. I've never taken Kylie to one of these kinds of places and she sure did like it.


4. Lauren's on the top of her castle and all the kiddos are facing the right way except my Ky of course:)


5. We also had wonderful visits from both Grandpa B and Grandma and Grandpa S. I didn't get any pictures with the Smart Grandparents so I'll have to make sure to next time.


6. We added a few things to the Silhoutte (sp?) wall and I feel like it is finally done (or at least for the time being!) Matt gets all the credit for the sideways Love.


7. I can't wait to see my college friends this weekend!!!

Watching the raindrops....wow was there a lot of rain!


Kylie loves to take her walker outside to cruise in the backyard. She's letting go while standing more often and has taken the occasional 1 baby step.....walking here we come!


I got to watch my friend Peggy's son, Zachary, last week while she had a Dr. appt for baby #2 due in May. Peggy is a friend that I used to teach with, who moved to DC, and is now back, yippee! Zachary is so verbal. He's only 7 months older than Kylie but it was so fun to see a little of what's to come with being able to communicate with Ky.

Weekend in Davis

Matt got to go to Mammoth for work last weekend, so Kylie and I decided to go to Davis for the weekend. We had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa B. Here we are on campus. Do I have a future UC Davis Aggie???


My Dad took this walker home from the church nursery and Kylie had a blast cruising around the house and even on the patio.




My Dad and I went to check out the recently renovated public library. I wanted to check out a Baby Signing DVD to see if Kylie liked it and she did! I hope the Torrance Library carries them too. Anyways the new library is amazing! Especially the kids area- definitely a place we'll have to hang out at again when she's a little older.


The flight home was probably the best flying experience I've had with Kylie so far. We had the whole row to ourselves and she fell asleep on my lap for most of the flight.


Thanks Mom and Dad for a fantastic weekend!

Grandma came last week to babysit Kylie. Kylie adores her Grandma although in this pic she isn't sure if she wants to laugh or cry.


Dave joins the 30 club- celebrating his birthday at Union Cattle. The babies all did great!


A girl after my own heart...Kylie was able to reach up tall and pull out the bag of Dove dark chocolates.

Weekend Wrap Up

We had a really fun 3 Day weekend. It started on Friday when we got to babysit cousin Jadon. Jim and Rachel attended an award's show where To Save a Life was nominated for the Epiphany Award. Unfortunately, Chronicles on Narnia won it. I guess it's kind of hard to compete with CS Lewis.


It's been fun to watch Kylie and Jadon be able to interact more and more. Jadon has just started crawling on his knees and pulling to a stand, all in one week. On this visit, Kylie enjoyed patting Jadon's head and Jadon enjoyed chasing Kylie while she cruised around with her walker. Aargh, I can't get the underlining to go away- so annoying.




Watching Daddy/ Uncle Jimmy pack up the car.

Saturday was quite uneventful. Jim and Rachel left after breakfast and Matt and I actually stayed in our PJs til 2:00! We both read in bed and took naps while Kylie took hers.


After church on Sunday, we went to the Long Beach Aquarium with Dave, Megan, and Levi. It was pretty crowded but both kids were excited about seeing all the fish.





It was nice that there were no signs that said stay off the glass. Kylie hasn't really had much exposure to fish tanks and she sure didn't seem scared of them at all.


On Monday we took advantage of the nice weather and drove to the Terranea Resort in PV with Tim, Sheri, and Stevie. We ate lunch on the bluffs and enjoyed a beautiful walk.


The girls were so well behaved they even let us 4 adults play a few rounds of pinochle.

Kylie sure seems to be into patting heads these days. See both the water bottles- I never would have guessed before having Ky that they would be such a handy toy.


That's one of the Terranea pools in the background...we were hoping the waiters would walk over to us and offer us the drink menu, but they never did.

Thanks for being such great troopers girls!

Valentine's Weekend Fun

For Valentine's Day, Matt planned for us to take a super fun cooking class with friends. It was a blast and we made some delicious Italian food. We had taken a class from the same chef a few years back but it was much more fun cooking and enjoying the food with great friends.





Matt's family was in town on Sunday and we enjoyed an afternoon stroll on the strand.



Kylie also got her first haircut from Yassmin, who cuts both Matt and my hair. Note: this picture was staged. Kylie sat on my lap during the hair cut but there was no one to take our picture. Yassmin makes super cute hair clips and gave Kylie one after the cut...maybe someday she'll actually be able to leave the clip in.

8 on Monday

1. I ran my first race in 2 years yesterday, the RB Superbowl 10K. In fact, the last race I ran was this same one 2 years ago (just a month before finding out I was pregnant)...can't believe I haven't raced in that long! Anyways, I ran with my friend Meghan and felt great. I did it in 53:36 (2 min. slower than 2 years ago) but I just wanted to break 55 so I was happy.



2. I'm excited to watch Meghan (same one as pictured above) and Mike on Wheel of Fortune tomorrow (Tues.) night!!! I've been excited to watch it since they filmed in Vegas in July.

3. I'm getting a little anxious for Kylie to walk and talk. We're going on 16 months already. I think she's close but who knows, could be another month away....The flip side is that b/c she's still not walking or saying anything definitive, she still seems more like my little baby rather than approaching toddlerhood which I like.

4. I've been making fun bows for Kylie's hair (she's kind of going through an awkward hair length) but I can't get her to keep them in...anyone have any suggestions??

5. I never knew I had any followers of my blog. I just assumed that since I didn't have that icon on my site, I didn't have followers...but while editing a post, I discovered I had 6 followers. Thanks friends! And actually, I don't even know what that means. Do they get an email or something when I do a new post?

6. My 2 favorite shows this year are Parenthood and Modern Family- LOVE them both!

7. My friend Julie just mailed me her old Pottery Barn red striped valances for my kitchen- so fun to get them in the mail today! Thanks Jules!

8. Matt's sick and might stay home from work tomorrow. We both were feeling crummy yesterday afternoon- I think Kylie gave it to us but I feel better now. I wonder if it's because I got the flu shot and Matt didn't???