Holy Guacamole!

This post is dedicated to Eden's 1 day love of avocados!

(yes, half of it was peeled)

My First Birthday!

Let me just tell you how much I love icing! The cake was good, but man, that icing is real good. I didn't know what to do at first. I figured it out real fast!

It was so good that I just decided to pick up the whole cake! ...why not?

I was so excited to talk about icing, I guess I should have told you about the cake before I enjoyed devouring it! :) This is my first birthday cake that my Aunt Kaela made just for me. I started saying her name after she went back to California.

I was so dirty after I was done that I had to take a quick 'bath' in my swimming pool before getting a real bath. Cake eating is messy work! I had a great birthday with all my granny, grandparents and all my aunts, uncles, and cousins. I was soo happy everyone could come. They love me so much!! Thank you for celebrating with me! :)

11 Months Today!

Love her!!

Playing in her crib

This is my favorite thing right now. She walks herself to the end of the crib and I'm crawling on the floor pounding my hands and pop up with a 'boo' she hysterically crawls to the other end of the crib, so I crawl on the floor to the other end. When I pop up the second time she flops her body down waiting for a tickle! Of course there's screaming involved. :)

Our trip to the park today. She got mad at me when I put her on my lap and was swinging with her because she didn't want to get sleepy. I started humming and she started growling!

Happy 30th Birthday Matt!

Happy 30th Birthday Daddy!

Eden was a trooper yesterday. She didn't feel well and we ran many errands. You can see her red splotchy face and tired eyes. :( She was still ready to celebrate her Dad turning the big 3-0!

10 Months

Hmmm..... Eden will be 11 months in just a few days.

I feel like the faster she moves the faster the months go! She is crawling like crazy. Her favorite game right now is trying to find me behind the couch, the other side of the wall...you get the picture. She's playing chase/hide-n-seek, and just laughs! She loves her cheerios, swinging and her car seat. She actually flaps her arms and is excited when she has to get in it. She has also mastered taking out the 'child-proof' outlet covers, and opening any container that has a pop lid instead of one that screws on. Her favorite is taking her Puffs lid off and eating right from the container like a cup! Here a a few pictures of her life in the last month.

This is the face when she doesn't get what she wants in a second or she hurts herself. She will look at you like it's all your fault. Right now it's cute......I hope it doesn't turn into tantrums! I think I may be raising a red-head!

Here it is again.... :)

I sent Matt out on a pool mission on Eden's 3rd day of her fever. She had been wanting to go out, but it was just too hot. This was the best smile we could get for those few days. After the first few minutes she was more interested in trying to climb out of the pool than playing inside. It did cool her down and she felt better with a little help of Tylenol.

She loves it!!

...and I love this face!

This is what I do when she is tired and is fighting sleep. Stick her crib in front of the open windows, put the cat in the sill and give her a few toys. I wonder what the neighbors think as they walk by and see/hear a baby screaming out of the second story window? (she pulls herself up to the crib and screams at people walking by) The tired mom can clean the bathroom and pick up a few things and baby is HAPPY!

California Weekend!

Disney Land!

Raeh, Karley, Eden and I worked it out with Jonathan to surprise Kaela with a visit! Although she thought that the surprise was that Jon had found her lost kitten, she was not disappointed! J

Our flight left at 6:15am Friday morning. Eden had not slept but maybe an hour (sitting up in her crib) the entire night. She had a fever, and instead of taking a shower and getting myself ready in the morning I was giving my baby a cold bath at 3:00am. She was miserable! It was a rough start to the weekend. I was debating about calling the airline to get a later flight. I didn't think we would be able to make it there in time. We did and the flight was fine except for a very tired, hot, unhappy baby. (why is this underlined and blue?? ahhh)

Jonathan picked us up 9:30am Cali time. Raeh and I survived the airport and the flight just fine with the kids. (I in the meantime am completely stressed that Eden is so unhappy and not feeling well because she's always so happy) It was a long day to get her to sleep and take good naps.

We just hung out Friday - it was good. Jon made the best hamburgers!---yum!!

Saturday we took a trip to Disney! Jonathan had been working on getting free tickets for us, amazing! Karley was in awe! She is totally in the princess phase right now. I literally had tears in my eyes watching her reaction when meeting the princesses.

I can't remember if we went to the animal shelter Friday night or Saturday night....Kaela wanted a new kitty. We didn't find one.

Sunday we headed out to Jon's parents. (I really wish we could have met them. They are in Israel celebrating their wedding anniversary. ) They raise Salukis. She either trains or judges them for dog shows, I'm not certain. They have peacocks too! Those are some noisy birds! After visiting the dog farm we went to our Aunt Jane's for a dip in the hot tub and supper. It's always nice to catch up with Scott and Jane.

Sunday night we were able to enjoy some sister time with no kids or boys. (no offense baby girls or jon)

It was hard to say goodbye Monday afternoon but I was ready to get Eden back to her crib and routine. She did great the rest of the trip. Friday was the only rough day. The flight on the way back was great. All four of us even got to sleep on the way to Houston! With 20 minutes left on our Houston - Columbus flight, Karley got sick on a blueberry smoothie. Raeh and Karley were covered! Soo thankful that if it had to happen, it was perfect timing. Flight going home and almost off the plane! :)

It was a great trip, but I was not anticipating how much work it would be to travel with kids and no husband. Raeh and I handled it well, just harder than I thought!

There were too many pictures to decide which ones to post......

Karley is mesmerized!

Eden trying to kiss Eden the dog.

Hanging out at the park.

Swimming at Aunt Jane and Uncle Scott's

Saying goodbye :(

Trying to catch Eden's fig newton face. I fed her the cookie part of the fig newton on the plane to keep her occupied for a few minutes. She LOVED it! She was scrunching up her nose, half closing her eyes, and tipping her head back like she new she wasn't really supposed to be eating it. :)

California Weekend