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

9 Months!

Eden is 9 months old today! The 8-9 month flew by. She is doing something new every 2-3 days it seems. Yesterday she just started sitting on her bottom from being on her belly. She was crawling (well, I should saw army-scooting..she doesn't alternate arms she reaches both arms and pumps both legs to drag herself where she wants to go) around on the floor and the next thing I know she's sitting up! I misssed it the first time. Today she's already done it 3 times. In fact, she's getting so good that when I laid her down for a nap today she rolled over, sat up and pulled herself up in her crib in a matter of seconds. She was very proud of herself as you can see in the last picture. (good thing Matt lowered her crib last night!) I don't think I'm ready for her to be mobile. I plugged the outlets today. Such joy!

Angry Eyebrows!!

Eden is cracking me up. She started this face just a few days ago. At first, I thought it was a poo face. Then she was imitating me when I would crease my brow. Now, she makes this face when she is agitated or doesn't get what she wants. She will be 9 months old tomorrow. I didn't think she was supposed to look at me like this until she was in Jr. High.

Random pictures

I love this picture. This is a shout out to my dear sister Kaela and her long lost kitten Halo. Halo was getting a flea bath in this picture. I think it should be on the front of some greeting card pertaining to "sometimes life's rough" or "bad hair day" hahaha! She really was a beautiful cat, you just can't tell here. :)

Matt's Valentine's Present. I was going through pictures and chocolate looks really good to me right now so I thought I'd share!

Eden loved playing with the sprinkles...no I didn't let her eat any.

Easter Weekend Continued...

Just a few more shots.....and Eden loved playing with Grandpa's bald head.

Easter Weekend

Okay, so I just needed to select more pictures....but only a few loaded. (I'm learning!)
Karley and Eden's headbands - Eden's first Easter basket - Karley and Nuc