Happy Birthday Aiana!!

I spent some time going through old photos the other day and put a little slide show. I had so much fun looking at these photos of Aiana. She can always bring a smile to my face. I love you Aiana! Happy Birthday!

Ouch!

Today is Aiana's big day! We are getting ready to have a “project runway” birthday party, I’m sure it will be interesting! One of the things she wanted for her birthday was to get a second ear piercing, so she and I had a “girl’s day out” with Mimi and one of her friends.

Yogini Anika

I think Anika is getting ready to crawl! She is constantly practicing her plank position and other yoga poses to strengthen her core. As you can see on her face, she is getting a good workout!

Top that!

Memory Monday

The kids are napping and I've been going through old photos remembering some fun times through out my life, and after looking at some of my friends blogs I wanted to post a couple photos of Will and I when we were younger. You will see that Caylin definitely takes after Will. Aiana and Ankia, well at least you can tell they are related to me. I love the smiles on our faces. Will has kind of a happy go lucky smile and mine looks a little mischievous.
I dont know about Will, but I'm sure I was up to something.

Visit with grandma

What a great weekend! We’ve had awesome weather the past few days. Friday we went with our friends to the beach. It was our first beach day of the year and Anika’s first beach day ever. The water was perfect. Caylin had a blast playing in the water and sand with her little girlfriends while Anika hung out in her little cabana.

Saturday we went with some friends to Sea World and had breakfast with Elmo. Sea World is now in collaboration with Seasame Street so there are a few new attractions in which the kids can get up close and personal with Sesame Street characters.

Caylin had a BLAST! It was so cute to watch her excitement when she saw Ernie, Elmo, Zoe, and Big Bird.

The characters came out and danced with the kids, then during their break, the morning turned into “breakfast with Will”. Caylin and her little friends had a great time dancing with Will. After our Sea World outing we picked grandma Airdrie up from the airport. She came to stay with us until Tuesday afternoon. Caylin enjoyed spending time with grandma reading stories together and getting to try on a little bit of her lipstick.

Aiana was away for the evening at Mimi’s (my mom). Clarke and Tami came down for the night so Aiana went over to spend the night with them. They had an awesome visit. Saturday evening they took a walk down to the cliffs in Ocean Beach and it happened to be high tide.

The girls had a blast getting splashed and watching the waves that were crashing right up on the stairs. Sunday we went over to my dads for a barbeque and swimming.

Monday we spent the day at the beach again. This time daddy got to come along too.

Monday evening Will, Aiana, Aiana’s friend, and I went to the Padre game while the grandmas watched Caylin and Anika. I was VERY excited to have a night out without the little ones. I don’t get too much time these days to be with Aiana without her little sisters needing most of my attention. We all had a great time. Will and I really enjoyed Aiana and her friends company. It was nice to be out with the “tweens”, we didn’t have to listen to toddler music in the car and we didn’t have to take anyone potty or change any diapers. We were able to just sit back and enjoy the game and each others company.

Aiana listening to dad explain baseball.

Pouty Princess

Caylin LOVES to dress up in her “princess dresses”. Today she insisted on wearing this dress to Costco and Henrys.

Mother's Day

I had a nice and somewhat relaxing Mother’s Day, as relaxing as it can be with the little ones. My mom, brother, and his family hung out at our house after church. We picnicked in the backyard, it was a little chilly but it was nice to be outside and spending time with my family. It’s so nice that Caylin and Kaila are getting to an age where they can play without fighting! They had so much fun together. I enjoyed watching my mom with all her grandchildren too. It’s amazing how much appreciation I have for my mom that I didn’t have before I became a mother myself. Being a mother is the most rewarding yet selfless experience.
As much as I love hanging out with my family, I think I’m going to extend my Mother’s Day celebration and spend some time getting a massage or going to the spa!

A Day At The Fields

We went to the Carlsbad Flower Fields and Strawberry Fields today. It was so beautiful out there! I want to go back another time with Aiana and Will. It’s a great spot to take photos. Unfortunately Caylin wasn’t in the best of moods, but she still had a great time. She loved picking strawberries and eating them, as well as playing in the mud. Anika, poor girl, wasn’t feeling too good. I suspected earlier in the day that she was having a relapse of pink eye which only seemed to be getting worse. I ended up taking her in to the Dr. when we got home, and as it turns out she has her first ear infection. Not fun! However, she doesn’t complain much. But maybe this has a small part in why she didn’t enjoy her food yesterday?

6 months and eating solids!

Well, sort of eating solids...



It’s hard to acknowledge that Anika is already 6 months old! But she is, and it was time for her to have her first meal of rice cereal! It didn’t go so smooth. She immediately spit out the food and made a “yucky” face. After some bites she gagged. Then was refusing bites. It was still a very cute experience! I tried again today and not only was she gagging and refusing bites, but crying after each bite. We’ll see how it goes, I’ll continue to give her at least one serving of rice cereal a day and hopefully she will get used to the texture and taste?


I was looking back at Caylin’s “1st feeding” photos and remembering that she didn’t have such a difficult time. Of course it was still messy, but I don’t remember her not liking the experience?