Photo(s) of the day

I put Anika on our little wooden rocking horse today for the first time. She loved it! Her feet are no where near the ground yet, but she thought she was such a big girl. I just want to munch her up!

Cabin fever

Since we returned from our trip, Anika has been fighting an ear infection and not sleeping too well (actually both little girls are not sleeping well). So we have been staying home, which has made for some very long days. We filled our day with some outdoor fun by painting the sidewalk with water. It was so cute to see Anika crawling around and playing with sister. Toward the end of this little paint session, Caylin turned on the water to fill the bucket but didnt realize that Anika was right behind her. Anika was covered in water and dirt. While I cleaned Anika up, Caylin decided to clean tookie's (the bird) cage all by herself, and I must say, she did a pretty good job! Both girls went straight to the tub afterwards. They are able to bath together now which is fun. Big sis, Aiana, is away this week with Mimi camping in Big Bear. If we werent having such a rough week with colds and sleeping I would have loved to drive up there with the little ones. I just got a call from Aiana and she was getting ready to go jet skiing! FUN! I'm jealous!!

Anika is finally enjoying foods

Caylin went in and put on Anika's swimsuit. She came out and told me "this is so, so awesome!" then told me "There's another pink simsuit that is so, so adowable". She is cracking me up with the things she is saying lately.

We survived...

Another family road trip. Only this time the drive was a little shorter and we drove straight without stopping. We drove up to Fresno to spend the weekend with our great friends Franklin and Lisa. Since Will isn’t able to take too much time off work and we don’t get to see our friends as much as we would like, so we decided to drive up and spend a night in Fresno then two nights in Moro Bay. We got into Fresno at midnight on Thursday. It was hot and Caylin and Anika thought it was pretty exciting to be up so late. They were so excited that they didn’t end up falling asleep until 2am! After a 5 hour drive that was painful! I sat in the backyard trying to get Anika to sleep while Caylin played around with her buddy Gavin’s bike. It was a rough night. Amazingly enough we all felt pretty good the next morning considering the kind of night we had. We spent the day out on the lake boating, swimming, tubing, and wakeboarding. Caylin loved swimming in the wide open lake, she and Aiana were so excited to try tubing too. After our day on the lake we drove to Moro Bay to spend a couple nights at Franklin’s family’s beach house. We survived the 2 hour drive talking the whole time about cows and cows pooping! I just don’t know what it is about 3 yr olds and poop…anyway…
Saturday was an awesome day. The adults got to go on a wine tasting tour and enjoyed 8 hours kid free!!!! We visited 4 different wineries; however, we were pretty much “done” with wine tasting after the 3rd winery. Lisa and I both brought our cameras and had a blast taking photos of, well, everything. I haven’t laughed so hard in a LONG time! That wine tasting trip alone was worth a 6 hour drive.
It was good to get back to the kids. They did great with the babysitters; however, later that day Caylin threw up all over Will. That was the beginning of what I guess was a little flu bug? I was worried because we were driving home the next day. She seemed to be ok by the morning, so we continued with our plans to drive home. We drove for about an hour and stopped when Caylin began to complain about her tummy. We pulled over to play at the park for a while. There was a little lake at the park with geese and ducks. I enjoyed watching the girls feed the birds and run from the aggressive geese. After this we managed to drive a few more hours to Santa Barbra before Caylin began to complain again. This was a great stop. Santa Barbra is beautiful. We had a picnic on the beach and enjoyed a live concert given by the local homeless band. They lip sank to 50’s music and played on a keyboard made out of cardboard, microphone that was a lantern, and a guitar made from material with pink feathers all over it. The rest of the drive home was, well, it had it’s moments but we didn’t have to stop anymore. We were happy to get home, but we were exhausted. Anika came down with a cold and we’ve spent the rest of the week trying to get through that. It was all worth it though, we had a great time!

Concert in the park

Some of our friends have been going to concerts in the park and last night we finally made it to one. Caylin had a blast with her friend Sarah, while Aiana wasn’t too happy about being there. I’m sure she would have been happier if she had a friend with her. Anika kicked back and enjoyed the music.

Birthdays galore

The past two months have been full of birthday parties! Caylin now hears the words “birthday party” and immediately says “and we’re gonna have cake and the candy”! This past weekend we celebrated with our 3 friends Maya, Mya, and Luke. It was a busy weekend full of yummy treats.

Little climber

I came into Anika’s room for her morning feeding the other day and found her standing in her crib! The little stinker was all smiles! The problem is…she doesn’t know how to get down. So today I heard her screaming in her crib and found her hanging on to her mobile for dear life! My job continues to get even more exciting!

Anika is 8 months old!

What’s new with the 8 month old? Well, Anika is pretty much sitting up and crawling now. Not so much on her hands and knees but she pulls herself around on her forearms and scoots forward then hops up on her hands and knees. She also has 2 teeth now and is getting better about eating food. She at least will let me put food in her mouth without making a sour face. Yesterday she did eat a whole tablespoon! When she’s crying and I come near her she makes a “maaamaaa” sound…I’d say she is saying mama! She still has such a sweet demeanor about her, but she can scream when she needs some attention or help when big sis Caylin is getting too rough. She does have a horrible case of eczema and we have a hard time keeping her from scratching. It’s tough to see all her little red spots all over, I just wish I could take it all away and make it better for her! All in all she is a sweetie pie and a happy girl!

Anika showing off her 2 teeth

Standing up with sister

Sitting so big!