Weekend fun

This weekend was glorious! I spent all day Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with Violet and we had so much fun as a family! Starting with Friday evening I went and got a pedicure with some girlfriends then we met our husbands and babies for dinner :) Violet was a little crabby and cross by 9:15 though since it was a bit past her bedtime! She's such a trooper though :)

Then Saturday morning we went to breakfast at Matt's favorite place and then headed to the pumpkin patch! Violet was a teensy bit over stimulated and just stared at everything. As soon as we got in the car it was like she processed what had just happened and she started talking and giggling up a storm! I imagine she was saying, "we saw HUGE pumpkins! White ones, orange ones, colorful ones, tiny ones, bumpy ones, weird shaped ones, and HAY! Everywhere!! And I got to sit ON pumpkins, take pictures with them, take pictures behind wooden cutouts... And the animals!! I got to go INTO a petting zoo! Although, daddy kept screeching and saying 'this is my nightmare! This is my nightmare!'... I guess it was smelly and poop was everywhere... so I understand :) It was awesome though!!!" Something like that seemed to come from all her jibber jabber once we returned to the quiet-clean-safe car :)

THEN uncle Jason came!!! Now our little Violet is quite the happy girl, but she is pretty watchful and 'sizes' people up she doesn't know so well before opening up her gummy grin. But with uncle Jason she was all smiles :) Matt spent some quality time with his boyfriend all weekend (I like to tease him and call Jason that) :) It was so nice seeing Jason and we really miss him and Kelsey (they used to live 15 min away in Seal Beach, but now they live in Chicago). Dinner Saturday night was delicious! We ate at a favorite place - Magic Lamp :) We loooove this little Lebanese place :) Jason stayed with us through Monday morning and we miss him already :)

On Sunday we had a fun Halloween party at a friends house :) Ill have to have someone send me pictures of all the babies in their costumes :) It was a lot of fun seeing all the babies together :) I can't wait till they're old enough to really really play :)

Monday was Fun-Day for Violet and I :) We just hung out all day and relaxed with Odie :) We took Odie to his BFF Oliver's house for a play date... Then papa came over to hang out for a bit :) Then Violet went to her very first daddy hockey game! She had lots of fun watching, but wasn't so sure about the scary masks :)

Ps- Aaaaand my best friend Sara had her baby boy Thomas Friday night!!! 9 lbs 6 oz and 21.5 inches long :) I can't wait to meet him!

Cooler weather + birthday earrings

There's nothing better than a special birthday package with earrings inside :) Well... Maybe the cooler weather rivals that :) Violet gets to wear warmer clothes! Yay!!!

7 months

10/17/12... Today marks another milestone! And yes, hitting 7 months is amazing... But so is crackin her first tooth!!! That's right, Violet is getting her 2 bottom teeth! The bottom left tooth snuck out tonight and the right side is inching up! Teeth are so exciting, but here are some other 7 month Violet treats:

* Sitting as sturdy as a rock
* Rolling... Over and over and over... All. Night. Long.
* Giggling and squealing hysterically
* Somehow scooting all around on her tummy to get the toys she wants
* Wearing a size 6 month shirt and size12 month bottoms = one awesome butt and pair of thighs!
* Developing her "favorite" toys... Like Rosita who ALWAYS makes her smile... Kind of like Odie

We as a family fall more and more in love with her every day. We love hearing her laugh and seeing her smile :)

iPhone 5

I've upgraded my phone to the new iPhone (thanks to Matt of course who ordered and bought it for me)! I told Matt last night that I need I watch an iPhone how-to video to learn how to use one better... It's so much lighter and sleeker! The screen is a little bigger too which is nice :) I'm looking forward to the super fancy camera on it!!! Pictures to come :)

Happy birthday cousins!

This past Saturday we drove out to Redlands for the day to celebrate 2 very special little people :) My sister and brother in law threw a fantastic party! A jumper, giant blow up slide, balloons, streamers, cupcakes, rice crispy treats, and Uncle Howies pizza! We had a blast! I really wish I would have taken more pictures! I think the slide was my favorite :) It was so much fun watching the kiddos slide and jump and play together! We even had races up and down the slide which both Matt and I sustained minor injuries :) Maybe one of my favorite moments was jumping in the bounce house with Matt's sisters and their husbands?! That was hilarious and my arms were sore for days from holding onto the side netting for my dear life :)

Daycare Pictures!

Miss Veronica got a new camera... So guess who's been getting lots of fabulous photos?!

Too much fun

Violet had way too much fun yesterday. Too much fun = no naps = super fussy evening baby = bad sleep at night. Last night she woke up 2x!!!!! Poor thing. When she was younger I always made sure that I gave her "rest days" in between exciting days... Maybe I need to do that again? A day where I make sure she gets her naps in :) She had lots of fun at daycare for just a couple hours yesterday. Then we went shopping for birthday presents for her cousins :) Soooo much to look at! Then we went over to a friends house for dinner and a play date (Matt had a cards night with the boys at the same house). All of these activities happened precisely at key rest moments...

This morning she woke up early at 6:30. She helped me wrap presents though :) Such a good girl :)

We're on our way to Redlands and she's already asleep :) Her brain needs this.