The countdown started yesterday

If you can believe it, my baby boy will be turning one in less than a month. Wow.

Hopefully things will be more clear

I don't know if you've noticed, but my pictures have been slightly out of focus lately. First thought was the camera was broken. But come to find out, after reading the owners manual, it was do to owners error. Who knew you could learn something from reading the manual? I'm not pointing fingers at anyone, but my dear husband has been using my camera lately for work, makes you think doesn't it? So maybe a few settings accidently got changed around, but now everything should be focusing smoothly. Thank goodness.

Don't you love spring? Today was another lovely day in the W.C. The kiddos and I decided after doing a few chores, it would be fun for a walk. And plus, I wanted to test out my camera and make sure the pictures were clearer.

You might be wondering how I got this cute little fellow to pose for the camera. What you can't see is Reid trying to drop his hat behind his back. That little stinker!

I've been trying to get him used to having a hat on his head because we'll be going to the beach in a few weeks. We still have a long way to go in the hat department before then.

Reid would not move an inch once I placed him on the grass. Not even with Ava's help. It was nice putting him down and knowing he'd be in the same spot that I left him. This never happens anymore. I was in heaven!

Here's the cute older sister.

PS//Do other children fall as much as Ava does? I'm always a little self conscious when Ava's wearing shorts or a dress because I think people are going to see her legs and think the worst. Her poor little legs.

PPS//I have been a blogging addict as of late. Sorry that I've been writing about every little thing, but I really enjoy going back and rereading my past posts. It helps remind me of all the fun things me and the kiddos do. Especially on days that aren't going so well. Hope you enjoy them too.

Welcome Spring. Stay as long as you like.

T-shirts, shorts and sandals. We took full advantage of the warm weather this past week.


Including washing the car. I think we would of come up with any excuse to go outside :)

After finishing up the van, Ava made sure we didn't forget another special car.

Reid couldn't wait for Ava to finish so he could take his ride for a spin. Too bad his feet don't touch the ground yet, but his sister doesn't mind driving him around for now.

Gotta love all 16 lbs of this kid

Took this handsome little boy to the doctor today. I'm glad to say that he's bigger than Ava was at this age, but not by much. The little man weighed in at 16 lbs 8 oz. He's rocking it in the .53%. Meaning out of 1000 kids his age, who breastfeed, he weighs heavier than 5. That's a step up because Ava was flat out in the 0%. For height he is 29.9" tall, which is in the 64%. I'm pretty thrilled to have something above average when it comes to our kiddos. Besides the cuteness factor of course.

To heck with chores, we're going to have fun

You read that right! I don't think we have had a completely free Saturday the whole year. So when Josh and I realized that we had no prior obligations, well besides chores, we decided to ignore our chores and do something fun! Maybe go on a little family outing. Ava has been rocking it with potty training all week. We decided to take her over to Tilden Park and see if she could handle a 3-4 hour trip. And she did. She still rocks! Oh, and she's still super cute!

It has been raining in the Bay Area for the past 3 months, so we were pretty lucky to get such a gorgeous view of the bay.

Here's a close up. For those of you not familiar with the area, I've labeled the picture for you :) We were up in the hills above Berkeley.

First stop was the Steam Train. Ava was more than excited to get to ride "her" train. "Daddy has a train (Bart). Ava has a train (the steam train). Mommy where's your train?" I guess I'm not cool enough to have my own train.

Reid would not look at the camera once during the whole outing. There was just too much for him to look at. Hmph!

Here is the steam train and the conductor.

After the steam train we headed over to the Merry Go Round. Ava was complaining of hunger, so it was the perfect place for our picnic. Luckily for Josh, the Merry Go Round also has a little food court because his sandwich accidentally got put back in the fridge instead of the cooler.

You know it's been a great lunch when you have cheese all over your face.

So here's the Merry Go Round. Sorry to the guy bending down in the middle of my picture. I sure hope that no one has a picture of me doing that on their site!

Ava couldn't wait to get to ride the horse.

Isn't she looking so big in the picture? We haven't really ever taken Ava on any rides before, so I was a little nervous about how she would handle it. The Merry Go Round gets going pretty fast. But I had nothing to worry about because she did great. I'm such a worrier.

Our last stop was the Little Farm. Yep, it's in Tilden Park too. Isn't this park awesome?! There is a Botanic Garden in the park too that I've been wanting to go to. Maybe another weekend :) I'm so excited to post this next picture because this is the first time that Ava has ever feed any of the animals by herself. If you don't count throwing the food at the animals, thus making them eat it off of the ground.

I wish we had it on video, but after the cow ate the celery Ava was jumping up and down with complete excitement.

I sure hope we can have more weekends like this.

Lots of giggles, splashing and bubbles

Bath time is one of those things that both of our kids will do willingly. Especially now that Ava and Reid are splashing in the big tub together. Think of the loudest, most ear piercing scream you've ever heard. That's what Reid is doing in the picture below. No, the water wasn't scorching hot. That's just how excited he was to be in the tub.

There is usually lots of giggling going on in the bathtub.

Mostly having to do with whatever Ava is doing.

Have you noticed Reid's current smile in my past blog posts? Opening your mouth as wide as it possibly can get (sometimes accompanied by sticking out your tongue) = Reid's extremely happy. Just keep that in mind for future blog posts :)

I sure need to find some time to fit in my own bubble bath. But without all the splashing. That sure sounds nice.

It's been a good day

It amazes me at how easily Ava has caught on to potty training this time around. A total 180 from January. Waiting two months has really made a huge difference. Not only is she making it on the potty, she's doing it on her own. Today, while I was making dinner, Ava excitedly runs into the kitchen and tells me she went on the potty. And she sure did! I am so dang proud of her.


This past week I saw a walker on sale and decided to pick one up for Reid. He's been pushing our kitchen chairs around the tiled floors lately, this kid is strong, so I thought the walker might just be a little better suited for him. It's the first thing he wants to play with in the morning.

Ava has mentioned that she just can't wait till Reid can run around with her. Note how she said run and not walk. Well it might just come sooner than she thinks because Reid took his first steps today. This kid let go of the chair he was holding onto and walked right over to me. Mind you I was only a few Reidy steps away. But still, he walked to me! It was a pretty good day :)

One day down, the rest of her life to go

Here is where Ava and I spent most of our Saturday. And it was totally worth it!


Miss Ava made it on the potty 6 out of 7 times. Yeah, my daughter rocks! I just hope her excitement and motivation carries on through tomorrow too.


Here are a few of her prizes she has earned so far. The princesses spent most of the day dancing, sharing clothes, learning to use the potty, and having Ariel take them scuba diving (Cinderella kept getting too close to the crabs and sadly got snapped a few times). I can only imagine all the other adventures these princesses will have around our house.