Strawberry Picking

Is there anything cuter?

 

Bubblegum Baby

I have been so busy lately with unpacking and getting the beach house up and running that I haven't had much time for pictures lately. Today, I decided that needed to change. Sometimes you just need to reevaluate your priorities and adjust accordingly. Heidi will only be 2 for another 5 months. I need to capture some of this!

 She is so adorable right now. She recently hit an intellectual milestone and she is like a whole new child. Its amazing how suddenly the changes show up.

Things we are loving:

How she answers "yah!" in the sweetest little girl voice ever to everything (so glad it isn't no anymore!)

How she suggests what restaurants we should go to for dinner "Mommy I'm hungry we better go to El Cajellon and get some food."

How she imitates her nana all the time. She will walk up to a random pile of toys and go "Oh no!! Who did this? Who made this mess?! I better clean it"

How she reacts when we've finished cleaning a room: "Wow! Mommy! This is preeeeeetty!"

How she will pick up random items and call them her "little baby" and cradle it in her arms. She did this to a doorstop about a week ago. Then she put the doorstop in time out until she was ready to be a good girl.

How she can go and use the potty all by herself! (Waiting until she can pull down her own pants has its advantages!)

How she apologizes as soon as she realizes she has done something wrong.

Watching her role play. This little girl could be an actress. We were playing with a pretend princess curling iron like we do all the time and I said "careful don't let it burn you!" and then she pretended she burned herself and burst into tears (real tears) and then told me she needed fruit snacks to help her feel better.

How she will pretend her stuffed toys are hungry for cookies and fruit snacks if we have already denied her own requests for these things. 

How she makes up her own words like "Yawesome" (Yummy + Awesome) to tell us something is delicious and  "Momdy" (Mommy + Daddy) when she wants to address both of us at the same time.


Things she is loving:

Bambi (obsessed!)

Her Noah's Ark Toy

Her stuffed frog

Chocolate Milk

Cheesy Strawberries (Cottage Cheese and Strawberries)

Fruit Snacks (asks for them all day long)

Legoland Water Park

"Our new house"... "Mommy are we going to our new house? Yay!!! I love our new house!"

Bad Blogger

I have been a very bad blogger! Its been almost 2 months since I blogged! Hang tight cause this post is gonna be a long one!

This is what happens when you join Instagram! All of your creative juices start being diverted and the blogging gets pushed to the back burner!

But I'm back now.

Whats new? Well my nanny job ended because my family moved away for the summer. I feel sad knowing that they are hitting new milestones and I'm not there to witness them. I know they're not my kids, but I still feel connected to them, almost like I'm an aunt or something.

Now that I'm not working as a nanny anymore I've been helping my MIL turn one of her properties into a vacation rental and then I am managing it. We have been renovating the house and I've been in charge of decorating. I'm so glad that I discovered Pinterest because I was able to use that to help me choose styles/color schemes. I really like how its turned out, now if we can just start getting some bookings! We are listing it so last minute for summer, I am nervous. Anyway, here are some pics of the beach house.

In other news, in a desperate nostalgic sentiment, I made my two year old daughter stand still so I could put curlers in her hair. Worth it? I'm not sure, but she did look pretty cute. 

Heidi has had a lot of firsts lately: 

First Dip N Dots

First Candy Necklace

First Croissant

First time being allowed to have at her Spaghetti despite the fact that we were at a fine restaurant

First Noah's Ark Costume Party as a Swan

She loved the snack Table! 

and First time at the San Diego Safari Park

Now that I'm instagramming I started taking more pictures of us with my cell phone doing random things. and sometimes doing nothing at all. An Iphone is so much more convenient than using an actual camera and its a great way to feel creative without putting forth much effort. My Instagram account is flooded with pictures like these:

3 generations wearing Coral

Heidi practicing for her future career

 Me waiting in the car (super exciting right?)

Austin and I at dinner (I think he looks so handsome in this pic!)

Heidi in the meadow 

Can you believe this was an impromptu pic taken with an Iphone?

I love Instagram!!

Last, but definitely not least we attended our 3 day Bible District Convention at Qualcomm Stadium. We stayed at a hotel for a few days and it was such a nice trip and I so enjoyed the spiritual feast! I always feel so encouraged and built up after District Convention. It really helps put everything in perspective!

 Heidi loved getting dressed up in her new dresses! As did I!

Day 1

Day 2

 When we got our new Children's DVD "Listen To Jehovah". They played a segment of the song during the program and Heidi covered her ears while we all stared at her to see her reaction. She is so silly. 

Day 3

We were matchy matchy on this day! 

Well I think you're caught up! Promise to post again soon!

Moving into our new house soon! So excited!