our 7th anniversary is on may 4th & derek and i have been wanting to get a "real' camera for a long time...so, last weekend we got one. it's the Nikon D5000...it's not even out yet really. Ritz Camera got 3 in last Saturday & we happened to go in on that day to get one. (it's very similar to the D90...just little less expensive)...now, we just need to learn how to really use it. so excited!
derek had to go to las vegas yesterday for the day, and kinda last-minute, he asked me if we wanted to go with him. the convention he was going to was at the Mandalay Bay convention center & he told me how it was so family friendly and there was a shark reef aquarium i could take the girls to while he was doing "work stuff". sounded good to me. now, i'm not a big "las vegas fan"...i've only been there a couple of times, and NEVER with kids. so, when we get there, it's like 1:30 and we're starving so derek said, "when i was here last year, i saw a Chipotle on the strip." great...anything sounds good. so, to make a long story short...after about a 45 minute walk down the Las Vegas strip (with kids and with me wearing very uncomfotrable shoes that had a little heel...NOT made for walking), we find the darn Chipotle with like 4 blisters on my feet. i wanted to cuss (j/k...kinda). so, we ate...and got back in the car to head for Mandalay Bay. once my shoes were off, i was starting to see the humor in the last couple of painful hours walking down the ENTIRE strip (not kidding). oh yeah...i forgot to mention that a lady on a corner yelled to derek and i "are you guys staying tonight? you're a beautiful couple, even in the car, i'll be all up on dat!" WHAT...what's that mean? (not to mention, we had 2 kids in the back seat). and, as we walked that as we walked that long walk i don't know how many people we saw passing out flyers that said, "pretty girls at your service with in 20 minutes". gross, NOT a place for kids! i don't know how many times i covered kaia's eyes (leia was kinda oblivious).anyways...when we got to the Mandalay Bay, we walked derek over to the convention and we were gonna head over to the aquarium "as planned" when derek tells me that the resort has it's own beach...like a wave pool/beach/sandy/kid friendly (shallow) area. so, i thought that the girls would be entertained much longer there than at the aquarium. so, i walk over to the lobby (another long walk...by this time i had taken my shoes off). and explain that my husband's part of the convention and wanted to know if they do "day passes" for the pool (expecting to have to pay for it). the next thing i know, she's handing me a pool key for free. i coulda' kissed her. ;) then, i realize...we don't have bathing suits. what do you know...they have a surf shop right by the pool with kids bathing suits...$80 (YES, $80!!!) later, kaia and leia have a new bathing suit. i've never spent $40 each on a bathing suit for a kid...but what choice did i have? anyways...it was SOOO worth it, they had a blast at that amazing pool. check out some of our pics from the day...
i guess, las vegas isn't so bad after all...at least the non-las vegas-y part of it. :)
i know i said i was only gonna take a belly pic once a month, but i feel like my belly's grown so much that we had to take one today.
oh...also, our sonogram appt. is scheduled for may 9th...in a couple of weeks, we'll see if derek's right! :)
we went to the AVP volleyball tournament today and all i can really think to say about it right now is that it was HHHHOOOOTTTT (and i usually like hot weather)!!!! the girls came with us for a couple of hours in the morning (when it was about 85*) and they kept saying "can we go home"...unless we were walking around getting free samples of yummy Naked juice or something. once leia said, "i wanna be in cold water"...poor baby. so cute. so, we went to drop them off at papa & nema's house. then, if they had thought it was hot at 10:30 in the morning, that was NOTHING compared to when we went back after lunch...i'm not kidding, we sat in 99* weather in metal bleachers for like 5 more hours.....ugggghhh! so, yeah, it was fun, but we're both really sunburned...hey, at least i got the "tan" i was going for. haha.
this was like the first 10 minutes...not too bad yet.
don't we look great (well, derek looks fine)...i had just gotten my hair cut at one of the booths they had there and as you can see they didn't style it afterwards....combine that fact with the weather and that explains my "look". nice!
how can a trip to the mall to get a few pictures of the girls be SO exhausting?! anyways...at least we made out of it with a couple of cute shots. here's kaia at almost 5 1/2 and leia at almost 3.
well, almost...i'll be 16 weeks tomorrow, but since i had my 16 week pre-natal appt. today i thought i'd take a belly pic a day early. anyways, so here's the update...it was a pretty quick dr.'s appt. today...they weighed me. i've gained another 3 pounds in the last month, for a grand total of 11 lbs. (with the girls i gained weight faster the first 1/2 of my pregnancy than the last 1/2. so even though it seems like i'm gaining weight kinda fast, it'll most likely slow down towards the end...we'll see). and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat, which sounded great! and i had another blood test. that's about it...oh, and she said that someone would be calling us soon to schedule our ultrasound appt. for next month (the one where we'll find out the baby's sex)...sometime mid-May.OH...and some very exciting news, i started feeling the baby kick/flutter a couple of days ago. by the 3rd time around i know the difference between gas "rumbles" & getting kicked & it's definitely that baby's little arms and/or legs! :) it's just as exciting as the 1st and 2nd times around! too bad derek's out of town. babe, you need to get home so you can get your hand on my belly and feel your 3rd child kickin' me! ;) miss you & love you. ~s
since kaia's on spring break this week and we hadn't really planned anything...we decided to do a last minute road trip, so we drove up to San Luis Obipso for a couple of days. we haven't been up there in like a year, so it was WAY past due...
before Farmer's Market, we stopped by the Mission Inn where they had an Easter egg hunt going on and they wanted a pic with the Easter bunny...
a couple of "creek pics"...
then, we met up with travis and london (sorry the pic came out blurry...annoying!) for a little while, it was fun getting to know you guys better (sorry we missed you, jen). travis...by the way, we never got the phone # comment. weird?
we got to see justin and heidi (since she's not in labor yet :)
she's due in like 5 days...so cute!
the next morning, we walked down the beach from the hotel, in Pismo and walked to the pier...
the girls LOVED watching the surfers!
while they were watching i said something like, "doesn't that look fun? that's where mama kinda surfed for the first time" and leia goes, "yeah, i wanna "yerf" (surf). she's so funny. ;)
then, before we took off, we went to a really good sandwich shop called Gus' (derek and i used to go there quite a bit...it was walking distance from his old apartment)...ahhh, old times. :) the girls liked seeing the old places we used to live and where i used to work. well, leia did...after a few times of telling them, "this is where....." kaia goes, "mama, why do you keep telling us all this stuff?" well, excuse me! leia, goes "i wanna hear!" haha.
hopefully we'll be back soon!
i made leia this pillow yesterday. when kaia was 2 or so, i made her a cute purple pillow with hearts on it & i've been meaning to make leia one for a while now...so, yesterday i did. i love making the girls things. but, i think i got a little carried away with stuffing it! when i was done sewing it up, i took it downstairs to show her & her little face lit up, she loved it. then i said, "here baby, try it out!" and it was so big and think that she was practically sitting up...it was kinda funny :). i think it needs a little breaking in before she actually sleeps with it. haha.
i know i said i was only gonna take a belly pic once a month, but i feel like my belly's grown so much that we had to take one today.
this was like the first 10 minutes...not too bad yet.
don't we look great (well, derek looks fine)...i had just gotten my hair cut at one of the booths they had there and as you can see they didn't style it afterwards....combine that fact with the weather and that explains my "look". nice!
how can a trip to the mall to get a few pictures of the girls be SO exhausting?! anyways...at least we made out of it with a couple of cute shots. here's kaia at almost 5 1/2 and leia at almost 3.
well, almost...i'll be 16 weeks tomorrow, but since i had my 16 week pre-natal appt. today i thought i'd take a belly pic a day early. anyways, so here's the update...it was a pretty quick dr.'s appt. today...they weighed me. i've gained another 3 pounds in the last month, for a grand total of 11 lbs. (with the girls i gained weight faster the first 1/2 of my pregnancy than the last 1/2. so even though it seems like i'm gaining weight kinda fast, it'll most likely slow down towards the end...we'll see). and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat, which sounded great! and i had another blood test. that's about it...oh, and she said that someone would be calling us soon to schedule our ultrasound appt. for next month (the one where we'll find out the baby's sex)...sometime mid-May.
before Farmer's Market, we stopped by the Mission Inn where they had an Easter egg hunt going on and they wanted a pic with the Easter bunny...
a couple of "creek pics"...
then, we met up with travis and london (sorry the pic came out blurry...annoying!) for a little while, it was fun getting to know you guys better (sorry we missed you, jen). travis...by the way, we never got the phone # comment. weird?
we got to see justin and heidi (since she's not in labor yet :)
she's due in like 5 days...so cute!
the next morning, we walked down the beach from the hotel, in Pismo and walked to the pier...
the girls LOVED watching the surfers!
while they were watching i said something like, "doesn't that look fun? that's where mama kinda surfed for the first time" and leia goes, "yeah, i wanna "yerf" (surf). she's so funny. ;)
then, before we took off, we went to a really good sandwich shop called Gus' (derek and i used to go there quite a bit...it was walking distance from his old apartment)...ahhh, old times. :) the girls liked seeing the old places we used to live and where i used to work. well, leia did...after a few times of telling them, "this is where....." kaia goes, "mama, why do you keep telling us all this stuff?" well, excuse me! leia, goes "i wanna hear!" haha.
hopefully we'll be back soon!
i made leia this pillow yesterday. when kaia was 2 or so, i made her a cute purple pillow with hearts on it & i've been meaning to make leia one for a while now...so, yesterday i did. i love making the girls things. but, i think i got a little carried away with stuffing it! when i was done sewing it up, i took it downstairs to show her & her little face lit up, she loved it. then i said, "here baby, try it out!" and it was so big and think that she was practically sitting up...it was kinda funny :). i think it needs a little breaking in before she actually sleeps with it. haha.
almost 15 weeks along...
