'Tis The Season To Be Jolly!

Yes, it is. I love this holiday season because everyone seems to be in a cheerful spirit, not only that but I love all the decorations, the lights, the ornaments, everything. Last week we went to Half Moon Bay to get our Christmas tree. It was my second time having a real tree, but a first having to cut it down. It was a lot of fun watching Kailyn run through the Christmas tree farm, picking up sticks and saying "Thissss" to everything. After about a half hour or so we found our tree. It was big, thick and lush. After bringing it home, we put it up and the following day, we decorated it. We were thrilled with the results, and nothing can beat the smell of a real tree...ahhh!

The Christmas tree farm


The chosen one


Us in front of our tree


Mike cutting it down


Kailyn playing with sticks, one of her favorite things.



Smile for the camera Kailyn!


Mike dragging our tree to the truck


Kailyn lounging in her carseat on the drive home, yes she is wearing xmas socks.


Our tree at home, all decorated!

Halloween Party

We went to a friends Halloween Party, their decorations were great (a little scary for Kailyn), the food was great and the people were great!

Halloween - Brentwood Halloween Festival

My pretty little bee :)

We went to downtown Brentwood's Halloween Festival. A great place for young kids to dress up and trick-or-treat in a safe environment. There were tons of kids there and Kailyn absolutely loved looking at all their great costumes, especially one dressed as Scooby Doo.

Scooby Doo

Halloween - The Pumpkin Patch

We had a busy Halloween this year! We went to the Smith Family Farm where they put on a delightful little barn show, they had some very cute barn animals to look at, and a fun tractor ride to take us to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins. Kailyn finally started to enjoy herself when it was time to leave...typical.

The Barn Show

Such a great photo of my two loves :)

Trying to lift it...she thought she could, lol.

Farmer Kailyn

My Dad Comes For A Visit!!

So, after my mum came to visit, my dad came to visit. It had been about 8 months since I saw my dad last, so I was really excited to see him. We always go out to dinner when he's in town and it's always to go eat Sushi, we are huge sushi lovers!! Our dear friend Robin came by to babysit Kailyn while Mike and I went out to Danville to meet my dad and Nelly for dinner. It was the first time in a very long time that we went out without Kailyn, it was a very nice change.
We also went to SF one day to walk around pier 39, ate lunch at Bubba Gumps and checked out the many, many sea lions that cover the docks. It was Kailyn's first trip out the the piers so she was really excited to see the sea lions, so much that she didn't want to leave them.

Going out to dinner:

Our Family

Me and my incredibly sexy husband :)

Nelly, my dad, me

My dad, me, Mike

Me and my daddy

Pier 39:

This seal lion was showing off like you wouldn't believe! He was splashing around, jumping out of the water, it was hilarious!!

We played a few games of domino's and obsession. Kailyn tried to help my dad play domino's since he wasn't having the best luck...not sure she helped much though.

My Mum Comes For A Visit!!

It's been a while since I've blogged and it's because we have been quite busy. My mum came and stayed with us for a couple of days, it was more than I had anticipated. She was only supposed to stay one night because she was going on a vacation to Cabo the following day, unfortunately for her the trip was cut short, but fortunately for us she was able to spend another 4 days with us, I was thrilled to say the least! We went shopping, went out to eat but mostly just hung out at the house so she could spend some good quality time with Kailyn. Seeing as she lives in Colorado, we don't get to see her that often, so it was a lot of fun to have her here. I miss her so much already. Here are a few pics of her stay here:

Rub A Dub Dub, Poop In The Tub

Seriously. I can handle almost everything that comes with being a mother, spitting up, full on projectile vomiting or pooping, and really yucky diapers. What I can't seem to handle is the pooping in the tub. Really? Why the tub? It happened not once, but twice tonight. I filled the tub up and she poops. I empty, clean and refill the tub and she poops again. So, I yet again, empty, clean, and refill the tub. She has done this several times and every time I see her starting to go I immediately put her on her potty to go or to finish, but no such luck, she keeps on pooping in the tub.

To all you mothers out there! How do I stop this from happening again? Please any advice is helpful. Thanks!