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!

My BFF

Yay, I am so excited I got to see my very best friend and her family last night! They live in Reno and I rarely get to see them, so it was so great to be able to see them last night. We have been best friends since we were 11 years old and have been through pretty much everything together. One of the greatest things in life right now is being able to hang out with her and her kids. When we're together we always look at each other and talk about our lives, past and present, and can't believe that the dreams we had growing up (and talked about daily) have come true. I just can't wait until the day her girls are old enough that I can start telling all the old stories about our childhood, well some of them anyway. :)

Tahoe 1992


Tahoe 1993


Fast forward 16 yrs to 2008


Us with our girls, July 2008


Last night April 2009

Easter Part 2

On Easter Sunday, we relaxed most of the day until about 1pm and then it was time to make green bean casserole to take to another Easter get together. One of our friends, Richie, invited us to go over to his house to celebrate Easter with him and his family. Once again, lots of people and lots of food! It was such a beautiful day and just walking around the garden gave me lots of inspiration to start working on my own backyard. We ate a yummy meal and then it was time for me to take Kailyn home for her long awaited nap. Once she was down, I started work on my yard. Yay me!!

Kailyn and her Easter Bunny...it's almost as big as she is!! :)

Looking pretty in her Easter dress!

Picture time with daddy and mommy!

A Day At The Zoo

We went to the Oakland Zoo yesterday and what a wonderful day it was! We couldn't have asked for better weather, it was sunny and warm with a little breeze.




This was Kailyn's first time to the zoo and I think she had a pretty great time too. She really enjoyed looking at the giraffe's and the elephants, and not only that; there were tons of kids running around everywhere!! She's quite the little people watcher.

She was so into the giraffe's that she didn't turn to the camera for a picture.


Aren't they adorable?

Checking out the elephants.




Daddy and Kailyn

Meerkat. They are SO cute, I really wanted to bring one home with us. :)

My amazing family :)

By the tortoise's


Here's a pot belly pig, I want one of these too :)


Kailyn and mommy on a frog

What a fun day at the zoo, well actually, it was more like 2 hours at the zoo, we were able to see the whole thing in 2 hours. That's perfect for us seeing as Kailyn gets tired quickly and we had to leave shortly after for lunch and for a nap. That's the perfect day for me.

Easter part 1

Easter was so much fun this year even though Kailyn is still a little too young to get the concept of finding Easter eggs.

On Saturday, we went to a bbq and just couldn't believe how many people were there! We only knew the friends of the person putting on the bbq.What a property! It must have been at least an acre. (Mike and I would love to have a property like that some day.) They had a TON of food there, lots of games, and other fun stuff to do, unfortunately, it's mostly for the big kids.

Kailyn didn't exactly join in on the Easter egg hunt as there were mostly older kids but we did wander off and found one. She found an egg and then put it back and another girl (about 6 yrs old) came along and took it! I couldn't believe it, but hey she's just a kid. It's not like Kailyn understood what she did.

There were also a lot of little babies there, absolutely adorable. You forget how small they are once yours is a huge monster! haha... lol...

The food was great, the people were great and the whole atmosphere was great...

A great start to a great Easter weekend!

Running around the field

Playing with "Auntie" Robin

Kailyn and Robin. Robin's parents; Fred and Darlene. So cute :)

Kailyn, Robin and Bob