CaIfOnIa VaCaTiOn (picture overload!)

Our drive to Cali was actually not bad at all! M slept most of the way and when she was awake, treats and a good show was all she needed!

The first night we went to visit my grandma and M got stung by a bee. It was so sad! To this day her finger still hurts...go figure!

Breakfast at the hotel was yummy

Disneyland!!! Here we come!!! Yay!! As soon as we got there M was so happy and mesmerized by everything. There was so much stimulation she didn't know what to do or where to look first. She was just dancing her little heart out in the middle of Disney!

It's A Small World was he favorite ride. She was so ecstatic when she saw Woody and Ariel.

Cheese!! She was so excited when a nice man gave her a "1st visit to Disneyland" button.

Love this pic!!! She was so excited to see the characters but once it was picture time she would freak out. She would grab on to Stu so hard he thought she would leave a bruise on his chest. She finally turned for a picture but held on for dear life!

The parade was so fun. I love Disney! It is such a magical place and this year they had a really fun parade where you sang and danced your heart out. Yes! We got pulled into the middle and got to dance with the characters and dancers. It was so fun and not embarrassing at all!!!

We had such a great time. In the end M did not want to go home!!

The next day was Sea World!

I had never been to Sea World and let me tell you, it is not the place to go to in mid summer! It was so hot and not as enjoyable. We made the best of it and ended up having a pretty fun, hot day. It was so amazing to see all the sea animals!

We got to see Shamu, Dolphins, seals and people do pretty cool tricks. We thought it was pretty amazing.

It was kind of scary going through the shark tunnel. I kept imagining the worse.

It was so hot and even though M was excited to see cool shows this is as excited as her facial expressions got.

Some people amaze me! These guys were doing the coolest tricks on the poles. Sometimes just holding on with one hand.....Crazy!!!!

I have always wanted to touch a life starfish...

We were done at about 4 and on our way out M got a Shamu stamp that made her day. That is all she could talk about. We didn't even have to get her a souvenir b/c the stamp was enough to show the world she went to Sea World. Now a days she will show me her arm and she is sad b/c Shamu is gone. Saturday was Beach Day!!

As we were looking for a good spot we ran into a dead Seal. It was so sad!

My family joined us in Cali for the weekend and we had so much fun! The rip tide was so bad nobody was aloud to swim so we just raced the waves. Some of us were not fast enough or heavy enough and they would tumble in the water like a rag doll. It was scary at the time but once they got back up we would laugh b/c it was a pretty funny sight.

M loved playing in the sand!

We tried to build a Sand Castle.

2 years can be so creative. She said this was the wall so our Sand Castle would not get hurt by the water again.

Party!!! My Family with my cousin celebrating her Quinceanera. It is a Spanish tradition to throw a big party when a girl turns 15 years of age. This was it for my cute cousin Itzel (left.) It was so fun we ate lots of yummy food, saw family, friends and danced a lot.

I can't believe how tall by little brothers are!!! This is what M looked liked at the end of every day!!! We would get to the hotel room and she would pass out!!!! Part 2 of the Party! My cute cousin insisted on having one last Pinata. So her mom made her wish come true! M got to hit the Pinata and so did I. I had forgotten how much fun it is to have a pinata for your birthday. M loved it!!!!!!

M and her Cousin Andre with their stash of candy they collected. I didn't think M would understand what to do once the candy fell on the ground but it didn't take her long at all to realize she had to go for it. She did...her bag was pretty full, Thanks to dads help.

That Sunday Night we headed home but we didn't leave without having some In-N-Out and then we were content!!!! We had a GREAT time!!!

SwEeT BabY GiRl

Our sweet Baby Girl is growing up too fast!

I finally got around to getting her 2 year old pictures done and I am so, so happy with the job Jenny from Simply Sublime Photography did. She did an excellent job! Miya was surprisingly so good for us that morning. Of course there was a lot of bribing on my part but it all worked to perfection.

I cannot believe she is two! We love her so much and we are so happy she is part of our lifes.

As her aunt said..."This is a perfect picture of who Miya is." Happy, sweet and in our eyes so beautiful.

Our baby looks like such a big girl in this picture!

Thanks Jenny for being so patient and nice to Miya. You are so talented!!

Potty Trainning

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Library

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So we are potty training Miya once again!!! With the move back in February potty training was just not going to happen so I decided to get settled and now we are at that point where we can try again!

Well, Miya was in underwear yesterday and had 0 accidents. Yay Miya!

Today was day 2 of potty training. I was gutsy enough to head to the library and get us a couple of good books. We went to the potty as soon as we got there and of course Miya did not have to go. We head downstairs to look at some books and by the second book Miya is screaming..."mom poop! Poop! Yuck" as she's screaming these wonderful words Miya begins to cry bloody murder. What was a quiet library was now filled with my child screaming "Mom, Poop!" as she was going in her pants. I froze in place and I had no idea what to do. I finally snapped out of it hurried and grabbed the only thing I had which was a piece of paper and tried to stop her pee from running on to the carpet. Oh my gosh! I was so embarrassed!!!!!!!!! I grabbed Miya and ran out the door as fast as I could. Let me remind you that Miya did not stop crying nor screaming "Mom, Poop!" People were just staring at me and my accident girl. I'm sure people were wondering what the heck I was doing or completely grossed out at my poor little girl. Thinking back on it I'm sure I looked so funny to some. I was literally holding Miya out in front of me the whole way out, almost in tears and apologizing to the librarian. I HATE POTTY TRAINING!!!

5 Years & Counting!

Time goes by so fast when you are married to such an amazing person!! It was 5 years last week that Stu and I were married. It is such a fun adventure to be married to my hot accountant! I'm so happy to be making fun memories with him each and every day! I look forward to growing old with him and always keeping a budget to the penny!!!!!

The day of, we had dinner at my very favorite restuarant The Cheesecake Factory!! Yummy!

The next day Stu and I went to Lagoon. It has been 6 years since we last went to Lagoon. It was one of our first dates when we were dating. It brought back memories of how young and daring we use to be. WOW! Let me tell you! We are getting to old for this stuff. Grandma watched Miya all morning so we could hit up all the big rides.

Our favorite ride was wicked. We soon realized that we were trying too hard to not get sick to our stomachs so we decided to be done with the rides and left to get lunch and Miya.

Miya joined us that evening and we went on a couple kid rides. Miya fell in love with the train and animals! I'm glad we ended our Anniversary Celebration with Miya joining us!

We took Miya on the big Ferris Wheel. Can you say Anxiety Attack!!! I was so close to start screaming to get us down! Of course Stu had to turn our basket in circles in mid ride! I use to be the queen of roller coasters and crazy adventures and now I start to get anxiety attacks!!! Is it just me or does it come with age and being a mom???? Miya kept wanting to sit by the door and I convinced her she could kneel in front of it and look down but man! I almost peed my pans!!! Worse feeling ever! The whole time I was planning my rescue mission in case our basket broke or fell. Stu thought I was going nuts...I was...literally.

Catching Up

Pool Time!

Our pool opened on Memorial Day weekend. Stu and Miya were ready to kick off summer with a little swim.

Miyas New Ride

She loves to ride her new princess four-wheeler.

But the best part is when her friend comes over.

"My Baby!"

I love my little girl! especially when she does all the cute things little girls do. My favorite is when she changes her babys diaper. She goes around saying, "Mom, My Baby...stinky bum." so she goes and makes sure that baby no longer has a stinky bum.

She even wipes the babys bum.

I love to see her try to put a size 5 diaper on this itty baby. She gets so frusterated but doesn't give up. She then gets her potty book (in the background,) shows it to her baby and says "Baby, Nice, Poop, Potty!" Translation...Baby, it would be nice if you could poop in the potty. Hmm, I wonder where she got that from. We've been trying to potty train for ever! I always tell her those same exact words after a poopy diaper change. Oh how I love my Miya.

So Much To Post So Little Time

* I am so behind on this blog thing! There's more to come! With the move and summer here I have been too busy to blog but since my family is not very nice to me for not updating I will make sure I make some blog time in my schedule!!

Cinco De Mayo

We celebrated Cinco De Mayo with Jen and Steve and we had a very fun Mexican Time! It's funny how in Mexico it's not even a big deal but in America it's a another Holiday. I decided we would make the best out of this day and get made fun of by my Mexican family for actually celebrating it!

My Parents went to Mexico about a month ago and brought this adorable dress back for Miya. She looked so cute...just like a lil mexican girl. I braided her hair and I just wanted to eat her up.

We drank delicious Pina Coladas.

I made Stus Favorite Mexican Dish. Chiles Rellenos...Not as good as my moms but they were still so yummy!

Steve and Jen brought over some fried Ice Scream to top our Cinco De Mayo festivities!

It was a Fun Fiesta!!!!! (Not siesta Jen)

Easter

Easter Sunday was so fun at our house. I got up way too early and made Belgian waffles from scratch (I was so proud of myself!) and by eight I had Stu and Miya come down for breakfast. Miya was so excited when she saw her Easter basket. We had breakfast and talked about Jesus and had a very good Sunday morning. Love Stus Face! "The Basket" She got her favorite movie in the world!

She spotted the eggs around the living room and thought she would help clean up. Little did she know they were full of candy and all were for her. We had to sit down with her and explain.

We had so much fun with Miya and we can't wait for next year!

SaSsy Lil ThAnG

Miya has a mind of her own now! She is definitely a sassy lil girl and every moment and day spent with her is priceless. Here are a couple of our "Miya what are you doing?!?" and "Aww soo cute!" moments.

Miya saw these sun glasses at the store and had to have them! She would not take them off! ! She wears them at all times in the car. Snow, Rain or Shine miya has these cute glasses on.

$20 dollar lipstick all over her face! So cute! Stu and I were getting ready for church and we put on a show for her. We turned around and Miya had snuck into my make up drawer when we weren't looking and this is what we found! We tried to keep a straight face but we just couldn't. She kept asking us... "pretty mommy?"Needless to say, we were late to church!

While doing laundry miya snuck into my makeup drawer again!!! The joys!!! You're probably asking why don't I put my makeup where she cant get it?! It's only happened these two times. She is pretty good at staying away but she beat me to it these times. No biggy! Just cuteness!

She loves to make funny faces!

OK! this one was not my fault! My lil sis was in town and of course anything miya asked for she got. I left my sister in charge while i ran down stairs...5 minutes later i walked in and miya was putting mascara on!!! All over her face!!! My sister didn't think she could open it and gave it to her while she got ready, obviously not paying attention to what she was doing!! Miya thought it was pretty. All we could do was laugh! It was quite a sight

For her B-day she got this fun Bath toy from my family. We put her in the tub and she got on her belly and was playing with her mermaid, then she would get flounder and she would make them hug and talk. So SO SO Cute!!!

Miya also has this thing to put all her toys in a straight line. Cars, trains, stuffed animals, DVDs, books...it's cute but can you say...OCD!!! Hum...i wonder where she gets it from???