ToE HeAd

The very best part of being a mommy is watching your baby grow up and do the darnest things!!! Ms new toy is a Potato Head Family. She loves it!! She calls them Toe Head. Mommy Toe, Daddy Toe Head and Baby Toe head. Today we were playing with the Toe Head Family and after we got done putting them together M put the Family in order, making sure evryone was holding hands. She was very proud of her family. At one point she was talking to them and then stopped, turned to look at me and said " mom, Toe Head Snack!" I, in return, curious to see how this would unfold told her they could have a snack. She pulled out the box of candy and started handing each one a piece and then setting it infront of them. Once that was done and each one had their snack she said, "mom Toe Head eat snack, Open please." I did as told. She would then give each Toe Head member a "bite" and then she would say, "my turn" and the snack was gone! This was repeated 3 more times! She is such a smart girl because she would never get 4 pieces of candy otherwise. I just sat there watching her play, it was so stinkin funny. I should have been the "good" mom and stopped at 2 pieces of candy but evry time there was a different way of feeding the candy or the birds were coming and they had to eat it fast. I was very entertained. LOVE my Baby! There is never a boring moment!

"Head Mommy" "Head Daddy"

Just had to hold hands! The whole family got a Treat!!! M- "Daddy big snack. Daddy big!"

OnE FoR YoU!

ThE WhoLe ThiNg FoR Me!!

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.