She's 8 months old!

She has been 8 months now for a few weeks (I've been a little busy) and she is full of energy! She's crawling around but she's still trying to figure out how it all works (eg. her knees and hands moving together so she can move quicker). It's pretty entertaining to watch her! She's also starting to pull herself up on things so she can stand up. She loves watching her big brother and Joey and is full of smiles day and night. She isn't much of a sleeper but at least she's as sweet as she can be when she's awake all day! :)


Jamie was sharing his hat with her.


Standing up with daddy's assistance. What a big girl!

This is the best I could do this month with the picture. She was moving around so much so I couldn't get a clear shot of her! ;)

This is her expression when she got her new toy......just amazed!

This is a good example of what the two of them are doing during the day most of the time. Jamie is always trying to carry her, lay with her, or hug her and Jordan just smiles and giggles away.

Our Favorite Place!

The beach in our favorite place in the world! We love being at the beach and one day I really hope we'll live near one! We had a great time at the beach in San Diego. Jamie loved playing in the sand but his favorite part was running in the freezing water into the waves. I'm sure he'll be wanting to surf next to daddy when he gets a little bit older!

Playing in the sand with his trucks.


You can definitely tell we are from the desert! A lot of beach goers had swimsuits on but our first day we were bundled up in sweatshirts and blankets. I think it was only 70 degrees out so a bit cold for us!

The next day was warmer and after seeing how badly Jamie wanted to go in the water the previous day I gave in and put him in his swim suit. He had a blast. He spent hours out there running in and out of the waves. It was so much fun to watch his excitement!

Jordan's first time in the ocean. She loved it! She was full of smiles and wanted to keep her little feet in the water and sand.

Me experiencing pure joy...my two babies, my husband and I at the beach!

Sea World Part II

Here are a few more pictures of our Sea World Trip. Jamie loved the Sesame Street Bay of Play (and I'm pretty sure his daddy did too!).

While Jamie was running around playing, Jordan was having some quality time with her Poppi.

He loves doing somersaults. He kept doing them over and over again!

Daddy and Jamie climbing up the big rope structure. I actually climbed up and joined them as well but I'm glad we didn't get a picture of that! ;)

Jamie having a blast running on the ramps.

Sea World Part I

For Jamie's third birthday Nani and Poppi wanted to take him to Sea World and boy did we have a blast! Both aunt's, Uncle Jay, Nani, Poppi, and Great-Grandma all came with us for the day. Jamie really enjoyed seeing all of the animals but his favorite part of Sea World was Sesame's Street Bay of Play area (big surprise!). He loved going on the flying Elmo fish and running all around on the play equipment. We went to a few shows and saw most of the exhibits. Our tickets allowed us entry for the whole week so we took advantage of this and went a few times. The big kids (my bro, my sis, Jeremy, Katie and I) all went on the roller coaster water ride which was a lot of fun (although poor Katie got soaked!). All in all it was a fun filled day and Jamie did pretty good with all of the excitement and stimulation!

Jamie looking at the dolphins.

This is how Jordan spent the first day....

This is how Jordan spent the second day! Here we are with Aunt Katie checking out the Sting Ray's.

Jamie feeding the seals with help from Aunt Katie and Uncle Jay.

Jamie's FAVORITE part of Sea World....riding on flying Elmo's!

San Diego Family Vacation

A few weeks ago we took a week vacation in San Diego. It was awesome! The weekend we arrived my parents and my sister both came to San Diego to help celebrate Jamie's birthday. Jason and Katie live in San Diego so they joined us as well. My grandma and one of my aunts and uncles live in the area so they came over on Friday night too and we had one big family BBQ. It was so much fun and I loved having so much family around the kids.

Jamie's cool Thomas the Train birthday cake....it was delicious!


My two cousins helping Jamie open some of his birthday presents.

This was so cute....Aunt Mel got a miniature basketball for Jamie and she had Jordan deliver it to him.

Uncle Jason and Jamie on the train at Balboa Park. This is the same train that we used to go on when we were kids living in San Diego!