Happy Birthday Lizzie

I can't believe that Lizzie is 6 months old! My baby is growing up so fast. Everyone told me to cherish these days since they grow up so fast, but they weren't kidding it seems like she was born yesterday minus the pain from giving birth. She ALREADY has such a personality. Happy and always smiling, plus she is the BEST baby.

I LOVE MY LIL' PUMPKIN

Tag from Bekah

3 joys: being married to my best friend Davey, being a mom to Lizzie and enjoying all of her beautiful smiles, and finally being able to buy a house.
3 fears: getting pregnant again before I'm ready (and my body is ready), the house falling out of escrow, and Lizzie's food allergies get worse.
3 goals: to fit back into my pre-pregnancy jeans/clothes, to be organized when I move and have everything put away within 1 week, and to exercise more.
3 current obsessions/collections: blogging and editing pictures, Reading, reading, and reading some more, buying Lizzie clothes.. my husband isn't a BIG fan of my last obsession, but I want her to look super cute!
3 random facts: I'm left handed, I'm nervous about everything, and Lizzie and I are going to take a Mommy & me swim class this summer!

I tag Ashley, Susie, & Kelli

I need your HELP Please!!!

I need your help!!! I entered this picture of Lizzie into a photo contest, and I need you to vote for her picture please! The company will make you enter some information about yourself, and if you do not want any of the offers just don't click on them. Thanks so much for you help Lizzie appreciates it!

Here is the link: https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index.aspx?referid=EmailFriends&p=539875&x=.jpg

A New Trick Lizzie Would Like To Share With The World!!!

Almost there...
using her arms to balance...
TA-DA!!! I'm sitting! I'm such a BIG girl now!!!

(plus, my hair is FINALLY starting to grow in again... my Mommy is so EXCITED!)

ODE TO MY GREAT FRIEND A-MAN-DUH

Today I thought I would blog about someone dear to my heart, and I hope she will read this! Ever since Amanda and I were 18 months old we were the bestest of friends. We were like peanut butter and jelly or as David would say lamb and tuna fish. Amanda and I ALWAYS could find a way to get in trouble or to find the danger in anything. As time went on and Amanda went to another school our friendship continued to flourish. We would only get to see each other on the weekends, but it didn't matter it was like we were never apart. Either Amanda was at my house or I was at hers.

We learned to drive at the age of 4 when we drove the Fenn's truck across the street, we defied death by riding down the icy hill on the boy's go kart and almost getting hit by a car, Amanda taught me how to drive stick since she didn't have her license yet and we wanted to go see Matt Davis, We jumped the Hoopie everyday going to school, we befriended multiple friends from down the mountain and learned how to drive home super late while keeping each other awake as we drove the 15 miles up our long driveway home. The list could go on forever.

Then as time passed we went our separate ways, and endured a variety of trials. The one thing that we both could count on was that we were only a phone call away. No matter the weeks or months that had passed it seemed like at the very moment we were teenagers hanging out and chatting about what we thought would lie ahead in our futures: who we would marry, the lives we would live, and the dates we would go on.

Amanda we have had the best of times and the worst of times, but I always want you to remember you will always be my best friend no matter the distance that lies between us. Thanks for always being there for me, and helping me to become the person that I am today.

I LOVE YOU!

Our NEW House FOR REALS THIS TIME!!!

The Front of our house
3 car garage
Front shot of door and porch

Kitchen Family Room
Formal Living room and dining room
Vanity in Master
Shower and tub in Master
Our Huge Walk in closet

Our Master Bedroom
The guest bathroom
The office
Lizzie's new bedroom
The Nemo Bedroom


Side yard
3 car garage
view from front door
View up the street
Our backyard that backs a canal

So you are probably thinking wait... this isn't the house that you are in Escrow with. Well let me give you the 411 on the Stratus house. We were getting ready to sign the papers, and we noticed that the owner wanted to keep the stove and take our water purification system out of the house (which would cause damage to the pluming) we asked if those things would please stay with the house since the house was appraised with them. The owner got all sketchy and told us he would rather go into forecloser than let us keep the fixtures with the house so we pulled out of escrow today, (we starting thinking what else would the owner think was his and take with him) and instead got this AMAZING house. We went into Escrow today and we are so excited. It is cheaper, 600 MORE square feet, newer, and in a better neighborhood! So that is our NEW NEWS!

The Greatest Mother's Day!!!

This was the second Mother's Day that I have celebrated... since last year Lizzie was in my tummy and I thought I should celebrate even though she wasn't born yet. Lizzie and David made this year EXTRA special. They are so sneaky! This year they bought me a refrigerator and an hour massage at Massage Envy. It was the BEST day a mother could ever ask for. After church David, Lizzie, Oma, Papa, Lizzie, and I headed up the mountain and spent the day with my family. We had such a great visit. Plus, we got to play the GREATEST game in the world JOKER!!! Thanks to Carly and Brian.

Escrow is coming along great we should be moving around the 1st of June! HOORAY! My new house was another Mother's Day presents, and this present will benefit the whole family. Thanks to my great husband!

Gerber 1st Foods

So Lizzie has had some set backs in her eating. As I have been feeding her the past week I noticed when she would eat that she would always sneeze. I never thought anything about it until one night as I was changing her into her jammies I noticed a reddish rash all over her body. I started getting nervous so I emailed our doctor. He said those are the symptoms of a food allergy. GREAT! So he told me to keep a journal of all the things she eats so we can track down what she is allergic to. I don't wait to put Lizzie through that so I stopped feeding her rice and barley cereals and she has been fine. This is Lizzie eating sweet potatoes and she loves it as you can tell. We will keep you updated on our journey through food allergies 101.

Home Home on the Range

Thanks to the Jones Family Lizzie is able to ride the Red Flyer Rocking Horse. Lizzie absolutely loves this horse especially since her Papa is way into horses. She has a great time bouncing up and down on her horse. She named her horse Lighting since it is fast like the wind! Now Lizzie is able to ride like the wind as she babbles... "Home home on the range where the deer and the antelope play..."

Where's Lizzie?

Today has been one of those days when you just want to smile and realize how special your baby is. The past couple of days Lizzie has had a really hard time sleep due to her runny nose mixed with her deep raspy cough. Even though some moments when she is screaming and I have no idea what to do to help calm her down and I want to pull out my hair. My sweet baby does this and it melts my heart.

Last weekend Shauna & the kids, Violet, Jay, Devyn & Irelynn came with Lizzie and I to Garage Sale in the great city of Moreno Valley. Jay and I came upon this house that was having a sale and we started talking to the owner and her sister. Well we were there for over an hour chatting and they kept telling up how cute Lizzie and Irelynn were. I WOULD NEVER buy stuffed animals from a garage sale since you don't know where they have been and that is just gross. After getting to know these ladies I knew that their stuffed animals were washed prior to selling them and I knew they were clean. Lizzie LOVES them. As you can tell in the picture. She loves to snuggle them close to her face and just have enough room for her bottle to poke out. Thanks Angel for the simple things that make each day sweeter than the day before, and realize how precious each moment is.

Dress-up 101

Thanks to my wonderful sister Lizzie has amazing dress up clothes. I know what you are thinking... "She is too little for dress up" But serious people all kids like to dress up even if they are only 4 months old. I really hope the butterfly costume fits her for Halloween, cause she is the cutest thing ever! Well I know it isn't Christmas but the Santa outfit won't fit her when Christmas rolls around again so I hope Lizzie brings you happy thoughts that Christmas is only 8 months and 2 days away.

Lizzie's new trick!

This is beginning of Lizzie's trick. She loves her feet and playing with them. Each day she tries to eat her toes, but finally it happened.. and here is the picture capturing the moment...
She is so flexible! One day I hope to be as flexible as she is.

I am on the Ellen Show! Today @ 4 pm

So yesterday Ashley Patterson, Katie Nielsen, Wendy Mellen, and I attended the taping of the Ellen Degeneres Show in Burbank, California. We had a great time! no kids... no husbands or boyfriends... just the girls :) We don't get a lot of opportunities to go out and have girl time, but yesterday was just that... time to visit with one another.

So we all had a great time and Ashley almost won tickets to meet David Beckam... oh how fun that would have been. The taping was a lot of fun, and we all had a great time dancing with Ellen. If you go to her website for her show @ http://ellen.warnerbros.com/ Then check out the video of who's on Ellen this week (click on Tuesday) You will see Ashley, Wendy, Katie, and myself on the snippet of video. So check it out!!!! My mouth is wide open you won't miss me... I promise!

During her monologue in the beginning of the show she talks about friends who talk WAY TOO Much... so we start point to Ashley, then Ellen starts talking to Ashley... So if you want to see us on TV you better watch Ellen today @ 4 pm

Thanks Ashley for the tickets I had a great time!

Hot Spring Days!!!

So on Friday Shauna and the kids came over to play in the pool. For people living outside Southern California you are probably thinking... it is only April and there is snow outside my window, but here it has been in the low 90's and beautiful. The kiddos especially loved being in the water. Lizzie loved sitting on the step and splashing around... I think she thought it was a big bathtub. I can't wait for more fun in the sun.

Cereal Here We Come!!!!

The day finally approached and I was a little weary... the last time we tried cereal we lost the fight, and by the end of the meal Lizzie and I were both COVERED in watery rice cereal. I prepared Lizzie and I for the fight this time. I wasn't going to let the rice cereal win again. I placed Lizzie in the Bumbo chair and prepared for a victorious win. As I started to shovel the cereal into her mouth it went better than I had hoped...She was enjoying it and wanted more... could this be the same child? or was fate going to collapse my lovely dreams?

By the end of the meal we were tied...

RICE cereal 1 Lizzie 1

P.s. Lizzie is continuing to love her new food choice... I think we have conquered!