VACATION!!!

First, here are a few pictures of Daisy at the beach.

She loves to play in the sand and water with her cousins and frends.

It makes her reeeeeaaaaaally tired!

We also went to Disneyland. This is usually the pose we get for EVERY picture!


We met Minnie! (I know I look like a crazy Disney person....and thats okay with me.)

Craig told me that when he was little, his mom would always tell him to show all his teeth so that he would have a smile in the picture. We tried this with Daisy and it worked like a charm.

Here is an adorable picture of her after her first swimming lesson.

A cute little video

This is one of the first times Daisy went down a slide all by herself!

It brings me so much joy I had to share it.

Super Easy Ruffle Shirts!!! Yay!

A while back my mother was telling me about a fun craft idea she saw on a blog (as she often does). The idea was to buy 2 of the same shirts, one your size and one of the biggest size they have. Then you cut flowers or ruffles out of the bigger shirt and make a corsage t-shirt by sewing the flowers or ruffles onto the shirt. It sounded fun! So I decided to make a ruffle front shirt. I took 2 shirts I bought for $5.00 at Target, ripped the shirt into different length strips, sewed them into ruffles and then sewed them on this shirt. It turned out super cute and looks great on. Since I am not having a very good "face day" (as Devan calls it),

I took a picture of it on a dress form.

(I didn't take a before picture of this one...woops)

After making a shirt for myself,

I was so pumped up I went to Walmart right away

and bought these 2 yellow shirts for Daisy.

I cut circles out of the larger shirt and sewed them together.

Then I sewed them onto the shirt.

And there you go...A super cute ruffle front shirt for my super cute daughter.

Daisy...

...is pretty funny. Although she is going through her "terrible two's" at 18 months she is still as lovable as always. She started Nursery a few weeks ago and has only had a couple crying spells so far. She wants to do everything herself but can't quite figure out how sometimes.

Here are a few cute pictures of her lately.

Here she is with a cat costume on. She didn't think it was as fun as I did.

Here she is playing with the dirt at the park.
She insisted on going on the "big girl" swings.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Craig is older today. He is a wonderful husband and father. I could name a million reasons why I love him. He is caring, loving, patient, hilarious and pretty awesome if you ask Daisy and me.

He loves his family!

He loves his big lizard!

... AND he loves dressing up for Halloween!!! What more could a girl ask for!!

Happy Birthday Craig!

The Beach

VG's donuts and silly faces

Playing in the water with DaddySand Monster

Playing with her sand toys

playing with the garbage...(and seeing if there is any of mom's DP left)taking a nap

Daisy

Devan just texted me to update my blog so.... I am. Here you go Devan.

Happy 1st Birthday Daisy!!

Daisy turned 1 on Thursday July 2. We had a party for her on Sunday. Devan made her a special dress and I made her the crown. She had a lot of fun!

She especially loved the cake Chelsea made for her! We love this cutie girl!!!

my funny girl...

...is so cute in the tub and only wants to stand up.
...likes to give me bites while I feed her.
...rests her foot on her tray.
...loves the camera.
...makes funny faces.
...loves her daddy.

I love my Nieces!

Ava and Remi spent the night at my house last week. We had so much fun! We watched The Little Mermaid and Sleeping Beauty. Here are a few pics:

We went to the park. Daisy did not like the slide!I curled their hair. They were soooooo excited to share my Snuggie!!
Daisy loved having them over and so did I!!

Sorry... no pictures

As my wonderful mom said I normally ignore tags because I just don't want to be a "tag person"(not that its a bad thing). I am supposed to write 6 true things about myself, so ready or not here I go:

1.) I am a big worrier, a big "What-if-er". A BIG one. I know that "worrying never solved anything" and what-if's really don't help, but I can't help it. I don't think that I worry toooo much about the little stuff but I do worry. My worries are set off by my crazy imagination. I can't help it, my mind starts exploding into the unimaginable. I am trying to think of an example but I am worried that what if you think its dumb than you will never want to be my friend again and you will think I'm stupid (just kidding (I was worried that you wouldn't know that I was kidding))....now I am worried that you will think I use too many parenthesis.... (now I am woried that you will think I am dumb because I can't spell)

2.) I LOVE Seinfeld, and so does Craig (what do you think made me fall in looove with him). We have an Iguana named Cosmo and a baby who's hair looks like Kramer's hair when I don't put it in a pony (not on purpose I swear)*. I am always thinking of quotes from the show that I could fit in my everyday life but I don't always say them out loud. I could watch it everyday, all day for the rest of my life and be perfectly happy.

3.) I have a wonderful family. Seriously, families don't get any better than mine. I have the best husband ever, the cutest baby daughter, awesome parents, hilariously fun sisters, fantastic nieces and nephews who I love like my own. I love them so much. I am so lucky to know that I never have to worry (although you know I still will) about anything because I know they will be there whenever I need them .

4.) I hate my job. Big surprise. I have worked there for 6 years because I kept getting raises and I need health insurance....and groceries. I don't want to brag but I am pretty good at my job. Don't you hate being good at something that you don't love doing.

5.) Whenever I watch tv or a movie or anything I always make the facial expressions that the actors are making. I don't know why I do this. I think it is because I wonder how I would do it if I was the one acting. I also repeat things the actors say, not out loud, silently to myself. Just ask Devo. I'm crazy... I know.

6.) I don't like talking about or trying to think of things to write about myself.

I hope you don't think that I think the "glass is half empty". I am actually a happy person. If this was boring to read...sorry. I am not going to tag anyone...sorry. Or you're welcome.

Okay here is a cute pic of Daisy at the zoo, I couldn't resist:

More funny places where Cosmo has fallen asleep. -By Craig

Run Cosmo... Run!!

Daisy and Cosmo were both crawling around on the floor

and this is how it went.

First they were both minding their own business.

Then, Daisy spotted Cosmo...

and they were off...

Daisy got Cosmo's tail but I saved him.

I know some people think Cosmo is scary

but I was more scared of Daisy getting Cosmo

than the other way around.

Gotta love those kids!