Special Easter

We had a super fun Easter Sunday with the whole Fam. Caylee went to church in this really cute pink and white dress. Caylee experienced her first egg hunting and had dinner with the family. The food was delicious. We had creamy potatoes, Honey Baked Ham (yum), spinich salad, and tons of desserts and junk food. Good times!

No matter what I did, I couldn't get Caylee to look at the camera. ...and Brad, he wouldn't open his eyes!

Caylee in her Easter dress

Me and my mommy

Here's a picture of Caylee with her aunties, Kimbers Jennie, They helped Caylee out with hunting and picking up the eggs


After the egg hunt, Aunt Jennie and Kimber thought they deserved to eat some of her candy. Caylee generously offered some of hers. Daddy took some too, but she didn't notice;)

Caylee also got her own personnel bag made by her 2 grandmas (Susan and Mickey). She also got these two cute outfits. Thank you for your hard work. The bag is very cute!

Lunch with my friend

Last week, I met my friend, Susan. We first met at the institute. Since then, she has gotten married and had a daughter named Ezri. She currently lives in Utah and recently came to Bakersfield during spring break to see her family. We met up and had lunch at Olive Garden (brought back memories***). I had Soup and Salad and may I say, the new soup called, Chicken and Gnocchi is delicous! It has potato dumpling with chicken and arugula in a creamy soup. My mouth is watering again. Soooooooo yummy. You have to go try it out!

Me and Susan

Us and the kids, Caylee and Ezri

Thanks for coming. It was tons of fun seeing you and meeting Ezri!

11 month old

Caylee turned 11 months old couple of weeks ago. It just seems like she has changed so much in the last couple of weeks. She recently learned how to stand on her own and takes steps with her walker she uses everyday. She is still petite, but she eats very well. She LOVES to eat bananas and she will say "ba-nana nana nana nana" everytime she seems it. She is a happy baby for the most part and is always curious about everything, just like her daddy. She still stinkin' cat naps every day. If I get lucky, she naps about 1 1/2 hour maybe once or twice a week. Other than that, she will nap twice a day for anywhere between 15-40 min. I can't complain because she is still sleeping through the whole night, unless she is teething. Here are some pictures I've taken over the last 1 1/2 months.
Here is Caylee with auntie Mao. Her and I grew up in San Diego together. We have known each other for almost 13 years-she is like a sister to me. She lives in Valencia so Caylee and I went to go visit her. While visiting her, she spoiled Caylee with some cute toys from Toys "R" US (thanks, Mao!)

She loves this car! She walks with it EVER single day!!!Caylee and cousin, Alexis. Alexis loves Caylee and she always wants to know where she is. I love her, she is such a sweetheart. isn't she a cute bug!?!?!??! I hope that they'll be close when they get older.
Ok, I know you are thinking "she is getting too old to be in this bath sling", but this is the only way I can do without hurting my back too much. (Sorry for the provocative pict.)
Look at me, I'm standing up!
Here is caylee's new high chair

Visit from the Ashby's

I'm posting this waaaaaaaaaaay too late, but we had the Ashby's visit to Bakersfield to see us. They were in Ventura, spending time with their family and came up to visit on their way back home. We had lunch at Marie Calendar's and it was yummy! Thanks for coming!

Help!

I seriously am tired of looking at my own blog. The page style has been the same for almost a year and I don't really know how to change it up. Anyone know of free places to go so that this blog can look cute and exciting again?

suggestions will be grately appreciate it;)

It has been a while

Yes, we are still alive! We are now in Bakersfield, CA. We moved 2 weeks ago and are living with Brad's brother, Preston. The first 4 days, I was sick with a flew and spent the days in bed=( We left most of our stuff boxed and in the storage because we will be moving to our NEW house in about 4-6 months.

Speaking of our house, it is coming along quick! They are framing the house now and it's so exciting to see it built. Brad has been taking progressive pictures along the way and it's neat to see what they have done each day.

Here is the latest picture of our house:

When the house is done, it will look like this:

Caylee is now 10 1/2 months old and is now saying "mama", "dada", and shakes her head quite often. Most of the time, she is a happy baby and is very ticklish around her neck. She really likes hanging out with daddy. She is understanding more each day and it's really neat to see her grow. Her little personality is coming out and it's really cute.

Daddy giving Caylee a driving lesson

She still loves her bath

She is most happiest when she is with her daddy

I am still waiting for her hair to grow longer. One day, I will be able to comb and style her hair=)

Bye Bye!

9 Months/Cruise

Since the wedding and the cruise last month, we have been really busy with going out of town every weekend to buy a home in Bakersfield, coming home and trying to keep up with laundry, and try to serve in my calling at church. Things have been a little crazy and we just can't wait until we move and settle in.

Caylee turned 9 months 3 days ago! She is getting to be a little social butterfly! She is crawling, standing up, sitting down, babbles "dada" all the time. She is such a good eater. she loves her veggies and loves bananas! Her hair was short for the longest time and is starting to finally grow=) I can't wait for her hair to get longer so that I can do her hair;) She is so much fun. She thinks everything is so funny!
I promised to post some pictures of the cruise so I will do that here:

It was sooooooooooo much fun! Brad, Caylee and I went on the Mexican Riviera cruise with Brad's whole family (there was 18 of us!). We ate some really yummy food. We over ate every day for the 7 days we were on the ship. We stoped in Puerto Vallarta, Mazalan, and Cabo San Lucas. I really enjoyed shopping. It was so much fun dealing with people who really wanted to sell you something. If you said no, they will still try to sell you something by lowering prices. We brought home a hammock for whoppin' $11! I bargained on that one. It took a while to conivince this guy to give it to me for that price though. With food, entertaintment, we had a blast with everyone we went with. We can't wait to go on another cruise! Who wants to go with us?!?! ;) Here are some pictures from the cruise:

When we first go on the ship, we had a mandatory drill...

Caylee's first emergency drill...

What tha...

First formal night- 2nd day at sea

Brad signed up for the golfing contest. He came in 2nd. Here he is with the winner

I don't know how to golf, but signed up for it anyway and had a blast and lost=(

Beautiful, ocean view!

We found Sam's Club and Walmart next to each other in Puerto Vallarta- 3rd day
...and of course,
everything was in Pesos



Enjoying the sunshine in Puerto Vallarta- 3rd day

Brad went parasailing in Mazalan! (4th day)
Brad also went jet skiing in Cabo San Lucas, but don't have any pictures of him jet skiing because I went to the flea market instead=)

4th day- After dinner

2nd formal night (can't remember which night)-oops

Not only did Brad and I ate well, Caylee did too! Caylee had some breadsticks that were about 9 inches long (thought that was long), but she retired from that after she found this during lunch time:

The day before our last day on the ship, Brad and I entered into ping pong contest. I lost but Brad, again came in 2nd place
Here he is with the winner. She smoked him!

Caylee in the Cruise crib. She was fascinated and busy looking around everthing, she hardly took a nap in the crib. She is just like her daddy- she doesn't want to sleep because she thinks she is going to miss out on something.

Last day- About to get off the ship to go home

Got off the ship to go home
4 generations Brad, Caylee, mom, Susan & Grandma, Joyce

We had a blast! Wanna go on a cruise anyone?