Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Prepping for Baby Brother

 I love, love, LOVE watching my girls play mommy. It is truly one of the sweetest things ever. I'm so excited for this new little boy to get here to see the girls interact with a real baby. I'm sure they'll be fantastic "helpers!"



June 2013: More Disney

 This was our last Disney trip before we were blacked out for the Summer. We were so excited dad could come along.
 Little Mermaid ride
 Jumpin' Jellyfish. It was fun to have dad there to take Rachael on some "big kid" rides, since my belly had a baby growing in it.
 Ferris wheel kissin'!
 Flik's Fliers in Bug's Land.


 Mickey's Soundsational Parade: definitely a favorite!
 Small World, obviously a must.

Camping in Pine Valley, May 2013

 Rachael had a few weeks off of school so the girls and I headed to St. George to spend a few days with family. Sadly, Nate wasn't able to come :( We went camping in Pine Valley and it was SO fun, as camping usually is.
 Whit was loving her Minnie Mouse chair.
 It wouldn't be a trip with a four year old without a few cases of the grumpies, now would it?

But then she got a pinecone stuck to her bum, and all grumps were forgotten.
 Auntie Lindsey made dandelion crowns for the girls, which they of course loved.
 They found these awesome leaves and pretended to be puppies.
 They climbed on rocks.

 And painted faces
 And had some more grumps, even with a cute cat face on.
 Even cousins Jude and baby Frankie came up for a visit.
 Whitney and Jude are pretty adorable together!
 And of course they had to make dirt angels... just to get even more filthy.
And what would a camping trip be without watermelon? NOTHING.

We sure love camping and I'm looking forward to the time when we can have our own trailer to take camping whenever the heck we want. Woot woot!

Disney with Dad

There were a few times dad was able to come with us to Disneyland/California Adventure. When we went in May, we went to see the Aladdin show. The girls loved it, with the elephants coming through the audience and the magic carpet flying over head. Another one of our favorite things to do with daddy were to ride the Ferris wheel and its even one of the few times we actually buy a treat while we're there!

Saturday, August 24, 2013

April 2013

 We hit up the Pixar Play Parade with our friends, the Gochnours, Jack, Jonah, and Sofi, in April. (The Gochnours have since moved to Boise, so sad!) We love the Play Parade! There is bubbles, water, and a lot of characters getting all up in our faces. So fun!

 Grandma Meyer was also able to come for a visit, so we went to the Nix Nature Center. It was freakishly chilly this day, which I guess is better than it being freakishly hot.



 Minnie! (Notice no Whitney... Apparently if you're not a princess you don't deserve her time.)
 Goofy! Definitely not on the top of Whitney's to do list.
 Swimming time again! Whitney was getting too independent in the pool.
 Rachael wasn't nearly as independent as she should have been...
This picture is really awkward... I promise I'm clothed under my smok, just in my swimming suit. This was Whitney's first haircut and she was so adorable through the whole thing! Best part was her curls popped right into place and are now even more curly. Love my girl's curly locks.

PS I never mentioned that we announced I was expecting sometime in March. Yep, another kid is on its way! I mention this now because something important happened in April, thankfully while my mom was visiting. I started having a pretty intense pain in the right side of my belly, plus a fever and some vomiting. So what do we do? We look on the internet until we find out what is wrong. I went to my routine Doc appointment in the morning, feeling sickly, but didn't think too much of it. Later that afternoon my pain in my side was worse, and after google-ing it, we thought it would maybe be appendicitis. Nate came home and took me to the insta-clinic that had an ultrasound. They couldn't see anything wrong, but took my blood and had it tested. They told me to call in a few hours for the results. So I did. When I called, they said they recommended I go to the ER because my white blood cell count was elevated. So we hopped on over to the ER. There they took more blood, did another long ultrasound, and found out that.... nothing was wrong. Ugh. I was so annoyed. With myself, the clinic, and the ER. ER visits are VERY expensive. Oh well... At least nothing was wrong, right??

March 2013

 Aunt Elise came to visit in March! We went to Pump-It-Up for a morning of fun! It was awesome to get to spend some time with Elise before she left on her mission. Thanks for the visit, Elise!


 We also went to the Orange County Great Park for a little outdoorsy time.

 Later that month, we met Baloo at DL.

And we went to see Disney Junior Live on Stage. The shows they put on stage are Sofia the First, Doc Mcstuffins, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Heaven. On. Earth. For my girls at least. (Minus Jake... lets be honest.) It was hard to get a good picture because no flash was allowed, but I thought these pictures turned out pretty cool.

February 2013

Not much went down in February. I'm sure we went to Disneyland a few times, but the nice thing about going so much is you kind of relax about all of the pictures unless something out of the ordinary comes up.

 Even though daddy was in the midst of tax busy season, we still managed to get a few snuggles in. So cute.
 The girls also got some new (to them) bikes! Rachael did awesome with her pedaling. Whit... needs some more practice.