16 Months!!

Wow! Time is really flying!! Brandon and I feel like we are always saying that when we look at how big our girl is getting. She is soooo not a baby anymore! She wants to do things herself and has become quite the climber. The other day we found her on top of the dining room table and thought I was going to have a heart attack! So, for her 16 month birthday Vi decided to start the morning out with a bang... She decided that mom wasn't coming fast enough first thing in the morning so she proceeded to paint her poopy diaper all over! All over includes, her face, hair, walls around her crib, of course all her bedding, and I even found it on the curtain next to her bed! It was soooo disgusting! I just couldn't believe my little princess could be so gross! So, now we are in search of long one piece 24 month p.j.'s! She had a onesie on when she did this. It is not easy finding these types of p.j.'s this time of year for a 24 month old!! So, after I cleaned her up, shut her bedroom door since I couldn't look at it without gagging all over the place, we ate breakfast and I pretended there was nothing wrong for about an hour. Then once my food was settled, I masked and gloved myself while Vi watched TellyTubbies to scrub down her room. Once everyone was cleaned up we took a trip to the store and on the way home the little munchkin who NEVER falls asleep in the car in case she might miss something was zonked out AND snoring in less than 5 minutes! What an exhausting day for such a little darling.... (note the sarcasm!)

Beach Time

I took Violet to the beach last week to visit her Great Uncle Jake and Great Aunt DiDi and then we went and stayed with Violet's tia and tio, Christina and Diaro, in Ocean City. Violet had so much fun on the beach especially when her cousin Chase came to visit with Auntie La La. Mommy didn't really get to relax very much though since Violet is non-stop now! When she wasn't racing down to check out the waves she was checking out the people sunbathing. She didn't quite understand that when people are sleeping on their towels they don't want a little baby getting sand all over them to say "HI". Although, it was quite cute! Her grass skirt bathing suit was the biggest hit of the beach though. So many people stopped to tell me how cute she was it was getting a bit ridiculous:) Also, check out Violet's first outdoor shower, she had a blast with that too! I think we have quite the water baby as she has no fear of anything, loud waves included!

Using a Spoon!

So, we are suprised everyday by the accomplishments of our baby girl, who is not such a baby anymore. We took her to a Baysox baseball game and she had such fun eating icecream on her own and drinking water of the water fountain. They also have a kids area with a carousel which we put her on and she said "wheee" the whole way around!

Visit with family....

After the wedding we took a mini weekend trip to visit Brandon's family in Bakersfield. It was so great getting to see everyone and show off our little princess! And what fun the two cousins had playing together:) The trip was way too short, but it was great to see everyone!

Beach Time!!! The Navy Lodge in Coronado that we stayed at was Awesome!! Our room overlooked a large courtyard area that opened up onto the beach! There was fun playground equipment on a large portion of the beach which is where we would mainly hang out. Then the beach was just beyond a little dune and when Violet would see if she would run for it! While she was not a huge fan of how the sand felt on her little toesies, she loved the ocean! She eventually came to love the sand and couldn't get enough of it either. We were right next to the landing strip on the base so we go to see the cool Navy helicopters come in every night and it was definetly a highlight of Violet's day! She would point to the helos and and say "ohhhh". So cute!These are all shots of the beach at the lodge.

Violet and I took a little day trip while Brandon was in class one day to La Jolla Beach. We had such fun playing in the surf and watching the seals be lazy:) The Pacific Ocean is so cold, but it really didn't seem to bother Vi since I couldn't keep her out of it. She was really into exploring the seaweed and moss that was growing near the shore!

Last evening in San Diego:( we spent it hanging out with Violet on the beach! We were so sad to leave, but we have to return to the real world....

San Diego!

Wow! We are back and it has taken a few days for us to get all settled but, we had a ton of fun and now a ton of pictures to share with you all!

We went to a fun Rehersal party at a park in Coronado right on the water. It was so fun they grilled out and just had such a relaxing time hanging out and catching up with old friends!

Here is a nice picture of Josh (the groom!) playing with Violet:) Violet also loved Josh's brother and sister who were playing music! I think we may have a budding musician on our hands!

What a fun and absolutlety beautiful wedding! Violet kinda stole the show at the reception showing off her stuff on the dance floor! She was really taken with the drummer:) And she wouldn't get off the floor for anyone or anything....

WELCOME NEW BABY BORJA!!!!

Yeah!! My bestest friend Christina had her baby on Tuesday morning! He really wanted to come hang out with us cuz he was born a whole month early! Mom, Dad, and baby are doing very well.

Givoanny Warren Borja: 5 pounds, 13oz and 18 inches long. He was born Tuesday, May 8 at 8:52am. He is still in NICU for monitoring, but is doing well! Check out how stinking cute he is already!!

Rockin Gal!

I found this cute little rocking horse online from this lady in our neighborhood for only $5 and it is in perfect shape! Violet had so much fun playing on it rocking back and forth:) Although, it is still a little too tall for her to get on her own. She also just got this cute little red wagon ($1 at a yard sale) and while I've tired to show her how to pull her toys in it, she would rather sit in it herself and be pulled! Such the princess:) As you can see I've been hitting all the yardsales around Captiol Hill and been getting great deals!! (I'm so proud of myself!) I think most people don't have a whole lot of storage space around here, so when their kids outgrow something they just want to get rid of is asap!

We are getting ready to go on a 2 week trip to San Diego for a class for Brandon for the Reserve program that he is in. While we are there we will be going to his friend from USNA, Josh's, wedding! And we will also get a chance to go over to Bakersfield to visit with Brandon's family there. So, stay tuned, I'm sure we will have lots of pictures from all that!