san diego zoo

First of all, I love giraffes. I think they are the coolest animal ever. 

Moving on..

 Britni, Ashley and their boys came down from Laguna last tuesday to go to the zoo with Sydney, London and me. It was an awesome experience. It was the first time I've ever been to the SD Zoo and I've always heard it was something that I had to do. I can now happily check it off my list. 

 How cute is Ashley? Are you kidding me? She is 6 months pregnant, by the way. You can't even TELL. It is just simply not fair. But I love her so much that I think she deserves it.

                                                     Sydney LOVES ashley. A lot.

This is such and Ashley face that I just had to throw it in here. 

 Sydney and I were lucky enough to steel London for the day and take her to the zoo with us. It was my first experience as a mom of two. Luckily, these two girls were nearly PERFECT all day.

I was using Kate's stroller (London's mom) and Sydney was too small for the sitting straight up seat and London wasn't loving sitting in the back and not being able to see so much. So, I figured out that if Sydney could fit in the luggage carrier, she would be happy to lay down. It worked like a charm. However, as soon as people would spot Sydney down below, they would give me "what an abusive mother you are" look. It was pretty funny. Despite the looks, I couldn't have been more proud of myself for figuring this situation out. 

                                                                  It was a great day at the zoo!

recent family time

This past winter/spring we have seen a lot of our family and it has been so nice. These are a few pictures from some of the visits.

Christian's parents came for Easter weekend and we had so much fun. We went to Del Mar for dinner one night, the Torrey Pines driving range (while Jeannine babysat Sydney), Balboa park, talked about wedding plans (the Pena's have two coming up!), watched a lot of Modern Family (which was amazing), and just hung out. It was so much fun to have them here!

This past weekend, Christian's cousins who live in Temecula came over on sunday night to meet Sydney. They were all so sweet with her and she had so much fun with them.

Little Jesse was adorable with Sydney. She helped me give her a bath, put her in her PJs, give her a "hair-do" and read books to her. I don't think I've ever seen anything so cute.

In march we went to Utah and spent sometime with both of our families. This was a first time meeting for Aunt Victoria and Sydney. They just loved each other. Victoria is going to be the best aunt ever.

Sydney has made Mana (Christian's Grandma) a great-grandma. Which is pretty neat. She sure is happy about it.

And these two sweet little girls behind the strollers are Sydney's angel Cousins, Anna and Allie Smoot. I couldn't love these little girls more. And the adorable little boy sitting next to Sydney is Thomas Pratt- Sydney's closest cousin in age and soon to be her BFF. This was taken at the Cabin at Alta after a long day of Skiing. How I wish I had taken more pictures from that week, because it was so much fun. 

red head

These pictures are very similar to some that I just took, but there is one major difference: These pictures show that yes, in fact, my daughter has RED HAIR. I know that I have red hair, but I never thought that I would get a red head due to the fact that I married a mexican. Who knows if this red hair will last, I hope it will, but even if it doesn't, this is proof that she once had it. You can all say what you will about red heads with hot-tempers, but this red head is perfectly sweet and happy and completely lovable. 

baby blessing

Last month, Christian and I went to Utah to for a ski week with my family. The Peñas were nice enough to come meet us up there over the same weekend so that we could be all be together for Sydney's baby blessing. The whole weekend was so nice and especially the day of her blessing. I don't know if she knew that she was being blessed that day, but from the time she woke up on sunday morning until the time she went to bed, she was sweeter than I think she has ever been in her life. Which is hard to say, because she really is sweet all the time. The blessing was held at Christian's great aunt's house who was nice enough to accomodate all of us. Jeannine (Christian's Mom) and his Grandma put on a beautiful and delicious breakfast for everyone and were lovely hostesses. The blessing was beautiful. Sydney was perfectly quiet through the whole thing so that we could all hear the words of the blessing. We were so happy to have so many people that we love with us that day. And a VERY BIG thank you to Aunt Julianne for taking the pictures! 

I forgot to mention that Sydney was blessed in the same dress that Christian was blessed in. (Yes, Christian was blessed in a dress). Jeannine made the dress from the fabric of her wedding dress. Pretty significant, I would say. 

3 months old

 Best thing about Sydney these days: SHE LAUGHS. And every time she does it, it shocks me how much I love hearing it. Sydney's favorite things: Sticking her whole fist in her mouth- or trying to at least, baths, her blanket, her binky, making funny cat noises, and OF COURSE, her mom and dad. (that part is questionable, but I like to believe that she knows and loves us as much as we love her.

11 pounds 23 inches

SO we went to the doctor's office today and we didn't like it. Sydney got her first set of shots and it was completely unpleasant for the both of us.  The poor thing didn't even know what was coming. That nurse just stuck the little needle in so hard and so fast and with no warning. Sydney went from having a huge smile on her face to a look of terror that turned into the loudest and saddest scream she has ever made. She gave me a look that made me feel like I had betrayed her, and I don't blame her. Let's hope she forgets about this by tomorrow. She is now doped up on children's tylenol and is allowed to do whatever she wants for the rest of day. I wish that meant that she could do really fun stuff like eating chocolate and gummy bears or going to Disney Land, but really I only mean that she can fuss as much as she wants and I'll hold her and love her all day long.  

big girl

   2 months old!!! seriously, and she is so much fun. She is smiling and interacting so much more and TURNS OUT, she loves Baby Einstein. We just discovered that yesterday. Maybe not the best thing for me to have discovered. How am I writing this blog post right now while she is wide awake? Oh, because Baby Einstein is on and her eyes are LOCKED on that TV screen. Somebody stop me from giving into this new love of hers. UH OH. Too late, it just ended and I didn't even hesitate before hitting "replay". I am so in love with this girl. Christian told me last night that I've officially become obsessed, and he's absolutely right.