Life is sooo good...

Valentine Photos!

January 14, 2010

Thought I would let you all know that seehere is offering 50 free 4x8 photo cards with the coupon code: newbaby. All you pay is the $4.99 for shipping! These would make great Valentine cards! Yikes Valentines Day already! That also means one little girl is going to be turning two really soon. I can't believe she is going to be two already. She is growing up too fast!

Check out little Miss Potato Head, she tries to put her Mr and Mrs Potato Head parts on herself all the time. She wears the earrings and hats and has even tried to put an eye into her own. OUCH!

Penelope had a playdate with her friends Destiny and Ezekial today, thanks Josie for bringing the kiddies over!

Brush Brush Brush

January 13, 2010

Penelope's dentist appointment went great. Her dentist was awesome and he called her extraordinary. He and the tech said they had never had a patient that young that was that good. She just sat there and let the dentist clean away at her teeth. I had been preparing her for the visit for the last couple of weeks by telling her about the dentist and showing her how to open her mouth really wide and say "aahh" and I guess it really helped. She also loves brushing her teeth so we had no problems at her appointment at all. I was worried she was going to be difficult but as usual I had nothing to her worry about. This little girl is absolutely the best! They gave her a little chart to check off when we brush and floss her teeth every morning and night so I taped it to the bathroom wall to remind us.

I guess it's time I make appointments for Chris and I to see the dentist as well. We both haven't been in years, eeek!

Couple of Pics...

January 12, 2010

I didn't take too many pictures while we were in San Diego but here are a couple of Penelope. We went with great grandma to her favorite Chinese buffet but since it was so hot Penelope didn't feel much like eating so she had some strawberries, grapes and jello. Here she is very excited about her lunch

and here she is saying "all done".

Here she is swinging in grandmas backyard.

Tomorrow she has her first dentist appointment, hopefully she won't be traumatized.

Free Cat to OK Home.

January 11, 2010

We are back from San Diego! We had a great time visiting with family and of course it was hot as it always is when I visit. It only took 3 hours and 30 minutes each way, we didn't hit any traffic, Wheee! Penelope was so good in the car, but then again she is so use to traveling. On the way back she slept for 3 hours and only woke up when we were 30 minutes away from home! I drove the whole way, both ways, without stopping. No lunch breaks and no potty breaks! Did you hear that Chris no potty breaks! :) It was a nice trip but I wasn't very pleased with what I came home to. My crazy cat likes to run around on top of our kitchen cabinets and then jump onto the refrigerator to get down. Apparently when he jumped on the refrigerator he managed to open the freezer door...UGH! I came home to a huge smelly mess. I had just gone grocery shopping before I left and our stocked freezer had to be thrown out. All our meats, veggies, ice cream, fruit, everything! I was so mad! Then I realized I had forgotten to close Penelope's bedroom door before we left and the cat got in there and decided to puke all over her carpet! Then he decided, even though I had cleaned his litter box before I left, that he was going to miss the litter box and make P on the floor right next to it instead! He never does this! I guess he was pretty upset that he got left behind. Anyway we are glad to be home and get back to business as usual. The cats sleeping in the garage tonight.

Girls Day Out

January 06, 2010

Today I took Penelope to story time at a bookstore here called Russo's Books. It was our first time going and we will definitely be going back. We were about 5 minutes late and the place was crawling with little ones and their parents. Next time I have to remember to get there early so we can find a good seat. The lady that hosts this, Miss Lynn, is great. She started off singing songs with the kiddies and at first Penelope just stood back and watched, I think she was overwhelmed with all the other little ones. They were singing songs she was very familiar with so eventually she started swaying back and fourth and then jumped in with hand gestures and clapping and of course "yaaaay" after every song. That's one of her favorite words, that and "whoa". :) I took some pictures but decided not to post any since there were other children in them but we had a blast. Afterwards Penelope read a book in the store.

Then we went on a lunch date to Applebees! I had a gift certificate that I received from one of the survey companies I take surveys for online and I thought she would really enjoy that. Here she is waiting for her meal

and here she is chowing down on her "cheeseandburger" and fries.

Chris is going out of town for work for a couple of days so I decided to drive down to San Diego and visit my mom. We are leaving tomorrow and hopefully I can bypass the icky traffic in LA.

A CALM Day

January 03, 2010

We woke up this morning and decided to take Penelope to our local zoo, CALM. It's really small, needs some maintenance and doesn't have very many animals but Penelope had a blast and that made the $7.00 admission worth it. All the animals are native to California. Here is a link so you can see the animals we saw. I was bummed that the butterfly exhibit was no longer there. We were actually the first ones to get there and it was neat to have the place to ourselves, I think there was probably 4 other families that were visiting and we were able to see everything in under 2 hours. Definitely not the San Diego Zoo, which reminds me, Chris and I have this ongoing debate about what zoo is better the San Diego Zoo or the Portland Zoo. I say San Diego he says Portland. OK, so I have never actually been to the Portland Zoo but I just can't imagine the Portland Zoo being better then Sanb Diego. If there is anyone out there that has been to both of these zoos please leave me a comment with your opinion so that Chris and I can settle this once and for all. Here are some pictures of are relaxing day at the zoo.

And finally the star of the Bakersfield zoo, the black bear. I am obsessed with bears ever since living in Alaska and reading the book Alaska Bear Tales. Don't you just want to go give him a big bear hug? He looks so cute and cuddly!

2010!

January 01, 2010

Wow 2010! Really? I had a nice relaxing New Years Eve. After the little one went to sleep Chris and I watched a scary movie and ate sushi. I made chocolate Creme Brulee for desert and guess what I fell asleep before midnight!

Chris got a new phone, Garmin Nuvi, so he wanted to test out the GPS and we went on a short road trip. We drove to a little mountain town called Tehachapi, I was hoping to see some snow since they do call themselves "The Land of Four Seasons" but they lie. :p I miss the snow! The downtown area was old and little, really cute, and we ate at a little restaurant that was attached to a saloon called The Red Caboose.

The food wasn't anything spectacular but it was fun to get out of the house as a family since we don't get to do that very often.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Newer
Stories

Older
Stories

Pages

Valentine Photos!

Brush Brush Brush

Couple of Pics...

Free Cat to OK Home.

Girls Day Out

A CALM Day

2010!

Welcome...

Find Me Here

Followers

Blog Archive