Sunday, July 29, 2012

It's a . . .

Babies, babies, babies - our family is definitely in a season of babies and I love it!! The best part is, it's not us!  ha ha :) So I can just dote on other little babies, my nieces and nephews, and enjoy the joy and excitement for my sisters&brothers-in-law. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my own "babies", but there is something to being just past that stage, feeling very content and blessed with our family, and getting my baby fix at the same time. In the past year, we've welcomed two baby girls, Cambria(9mo) & Shiloh(3mo), and will welcome two more babies this fall! 
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I was so honored to be asked to make the cake for my sister-in-law Brittany's baby gender revealing party. I couldn't wait to rip open that envelope the day before the party to find out whether I'd be baking a blue or a pink cake! I had so much fun baking, decorating, making pops etc - I usually have some sort of major disaster happen in the midst of creating something, but everything actually turned out alright, yay! 
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The happy parents-to-be, first timers, Rudy & Brittany :) Doesn't she look stunning w/ that pregnancy glow?! They had everyone choose to wear a mustache pin for boy or pink bow for girl. They thought it was going to be a boy. . .
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The cake and pops, I had SO much fun with these! It's a. . . .
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GIRL!!! Yay, pink cake! They were surprised :)
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M is so excited he's going to have another little cousin (ok, maybe he's more excited for the cake ;)
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Both babies coming this fall will be girls, so fun that Kaylie will have so many girl cousins to grow up with - 4 so far! Don't worry, Matthew has one boy cousin as well, Kylian, closest to his age :) And I'm sure there will be more! 
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Holding my baby holding her baby cousin, Shiloh, my sis-in-law Simone's baby girl. We haven't gotten to see her much with our schedules, but I showed Kaylie a pic of Shiloh about a week ago and ever since every one of her babies has been Baby Shiloh. She was so excited to hold the real Shiloh! :)
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Cambria, such a cutie!! She is Eddie & Briana's little one, just started crawling, so sweet :)
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Asleep on the swing mid-party, this little party animal wore herself out :)
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What a blessing a growing family is, I can't wait for just a few years down the road, getting together for holidays, parties, summer bbqs, such a fun family time!! I grew up in a small family, whom I love very much, but never really had much of the cousin experience - I'm just hoping and praying my kids cousin experience growing up is awesome :)

Friday, July 20, 2012

Beach

Just another day in paradise....gorgeous, warm, wonderful day at the beach today! Met up with Mel and the boys, day of sun, sand, boogie boards, pizza and jellyfish. Yep, the only downside to the wonderfully warm water are jellyfish, saw a few and one of the boys got a little sting. Even so, we're headed back tomorrow!

Monday, July 16, 2012

An update in pictures. . .

Being back at work is wonderful, I'm loving it, kids are loving their new routine too - but I can't seem to find the time to blog like I used to! So here are a few pics, just to keep you informed :)
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M & K's first day of Preschool at North Coast Church (Kaylie's first day of preschool EVER) was Tuesday July 3rd - they had a blast, they absolutely LOVE preschool - and the truly wonderful part is that I can see them from my office windows playing outside, or even visit on a break and say hello - it's awesome.
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Ready for preschool, week two, water day :)
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Uncle Greg & Aunt Kristen came to town for a week - we had a blast hanging out with them, M especially loved digging for sand crabs with Uncle Greg - he must be a sandcrab whisperer or something, he caught this monster one!!
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Silly girl :)
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Kaylie is the BEST cheek kisser, ever!
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M & K being silly in their new cute pjs :)