San Diego

Last minute weekend road trip to San Diego.



Coronado beach





San Diego zoo





La jolla park





Dinner in la jolla


Sea World





Dinner with Shamu

Early morning roadtrip

Left San Diego at 4 this morning. Cracker barrel in Yuma for breakfast.

Sea World

Shamu show... Then off for lunch with Shamu!

My big helper

Dinner conversation

Topic of the night: what is _______ favorite thing to do?

Maggie's answers:
Mom: cook
Dad: cook too
Maggie: catching clouds

Happy fathers day!

Father's day walk near sabino canyon.



Breakfast in bed for daddy! Maggie was so excited to make him breakfast. Both girls wanted the waffle.

Maggie's Ant

Maggie made ants out of marshmallows at summer camp today. She wanted to make one for mommy & daddy after dinner tonight. Here is her creation:

Dance recital

Maggie did such a great job in her first dance recital. The preschool class did 'do-re-mi'. It was so cute!

Swimming lessons

Teddy bear by Maggie

Baked in the sun during 'Space' camp. Learning about how the hot Arizona sun can cook things.

Little cowgirl

Happy memorial day

Sister talk...


Posing with the neighborhood cat Max.


Little sissy heading outside

Last Day of School

Maggie & Ms. Katie on the last day of preschool. It was crazy hat day. Maggie wanted to wear the "mother hat".

Ice Cream & grocery shopping

Auntie Susus is here!

Messy

What happens when you let a 1 yr old feed herself yogurt...

Sabino Canyon hike

Last of the beautiful Spring Flowers

1 year stats

Baby Kate is weighing in at 22.6 pounds and 31 inches tall.

Happy Birthday to Baby Katherine!

Our little girl turned one year today!  We are back in Tucson, arrived on Mother's Day and have yet to unpack.  This includes the camera and the battery charger.  :)  I am determined to get through the bags by the time Cousin Nathan gets here on Friday and Auntie Sussus gets here on Saturday!  

Little Katherine loves to dance, loves music, and loves to sing into her microphone.  She has a total of 2 cute little teeth on the bottom and 4 teeth on the top.  She loves avocados, cheese, melon, and BLUEBERRIES!  She will antagonize her older sister just when she sits down to draw or work on a project.  Actually, she will crawl over to Maggie, poke her, spin around and crawl as quick as she can 3 or 4 feet, sit down and laugh!  She did that at least 15 times in a row today.  I think I am seeing the future.  She is a warm spirit and everyone just loves it when she smiles.  The woman behind us in line at Starbucks today said, "Wow... that smile just made my whole day.  No... my whole week.  She sure can make someone feel special."  I was so touched.  A special little girl who smiles with her whole being, crinkling up her nose and squinting her eyes.  Amazing.  Did I mention her pacifier?  She loves them!  It will put her to sleep in a few minutes where ever we are and since we have been traveling, I am grateful for that!

She loves to listen to Daddy's version of "This little light of mine" that includes words/phrases like 'monkeypants' and 'do a little dance'.  She also plays this little piggy on her own toes mimicking the sounds of the rhyme.  I heard her on the monitor, it was pretty amazing and cute.  Hard to believe but she can tickle herself and laughs!  She took her first few steps last week and is now cruising across the room.  She is really fast at crawling and I have quickly childproofed the house here in Tucson.  Not before she was half way up the stairs before I could turn around twice.  She does have a really strong opinion and today threw herself face down on the floor kicking both of her feet, banging her fists on the floor, and yelling at me.  The offense... I took a hairclip away from her.  

We love our little baby Kate.  She is a dream baby and a joy to see every morning.  Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Beach time with baby Kate

Pizza my heart!!

Back on the other side of the bay at the beach house! First stop... Original pizza my heart :)

Playing with daddy

Sunset at Carmel beach

Daddy is home!

Still in Pebble!

Change of plans again! We are getting good at this. At this rate we will never make it back to Arizona! We are staying here for another week. John gets in tomorrow morning. His flight from Poland puts him in Tucson by midnight tonight... His flight to Monterey is at 6 am tomorrow morning. He will have about 3 hours at the house to unpack, pack, and drive back to the airport. He is coming to help me... But I don't think he will want to do much more than sleep! We are hoping all will be well and we will head home at the weekend. Until then we are enjoying the blue skies, seeing friends, and catching up on life.


Mommy & baby K on the hike to Indian Village. Taken by budding photog Maggie.


Maggie leading the way...

Beach time

Easter

Happy Easter! We are still in California and spent a great Easter with the Chambers. So fun to see the cousins and their beautiful girls. Maggie ate jelly beans from morning to night. A 12 hour sugar high! The baby took 2 more full steps in hopes of joining the egg hunt. She is on the move!

















Cute cousins!





Maggie's cupcake she decorated





Looking like an angel

First steps

Look who took her first step today! A giant step from the couch to the coffee table. She was so proud of herself! She is also talking a little bit. Mama, dada, hi, byebye. So much fun to listen to her!

At the park again

Outdoor class