I'm Back, sort of!

Hi Everyone, No baby yet, but the GREAT news is that I found my camera cord that plugs into my computer, so I can download photos!

I have TONS to blog about, but don't know when I will get to it, so I will let you know what me and my kids did today, and we will go from there! :)

I was supposed to have a Dr's appt today, so my sister Katie babysat my kiddos. She is on Student Council at Westwood, and they were going to be in the parade, so she had my kids on the truck, all decked out in blue and orange, and they got to be in a parade!

They thought it was the BEST!! My dr's office ended up being closed, so I got to get home in time to see them in the parade! How fun! Thanks, Katie!

When we got home this afternoon, my kids saw the sprinklers on and asked if they could play in them. I looked at our thermometer and it said 81', yes, that is right, 81', so they got in their swimsuits, played in the sprinklers and had popsicles!!

bring on the Summer!

After tomorrow's appointment, hopefully we will know when I will deliver!! (we are hoping for Wednesday!!)

Books, Books, Books

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! I don't have any photos ready yet, but be prepared for LOTS of blogging to come! :)
I need your help! My fantastic husband got me a gift card to Barnes and Noble, and I HATE buying books without great reviews from people I know, so PLEASE give me your suggestions on books that you would recommend. I will tell you, I don't think I will want anything "heavy" or super involved, since I will be reading a lot at the hospital, and I won't want anything "scary." I don't know if that makes sense to anyone, but basically light, reads with good endings. I have already read the Twilight series, The Host, a few Jane Austyn, Sara's Quilt (that series) etc. Give me your suggestions!!
Thanks, You all are the best!!

This is FUNNY!!

If you haven't seen Twilight, you won't think this is funny. If so, watch this!!

Lexi'ism

Before I forget, This was something really cute that Lexi said!!

We were driving in the car and I was in the turn lane and Lexi asked where we were going, and I told her, "Well, I'm going to come up here and flip a U and then we are going to go home!"

She was quiet for a moment and then said, "You are going to flip-a-me??"
I was quiet for a minute while I was trying to figure out what she said, then I just started laughing! She is TOO CUTE!!!

Disneyland, Again!!

I know we go to Disneyland ALL The time, and we just got back in Oct, but my Mom, sister and neices were all going, so of COURSE I wanted to go! This time, Tyler had to stay home, and it was a fast trip, but we had a BLAST!!

It was Christmastime at Disneyland, and it was BEAUTIFUL!! The kids loved the "snow" and Christmas decoratations!

Smallworld was all redone, and looked GREAT, and the castle was Beautiful! I haven't been to D-land at Christmas for about 5 years, and that is TOO long to not go! If you haven't gone around Christmas, I highly recommend it! The parade is fun and the fireworks are all put to Christmas music and then it SNOWS!! You can't beat that!

The girls had never met Aladdin and Jasmine, and it was their LUCKY day!!

The castle looked SO PRETTY!!!

One of the highlights was the second day we were coming off of Snow White and some "Dream makers" were at the exit handing out these passes.

At first we thought they were fast passes, and we were exstatic because we have NEVER gotten these before, even though we always try. You have to be "in the right place at the right time" and we never have! They weren't fast passes, they were dessert passes! Yup, that night we went to the Plaza cafe and had an all you can eat Disneyland dessert buffet. We got GREAT seats to watch the fireworks, they gave us these great mugs, and then Mickey

Minnie

and Goofy

came to meet the kids! It was SO FUN! The workers were great and entertained the kids.
Here is my mom and Goofy!!

Goodbye Disneyland!!

Nutcracker Ballet

We have a tradition of always attending the Ballet Etudes Nutcracker Ballet. This was the company I used to dance with, and it is perfect for little girls, so every year, right after Thanksgiving we get into our Christmas dresses and go! This was Lexi's first year and she LOVED it! She kept asking when she could get up on the stage to dance! These are all the girls:

Maddie, Savanna, Kaeli, Lexi and Paige. We had a great time!

They also got to meet Santa and sit on his lap!

Here are me, my girls, Savanna, and 2 of my sisters, Heather and Katie!

Here we are in the Theater. It is beautiful and elegant!!

Afterwards, we were lucky enough to go up to meet Clara. Lexi was in awe and couldn't stop staring at Clara! It was so cute!

Afterwards we always go out for icecream! Yummy! Apparently, the lady making the cones thought that a cute 3 year old in a beautiful dress needed a MASSIVELY HUGE .50 ice cream cone!! :) Lexi, of course, loved it!

Lexi, Lexi, Lexi!!!

So, My little Lexi is just the funniest thing ever! She is constantly entertaining us and doing silly things. She comes up with the most random things EVER!!! She has started letting me do her hair in different "styles" and she loves the messy bun because it is up out of her face and she feels like a ballerina. Here is one where I got REALLY creative!

Mind you, it took almost a whole Dora the Explorer episode to finish, but she was really patient, and it turned out pretty cute! I got the idea from this Hair blog You will get great ideas, and be VERY inspired!!

So, Lexi doesn't really like to get dressed in "normal" clothes, she likes to be wearing either her dance clothes, or her swimsuit! Normally, I will dress her in the morning in regular clothes, but she always ends up in her dance clothes or swimsuit! She will take her naps, but before she falls asleep she will find her swimsuit or dance outfit and put it on. Yesterday after naps she wanted to go ride her bike, so I told her she had to have shoes on, and this is what she came out in!!

She is too funny! And, yes, it is December, and it was cold outside, but she thought she was SO pretty in her swimsuit and Sunday shoes!

My little girl is just TOO funny!! I hope you enjoy too!!