Birthdays!!

Juliana and Madison have both had their birthdays yay! Juliana is now 1 and Madison is 3. For Juliana's party we had a luau which went really well. She didnt seem overwhelmed at all which I am thankful for. Madison turned 3 this past Sunday, but we will not be having her party for a another week and a half. Here are some pics from each birthday. I'll post pics of Madison's party after its all done!

Well that wasn't any fun...

Today Juliana and I were in a minor car accident...really we just got rear ended, but when your baby is in the car, it's scary! We were stopped at a light, and the lady behind us wasn't paying close attention and she slammed right into us. Juliana just screamed, poor thing, and I cried. I took her to the doctor and luckily she is just fine! Fortunately our van wasn't damaged, at least not visibly, but I do have to take it in to get checked. Now I just have to hope that the insurance company will be easy to deal with!

Fun Fun Fun!!!

It has been a busy couple of weeks for us. I took a cake decorating class this month, finally! I learned a lot, you can see my stunning creations below LOL. The rainbow cake was my first, unfortunately before I could take a pic, Madison picked up the cake carrier, and tipped it a bit, so one side lost its frosting. I heard "mommy it's too heavy" LOL.

Last week we made a trip up to a nearby park and zoo, Point Defiance, which was a lot of fun. Madison loved looking at the animals, and playing in the kid's zone. When the zoo closed, Rich met his cross country kids for practice, while the girls and I played at the park.

I worked a lot of days this month, and while I have enjoyed that, I'm looking forward to working a little less for awhile. I hadn't done a delivery since April, and now I've done 4 in the last couple weeks, including my first set of twins, which was very exciting! It gave me enough of an adrenaline rush to last awhile for sure!

Juliana is busily cutting teeth. She got her first 2 four months ago, and I was starting to wonder if she had anymore, but she cut 3 in a row, and is working on 3 more. Her sleep is affected by this off and on I guess. She typically still wakes up at least once a night, but I know she will sleep through the night someday. She is standing really well on her own now, and it won't be long before she takes those first steps.

Madison starts pre-school on Thursday, which I think she'll enjoy. We had a visit to meet the teacher and see the classroom tonight, and though she was a bit standoffish with the teacher, she liked the toys in the room, and had a tantrum when it was time to leave. To be fair though, she didnt have a nap today because I was (finally) painting her room.

Rich starts back to work tomorrow, so it's back to our old routine!

To The Ocean Finally!!

So we finally made it to the Ocean yesterday yay! It was supposed to be hot here where we live, so we thought it'd be the perfect day to get out of town. We drove to Ocean Shores and had a great time. It was the first time either of the girls has been to the Ocean so I was excited to see Madison's reaction. She looked at the water and said "ooo hoo hoo!" Too funny! We spent a couple hours playing in the sand, building sand castles. Juliana enjoyed eating a large amount of sand, and Madison loved running around and rolling in the sand. We spent a while playing in the water too, jumping over the waves, which was a blast! Eventually Madison got cold and tired of the beach so we went over to the main area of town and walked thru some shops. It was such a nice day, when we first got there, there was still a cloud cover but it burned off by about 2pm. Someone told us that the cloud cover hasn't been burning off til 5-6 pm, so we got lucky. It was a really fun day!

Summer...

I can't believe it's already the end of July. Summer goes way too fast. We haven't even done any of the little day trips we were going to do! But we will, at least I hope!

The first 2 pics of Juliana are from her 10 month photo shoot. I've been getting her pics taken every month, and I can't believe it's almost time to be done with that! She's getting so big, she can stand on her own briefly, and she has been attempting to walk, but of course she just falls right down. Soon!

The picture of Rich is from a race that he ran a couple weeks ago. A little town near us does something called the Bear festival, they have a fun run, a parade, and actual bear stew! Rich won the race!

As you can see in one picture, Madison doesn't understand the concept of summer vs. winter LOL. The last two pictures are from today. Madison and I made ice cream sundaes. She thought it was a lot of fun. I could tell she wasn't sure until she first tasted it, but then she scarfed it down.

Our plans are to go to Ocean Shores for a day, and to hopefully get up to the Zoo, not sure which one yet. We went last year, but I think Madison will like it better this year. In a few weeks, Rich will be back to coaching, and I will visit my parents for a few days. Then it'll be Sept, and school will start, and it will be birthday season in our house LOL.

Go Go Go, it never ends I guess. And to think I'm considering a part time position at work. I must be insane!

What's up...

Summer is finally here and we've been having fun! We visited my parents a couple weeks ago which was really nice. Other than the 100 degree weather that is! We took Madison to the kiddie pool one night, and the next night Rich and I took her in the big pool, which she really liked.

The 4th of July....well unfortunately Madison was sick! Poor thing woke up with a 101 fever that morning, so I stayed home with her, while Rich took Juliana to the family party that we always have down at his grandparents. They live on the water so it's always a nice show of fireworks. I was a little bummed that Madison didnt get to see the fireworks, but I worked the night before so I really didn't mind staying home and just relaxing with Madison.

Madison and I raised some butterflies over the last month or so, and we just released them. The last picture is of Madison standing next to them before we let them go. Fun!

So that's what's been going on with us!

The latest...

Not a lot going on here. Our weather is finally nice, which I am thankful for.
Juliana has learned to pull up, and is having fun waking up in the middle of the night, pulling up and then screaming because she cant get back down. Her nose is still like a little snot fountain, so I think she has allergies poor thing. She is also drooling like crazy so I think some more teeth are on the way. Poor thing, I don't know how babies make it through all the stuff they go thru the first year.
Madison is enjoying the weather, playing at the park and in her little pool, and eating outside whenever she can.
Rich has been off work for a week now, so that's nice. He got a big load of firewood all chopped up, so that's great. He'll do one more and that should set us up for next winter.
I haven't been doing much different LOL, other than I have been working in my garden a lot. I will post pictures once things are in bloom a bit more.
And now for some baby news...







HaHa tricked you! It's not us...it's my cousin Ashley! She gave birth to a healthy baby boy last night, June 24th. 7lbs 3oz and 19 1/2 in (I think). We are thankful for baby Will's safe arrival.