Busy summertime!

I have had a busy month for July and this first half of August! So here's just a quick catch up game! We've had birthday parties, the fair, Justin Timberlake concert, my birthday, pasta making, shooting, the beach, & just lots of good family time and me being busy working with my cricut! Ha! Here are some pics to help fill this post! 

Having a cupcake at her friends birthday 

 Playing in the sand at Newport beach 

Cute pails I made for the kids for the beach 

Car show with daddy

Having a great night at the RoseBowl with Justin Timberlake/ JayZ, and a couple awesome girlfriends! 

Birthday decor I made for a friend's daughter's party 

Some birthday love! 

Me shooting my new gun! 

Pasta noodles and bow ties M & I made

Having fun with water at the park on a warm day! 

Hopefully this all comes out well since I am rushing on my phone! :-) leave some comment love!

It's about to get real!

I have been going back and forth about writing this for a few days, so I am just going to let it flow! Let me start with a little background on this post. I am a member of MOPS, it is an amazing organization, and I love all of the fabulous ladies I have met through it! One of the speakers at my old MOPS group was Jana Alayra. (She is an unbelievably amazing, inspirational, beautiful person!) Her talk was about authenticity. It has stuck to me more than you could ever know. I really see people, specifically other moms, and myself in such a different light.

Being Authentic is such an important part of life, especially motherhood. This is real life. Who else is there to be but yourself? You are teaching your child before you even realize it, by the example you are leading. So why care what anyone thinks of you? I am not changing any part of myself or my life for someone else's opinion. We all have those hellish days where we are looking less than amazing, but we need to just remind ourselves that we are moms. This is the real deal, no out takes, or redoing it; what is important and matters isn't what someone else's thoughts are on your outfit, hair, whether you give your kid juice or not. Everyone has an opinion, and to be totally honest, no one is right or wrong- we all are doing the best we can for our families.

Everywhere you look, from the TV (thanks Lifetime, not sure what the point of Pretty Wicked Moms is supposed to be) to the playground, women are competing on who is the best. I guess I am just so sick of these mommy wars of watching women just rip each other to shreds because they think they are doing something better than the next. No one knows what someone else is going through, even though they look like they have the perfect life on the outside. Next time you think of competing in the mommy war, think to yourself, am I being authentic to myself? my beliefs? my family? Be the friend that you want to find.

By the way, Jana also has a song, Gift from Heaven (the "coffee song") that always brings me to tears, because it reminds me so much of some of my most treasured friendships.

until next time! xo, 

Happy 32 months!

Since I forgot(read as Oops I wasn't keeping track of this blog) to document her 2 1/2 year birthday, I figure I will today, and she is 32 months old!

Favorites...

Color: Hot Pink & Purple

Princess: tie between Belle, Rapunzel, Tiana & Snow White 

Show: Doc McStuffins 

Toy: Doc Mc Stuffins Dr kit

Food: noodles with meatball sauce (&cant forget the meatballs!) & pork

Song: Call me maybe & Belle song 

Movie: Tangled & Beauty and the Beast

Shoes: ones she can buckle herself 

Hobby: gardening and swimming

My sweet girl playing with her play-doh

What you call...

Yourself: Keni Meelah 

Mom: Mama

Dad: Dada 

Grandma: Yaya

Aunt: Ampee

Likes...

Going to school 

Making new friends 

Helping in any way she can 

Going to Disneyland 

Playing with play-doh 

Singing songs in the car with mommy 

Dislikes...

Food: red meat 

Being called a baby 

Taking naps 

Having to clean up

You speak so well and so many people cannot believe how much you have to say and how well you can articulate a sentence at 2 1/2 years old. You can count to 5 (sometimes 10 if you feel like it!) in English and Spanish. & are very descriptive with your colors, shapes, sizes & feelings! 

Xoxo my baby girl! Mommy is so proud of you! 

Plans?

What are your summer plans? I think for us, 2013 will be the year of "staycations". There are so many awesome & fun things to do around us, we are going to take advantage!

We had family from Fargo, ND visit for a week earlier this month. It was fun, and we hit up some So Cal tourist spots. One specifically being theme parks. We went to Disneyland with them, which anyone that knows us, knows that isn't anything too special, LOL! M and I have gone an absurd amount of times since we got our AP's last October. But nonetheless we had a great time, and DH for once had people he could go on the "big kid" rides with, & that I know he loved, hehe! It is just crazy to do a theme park with a 2 year old, it is so much fun, but you see a completely different aspect of it then you did when you were childless!

San Diego was also on the itinerary, so it was really nice to get to meet up with my sister since she lives in SD. M loved checking out Seaworld and catching all of the shows. I think the Sea lions were her favorite! (& the dolphins since we got soaked.. ha!) After catching all of the shows, we were hungry, sun burned, and tired, so off to Old Town we went to grab some dinner.

I'm hoping we make it back down to Seaworld a few more times this year since we had such a fun time (& the rest of 2013 is free from our 1 day ticket!), and who knows what other fun we will get ourselves into this summer, but anyway, we will enjoy it! =)

Until later-

P.S. Here are a few pictures of our summer so far!

Swimming the day away! 

Fargo goes to Disneyland

M meeting Fawn for the 1st time

Shamu!!! 

Mommy, Ampee, & M having fun at Seaworld SD 

Check out all of these fish around me! 

Elmo's flying fish

You got a Makini??

Water play! 

Always reading a map

It has been quite awhile!

It has been over a year since I have logged onto this blog. Ooops! I guess it's another one of those things where we say, life gets busy! I want to try and keep up with this better, bear with me, I hope I can! I will just throw up a few pictures for now, and get back to this a little later! So here goes a couple things to play catch up from January 2012.

We have become crazy Disney-holics with our Annual passes & M is obsessed with her princesses! 

The Mister and I have celebrated our 4th & 5th wedding anniversaries, and  a few ups & downs throughout! 

Some fun outdoor activities to explore!  

& my latest venture, Mayhem Creations

Catch ya later!

2012.. What?????

It's January 2012 now! How did the last year go by so quickly! it is amazing how fast time has flown by now with a little goober! I am trying to document this year by doing one picture a day, it is on my tumblr. I need to try and get up to date on the poor girl's baby book!

We went to the zoo on New Year's Eve with Auntie and Yaya. M had a blast looking at all the animals. I will have to upload some pictures of her having some fun over there. I can't wait til we take her to San Diego Zoo to see all of the different animals over there!

Wow! It's been awhile!

I really don't want to neglect my blogging, I just have been so caught up with the holidays and everything else life brings for us. I have finally finished all the presents, Santa has made his visit, and now it's time for sleep! I can't wait to see the excitement in M's eyes when she sees everything in the morning. I will post pics later! Merry Christmas everyone!