We love the water

 

The kids have become so fearless of the water this summer. Holden jumps from that spa to the pool and Maddie is doing back flips to dunk herself under. Sadie enjoys lounging in her floaty and taking it all in. These kids LOVE the water. 

Ampa's Birthday

We celebrated my dad's birthday on July 19. My mom made a delicious spaghetti dinner and the kids helped ampa open his gifts. Here are some pictures from our day.....

 miss Sadie could not wait another minute for cake

Happy Birthday Ampa!!

11 months

Our baby girl is 11  months old today!! I can't believe it has almost been one year since this precious girl entered our lives. Here is what Sadie has been up to:

*still in size 4 diapers

*wears some 12 month clothes but mostly 18 month, she even shares her sisters clothes already

*scooting all over the house. She scoots on her butt, very funny to watch. She only crawls on her knees for a second then goes right back to her butt

*loves interacting with her brother and sister

*takes a 2 to 3 hour nap in the afternoon

*sleeps in her own room from 7:30pm to around 8am

*trying a lot more big people food and not as into the baby food

*loves when you sing or read to her

*trying so hard to talk. She says mamma. dadda, yes, hi, baba. when you ask her a question she says yes and when you ask her if she is ok she coughs.

*has her bottom 2 teeth

We love you to the moon and back miss Sadie!! You are such a blessing

Pool Time

On Monday we headed up to the pool with the Ellis family for some play time with the kids. Holden and Maddie love hanging out with their Friend Charlotte

 enjoying some dinner while we watch the kids

Pismo Beach Camping Trip

 We had a great family vacation camping in Pismo Beach. It was the kids first camping and road trip experience and I must say that all three of them did exceptionally well. We had the van jammed packed. Here is Holden enjoying some road snacks....

 As soon as we got to our campsite Holden was super excited to help set up the tents

 checking out Uncle Mike and Auntie DG's tent

 Helping daddy set up our tent

 all ready

 color time

 Holden was very happy to find a little boy's bathroom LOL

 we took a hike down to the beach after we set up camp

 we made it to the water

 heading back to the campsite

 survived the first night

 Maddie hates having her hair done (lucky me)

 we headed over to the Pismo Beach pier

 there was so much sea life right in front of us

 taking a little drive on the sand

 Holden made a friend with a duck he named "Gary"

 next we headed to San Simeon to see Hearst Castle

 After our tour we checked into our hotel

 hanging out the next morning

 Ryan, Mike, DJ and my dad took a stroll to the beach for some pictures

 on our way home we stopped at Laetitia Winery

 Last stop before home....Solvang

we had such a great vacation with everyone! So many happy memories, can't wait until the next camping trip