Night In Pasadena

Tonight I got to hang out with my high school girl friends. Its so fun when we get together because it does not happen that often. We went to downtown Pasadena and went to dinner and walked around the shops. It was FREEZING! It was about 50 degrees, but it felt like 40.... I secretly think it was. We had a lot of fun and good conversation. I'm glad that I still keep in touch with these girls for so long, because they are a part of what feels like my long lost life known as high school, so its always fun to reminisce.

Time Back Home

It is day 4 here in good ol' Whittier California. I am here taking care of my mom as she recovers from a small little surgery. Because I am her caretaker I haven't been doing tons, but it has been very fulfilling and enjoyable. I have been making dinner every night (does not happen too often) and cleaning up, and waking up at 7 every day because Berkeley decided she is not going to be a good sleeper this week. We have been sleeping in the same room, so if she makes any sounds it wakes me up, and all I want to do is go back to sleep. So she has been waking up at like 5 each morning, so she comes in bed with me, which is a first. She NEVER sleeps in my bed, and I'm not going to lie, I love it. I totally spoon ( the best we can considering she is like a third my size) with her and cuddle with her, but I am just getting the memo that kids move around way too much when they sleep, but I love it. Another out of ordinary thing that I did is I bought fabric to make....yes I said make, Berkeley's Christmas dress. My mom always did it for us, and I thought it would be fun one year to do that. So it is in the works right now. My mom is going to help me of course, because I don't dare do it all on my own! The last good thing that has been happening is I finally got to start reading the ever so popular books about the teenage vampires. Its pretty good, I'm not going to lie! I haven't gotten to the die hard addiction point yet, but its good. I guess that I am away from my tivo I am finally getting in some good reading!

Why Do I Love Family Pictures SO Much?!?

My Best Gift Ever

Its pretty funny. Being a mom of one baby does not require tons of time, but of course it is the most fulfilling thing. If you know me well, then you know that I often complain about not being busy enough. Lately I have been very busy and I am realizing that I am not focusing on what is most important. I was sitting here thinking I had nothing to blog about, then realized that there are so many things that Berkeley is doing and saying that is so cute and sweet and makes her her....

• When we play patty cake she does all the actions with me and ALWAYS tosses in the oven about 30 seconds early every time because she is so excited to do it.
• Her new favorite is Itsy Bitsy Spider and she tries to do the spider, and her little hands trying to do it are the cutest ever!
• She LOVES to give kisses.....all the time.
• She will tickle you and say something like ticka ticka ticka
• She pooped in the bath tub yesterday and on the carpet today. I had her diaper off for literally 30 seconds and she had just the right timing.
• Every time she sees a picture of herself or of another baby she immediately has to kiss it, and there is a picture of her on our computer, so she always tries to kiss it causing a small disaster to soon follow after.
• She is obsessed with buttons....she turns off the TV and computer a couple times a day and it drives me NUTS but luckily she has her pointer finger out ready to go for a long time, so we kind of get a warning.

I am so thankful for being a mother and Berkeley brings me so much joy. I need to always remember that that is the most important thing and comes before going out to lunch, hanging out with friends, cleaning, running errands and anything else that comes my way!

Hearts and Rainbows

On Thanksgiving day my grandma suprised me with some of my childhood drawings. They were pretty funny. I was totally in a "heart" and "rainbow" phase back in the day.

This is Berkeley and her little friend Hadli. They get to play together all the time and have so much fun together. When they see each other they get super excited and start to spazz out. This is them giving each other hugs.

This was them doing some serious baby wrestling

Hanging out outside....no Berkeley had not been in her pj's all day long!!! :)

I Have The Best One!

I know that everyone always thinks that their husband is the best and that their husband is so smart and so talented. But I seriously have one of the best. Todd has amazed me and many other people immensely in the past year. He is currently in the Business school at ASU finishing up his degree with a 3.8 GPA, applying for Law Schools including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, USC, UCLA, NYU, Columbia, and some others, taking an LSAT class that is 4 times a week,running a home building business, building town homes, being a primary teacher, and on top of that being a GREAT husband, father, friend, son, and brother.

The greatest of Todd has come out though with his business. They have been building town homes and Todd's dad is developing them, so Todd has not only been running the build side of it all, but has also helped a lot with the development and other aspects of the whole project. Through it all, Todd has shown so much knowledge and maturity beyond his years and has been one of the most vital people of the whole project.

I don't mean to brag or boast, I just want to say how thankful I am for such a strong man by my side that I know will always take care and love me, and always be doing things above and beyond what is expected.

My Kid is so Awesome

This is Berkeley's new seat that she sits on when she is watching her new favorite thing Barney. She sat here for like 20 minutes today.

Berkeley's other favorite thing is to get into my bathroom cupboards. This is how I found her today.

This is her so stoked to have her new clothes on from Nana. Thanks Nana!!!

Mohawk Child

I Have, like, a Totally Cool Dad

My dad is on the very far right.Note: my dad is a convert, hence the budweiser ad.
My Dad on the very left.


How many people can say that their dad "used" to be in a band? Not too many, and I am one of those lucky people that can say that they do. This is why, my dad is so awesome. He is awesome in many other ways too...but this is just the best. My dad did his group thing for a while, like 5 or 6 years, and he did while he had 3 kids. But he loved it. He was, and still is, an amazing banjo player, and a guitar player, not to mention plays a little piano, and is an amazing singer and performer. I love my dad...he is a very talented and sweet man.

The Night I Wished I was in the 80's

Berkeley and her cousins.

My niece Rilee, she was the game twister. And yes of course I did right hand yellow on yellow!

Let me explain my outfit....of course, 80's inspiration, with a twist of inspiration from Madonna and Cindi Lauper, and poof you have my Halloween costume. The best part is though, that at my brothers party that I went to, I was the only adult that had on a costume out of about 30 other adults. Oh well, I'm confident! Berkeley enjoyed the night of fun and chaos. She did a little trick or treating, but couldn't handle too much.And of course, she was cute as always. By the way....notice the "hair" I tried to do. I attempted the feathered look, but couldn't accomplish the largeness of it. It was a fun attempt, and I don't know how ANYONE could have done their hair like that and feel pretty!