Mary's Bed Grew

We had been having trouble with keep Mary in her room at night. She would come in and say she was scared. I tried sleeping on her floor until she fell asleep, that did not work. So we let her sleep on our floor when she came in. She sleeps in a toddler bed, which is a crib mattress still. At my mom's house she has been sleeping in a queen size bed, and stays in her room. SO we figured out that her bed at home was too small. SOOO we went bed shopping for a full size bed, a big big girl bed. She was super excited while we were shopping. We got a Sponge Bob comforter and sheets, which she requested. Mom and dad were nice to buy the bed for Mary. They picked it up and brought it over last night. Mary was so excited. We got it all set up and then all she wanted to do was play on it. She made my dad go and lay on it with her and she got a book and read him a story. IT was a story about how her bed got there. Really cute. We put her in bed last night and she stayed there all night, until 6:30!! YEAH!! So far it's working!! She looks so cute sleeping in it. She is growing up so fast.

THEN it was about 2:00 and I was putting Teresa down for a nap. Mary told me she was tired and she was going up to her bed. I thought, ok that's good. So she goes up and gets some books and starts 'reading' them. She did this for about 15 minutes. I got up and look, and, SHE'S ASLEEP!!! All on her own she went to take a nap in her new bed. Must be a magic bed!!!

THANK YOU NEW BED!!

5 Years!

Five years ago today, February 26, Kevin and I were married in Las Vegas at the Imperial Palace. It was quite a fun day. It has been a fun five years too. Many memories made, along with two kids.

Oh, and my goal was to fit back into my dress for my 5 year anniversary and walk around Vegas. Well, we are not making it to Vegas for our anniversary this year, which is a good thing. I can get my dress on, but only zip it up half way. Maybe for our 6th anniversary. Hey, I've had two kids, I"m working on it. = )

Beach Camping in February

This weekend we went camping up in Carpenteria. We have had these reservations for 7 months, not knowing what the weather would be like. We have lucked out in both January and February to get great weather. This time we were a little scared with the forecast. They were calling for rain. Well we were not going to believe it and we went anyway. It turned out to be a fabulous weekend. It rained Friday night, but that was it. We had sun and a few clouds the rest of the weekend. I even got a little bit of a raccoon eye tan from the sun. A sign that summer is on the horizon!!

Mom took the girls to the shore, where there were really only a ton of rocks. So they started a 'rock' band. It was cute. They were all banging rocks together to make music.

Mary then collected her rocks she was going to paint. She LOVES to paint rocks when we are camping.

Then it was time to make our walk to town to get a burger and a beer. The best part about camping here, in my opinion!

Mary was a bit tired on the ride and was trying to lay down on her side of the wagon.We have figured out how to be able to sit down and relax and contain the kids and not need to chase them all over camp, We gate them in like wild animals. Hey, it worked, UNTIL Teresa figured out how to escape. She was so funny when she'd do it. She'd slip out and then start to run. Then she'd stop and turn around to see if we saw her and make a funny face and then keep on running. SO then we would have to take our posts and sit on the ends of the gate to keep her in.

Teresa enjoying a french fry and ketchup.

Valentines 2010

This Valentines Day was real low key. The girls have both been sick. The day was also combined with NASCAR Daytona race day. So, either way I looked at it, it was going to be watching that race. Usually we would go up to a big party in Santa Barbara with mom and dad, but this year we decided to stay home and keep it low key with the kids. Mary had her little valentines party at school last week, so she pretty much thought the whole idea of it was gone. And what does Teresa know yet. haha
Kevin and I exchanged cards. He got me a perfect talking Homer Simpson card. On the front it says "When you've been in a relationship as long as we have, you reach a certain level of comfort......" when you open the is a picture of Homer in the bathroom getting ready to pee and the door open and he says "I'm wizzin' with the door open, and I like it!" It explains us totally. haha Then we both wrote the same exact thing in each other's card 'Love you babe!" I think we were made for each other!
For my gift I was able to go out to the mall by myself w/out kids and shop. It was wonderful. I found clothes for myself, and the girls of course, and bought a valentines/anniversary gift for Kevin. Our anniversary is the 26th of this month, so we kinda don't do Valentines day for that reason. I'd rather save it up and get something good for our anniversary. THEN I went to Fridays and sat at the bar and had a beer and ordered hot wings to take home to Kevin. It was fabulous!! The sun was shining, it was hot out, and all was good!
When I got home we all lounged around and watched the race. Then Kevin bbq'd dinner. A good V-day it was!!

Bean's Beautiful Beach Birthday

Here is Mary helping decorate my birthday cupcakes before our beach weekend. She had to make sure each one had the right amount of sprinkles and two m&m's each.

Friday morning/afternoon, when Kevin could get out of work, we were off to Carpenteria for some camping fun. It's become a tradition to camp on my birthday. And we have the greatest weather each year too. This year we were getting scared for rain, but mother nature turned a corner and brought us our beautiful sun.

The first night we went to dinner for my birthday dinner at the Palms. I made sure they sang for my birthday, and they did, the whole section of the restaurant.
Mary enjoyed some of my cake too

Saturday morning the tide was super high and the waves were crazy high. It was really neat to see. It was the normal chilly, overcast, morning. But as the day grew the sun came out and we were able to put on our t-shirts and enjoy the day.

. So then we were all off to The Spot for burgers and then take them to the brewery for a beer or two. Our good family friend, Linda, showed up to spend the day with us as well as Kevin's parents. When my sister and I would go camping when we were little my mom would bring paints and paint brushes and we'd find rocks to paint. Well, I had bought some for Mary for when we went to Zion, but they never got used. So I brought them out this time. I think my sister was more excited than Mary was, Kevin too. So Kevin and Mary went out to find some painting rocks. They came back and the three of them decorated rocks together. Then out came Mr Potato head. Again, I think my sister was more excited than Mary to play with this. It doesn't take much to entertain Amy I guess. haha Well she's going to nursing school a lot lately and so a break to do something w/out think is a good time for her.
Teresa enjoyed coloring at breakfast the next day. My two fisted drawing girl.

It was a fun weekend. Another year has come and gone, really quick. Another year older. It's ok. I'm still breathing. Off to another year of fun memories to be made!

Fun Friend Weekend

This weekend we made a quick trip down to San Diego to visit Sal and Stephanie. We had not seen them in a while so it was good to go down and hang out. The girls love seeing their Aunt Stephy and Uncle Sal. Mary runs Sal around like crazy. He was trying to watch the football game and Mary kept spinning him in his chair. It was pretty funny to watch. Teresa did really well. They have two big greyhound dogs and Teresa was ok with them from afar, but not so much up close. They are BIG dogs compared to her. But really sweet dogs.

The dogs love stuffed animals. We brought Teresa's favorite doggy. Well one of the big doggies got ahold of her doggy and got it all slobbery. She looked at it and touched it and then looked back at me like, "what is wrong here?" It was pretty funny.

The dogs have such little hair and little body fat that they get cold really easy. They each had their own blanket to lay with.

Uncle Sal and Mary made peanut butter ice cream. Mary had fun doing that.

On the way home we stopped in Riverside to see my friend Suzanne. They had just finished remodeling their house and we had not seen it yet. It was beautiful. They have a daughter who is 6 months older than Teresa. Teresa is the same height, if not bigger, than her. But they were pretty cute together, as you can see.

Disney Part TWO

I could not post ALL the pictures I wanted to in the last post, so this is a continuation.

We bought Mary Mickey ears, of course. We are at Disneyland, that is the thing to do. We waited and waited for her to pick out what ears she wanted. SO we finally picked them out. She said she wanted 'Mary Rose' on the hat. Ok, so we get it all done. She puts them on. I take pictures.....she wears them for a ride and .......................................................

Now.......................................Mommy is wearing them. She did NOT want to wear them. She said they were too tight. Well, her head is so tiny that the infant ones fit best and the adult ones were like wings over her ears. Oh well, I looked cute in them too.............. This was on the train ride around the park. That was a fun ride. Ok, a story for you. haha............we were going in and out of the stores near the hotel. She kept grabbing this Pooh doll and we kept telling her no. Well she showed us. We were in line to go through security and we look down at her and there in her lap was this Pooh doll. HELLO my klepto child here. She must have grabbed it as we ran out and put it under her arm. What a little thief. So the rest of the day it was the game to keep this bear around. She was NOT letting it out of her sight. SO this is the face we got when we noticed it in her arms......... Kevin was very happy to have a beer over at California Adventure. It was a nice break for him, ok, me too.

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