Father's Day and stuff

For Father's Day we took the girls to the Santa Cruz beach Boardwalk. We had a blast! Erin was able to go on alot of rides, even the Rock-O-Planes which shocked me! You can't see her in the yellow cage, but she's in there with KC. As the ride went in a circle, KC was able to rock the cage into flips. He even locked the cage upside down!!! I was a little freaked out for her. Payton did really well the whole day too. She loves hanging out in here Bjorn carrier!

I just had to share a picture of Miss Erin with braids in her hair. She was so proud of them even though they were only a couple inches long. Erin loves using grandmas camera! She made grandma and I pose for a picture when we were doing crafts, in our PJ's. HaHa. She even told us to hug each other for the picture.

Here are a couple more bath pics with the girls. We got Payton a bath chair so that she can take baths with her big sister. Erin was so excited to help wash her and Payton just loved sitting in that warm water!

A Day at the Zoo

A couple Sundays ago we decided to go to the Oakland Zoo. We have an annual membership that was about to expire so we thought it would be a great time to go. We had so much fun! Erin LOVES seeing all the animals and especially loves the train/roller coaster/carousel ride at the end. Payton really enjoyed hanging out in her Baby Bjorn while we walked around. She was quite the trooper.

My growing girls!

Here are some more pics of my growing girls! I am just so proud of how Erin has handled this "major change" in her life. She absolutely LOVES her sister and can't get enough of her. She is so "grown up" for a little 3 year old! And just look at how quickly Payton is growing. This girl amazes me every single day. She has such a personality and is finally able to sit in her jump up and high chair. She also received her first bath in the "big" bathtub. Erin was SO excited because she got to help wash her baby sister! Finally, you can see Erin posing with her Nemo puzzle. This was Erin's first time completing a 100 piece puzzle all by herself! She is a whiz at completing puzzles and I can't believe she is only 3 years old and completing puzzles of this size! Genius!

Fun in the sun

Payton is growing so much every day. She is always amazing me with her developments. She already has quite a personality.....and a vicious TEMPER! When she is mad the whole world knows. She also has the ability to create "insta-tears". I think it's funny. Towards the end of May (whatever day was 100 degrees outside) we took the girls swimming. As you can tell from the pics, Payton was all smiles.....until we put her in the pool! The water was SOOOO COLD that even in 100* weather, she hated it! Of course Erin had no problem jumping right in and showing us her awesome swim skills.

For Memorial Day we decided to take the girls to Pixieland. This place is AWESOME for kids! They have about 7 different "kiddie" rides and it's fairly cheap. Erin loved riding all of the rides while Payton just enjoyed being outside in the fresh air. We also took the girls out to the park by our house. This is one of Erin's favorite things to do! She LOVES the slides and was so excited to show her sister the park. Payton wasn't quite sure what to think of the slide, but showed us alot of her personality in pictures. These are some of my favorite pics of her! She just loves being outside and you can tell just by looking at her.

Payton is 3 months!

Alot has happened in Payton's life since my last post (sorry it has been so long)! Miss Payton has accomplished SO MUCH in the last couple months it just amazes me. She rolls over front to back AND back to front, coos, smiles all the time, squeals, and even laughs. She is such a blessing in our lives and just warms your heart.

Payton took her very first trip to Disneyland over Easter weekend. She did really well and enjoyed seeing all the lights and bright characters. Disneyland has this wonderful place called the Baby Center that allowed me to nurse in private. They had comfortable rocking chairs, changing tables, you name it. At first I didn't think it would be a problem to use my cover and nurse anywhere, but once I tried out the baby center, I was hooked. KC took Erin on rides while I fed Payton, it worked out really well. The only problem we had was with Erin. Our first day there she fell down and bumped her head. She seemed fine for a while but then she got sick to her stomach ALL OVER THE PLACE! Poor thing. Silly mommy never thought to pack extra shirts in her bag, just pants and underwear. Grandma was nice enough to buy her a new shirt while KC took her to the first aid center. Because of her fall the nurse suggested we take her to the room and let her rest. Erin slept all afternoon until about 3am. At this time she was WIDE AWAKE and ready to go to Disneyland! HaHa. Overall it was still a great trip!

At two months I had to take her in for her first set of vaccinations and it broke my heart. I thought that I would be ok since I just went through all the vaccines with Erin, but it is still awful! She received 3 pokes in her thighs and DID NOT enjoy them one bit. The first poke she looked at me like "what the heck was that?" Then second poke looked like "OMG I don't like this" along with the crying, then the third poke came with LOUD shreiking screams. She even held her breath for a while. The dr weighed her in at almost 13lbs and gave us the go ahead to pierce her ears. YAY! Two days later grandma and I took her down and Payton now has pretty little diamond studs! So cute!

In May Payton experienced her first plane ride out to Texas. She was such a good baby I was in shock. I was REALLY stressed out about flying with 2 kids, but my mom was a huge help! The girls LOVED visiting with their grandpa, cousins, Aunt Kathy and Uncle Danny. Even today Erin still asks when she can go back to April's house. Oh how I wish we lived closer!