Father's Day

Personally I think Deven should be writing this post himself, but since he's not much of a blogger, I'll speak on his behalf.  Today was his 1st official Father's Day - and if you ask me, it was a perfect day!  

His day started out with a little surprise in the living room :)

 

 

 

After presents, we got dressed and went out for lunch

then it was time to head home, so Deven could watch some golf..... fun fun... 

then it was off to dinner :)

 

Madison and I are so lucky to have such a wonderful man in our lives, he's the best husband and father and I just hope that his very 1st Father's Day was fun and memorable! :)

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Earlier that week....

 

the colors

 

First the hands

next up - the feet

she's wasn't liking this too much

I think this picture sums it up! 

First of all, I have to thank my sister Cami for taking all the pics, while I covered Madison in paint :) 

It was so much fun making this shirt for Deven - it just made me realize how much I love being a mom and how much I love doing crafts with her!  Making the shirt took a little effort, some tears (from Madison) and a lot of laughs (from me and Cam) but it was so worth it.  The shirt came out so cute and Madison had fun being covered in paint - haha.  After I showed Deven all the pics he told me that he loved the shirt even more, because now when he wears it, he'll have the mental image of her being covered in paint ... and that image brings a smile to his face :-D

Girls Weekend!!!

Bride to be :)

Day 2 - out by the pool

 This past weekend was Nicole's Bachelorette Party and all the girls went to Palm Springs.  It was so much fun - we relaxed by the pool, had delicious dinners and topped it off with a little bar hopping! Can't wait until the wedding in July! :)

My princess??

When I look at this picture all I can think is

She is going to love fairy tales, princesses, castles and of course prince charming!

 

I don't really know why it makes me think that, but I can just picture the next 5+ years, filled with lots girly things; playing dress up, wearing lots and lots of pink, trying to put on mommy's high heels and makeup, going to Disneyland to visit all the Princesses and of course pretending Deven is her prince charming (which means I'll probably end up being the wicked step-mother - haha).  

When I look at this picture, I don't see a little 9 month old baby, I see my little girl who is growing up WAY TOO FAST! 

I see my little princess... 

wait a minute, did I just call her a princess? 

It's amazing how I can look at this picture and think that she is my little princess., then I look at this video and wonder if princess is the right word to use... haha 

9 months!

 

9 months - what can I say besides WOW!  She's definitely got the crawling thing down and now she's moved onto walking.  She can't walk by herself quite yet, but if she's got something to hold onto, she's ON THE MOVE!  She thinks everything is hers and she's into everything! Her hair is getting so thick and growing longer everyday, sometimes I forget that she had the HUGE bald spot - haha.  It will be so much fun when I can put her hair into ponytails or braids - I can't wait!

Here's the 9 month update

* She weighs about 19.5 lbs

* She's 28.5 in long 

* She LOVES clapping

* She has 3 more teeth for a total now of 8 teeth

* She dances when she hears music

* She eats everything

 and she'll wave hello and goodbye to you!

1st (of many) Padre Games!

I'm not sure who was more excited - Madison or Deven?!? 

He couldn't wait to take his little girl to her 1st baseball game!

Off to the game!

family pic time

her hat looks so cute on her

 

HI!!!

daddy's little girl

 

Daddy, I'm tired... can we go home now?

Madison had sooo much fun at her first Padre game, she looked so cute in her baseball cap and Deven LOVED sharing his love of baseball with his little girl.  She was so interested in EVERYTHING and EVERYONE - she spent the whole game smiling at every person who walked by and trying to figure out what every new noise was - haha.  The very best was when the whole stadium started clapping and/or cheering, Madison would get so excited and start clapping herself - it was the cutest thing!  This was definitely the 1st of many baseball games to come!

Daddy's girl

Madison sure LOVES her daddy!  Whether it's snuggling with him in bed, relaxing with him on the couch or crawling over to nap on his chest while he plays video games... she is definitely in love him, but can you blame her?  He's pretty terrific!

I love catching these moments on camera (most of the time Deven doesn't even realize I'm taking pictures).   He is such an amazing father and he loves her so much! For the first few months, Madison slept on me pretty much all day (and night) and all Deven would say is, 

"I wish she would fall asleep on me" 

and of course I would tell him

"Just give it time, she's going to be such a Daddy's Girl"

and I was right, she's a little obsessed with her daddy... but like I said earlier, he's pretty terrific so I can understand why she loves him sooo much! :)

Pool time

thanks Auntie K for my cute outfit!!

I'm sooo excited for the pool!!

I think I like this

all bundled up

Today was so much fun, Madison went into the pool for the 1st time and she LOVED it!  It was such a great time - spending the afternoon out in the sun.  At first I thought she would be scared, but I was wrong, she had so much fun and didn't want to get out.  She splashed and kicked and splashed and laughed and splashed some more!  She is definitely going to love the pool just like her Mommy and Nana!

Backyard fun

so happy!

 

I think it's pretty obvious how much Madison LOVES to swing!  I know I sound like a broken record, but I can't believe how big she's getting!  She has so much personality and she has the best laugh.  It's so much fun watching her laugh and smile while she swings away... and she would stay in that swing ALL DAY if she could.  Every time we take her out and start to walk inside, she gets soooo upset - she throws her arms up in the air and starts yelling - isn't she too young to already be throwing tantrums?!?!? hahaha

8 months!

My little girl is so big, she's 8 months going on 8 years!  

She has so much personality... she's still learning to crawl but she's mastered how to pull herself up and stand ... here are a few more things she's mastered :-D

* she gives us "looks" 

(I wonder who she learned that from - lol)

* she throws fits when she doesn't get her way 

* she laughs and talks to herself while playing with her toys 

* she thinks every time the phone rings, it's for her, so she grabs the phone and starts chatting away - haha 

* she now has 5 teeth - her two front teeth finally came in!!

(when she smiles she looks soooooooo cute!) 

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY!!!!!!!!

She said MAMA!!!!!  Her first word!

(oh yeah... and about a week later)

She said DADA :)

It's only a few more months until she's 1... what am I going to do?  She's getting so big!!!

Mother's Day - the 1st of many!!

Wow, it's still hard to believe that I get to finally celebrate Mother's Day - can you believe I'm a mom?!?!?  I have to pinch myself sometimes becuase I don't believe it's real... that I could be this lucky!  I have been blessed with the most wonderful, happy, outgoing little girl (and a pretty terrific husband too) and I thank my lucky stars that I get to wake up every morning and be with them.  Being a mom has been the most rewarding experience and I learn something new about myself every day.  I have a new appreciation for everything (showers and sleep in particular) but most of all, I have a new appreciation for my own mom.  It's the hardest job you'll ever have, but it's also the most rewarding! :-D

 so pretty!

Well my very first Mother's Day was fantastic!  Deven got up with Madison and let me sleep in (until 9am!), then I woke up to breakfast in bed - such a treat.  After breakfast I opened cards and presents and I got the most beautiful earrings from Madison (although, I think daddy helped out a bit), they are flower shaped and look exactly like hers - they are soooo cute!  After we got cleaned up, we packed a picnic and headed out to Balboa Park, next we went for a walk and ended up at Extraordinary Desserts... it was an unexpected surprise and I had the most decadent dessert - YUMMMO!!  By early evening I was relaxing at home with my munchkin.  Who could ask for a better day?

Family, Celebrating and Presents!

The beginning of May is always a little busy... we have Grandma Nancy's bday, G-Pa Glenn's bday and then Mother's Day for both our moms and ME all within a week of each other!  So we had a few different gatherings :)

Nancy's Bday & Mother's Day

It was such a beautiful day, so we sat on the deck and visited, ate yummy food and opened presents :)

Glenn's Bday & Ivy's Mothers Day

 Nancy painted this for my dad's bday - so pretty! :)

The day before Mother's Day, we met my parents in Carlsbad for lunch and it was such a pretty day.  We sat in the park, played with Madison and opened presents.  Then we went for a walk around Carlsbad Village and scouted out a yummy place to eat lunch.  After lunch we did some window shopping until Madison was so pooped that she fell asleep in her daddy's arms.  Time to head home :)