Up and running......almost

Here is Laila's attempt at walking. This is the night she took her very first steps. She started getting to her feet in the middle of the backyard and taking steps. We brought her inside and tried to reenact, but you know how that goes...so she really barely got a step without Grandpa's help.....




Here is her attempt at walking now...she is getting much better. The most steps she has taken is probably something like 7 to 10-ish

She is growing up too fast! What a big girl!

An easy tag......

All about me.....from A to Z

* attached or single: attached
* best friend: the old ball and chain (or is that me?) in any case, that'd be Robert
* cake or pie: cheesecake all the way, yum!
* day of choice: Friday, first day of the week Robert doesn’t have to go straight to school
* essential item: my purse, I might find anything else I need in there
* favorite color: this sounds weird but dark gray, like charcoal gray
* gummy bears or worms: not a big fan of either
* home town: Henderson, I wasn’t born here, but I have been here so long I am a total townie
* indulgences: online shopping, I really must be stopped
* january or july: January
* kids: Nathan and Laila
* life isn’t complete without: my family
* marriage date: May 31
* number of brothers and sisters: 1 brother 2 sisters
* oranges or apples: oranges
* phobias: spiders, did you see my vacation post?
* quote: “Aman-duh! Whose gonna want you now?” LOL! Tell me what movie that is?
* reason to smile: Nathan loves to sing anything, it is so cute, and Laila’s booty dance
* season of choice: fall, it means all the holidays are on the way
* tag 3 people: Lindsay, Sarah, and Tiffany ( I want to know your phobias and unknown facts, haha!)
* unknown fact about me: I am the only person I know who has messed up macaroni and cheese……..TWICE!
* vegetable: yes, I've been known to eat a vegetable occasionally.
* worst habit: being late to church every week! This never happened before kids.
* x-ray or ultrasound: x-ray, never had one of those
* your favorite food: mashed potatoes
* zodiac sign: pisces

More things I learned on vacation.....

-Your baby will wake up at all hours of the night due to her crazy, unpredictable schedule.

-Consequently, you will wake up at all hours of the night.
You will also obsessively check on your visitor to make sure he is keeping to himself.
Still there! And at 3 AM he is done making his web. He is now just waiting for unsuspecting dopes to invite into his evil lair.
(I am seriously getting anxiety just looking at the pictures again. I have spider issues.)

-You will spend a half hour and all your breath to blow up the lobster toy only to capture this look of terror on Nathan's face.

-Never rely on your hotel for shampoo & conditioner, you will regret not packing your own.

-Nathan would rather play with mama in the hotel wading pool, than go in the ocean where "a big wave is gonna get me".

-Ducks are fun and Nathan was brave enough to let them eat out of his hand.


-Vacations are exhausting. Nathan missed one the best meals I've ever eaten, the chicken and mango quesadilla at the Guadalajara in Old Town. Yum!

The best part about San Diego is not the beach, it is the food! One place we have to go to every time we go to San Diego is the Cafe Coyote in Old Town.


Robert is the best because I wanted to go there one last time on our way back home and he drove by to see if it was open. Hooray! It was open, so at 10 AM, all packed and ready to go home, he stopped so I could run in and order 2 cheese crisps to go. Oooohhhhlllll.....(That's the mouthwatering Homer Simpson sound, you know, when he wants a donut!)
What is a cheese crisp? Only the best culinary invention EVER!
Ahhh! (This is the part where the heavens open up, the light shines down, and the angels sing.)
It's a crispy, flaky, tortilla topped with tons of melted cheese, salsa, guacamole, sour cream and jalapenos, and it is SOOOO good! This is the reason I came to San Diego! And the reason I am ready to go back at the drop of a hat!

So the trip ended with a proper farewell of scarfing all that cheese crispy goodness on our way out of town.......


until Nathan got sick and barfed up more than his little belly could hold. Environmentalists everywhere would gasp in horror at the amount of baby wipes littering the highway.
-Garanimals (at Walmart) are worth every penny.
Not only are they comfy and cute, but they are cheap! Because they are so cheap, you won't feel bad (much to the environmentalists dismay) for leaving the puke soaked shorts you bought for 2.50 on the side of the road.
Don't judge, I'm not usually such a litterbug, but in this case, if it weren't for child safety laws, I'd have considered leaving his carseat on the side of the road, too!

The last and most important thing I learned on vacation.....
-Book a hotel next to your favorite place to eat.
Next time, I will have cheese crisps and chicken mango quesadillas for everymeal!

Things I learned on vacation.....

So last week on Tues. my spontaneous hubby decided we should get away for the weekend. We took off to San Diego on Fri. and just got back Monday. Most 'vacations' imply fun and relaxation, but as you may know, traveling is always unpredictable. This vacation would be more of a learning experience......I impart these words of wisdom to you.

-Stay away from the "Mad Greek".
This is a restaurant in Baker, the place where the biggest attraction is a giant thermometer.
-Do not take the advice of your husbands construction working co-workers, their food standards may be questionable.
We came to try out the 'famous' gyros and were hugely disappointed and disgusted. The place is filthy inside, a fly landed on my head while waiting to order a drink. There are jars full of slop throughout the restaurant which must be for decoration. I cannot imagine what would possess someone to open up a jar and help themselves.

And want to know what the 'mad' in "Mad Greek" is for?
Mad expensive! Almost 25 buck for some sub par sandwiches in a dumpy atmosphere in podunks-ville California.
Pass!

-Do not go to the beach expecting not to get dirty or wet, you will be a 'fun killer'.

-When your husband tells you that the kids are just going to get their feet wet, he is lying!

-When you child gets salt water in his mouth he will create a goatee of spit on his chin trying to get it out.

-You will not remember to put sunblock on the tiny part in your hair and it will burn.

-The SPF in your moisturizer and make up does not cut it at the beach. Your bright red face will announce to everyone that you are an amateur beach goer.


-Your daughter will rock the 'Mowgli' crawl to keep off the sand.
(That's a Jungle Book reference.)

-This is how Nathan smiles....seriously.

-Seals have a serious stink problem.
Gag a maggot bad!


-Laila is the adventurous type. She will taste sand and seaweed.
Maybe she will have a taste for sushi or seafood when she grows up.

-A nursery rhyme will invoke a new kind of terror on you while you sing lullabies to your baby and sit on the balcony of your room.

It goes something like this, "Rock a bye, Laila in the treetops. When the wind blows, the cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, the....."HOLY FREAKING COW!!"


Along came a spider to sit down beside her and frightened Amanda away. Do I look like Miss Muffet? Within 7 seconds you will be safely back inside your room with the door locked and bolted shut, ending the use of the balcony for good.

-Your kids will not get naps, and when they fall asleep in the car they will be plucked from their slumber to go play at the beach.


To be continued.................

Dumpster diving.......

Here is what happens when I spend too much time 'internetting around'. Oh yes, it's a verb. I can't take credit, though, as this is a phrase my husband coined. Run with it, maybe it will get as big as 'bootylicious' or 'ginormous'.

She pulled a can of apricot juice from the top of the garbage and helped herself to what she could.

Burp!

(Note to Taly: I will have to get a close up of those jammas, you will love them. Can you see a little weiner dog with a pink bow on it's head? They are so cute!)

I have some learning to do....

Okay, so I put up a new post, but since it was saved in my drafts before the 'contents of my purse' story, it put the new post after it.

So, to see a cute video of my little girl just scroll past the other post.