What a difference a year makes

It was a year ago now that our sweet little Raya was making her hard fought journey towards my egg and she beat out the other millions :) !!

Now she is a strong 3 month old developing such a beautiful personality. She is a smiley, quiet (most of the time) little girl that I just want to look at and play with all day everyday!

She started giggling just a few days ago, OMG adorable!!! Shes holding her head up better and definitely went through or is still going through a bit of a three month growth spurt. Which means her naps are longer and she's been fitting in an extra feeding each day. She's definitely grown in length, we're going to have to transition her out of her bassinet soon!

We still swaddle her at night but she somehow whips herself around and just the other day we found she had done a 180 degree turn in her sleep, so funny!!

Her favorite hobby right now is chomping on her hand, nom nom nom, she will often rather chomp on her hand than eat, haha.

Drumroll.....she's finally out of newborn clothes!!! BUT she is still only 10 pounds, she's our little sweetpea! She amazes us everyday and we just love her to pieces!!

Look alike?

These were the best side by side comparisons I could find right now to see who our little R looks like more.

Top images are Raya and Tim both in hospital bassinets and bottom two are Raya and I both at 2.5 months doing tummy time.

It is obvious that she got that head of hair from dad ;) I also think she has more of Tims face structure. She might have my mouth and eyebrows? Our noses are similar so it's hard to tell there. So far we have a lot of people telling us she looks more like dad or is a good combo of both of us...either way she is a beautiful little baby who is growing so fast!

Lobstah

As some of you may know Tim's mom is from Maine and he still has some relatives that live there. His cousin Terry was visiting San Diego from Maine this past week for a teacher convention that was taking place downtown. Following the convention her and two friends stayed with Tim's mom for some sightseeing of San Diego.

As a thank you for her hospitality on their final day they shipped in live Maine lobster for family to enjoy!! I am glad we were invited and available that day :). We had a little lobster cookout/BBQ and enjoyed the summer sunshine! Too bad I'm STILL not pool ready :( but Raya does enjoy dressing up in her summer attire!

Cousin Marty had a good time showing Baby Raya some toys he thinks she would like to play with, he's very good at sharing!

35 years of Wisdom

Happy Birthday Tim!!

On Saturday Tim turned another year wiser :) It is so crazy looking back and realizing I met Tim when he was just about to celebrate his 27th birthday and how far we've come in 8 years!!

This year was a rare occasion since Tims birthday fell on a Saturday and he actually did not have an event himself to work. We were able to celebrate together with family and friends.

We started the day at Hash House, http://www.hashhouseagogo.com/ for breakfast-YUM!!! Its becoming a little breakfast tradition now, my last birthday we ate there :)

Then after some digesting and relaxing family time (and Tim did need to make a quick stop in to oversee an event set up), what better way to spend the early evening than a good ol' pizza party??!  We headed over to URBN in North Park, http://urbnnorthpark.com/. When you're our age pizza parties include cocktails and kiddos who don't at pizza yet :) Soon enough those birthday pizza parties will be for friends kids and our little Raya, I'm not complaining I LOVE pizza and parties :)

Wishing you a wonderful year Tim. Its been an honor to be by your side over the years and watch you become you man you are. Looking forward to many more birthday celebrations! Love you!