NY Christmas!!!

Ok so I've been pretty absent here bcs. I am a mom of an almost 8 month old :O seriously where is the time going???

Well I have about 6 posts in draft form but I had a quick minute and I just wanted to say how exited I am that we are heading to NY for Rayas first Christmas!! Yeahhhh

I am SO looking forward to visiting with family and friends and honestly in a selfish note have a few extra hands that want to give Raya love so I can catch a little break :)

Off to finish packing- Merry Christmas to all!

Happy Halloween

Halloween kicked of the first of the "holidays" for 2012.

Raya was starting to sit assisted so we were able to have some fun with pumpkin patches, even in our own front yard. There were several Halloween celebrations we attended and as they progressed Raya got more scared of things...poor little girl :(

Raya and I visited the pumpkin patch with my friend Amber and her son Easton. She was in a great mood and had lots of fun looking at the big orange circles. Pretty sure that's all she acknowledged pumpkins as.

A friend of ours had a pumpkin carving party that we went to and as it was getting dusk and the fog machines and monsters were going she was not too thrilled. This was her first sign of "being scared". She turned away and would nuzzle into our shoulder, so cute ;)

Then came Halloween day!! She was our little Elephant...so darn cute! We have an amazing neighborhood for trick or treating, I can't wait (Zara too!) until next year when we can walk around with her. But she hung out with me while I handed out candy and looked suspiciously at all these strangers coming to our house. Tim always does the house us with lights and music (naturally) so she was a little spooked but was a trooper. Ella and Marty came over to trick or treat in the neighborhood, it was fun to have the kids here and watch them get excited..,priceless to watch kids innocence :)

BOO!

Half Birthday!

Some of my friend know that I LOVE half birthdays. It was a nice tradition my mom started when I was younger because when you're a child it takes FOREVER to get to your next birthday so every April 10th I would get half the happy birthday song sung to me, half a birthday card (shed litterally cut one in half), half a birthday treat, you get the idea :) and as I mentioned in a previous post Tim proposed to me at a surprise half birthday party.

Now with our own special daughter I plan to continue the tradition! She celebrated 6 months/her first half birthday on October 24th and how exciting it was for her! Besides the crummy shots she got at her 6 months doc checkup :( she got her ears pierced and opened cards and gifts from family and friends!

Yay!! Thank you all and Happy Half Birthday Sweet Pea! XO

All fours!!

She's up on all fours...she knows how to bring her knee forward but hadn't put the hand forward coordination together yet ;) she ends up kinda face planting when she doesn't know what to do next (hence the foam mats)... It's only a matter of time before she truly lives up to her new nickname of "scoots"

For now she Definately scoots sideways or rolls to where she wants to grow, it's crazy how fast she is learning and growing!

** UPDATE** scoots is officially crawling!!! On 11/5 she decided to take a few crawls towards Tim's cell phone and she's been on the move!! We had to purchase a larger area rug so she wasn't falling on the hardwood. She's starting to pull up on things! Oh boy!!!

High chair

Last weekend Tim and I had a rare chance to get brunch together on Sunday. Between the craziness of event season and him usually playing baseball Sunday mornings it was nice to get together for some yummy food.

Raya had fallen asleep on our way there but within 10 minutes of being there she was awake!! We hadn't even ordered yet and I knew I didn't want to leave her in her carseat the while time if she was awake, she'd certainly get bored and fussy. So she can sit up with assistance pretty well now I thought lets try a high chair?! Totally unprepared mind you! I have one of those cushiony high chair/shopping cart covers but wasn't even thinking it was time to start using it yet...sure enough it's time!! I threw a blanket in which wasn't too smart she kept sliding all around. But it worked and she sat and played with her toys while we ate, we had to adjust her wiggling self a few times but lesson learned and we are certainly ready for this next step...the high chair!!

Such a big girl :)

Move over Babar

Just a little sneak peak...Raya is VERY excited about her Halloween costume!

I looked and looked for a baby Halloween costume and online I kept seeing these cute Carter's costumes with a bubble outfit and tights and shirt under it...knowing I wasn't going to dress her in something scary I thought these were cute! So I decided to head to the Carter's store where I ended up finding a whopping TWO costumes left...huh?!? Weird! A flower which was 24 month size and a cute little elephant size 3-6 month, phew!! There isn't much about an elephant that says Halloween but the colors match her nursery (not like she'll be hanging in her room in her costume!!), she looks darn cute in it, AND I love the little added bonus that we can use the tights and shirt in the months to come not just on Halloween :)

Trick or Treat!

Staycation

A few weeks ago San Diego Style Weddings ( a local wedding magazine) was holding their annual magazine launch party, this year also happened to be their 25th anniversary. We were invited to attend and since I've been missing a lot of the event functions Tim and I so often frequented, due to my new role as mommy, this was one party I knew I didn't want to miss!

The party was at La Costa Resort, about 30 minutes north of us. Coincidentally, Tim had DJ'ed the hotel holiday party last year and part of his payment was a two night stay which we had not redeemed yet!

One of Tim's employees lives about 5 minutes from the hotel and offered to come watch Raya while we went to the party, yippee!!! We made our reservation to stay the night before and the night of the party for our staycation!!

We hung out at the pool and Raya had her first inner tube experience. This resort has 4 different pools and a few water slides, Tim had a great time and a I did go down a few times too. It was nice to just go back to our room and get ready and walk a few yards over to the party!

Once there we noticed a few additional vendors that brought their babies and since everybody was asking about Raya we decided to let her come hang out :) I'm not sure what was funnier that Tim said we can't bring her we don't have a party dress to put her in or my response which was yes I packed on just in case!! Haha! Tim went to the room to get her party dress on for her appearance.

We had a nice time it was fun to get away in our own town :) its always so hard getting back to reality!