Love it OR Hate it!

Loves getting her fingers and toes polished! ..but hates it when her toes "accidently" touch before they are dry!!

Lovin' her first pony ride! ......and then of course Hating it!

BUT, she ALWAYS loves her popcorn!

..but still HATES the backfloat!

Loves the new glasses!

Loves getting dirty in the sand with Sammy!

AND Looooves Rylee Bona!

A picture is worth a thousand words....

How lucky are we??!!??!

My Big Girl

Well, here she is modeling her "Big Girl Panties!!" Yes, she is officially potty trained : )) Believe it or not she is no longer a Paci Addict either! She traded in her pacis for her favorite Backyardigans stuffed animals!!! Some huge milestones these past few months, she is growing up soooo fast!

We also had some fun at a local produce farm and she started swimming lessons last week! Hopefully the crying will end SOON : (( Well, here are some new pics!

One of my many new pairs of big girl panties : ) My favorite are the Ni Ho Kai Lan ones! My new horsie "Butterscotch!" I'm going to grandma's house!!

Front yard fun with Sammy!

Swimming with Lyra! One moment of fun and NO crying!

Mooommy,,,,mommmy,,, mommmy,,,maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmeee..

Now what???

Picking my own Strawberries at Tanaka Farms

An even trade,,, pacis for Pablo and Austin!

Pics, pics, and more pics!

Look who is sooo HAPPY,,, grandma and grandpa are here!

A day at Legoland!

The Three Philosophers!

The ET Gang

"Seriously???"

Cute : )

Poor Rylee! lol

True confessions of a Paci addict

Who Let the Dogs Out....etc..

Never a dull moment with Miss Z around!!! I have gotten a few "Where are you guys???" emails so I thought I better make the time for a post! We just had a wonderful time with my friends (and Zaela's Godparents!) from Wisconsin who came to visit us,,, wish they could have stayed longer! Thanks for coming Jay, Kel, and Kasey!!!! And here are some of our highlights since the last post.....

Today we went to the LA Zoo and checked out some animals!! She is a climber!!! The park is a little stressful for mom now!!!!!!!

Took a tumbling class at My Little Gym.... not sure if they want us back after she tore the place up on her first visit! lol

Jay and Shands enjoying Zaela's Tea Party!

Zaela's first Valentine's Rose compliments of Shands!

Hangin' out with Olivia and Jasmine at Lyra's Birthday party,,, boy does she love a good Juice Box!!

A playdate with Pat's sweetie Melat! I think someone was jealous : )

My thoughts exactly,,, potty training... sigh........

Playing dress up,,, "I'm a princess!!!"

"Who Let the Dogs Out," by Zaela Rose !!!!

We are HERE!

Here we are !!! For many reasons I just haven't had the time to blog and really have no idea how you "good" bloggers keep up! The holidays were so busy and flew by way too fast. Zaela had a great time this year talking about Santa and the 16' Nutcracker displayed down the street! We are still hearing about the Nutcracker EVERYDAY!!!! In usual Zaela form, she was the center of attention and loved having grandma and grandpa here for 2 weeks!

She is back in daycare now and adjusting well. We have a Dr. appt on the 18th to try to find out why she favors her right eye so much... other than that..... all good and weighing in just shy of 37lbs these days!

So here are some pics and a little video....


Using her new vaccuum!

Nap time with Grandpa

My new chairs that Grandpa built!!!

The infamous "Nutcracker!!!!"

Lovin' my new kitchen!

They won't miss this one cookie!!!

Stirrin' up the batter!

Helping Grandma??? Hmmmm....

Zaela and E-I.... what can we say,,, the Santa line was too long so we opted for the Poinsettia!

Squeezin' oranges!

PB&J Break with E-I

Feeding my new dolly!

Help,,,, I'm stuck in the chair mama!!!!!!!!!

The "Hokey Pokey"