New York City..... Here We Come :)

I am just sooooo excited about our New York adventure!!! LOTS more pictures to follow when we return in 8 days :) (we will be staying a few blocks away from where this picture was taken) Whoop Whoop :)

Loving my cousins.....

Tatianna (4 wks. old) Anna (6 months old) Elijah (10 wks old) Tatianna is soooo lucky to have cousins so close to her age. It is fun to see how similar & different they all are...

The second picture was just taken this past week in the same chair as above.. It was a LOT easier to arange them for the 1st picture :)

More birthay party fun.....

We helped our friend celebrate his 3rd birthday this weekend! It was such a fun party and yep... really yummy cupcakes :) It was so nice to have J's parents here to come play w/Tatianna and her friends too.

More Birthday pictures....

Birthday Princess :) Such a wonderful day spent w/special friends! The past 2 years have just flown by....



















Tatianna enjoying her 6th or 7th cupcake of the week.... Such a lucky little girl.....

Birthday Girl :)

I just can't believe my little bear turned 2 today!!!!



more pictures later.... this mama is TIRED!!!!

Baseball Fun!

GO PADRES :~)

Monday night, Jason, Tatianna and I enjoyed a night of baseball!! My boss, Dr. Styrt, invites all of our patients to a ball game every summer. Tatianna did soooo well. She loved the fireworks everytime someone hit a homefun!! She had fun visiting w/all the girls from work and
(even got to enjoy a sucker:) shhhhhhh :0





Tatianna had sooooo much fun dancing around whenever the mucic played. I also wanted to show a picture of her cute Padre tattoo!! It looks like she's giving thanks that they won :)

I was tagged......

I was tagged by my girlfriend Dana about "6 random things about me"
sooooooo........ here I go......

1) I love...love....love....LOVE..... going to the movies by myself!!! No one to worry about, no one to share my special treats with, no one to be concerned if they are enjoying themselves...just ME TIME :)

2) I'm the biggest closet Neil Diamond fan (Dana, we need to hit a concert:) I thank my mom for my eclectic taste in music......

3) I enjoy eating out by myself at restaurants.... (something I did a lot of living on my own downtown Portland, Oregon) before I got married...

4) I'm a complete night owl..... I LOVE my evenings...... between working part- time and taking care of Tatianna, my "MY" time comes late in the evening.... this is the time I read...blog...email girlfriends...organize my Picasa pictures..... it's just MY time and I enjoy it..

5) I am the youngest of 5... the baby I guess...I love and adore my siblings!! Tatianna is the 11th grandchild.... I have an older brother, Jon.. then Amy, Ginny, Lisa and Myself... The funny thing about being the "baby" although I am 30 (yikes) I will ALWAYS be the baby or "little Karie"!!

6) I am deathly afraid of heights.... The drive up to Big Bear nearly gives me a heart attack every time!!

OK, those were pretty random and have no rhyme or reason.... happy to share... :)

Cute Cousins!

Tutus....suckers....cousins....Life is GOOD! :) visit http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5299107 for fun shopping!!



Matching jammies make slumber parties soooo much more fun :)

San Francisco Visit

We had such a wonderful time playing w/my sister, Amy and her wonderful children is San Francisco last week!! We played in the pool, had a few bbq's, some backyard fun and just RELAXED!!! It was such a great visit. Tatianna & Anna are only 5 months apart, so there were a few hard moments, but for the most part had a blast :)

CUPCAKES......MMMMMM :)

Tatianna & I helped her girlfriend Caylin celebrateher 3rd Birthday last Saturday..... It was such a wonderful party at a great park!! We just LOVED the cupcakes!!! Seriously, I could have eaten the whole batch!! Tatianna gobbled hers up and was soooo excited about licking all the frosting off 1st :) Don't you just love Birthdays... :)

Slumber Party :)

Tatianna & I had a slumber party with Stacia & Alexandra last Sunday night!! The girls had such a good time and just DIDN'T want to go to sleep.....so they stayed up 'till 11:30!!! Yes, that's correct....11:30!!!! Such party animals :) They must get it from their mommas!!!! I love the picture of Allie checking out her nails, while Tati is on her phone.....such DIVAS!!!!!! I can imagine having a similar picture in about 12 years......Can't wait until our next sleep over :)

Laundry Basket + plastic balls= FUN!!

I was feeling a bit under the weather today, but wanted Tatianna to still have fun!! This was the most "creative new game" I could muster!! She loved it and had sooo much fun. She emptied/filled/emptied/filled for about an hour!! Hopefully the bug I have will pass soon!

Fabulous Mom's Night Out!!!

What a wonderful group of Mommas!!! I am so proud to call these awesome ladies my friends! We had a fun time drinking sangria, eating tapas and laughing! We celebrated Dana's Birthday w/the most delicious cupcakes (thanks Felicitas and Karla) We also said goodbye to Amy, who is headed to Germany w/her family for the summer! She will be missed!

My Sand Eating Little Tati

We spent a wonderful weekend w/Jason's parents a few weeks ago. We took them to Coronado for the day and had so much fun!! Tatianna loved finding all the shells and running away from the water because she's "sooo scared mamma" She is still loving the taste of sand though....when oh when will that end!?!?!?!

Tatianna falling asleep at dinner!!

We had such a wonderful morning playing w/our friends at Fanuel Park today! Tatianna ran non-stop for 2 1/2 hours :) After 3 tries for a nap, in 3 different locations (crib, my bed, couch) she still wouldn't take a nap! Sooooo during dinner tonight...Little Miss Tati FELL ASLEEP!!! It was priceless! I couldn't stop taking pictures and laughing! It brought be back to a video I saw of my niece Andy, when she was 3 or so, falling asleep eating her dinner too!! Oh, it was sooooo cute!!