This girl loves.....

WATERMELON!!

She eats soooo much

it makes her sooo happy!!

Here's a video that I took when I first gave her some today!! It was really cold so that's why she made these faces!!

She can't be...

18 months already!!(Well as of 10 days ago!)I sit here,as LA is taking her nap, with tears in my eyes wondering where all this time has gone. Where is that baby girl who could that would look up at you with those big blue eyes and squeal at the top of her lungs? In exchange for this sweet little baby girl we now have a very loving, funny, talking NON-STOP, keeping us on our toes, sweet little girl!! Everyday is a new day and every day we learn something new! Two weeks ago I was sitting on the couch watching her play and out of now where I see her in her play area playing with letters and then all of a sudden say "fibe, sick, seben, eight, nine, teeeeen YEAH". What where did this come from and where were 1234!?!..HAHAHA!! Lily Ann words can not explain how grateful we are to be your parents and how you make us strive to be better parents everyday. We love you more than words can explain and are so proud of you! Here are some things that you are doing now at 18 months:

*You are still a great sleeper.. You will sleep from 7-8:30 and you take 2 2-hour naps a day.
*You are still a very good eater except for now you are not a fan of veggies! You shudder every time we give you some!
*You are such a sweet girl. You have such very good manners. You say "Pease" "Tank two" and today you said "You wecome"! You also make it a point to say "Bye" to everyone you see!! LOL!!
*You talk! I mean you literally talk from the time you wake up til you go to bed! Sometimes you even wake up in the middle of the night talking!! You have about 20-30 words that you use on a daily basis and you still talk in your own language.
*You love love love the Wiggles.. You actually woke up in the middle of the night and said "Wadda wadda wadda Wiggles!" Ithink that's all you dream about!! LOL!!
*You love to count. We count EVERYTHING!!And you now can count from 1-10 all by yourself (Except Mommy and Daddy have to help you out with 4!)
*You also love books.. We read books all day long and usually the same one over and over and over again.. We read Good Night Moon at least 10 times a day and all of your animal books..You love animals and can tell us what they are!(Cow, pig, Tat(Cat), puppy, duck(Although sometimes is comes out with a f instead of a d)We ask you what they all say and you will say "Quack Quack" for the duck but everything else says "ROAAAARRRRR!!" HAHAHA!!
*You love to sneak up on Daddy and scare him.. (Your not a very good sneaker because you laugh all the way to him!)

We love you so much and know that you are going to be an amazing loving big sister!

I really thought....

that LA would like the 5 pairs of flip flops that I bought her.. I mean come on who doesn't like flip flops during summertime!! Well I finally found someone who doesn't!!(Don't mind the mess.. We have been reading books and playing with letters all day long!!) BTW I was Skyping with Mom and Dad when I decided to try them on her so if you hear laughing in the background that is where it is coming from!! I just love this little girl!!

We took Lily Ann to the..

San Francisco Bay Aquarium today and she had a blast!! She loved all the "Fishes" and made it known throughout the whole place.. People were laughing at her because when she saw something she liked it was "OH WOW! OH WOW!! Wook Daddy Wook!!" We laughed the whole time..

Guess who is finally home....

We are sooo excited Jacob got home last Sunday after being gone for almost 6 months.. We are soo glad to finally have him home and LA is in heaven!! I'm bummed because we didn't get to see them actually pull in because LA over slept from her nap and the boat pulled in early. But the boat was there when we got there.. We still had to wait for almost an hour before Jacob made his way to us!! We then took a tour of the new boat.. I was worried that LA might be standoff-ish since she hasn't seen her Daddy since Christmas but once she saw him and he got her out of her stroller they were inseparable and have been every since he's been home.. It melts my heart to see them together!! She is truly a Daddy's girl and she has got him wrapped around her little fingers!!


Here's a couple of pictures of the new Homeland Security Boat USCGC Waesche.

Finally back home...

So La and I have finally made it back home to California. Emily (my sister), LA, and I set off on our long 3 day road trip last Monday. And let me say it was 3 long days of travel. LA did great. She sat in the back seat and watched Mickey Mouse the whole way home. We did 12 hours the first day, 10 the second, and about 7 the third day.. It was so nice to be back in Arkansas with family while Jacob was gone, especially since I was so sick the first trimester of this pregnancy. We only have a few more days until Jacob will finally be home with us. It has been a long 6 months and we are ready for him to finally be home. It breaks my heart when LA picks up her cell phone and will pretend to talk to Daddy.. That is the only communication besides email that we have had with him over the past couple of months. Before we were able to Skype and she was able to see him. Now when the phone rings she automatically yells "Daddy". Soon we won't have to worry about phone calls or emails because he will be here.. He will be home until June and then be gone for a short tour and should be home in time for the baby to be born.. I don't know what I will do if he's not here for the birth but I have hope that everything will work out in our favor..

I would like to thank our family for taking such good care of us while we were home for a long 3 months vacation.. My Mom and sisters did wonders when I was sick and on bed rest they took care of me and Lily Ann no questions asked. They actually took care of LA the whole time we were home..LOL!! She definitely got very spoiled while we were visiting and loved all the attention.. I must say that I have the best family in the world!! I have a Dr. appointment in the morning to get my referral to see my OB so I will post again soon on Baby B update.. Hopefully we will be able to find out the sex in the next couple of weeks.. I can't believe that I will be 16 weeks on Sunday!! I feel like a whale..LOL!!

This girl keeps me laughing...

So I had walked out of the room for maybe less than 2 minutes to put away some towels and when I came back in the living room I couldn't see LA but I heard her grunting and saying "uugghhhhh ooooohhhh"!! So I picked up my Flip (because I knew she was up to no good!!)and this is what I found...




She always keeps me entertained that's for sure.. I can't wait for Jacob to finally get home and get to experience these moments with us.. Just a few more days and he will finally be home.. It's been a long 6 months and we are ready to finally be a family again!!