I grew up in Hawaii where all we had is the beach (note my sarcasm?)...
Well now that I live in the desert, and it so super hot here, we have to find ways to stay cool in the summer. They have these places called "Splash Pads" with water features for the kids to run through. Alahna LOVES them and has a blast every time we go. Here are a few pictures from our last trip to one.
So I know I am a month behind in posting - but we had fun in July, trying to stay cool indoors by baking pies, eating fun and messy foods, playing with our favorite toy (Little People), and getting our second haircut (see pictures at the bottom where she's in blue). I hope that after I catch up through mid-August to post more often! I just need to catch up!
We were pretty low-key for the 4th of July this year! Alahna and I were on our own, because Ryan had to work. Alahna was in bed before the fireworks went off and lucky for me she slept through all the noise! On Saturday the 5th we went up to the Boulder City train station and met some girls from my play group and rode the train. Alahna had a great time running up and down the train's aisles! Baby girl had a hard time sitting still in the seats!! Here are a few pictures from that weekend: 
So I am a little late in posting this - but better late than never, right? LOL!
We went on vacation to San Diego at the end of June for a long weekend. We went to the beach, saw some great friends (Derek, Ann-Marie, and Alexandria), went to Sea World, and La Jolla. It was a fun trip, but a hard trip with Alahna! She was extremely fussy (working on that top molar!), and all out of whack on her sleeping schedule....so we had Miss Crabby Pants with us! She absolutely LOVED the beach though and we had a blast hanging out with our friends! I made a slideshow of my favorite pictures from the trip:
Ryan watched Alahna Saturday night while I did a MNO (mommy's night out) with some of the ladies from Alahna's play group. Little did I know they were wrapping my Mother's Day present!
I woke up Sunday morning to Alahna playing in her crib and when I walked into her room saw the presents laying on top of her changing table. It was so sweet! They had brown paper on them with Alahna's "drawing's" and a note from Ryan that said, "just in case you couldn't tell, this says, "mommy, I love you!"" Alahna sat in my lap as we called Ry on speaker phone (he had to work) and opened the presents! This is what we opened:
Alahna and I just relaxed at home in our PJ's for the morning, and then when Ry got off of work we went to Jeff and Vicki's for some pool time and dinner! Alahna was so funny in the pool! I wish I had got some pictures to share, but she wouldn't touch the water! She laid on top of me on the pool raft the entire time! She loved all of the animals over there....the dogs, and fish, cat, and turtles! I think I might have a future vet on my hands! She is absolutely CRAZY about animals! She is too funny though....she thinks they all say "meow!" You ask her what a cat says, and she says "meow" but then you ask her what a doggie says and she says, "meow!" LOL! But she did say "doggie" for the first time over there as well! She is growing up sooooooooo fast! Here is my 14 month old girl on Mother's Day:
Our friends son, Jacob, had his 8th birthday party this past weekend at Pump It Up! Alahna had a blast sliding down the inflatable slides and jumping in the bounce houses.
I honestly have no clue what I am doing, but thought I would follow my sister's suit and create a blog of our family as well! So here goes nothing, or everything, or maybe something in between! LOL!
I thought this would be a great place to not only share with all of our friends and family the millions of pictures I take of Alahna, but to describe and share what we have done while taking those pictures! So check back often - because as you know I take millions of pictures!
