flower fields

We went to the flower fields in Carlsbad; saw they were having a bluegrass festival and thought it would be a fun thing to do on a Saturday afternoon. i heart fun little family outings. I always wondered why parents brought their kids to the things like the zoo when they were too young to remember it......why?........now i know why.and i'm one of those parents. it's fun to do little family things. some day soon we'll tackle the zoo.

here we are makin some memories.

my loves

and the cutest flower I saw all day......

i had to get a shot with daddy in there.

this is for our NE lovelies. we couldn't resist the corn......we heart Nebraska

sorry Charley..... we love to make you do things you don't want for the sake of a good photo opp, you cute lil cornstalk!

naked babies

Up untill now I thought she was a definite "Sand baby".ok.............she might resemble me a lil too.
Liza Mae in 1982, 3mo. old

Charley Mae in 2010, 3mo. old

i did not even realize I was taking a pic of her in the same pose as me....Aaron found the picture. how cute are the little naked butt cracks? If only fat roles looked this good on me now! hehe.

our entourage

Oh the Beck girls. We just love them. They're kinda like our family away from family. AND.......they live right down the street from us. Sweet beautiful Leanne was the first girl I handed a resume to at the salon I worked at in Poway. I actually thought she was a college girl (turns out she is married with three girls...what a smokin hot mamma). We ended up finding out that we live like TWO blocks apart(and then I found out she likes wine......so then I knew we'd be friends..HELLO wine buddy). we love us some Beck girls!


the other day they came over to meet up and walk to the park. I had Charlie ready and decided to wait outside for them because it was such a nice day. One by one they came into view......4girls, 2dogs, a shopping cart, a stroller, and 2dirty naked babydolls. LOL hillarious. I ran in to grab the camera. it was too funny not to document.


Charlotte loved the entertainment

when the girls get tired, momma has to multi task....no more shopping carts on these outings!

three babies.......2of them dirty and naked in a shopping cart. Classy baby friends you've found, Charlotte.
She LOVES watching the big girls and being a part of the shenanigans.

We will miss living so very close to our girls, because we are gonna be closing on a house in Santee either this Friday or next Monday....(blog post to follow)......but Santee isn't too far away!

We'll still see each other...I just love me some Becks.

Giggles McGee

That's Charlotte's new name, 'cause Mommy can make her giggle *almost* on command (and because "McGee" just sounds right with funny first names.... no offense if that's really your last name). There's also some song & dance that Aunt Lindsey did with Charley that works particularly well at uncovering her geeky smile and making her squeak like a mouse. Something about ants.... which would usually be a sore subject around our house (referring to the "great Christmas infestation of 2009"). Stay tuned for that one....

Mommy hasn't posted in a while, and when Daddy heard this going on, he grabbed the camera so you all could enjoy it. So... enjoy!
-Aaron

Calvin the Cow

We were excited to go to the desert with daddy.I knew Charlotte and I might have some issues, because we were battling colds.....SO we loaded up all our stuff(whoa the baggage that comes with traveling with a baby)including our humidifier. I figured I was being a pretty good mommy, bringing the humidifier and all (patting myself on the back). Such a cute little cow humidifier that blows the mist out its ears........and we arrived at our hotel room and turned on the heat and it was so dry that I could feel my lips becoming chapped.....poor little cow, could NOT keep up! (so much for the mommy of the year award) So I went across the street to Target and purchased another humidifier. This time I wasn't messin around and got the heavy duty turbo one. So Calvin the cow(Aaron's name for him) got a new friend to help him get the job done. Charlotte and Mommy sure liked the king sized bed.(maybe we can get one someday)

Here's a pic i took of Charlotte propped up watching monster trucks with daddy.....yikes. should I be worried?

she's perfected her pike position!

And yes, we took all of these in one evening, daddy even snapped a picture of Charlotte and I takin a little snooze. I resorted back to the "sleep when the baby sleeps" method while she was sick. She wasn't sleeping nearly as well as usual........I am glad my little sweetie's on the mend.

betcha can't.....

...not smile while you're watchin this

this was actually her second bout of giggles. Her first was when we were up in the desert last week- she bursted into giggles when I sneezed in the car, and I was SOOO bummed that no one else was with me to experience one of the most fun "firsts" yet!

just beachy

We went to Del Mar, cause it was grassy, so I could wheel the stroller up close and not carry my little pudger in the carseat (yikes, why do I not have fabulous arms by now?) If you look at this first picture, you'll see her in the carseat in her little bear footed pants, just chillaxin enjoyin the view!
still a little sleepy from the car ride.

unfortunately you'll have to be a little sunscreen wearer like your momma, (sorry about the pasty white genetics) those shades are just TOO CUTE! grammy Ribbens saw those at target, and couldn't resist. Daddy filed the edges just a bit because the engineer in him saw they were a little tight. hehe

you and Auntie Kim

we need to get you a swim suit. so exciting! Daddy wants to be a part of picking one out so...we'll be patient. I can't wait.

Such a funny little girl already! those facial expressions are priceless! I love the three of us sportin our shades. so stylish.

And daddy and Charley(notice how all the pics she's looking at him. she thinks he's pretty neat)

and the funny "pike" position she's been practicing lately. She randomly will just stick them straight up in the air. maybe diving is in the future?