Swim Date

It's Thursday, and it's hot...and apparently as soon as I get used to this 90 degree weather, it's supposed to drop back down to the 70's!  Make up your mind already weather system!  In the spirit of embracing the present (even if it's a scorching hot "gift"), we hit up the garden and the pool today! Little Guy and I had some quiet swim time together (he is getting so brave with the water!) and even got to relax on our loungers for a little afternoon snack ;)  My herb garden FINALLY got planted (we'll see how it does in my converted antique baby tub!) and then my bestie brought over her little munchkins for an impromptu post nap swim date!  Daddy got home just in time to help us out, 4 kiddos and 2 mommies just didn't seem fair.  Heather and I are constantly saying how our kids are always so busy playing, we never take any pictures- well today we snapped a few and you can tell by the photos they are just too busy having fun together to be bothered with photos!

Emmeline loves babies, especially "her baby" (Jackson), and she is so sweet and gentle with Wesley!

The boys!  Wesley thinks Caden is hilarious and Caden loves to make the little boys laugh!

Best Little Buds!

A few our my favorite things...

It's Wednesday and it's hot...really, it's only 90 degrees and I need to toughen up for the summer months ahead.  We hit up some outside chores today, including our porch and herb garden (both need to be finished tomorrow), and because Little Guy loves it so much, we also got out the vacuum.  I am hoping his utter love for this cleaning machine will translate to his room when he's bigger (hey, a mom can dream can't she?!?)

His FAVORITE "toy"

Apparently I can't get enough of Davis (I secretly would love to live there!); we hit up the Wednesday night farmer's market with our friends from playgroup and we ran into the Girimontes.  We haven't seen Baby Iris in a while (or the rest of the G clan for that matter) and she is just too precious.  I can't believe Little Guy was ever that tiny, how can I already be forgetting that itty-bitty newborn stage?!?  

Little Guy was trying his best to be gentle, it's hard when you're just a baby yourself.

There were four boys and one girl from playgroup at the market.  All four boys were in rompers (again, it was HOT today!) and Little Guy was twinsies with one of the twins Ryan.  

What's cuter than one darling babe?  Two darling babes in matching dino rompers!

It was too late to share this picture last night, but here is what was waiting for me in bed (and I wouldn't have it ANY other way!)

Sleep tight sweet angel!

No car, No problem

The Armada was getting pretty today so we were without wheels ALL day!  Not to worry, we hitched a ride with Noah and his mommy to playgroup and we crossed MANY projects off our to-do list.  Playgroup is such a kick these days, because, a) our kiddos are actually starting to PLAY! and b) it is too much fun to watch all the babies growing up week by week.  Just last week babies that weren't even sitting up a month ago are CRAWLING everywhere!  I love seeing Little Guy interact with his buddies, maybe some of them will be in our graduation pictures 18 years from now (too sad to think about that already!).  Anywho, we have to put the gate up now because we have SO many crawling curious boys and they all stand around it, plotting for a way to "break out!"  We weren't quick enough to get a shot with all the boys, but here's Little Guy with his buddy Noah

Back home we worked on new drapes, MANY thank you notes, a backyard picnic table, dishes, laundry and closet organization....phew, we got a lot done, and hopefully we can wrap it all up tomorrow!  With all that work, we managed to squeeze in some impromtu karoke (Little Guy just can't get enough of my crooning, I need to take adavantage of this while I can!), but I couldn't convince Little Guy to take a break from the action for a nap...Mommy's hoping that we have another great day tomorrow, WITH a nap included!

Orange You Glad

The Armada is getting a little face lift tomorrow, so we hopped over to Davis to drop her off tonight...and why go all the way to Davis and not get dinner, right?  We went to Burgers and Brews (yum!) and even Little Guy got in on the action- well, he ate an orange slice, which is more than he usually eats (nothing!), even if it wasn't a burger.

If there's one thing that melts my heart (really there's more like 1,456 things), it's baby shoes.  Little Guy sported his furry crocs today (just like Daddy) and I am pretty sure there's NOTHING more precious (at least not today!).  

This is Little Guy's FAVORITE thing to do these days...drive!  He wiggles his way up to the driver seat whenever he can.  He has no interest in riding in his car seat (bore!), but don't worry, his meany Mommy ALWAYS! straps him in.

Diapers and Dips

Little Guy competed in his first ever Diaper Derby today.  We met up with Noah and Jackson first thing this morning for what was sure to be a fun time! 

After a brief delay (the fire alarm was pulled!), we were off to a great start with the baby girls 6-11 months.  Next up were the boys and there were so many of them that they had to break us into two heats...yes people take diaper derbying that seriously that we had to do heats...Anyways, Mr. Noah took second place in the first heat (YAY!) and Little Guy was up next.  Little Guy is habitually a SUPER fast crawler, never sitting still when I want/need him to (evidence now by all the photos I have of the back of his head!).

Once he started moving, he went every directon but straight- left, right, and BACKWARDS!  Needless to say, we had a great time and he eventually DID cross the finish line, 2 minutes and 56 seconds after he started.  Mr. Jackson was up next and he broke out of the gates with something to prove.  He was THIS CLOSE to crossing the finish line (Mommy was waving yogurt bites for him!) when he decided to take a rest.  A walker came zooming by to claim first prize, but Jackson took 2nd, which was pretty impressive since there were a lot of little boys walking in his group!  We're so proud of our speedy friends :)
Three minutes of diaper derbying will take it out of you.  Daddy got home from a long day at work just in time to take a dip in the pool with Little Guy before he zonked out for a LATE afternoon nap, and I was the lucky lady who got to hit up some Memorial Day outlet sales while they slept.

If this isn't the most precious sight to come home to, I am not sure what is!  Poor Little Guy is cutting some serious teeth (two top and one bottom), so he's been uncomfy lately.  This means more soft snuggles, but they're no fun when your baby's so sad!  What a day buddy bear, you are a champ!

It's a Fiesta!

Today was the 55th annual Fiesta Days parade in Vacaville.  We have lived here for almost four years, and we have NEVER been to any Fiesta Day events.  Noah's daddy scored us some great seats early this morning and we enjoyed over two hours of the parade (we didn't even see half of it!) before we headed to the Santopadres for a tri tip BBQ lunch!

Daddy was working all day so he missed out on Heather's AMAZING cooking!  Little Guy loves going over there, each time he has more fun than the last.  He loves Emmeline and Jackson, but Caden really entertains him and it's precious to see all our kiddos playing together.  We hit up the actual fair later in the afternoon (I had the obligatory fair corn dog, DELISH!) after Daddy got home!  What a fun way to spend a Saturday!

My Little Fish

Little Guy continues to excel in his swim lessons.  Miss Chris says we're close to doing a little SOLO floating time...I am sure Little Guy will be ready for this A LOT sooner than Mommy will be!  In the meantime, we continue to love Friday swim time and extra practice at home.