Fun in the Sun

A Reliable Wife

This is the current book for our book club in the Antelope Valley Mom's Group that I am a part of. It is FANTASTIC. So mysterious and "intoxicating" states the Washington Post. :)

Three Years Old

Emerald is 3! She had a party on Friday night with pizza and yummy Horse cake.

She had her little friends over and they played with bubbles, did pin the tail on the donkey and colored wood horses.

She got lots of great things for her birthday like coloring books, stickers, clothes, swimsuit, slide/climber for the backyard and some cute pink Converse sneakers!

Wow. She is 3. And cuter every day. I love her to pieces!

Update on Charlie

I think Charlie weighs a little bit more than Emerald now. And they are 17 months apart. He is still quite hefty. We love it. We get a good workout chasing him around.

He doesn't talk much...unless you count the gurgling noises. He says, "Goi, goi, goi" and "mamama" a lot. He likes jumping in his bed. He wakes up about 7am every morning, but he'll just be jumping in his crib for about an hour. Then he starts to fuss and we go get him. I haven't taken him to any check ups with his pediatrician since we've moved here. One reason for that is because doctors are horrible and mean here and another reason is that the one "recommended" pediatrician is not accepting new patients for about another month. So my kids aren't up to date with immunizations and what not, but I think they will survive. :)

Charlie gets to go to Nursery next month. YES! It's like free daycare. I love the church. He loves to play with Emerald and follows her every move. Which can be quite dangerous so we are trying to teach Emerald to be a good example. His hair grows back so fast I have to buzz it like at least once a month!

He is quite the entertainer. When we sit at the table for dinner he enjoys playing peek a boo and spitting his food every where while laughing. He is a really big cry baby also. He will cry at any little thing that sister might do that hurts his feelings. It's cute, but sometimes, not so cute.

In a nutshell, Charlie is still the cute, chunky, giggly baby he was before. Just a tad bit taller, shorter hair and walking.

Our current home

We got our first house! We close on May 14th and then we are doing new carpet, paint, doors and appliances. We hope to move in towards middle of June. After we move in, we will work on landscaping and new grass (sod). Currently I don't have any pictures of the house but can write about it. :)

It's 4 bedroom, 2 bath with a "bonus room" that is unfinished next to the garage. It will currently serve as the man cave until we decide to finish the room and make it a 5th bedroom. It's almost 2,000 sq feet and has a wonderful backyard with beautiful covered patio and waterfall (that is broken). It has tile flooring throughout the kitchen, dining room and hallway. Granite counter tops in the kitchen and gas fireplace. There a about 6-7 mature palm trees in the front yard with spotlights on them and a cute little front porch to fit my bench swing. :)

We recently found out that in 2006, this house sold for 295k!! And we bought it for 127k! We are able to get the 8k Federal Tax Credit and the California State Tax Credit as well for 6k. We have been truly blessed with this house and cannot wait to start working on it and move in!

As I talk about this new house, I know I will really miss the house we live in now. We live in a beautiful gated community with such great neighbors and quiet streets. Here are some pictures of our current home that will be missed.

Poppies

Poppies are in bloom here in Southern California. They are my favorite flower. We drove to the Poppy Reserve about 20 minutes from our house on Sunday (after church of course...). It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. This was FAR more enjoyable than our little trip to Disneyland last week!

What's That?

Kids. Gotta love em.