Saturday morning

Andrew and I recently discovered we live a few blocks away from a canyon you can hike up. Saturday morning before all the rain came in, we decided to venture up it. Little Bug's favorite part was looking at all the "puppies" walking with their owners. Here she is debating if she can get away from us fast enough to catch up with the "puppies" around the corner.

First A's game of the season

Little Bug joining the cheering crowds by clapping her hands. Hmmm...is it time to get rid of the pacifier?

Favorite things...

When we go to the zoo there are two things we must do according to Little Bug. #1 stare at the giraffes for a very long time. We could even go back to them for a second visit before heading to the car.

#2 slide down the caterpillar over and over again.

Happy Easter!

This Easter we were fairly certain Little Bug wouldn't get the concept of searching for hidden eggs and placing them in a basket let alone the Resurrection. So, we openly displayed her Easter basket for her to see when she woke up. Sure enough she didn't miss it.


She was pretty excited about the whole thing. Evidently, Andrew and I are full supporters of commercialized holiday candy. Yum.




Here she is basking in the glory of her favorite part, the fake grass. Which is a pretty good thing considering we gave away all her candy later that day during an Easter egg hunt.


Of course the holiday would not be complete without some dying of eggs. We actually weren't aware of this fact until we got a call from an unidentified family member who politely informed us otherwise. Much to our surprise, she really liked dying eggs.


We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and had a moment to be reminded and reflect on the gift given to us by the Savior.

Sick of winter...

Although it's rainy and 50 degrees outside, we're all ready for summer!

Toddler?

I thought it was time to record all of Little Bug's first words, before we forget.

Here we go; More, woof, dada, ball, no, baby, all done, outside, hot, shoe, drink, cheese, milk, thank you, down, please, pretty, and keys.

If I had to go about the world using only 15 plus words, this wouldn't be too bad of a list. I love that it gives insights to her life priorities. Hmmm, now that I think of it, why isn't 'mama' on the list of learned words yet? Should I be offended she learned how to say 'cheese' before mama? 'Shoe' I can understand, but 'cheese?'

Regardless of such, Andrew and I are definitely starting to think that we have a toddler on our hands.

Celebration

I passed my orals exam (really there should be a trillion exclamation points here)! I realize this may not mean too much to anyone else, but it is big for us. Order will be restored to our household once again! No more Campbell's soups for dinner. The apartment is clean right now, my toe nails painted, and the front of our complex has been weeded. I've even started thinking about what to make for dinner tonight, sigh. It was just nice to do these things without the thought of impending doom (aka oral exams) looming over my head.

What this really means is that I'll be able to graduate from my MA program in just a few short months. Smooth sailing from here. We went out last night for dinner to celebrate.



Little Bug is pretty excited that her mommy can spend more time with her again. That or she was just excited to get out of her restaurant highchair. She wouldn't tell us which.


Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers sent my way yesterday. Looks like they really paid off!

Best thing ever

Grabbing life's necessities; keys, cell phone and blanket, and climbing into a box over and over is the best thing according to this one year old.

Jelly Belly

What do you do on a Saturday when it's raining outside and everyone is going stir crazy? You go to the Jelly Belly factory and get a bunch of free candy! Andrew loved the 'pencil shavings' flavor he tried and the 'rotten egg' flavor he picked for me really hit the spot. Little Bug just thought we were trying to poison her when offered a tasty Jelly Belly.

Blubber

A couple weekends ago we went to see the Elephant Seals at Ano Nuevo State Park with one of Andrew's lab mates and friends. It was a great activity and we had a lot of fun going. That said, I thought it was funny to hear comments on the beauty of the elephant seals. Maybe it's just me, but beautiful doesn't come to my mind first when I see these animals. Powerful and amazing seem to fit, but beautiful is a stretch. The highlight for Little Bug was of course discovering lots of little treasures, aka rocks.