Casa Guadalajara

 While we were in San Diego,we celebrated my mom's birthday. She wanted to go to a Mexican restaurant and so we went to Casa Guadalajara in Old Town. It was an authentic Mexican food and so yummy.
They had amazing decorations with so many colors which Brooklyn loved. Laneah had fallen asleep on the way over, she had wore herself out at the beach earlier and so she slept in Uncle Alex's arms until the Mariachi band starting playing.
She woke up and quickly got excited over the food, decorations and the music.
Brooklyn kept dancing, but every time I tried to get a video of her she would stop dancing. Little stinker:) The band came over and played for my mom's birthday.
Then my mom asked them if had any wedding songs and one of the guys said he had a perfect one...and then he started playing a funeral song!! We all cracked up. But then he said jk and they played a beautiful rendition of Ave Maria. It was so much fun and the food was amazing. Alex and I got churros for dessert and they served them with whipped cream. It was so delicious that I caught Alex licking the plate, lol:)

Happy birthday Mom, we love you!!!!

Laneah at 2 years, 11 months

Laneahisms:

*Instead of saying standing in line, she says "standing in lion"

* When I ask her why, she replies "How cause?". Maybe she is trying to say because?

*Everything is her favorite. So when she talks about someone or something she will say "that's my favorite" or  "she's my favorite"


*"That be fun" and "That be excited"


* "watch my new trick"

New and current things:
 
*She wants to know my opinion on everything. She is constantly asking: Mommy like " ________" ?


*Yo Gabba Gabba is her favorite show. It is weird but she loves it. In this picture she is playing with their band. They were on a stage so she turned over a laundry basket and grabbed her guitar. So cute.

*She wants to know everyone's age and she always wants to know when she will be three. So if I say we are going to the store she will ask "I be three at store?" and she asks until she finds out when she will be three.
*This is the funniest thing ever. She tries to whistle and it is hilarious. I honestly have no clue where she learned this but she "whistles" all the time when she wants people's attention. 

*She picks apart her food so if I give her a PB&J she will pull it apart, eat the jelly, then the peanut butter, and then the bread.

*When we were in San Diego, the hotel we were at had a fountain. My mom showed her how to make a  wish by throwing in a coin. Laneah had wanted to get in the fountain to swim and we told her no but told her she could make a wish. My mom gave her a coin and Laneah threw it in. I asked her what she wished for and she replied "to jump in the fountain" lol. We cracked up. After that every time we went by the fountain she wanted to throw in a coin and she made up a little saying "make a wish, make a wish, throw it in" 

*She doesn't nap anymore, but every once in a while, she will just pass out from exhaustion. Here she was watching a show and fell asleep sitting up with her hand in her cup getting more goldfish.


*She asked me this month what was behind her (her shadow) and now points it out all the time. "Look at my shadow"

*Laneah loves making friends. Her best friend is her next door neighbor Ezra. They have the exact same birthday; year and all.
*She loves our cat. She is always chasing him around and picking him up. He is a good cat and just goes limp when she picks him up instead of scratching or trying to get away. Laneah loves to cuddle with him though.

Laneah loves her baby sister. She talks about her all the time. She has her jealous moments, but overall she is a great big sister. She likes having her picture taken with Brooklyn. Laneah loves to make Brooklyn laugh and of course Brooklyn adores Laneah. They have so much fun together.

This is Laneah's last month as a two year old. I can't believe how fast its gone by. Laneah is so funny. She loves to entertain and make people laugh. She is our little drama queen too. She is so smart and can repeat anything you say. She surprises me each day with the things she has learned. We love her so much.

Brooklyn is 10 months!

My little baby is 10 months old! She has the sweetest disposition. She loves to smile and laugh. She has learned so much this month.
On 10/17 she pulled herself  to kneeling position

On 10/25 she pulled to standing position in her crib. I put her in her crib to get her bath ready and when I came back into the room she was standing up in her crib smiling from ear to ear.
On 10/28 she waved for the first time. She came home with daddy and when she walked through the door and saw me she smiled and waved. So cute! She waves all the time now.


She is a really good eater. She is starting to eat food with pieces and chunks too. When she is eating and is hungry she opens her mouth really wide for food, but when she is done (no warning mind you) she flings the spoon away and splatters food all over you.

 She is into everything now; wanting to explore all the things around her.

Brooklyn loves turning the light switches off and on. She also likes being lifted high and pulling the chains to the lights.

She likes forts and tunnels too.
She hardly ever does her cute little army crawl anymore, just crawls on her hands and knees now. She is also crawling up the steps! Yikes!

She still sucks her thumb, which is so cute. She sucks her thumb more often now too. 

Brooklyn loves to play games like peek-a-boo and she is very ticklish, especially on her thighs. 
Brooklyn has started dancing and it is the sweetest thing in the whole world. She cracks us up with her dancing moves. Her most used moves are rocking forward and waving her hands.

Brooklyn has started giving kisses and I love it! She gives big open-mouth kisses.


She has her lovies (stuffed animals) that she hugs and gives kisses to.
She loves to sing. Whenever Laneah sings she will start to sing along and they have little duets, most often in the car. It is adorable.


Brooklyn is adorable. I can't get enough of her loves and kisses. She loves to play on the ground with her toys and be independent, but always comes up to me for snuggles every few minutes. She is such a good baby and she is very much loved by everyone who knows her.

Leaves

 Leaves are everywhere right now and Laneah loves to play in them. I raked up a big pile of leaves up for Laneah and her neighbor friends to play in.

 The girls would throw the leaves in the air and on each other and laugh hysterically when the leaves got in their hair.
 

Brooklyn just watched them in fascination and then when I put her in the leaves she got so excited, it was adorable.

  What a fun time of year.

"Daddy" Land

Who needs Disney Land when you have a daddy?

 

The girls love for their daddy to throw them and spin them but regardless of Daddy's status, we will be going to Disney Land in 8 days!!!

Halloween Festivities

Our Halloween Festivities kicked off on Wednesday with a special Halloween Music Makers. After a nap for Brooklyn, we met our friends at the mall for Trick-or-Treating. It was really fun and the girls all liked it.
 
On the way home from the mall, both the girls fell asleep and were not happy to be woken up an hour later for Trunk-or-Treat at the church. It was a nightmare getting them there and we were late, but once we went outside and started getting candy from the different cars, Laneah perked right up.
 
Laneah, Brooklyn with cousins Anthony and Blake
On Saturday we participated in the annual Halloween parade. We watched the parade go by and then all the kids in their costumes get to follow behind the parade and at the end they had all kinds of games, food, stories, etc. But Laneah's favorite part was seeing Elmo.

 She wouldn't wear her headband for the parade so we put it on her kitty.

Brooklyn on Halloween morning.

 My super heroes: Wonder Woman and Bat Girl

On Sunday, we went to Blake's birthday party and ate some yummy pizza and then went Trick-or-Treating. We went at 5 because we wanted it to be light outside and Brooklyn has an upper respiratory infection so we wanted to go before it got cold. 
Laneah insisted that she carry her own bag, and once she got tired, she put it around her neck:)
 Wonder Woman meets Superman. He must have liked her because he gave her half their candy bowl:)

 She liked this giant spider.

 Brooklyn was tired so we didn't stay out very long.

 Trick-or-Treating at Grandma's house.

 The girl's loved seeing the different dogs in the neighborhood all dressed up for Halloween too.

 We were home early so we got to pass out candy and this was actually Laneah's favorite part. She would get so excited when someone knocked on the door. She would yell "the kids are here!" and hurry over to pass out candy. She even gave away a bunch of candy from her own basket. She would tell the kids "I wombur wumun" (wonder woman), or "I two". It was so cute watching her pass out candy. The girls were great super heroes.

The Last Blooms of the Year

My mother-in-law Kathy, planted these beautiful hibiscus plants in my garden in the spring and they have given us beautiful flowers all summer. It is starting to get cooler at night, so I won't be seeing these for a while. I bought a special plant tarp so hopefully they will survive the winter and we can see them again in the spring.

 The color in the leaves have really peaked here and they are so vibrant.
While Brooklyn was napping, Laneah and I walked around the house and picked up the leaves that we liked and then taped them to the door for decoration.

Party Time

Yesterday Laneah went to her first Tea Party hosted by her friend Mia. She was very excited to dress up.


 
Ezra, Mia and Laneah
 
The yummy spread.

Then Brooklyn had her first birthday party to attend, her friend Charlotte turned one yesterday. She had fun playing with the other babies there. And Charlotte's mom, Katie had some cute little games for them to play.

The birthday girl

 Katie made this cute pumpkin and little magnetic faces for the babies to make a pumpkin face.

 Brooklyn waving for the camera.

 Brooklyn and Cullen playing with balls.

It was a cute party, thanks Katie and Charlotte for having us come and play.