A Horrible Day

Last night, we spent about 2 hours in Urgent Care. It all started with Esther dancing around the living room to ABBA. She loves to just spin and spin in circles, getting herself dizzy, which always makes us laugh. Well this time, she was in the living room spinning near our non-kid friendly coffee table. She got so dizzy and as she fell down she smacked her head on the edge of the coffee table.
Without going into TOO much details (honestly, Steve and I are trying to forget we were ever in the room when they stitched her up), we took her to urgent care where she had to have 9 stitches above her left eyebrow. She is doing great now (of course, kids bounce back SO quickly), but it was the worst experience of our life. She's too little to understand what was happening and having to hold her down while they numbed the area, then stitching her up...well, let's just say, there was a puddle of my tears on the table and Steve and I were emotionally spent.
But I have to give props to Steve. He was amazing. He kept singing Jesus Loves Me to her to let her hear his voice, as the doctor stitched her up. He had to be the one closest to her head because I had attend to Gideon when he started crying. Steve stayed SO strong.
But there is a silver lining to this experience and it is that I fell in love with Steve a little more yesterday and once again, it was confirmed that I am glad he is the father of my kids.

The infamous coffee table.

Her 9 stitches.

Esther watching Bolt when we got home. Nothing like a good distraction.

Killer deal

We love the perks that come with Steve being in the military and one of the perks this year was getting an amazing deal from Disney. Steve got a free 3 day pass to Disneyland and was able to get me a 3 day pass for the price of a one day pass. So we thought, why not...Esther needs a trip to the happiest place on earth. Disney was also offering their hotels at a killer price and Steve has always wanted to stay at the Grand Californian and without the deal we might never have the opportunity, so we thought what the heck!!

That Disney touch..even on the shower curtain.

My men enjoying the rocking chairs in front of the roaring fire in the lobby.

The view of the lobby from our floor.

Esther looking out our balcony.

D Land

What a way to start off the day..meeting Goofy!

It's great being a bug.

Gideon doing what he did best.

Esther had fun playing in the water area of Cal Adventure.

At Cal Adventure they had this killer Pixar parade. It was awesome and Esther loved it.

Nothing like riding Dumbo early in the morning.

That is pure joy on that little girl's face.

Esther with her buddy, Mickey.

Esther testing out Pluto's bed.

First Nights

Well our baby is officially a toddler. A couple weeks ago, Esther gave up the crib life for a bed. As you can see her first night in her "big girl" bed was a special one.

Since Esther is out of the crib, Gideon took it over. He looks SO small in it and trust me...he's not!! Notice the beautiful rag quilt my mom made for Gideon's new roost.

Well in 10 weeks I have lost 26.4lbs!! I am SO stoked. My dad told me I had to post it..he says he's so proud of me. It feels so good and the really cool thing is my good friend, Kerri is down 25 lbs as well. So fun getting skinny together! :)

Tonight's weigh-in

24.6 lbs and counting!!! :)

3 peas in a pod

Steve, the kids and I all went up to visit my brother 2 weekends ago and we had a wonderful time. It was Gideon's first trip up to Morro Bay and the kids were SO happy to see him. Actually I take that back...my sister in law, Pia was the happiest to see him. She says she's not a baby person, but she definitely is a "Gideon person" and the feeling was mutual. He adored her. Colt was also quite fond of Gideon and as you can see, we got a few really cute pictures of the 2 boys together. It 's amazing that even though my kids and my brother's kids are quite a few years apart, they have SO much fun together. I can't even describe the feeling I get when I see Colt or Matilda holding Gideon and playing with Esther. I didn't want that weekend to end. Oh how I wished we lived closer.

Visiting the elephant seals up above San Simeon.

San Simeon pier.

Off to enjoy a great hike.

My brother and his beautiful family.

The walk "after". Everyone had to carry some cargo back.

Watching "Esther"...the Veggie Tales movie.

The 3 peas having fun together.

One of the sweetest pictures I think I have ever taken.

Esther's boo-boos

Because I am nursing Gideon I use these washable, reusuable breast pads and it seems like a pair of them are always in the family room near the breast pump and I forget to put them away. Well, since Esther does see me nursing Gideon at least 5 times a day, she has started to associate what they are for . The other day, she kept saying boo-boos and patting her tummy. I couldn't understand what she was talking about. I thought maybe she hurt her tummy or she had a tummy ache. Then she lifted up her shirt and had the pads under her shirt. She was referring to her "boobies". Too cute!!

Valentine's Day

We had a great Valentine's Day. We started off a yummy breakfast of heart shaped pancakes, veggie sausage and eggs and then headed up to Oak Glen to play in the snow. I think the expression on Esther's face on the sled says it all. We ended the day with thai food from Papaya Bay, red velvet cupcakes and Horton hears a Who. Long gone are the days of Steve and I going to a romantic restaurant, but honestly, this day was just what we needed.