What a week

Our weeks are usually pretty crazy but last week was especially hectic.  Between various things going on at work and home, we had doctors appointments for both kiddos and Emmy, Ryan and I all got the stomach flu.  It was pretty miserable.  Emmy got it Wednesday night, Ryan Thursday and me Friday night.  And Josh had to work all day Saturday so I ain't going to lie Saturday was one of the most brutal days yet.  Having the flu and being alone with both kids made for a long day and night but we survived.  We made the best of all our sick days by pretty much making a disaster of our house.  But we had fun doing it :)

What is it with kids and water bottles?

Between flu cases, Emmy had her 4 year old check-up.  Weighing in a 36 pounds and 41.5" tall, she is tall and skinny!  She was so brave barely flinched when she got her 3 shots.  And she thought peeing in a cup was the finniest thing ever.  I thought I'd make the best of the big appointment and took the afternoon off work to hang with my little monkey.  We had a picnic lunch, played at the park then hit up the doctor and finished our day off with a trip to the ice cream store! It was so nice to spend the afternoon just the two of us.

Buddy Baroo, always getting himself into trouble these days!

Big sis showing him how to make a mess of the cupboard.  Good thing we have hundreds of dollars worth of toys laying around our house but they were the most entertained all weekend with some boxes of rice and noodles!

Clearly Ryan thinks Emmy is hilarious.

Long Weekend

One of the many benefits of working for UCSD is that I get random holidays like Cesar Chavez day off!  3 day weekends are the best, especially holiday weekends.  Friday I took Emmy and Ryan to the zoo (with every other family in San Diego...) Saturday my parents came down and Josh and I had our first date night since before Ryan was born (ridiculous I know) and Sunday we went to our annual brunch at the Catamaran!  We had beautiful weather all weekend and I enjoyed every minute I got to spend with the kiddos.  It was a great long weekend.

 I don't typically take pictures of animals at the zoo but this turtle was pretty crazy!

Ryan just chilled out in the stroller the whole time :)

 Crazy little monkey

Date night!

Not a bad view from dinner.

Hanging with Papa

 First chocolate egg of the day.  At 6:45am....

Check out that gut.  We had to unbutton his shirt!

I think he went through 3 rolls.  Every time we took one away he screamed!

Girls Trip

Josh's Mom, Grandma and Aunt Julie decided to take a girls trip to San Diego last week!  So we were lucky enough to hang with them for a few days.  The kiddos got lot's of quality family time :)  Everyone had a blast!

A moment in time

I am not big on taking videos.  I take the odd one here and there with my phone but I am not an avid videographer.  Hopefully I won’t regret that one day…

I love photos.  There is something about capturing that single moment in time, that single emotion that I don’t think you can really get from a video.  You can set tell the story by capturing the environment and the emotion on someone’s face or in their movement.  And the light, it makes or breaks a picture.  My brother does an amazing job capturing people’s emotions on film and with nature light.  I aspire to be like him.

Here are a few shots I took the other night.  Don’t know why but that last one is maybe one of my favorite photos I have ever taken.  Well, maybe the second.  The dual thumb sucking picture is the best ever.

Weekend

The weekends just keep going by faster and faster it is crazy.  Saturday was a busy day so today we had a nice quiet afternoon at the flower fields in Carlsbad and hanging around the house.  Another busy week ahead!

Here are a bunch of pictures.  I swear I don't always have the camera out ;)

Emmy insisted on bringing and carrying her purse everywhere!

 Always stopping to smell the flowers.  I hope she never stops doing it.

Nice little tractor ride

 I don't take enough pictures of my handsome hubby

A picture of innocence.  For the moment anyway ahahaha.

ALWAYS pulling her hair.  

Up to no good!

This is Ryan's new smiling face.  He laughs through his nose and it is the funniest thing.

Rants and Opinions

I have reinstated my second blog, the ultimatemulti-tasker.blogspot.com.  I figured I should keep this one for all the amazingly cute pictures of my kids and save my rants and opinions for another place.  So if you are interested in hearing my stance on a variety of topics from working full-time to home phones, raising kids and making baby food, check it out.

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