Date with Emmie

First Emmie had to get ready for the date so I put some nail polish on her the day before. She really wanted red so we went with it. I am so glad she is a girly girl! I decided to take her to the mall and just let her look in whatever store she wanted to. She told me as soon as we got out of the car that she wanted her ice cream now-a girl after my own heart! I didn't argue. We went to Baskin Robbins first thing. Then she took my hand and went into every jewelry store just so she could touch everything and the same with clothing stores. It was fun to see where she would lead me next. Emmie is more quiet than Isaiah but observes a lot and when she does have something to say it usually cracks us up. I love this little girl and have so much fun with her!

Date with Isaiah

I decided that since I would be in Merced and extra week without Andrew there I should take advantage of the time with my nephew and niece. I wanted to take them each out on a date just the 2 of us and I knew this would probably be the last opportunity to do it before our baby comes.

I took Isaiah to Petsmart and we saw all the animals a good five or more times. He led me around the store again and again until he was done and we finished off the date with ice cream of course! He is such a loving boy and is so fun to be with one on one. He will talk your ear off and say the funniest things. He tried to tell me how he can speak Spanish and told me some words and what they meant. Maybe they were close to Spanish words but they were not quite there yet. He's my buddy and I love him.

Christmas Pictures...Finally!

Turning the Big 30!

On Tuesday marked a big turning point for me-I turned 30! I left my 20's behind and I am beginning the 30's. It is still sinking in but I hope I get used to it soon. It was a great day. I woke up and Andrew had a scone, roses, and gift for me. He bought me a necklace with my birthstone on it. He picked it out himself and I was very impressed. He earned some big points.
Then we headed to Sacramento for the day. I told him I wanted to eat at my 2 favorites-Panera Bread and Cheesecake Factory. I was only concerned about the food:) When we showed up at Panera for lunch I turned around and my whole family was there! It was such a surprise and so fun because I have not been with my whole family on my actual birthday since high school! My mom even got the Panera staff to sing happy birthday to me and gave me a free pastry. I love free pastries!
After that Andrew and I headed to Old Town Sacramento to walk around for a while. We stopped by the capitol on our way there to get a picture of it for our capitol collection we started recently. Now whenever we are near a state capital Andrew feels the need to get a picture of it. I don't mind, it is always fun to see how different they all are.
Next stop was the Galleria in Roseville to shop and go to Cheesecake Factory. We love their food! Then we headed to Andrew's brother's house to spend the night where we got to spend some time with family again and enjoy some birthday dessert.

Can you tell how excited Micah is for my birthday???

Oh Panera Bread-how I love you!

I took this as we drove by and I was very impressed with how good it turned out!

Old Town Sacramento

Can you tell how much I love taking pictures by myself?

Cheesecake factory has the best crab wontons and there strawberry lemonade is so good. I was one happy girl!

So I survived turning the big 30 which I hope is an encouragement to all my dear friends that will soon be joining me! Thanks Andrew for making the day so special and to my family for driving so far just for lunch and for Dan, Amy, Hannah, Lily and little Andrew for letting us stay at your place and hang out with you all for a little while.

An Easy Christmas Decoration

Andrew grew up with his mom, Jan, putting cloves in oranges and he loves the smell. I have wanted to do this throughout the years but never have. This year I saw this idea on a TV show and it is so easy!

Christmas in Redding

First Belly Shot

I know, not much to see here. But I thought it would be good to start taking a photo every month starting at 12 weeks. Now we can look back and see how much I grow from here!