our beautiful life

Last night before Adam headed off to softball, we took a short walk. We didn't get very far, because the girls quickly discovered dandelions all over the grass as we turned the corner.

Our walk quickly became a, lets stand here & watch the girls pick flowers instead.
Which I am totally fine with. Sometimes we need to stop, & smell the flowers. Yes, I realize these are actually weeds, don't worry.

When it was time to go back home, Summer comes up to me & hands me all the dandelions she had picked & says,
"here mommy! I picked these just for you".
How sweet is her little heart?! I don't even care that they are "weeds". They went straight home & into a cup of water. Ok, Well, thats what I intended to do, but we were super busy & heading out the door, so they got left on the counter & when we returned they were dead. Shoot. Fail. 

This post is to remind you to stop & smell the flowers, even if the flowers are weeds, because those "weeds" became flowers to us that night. Its the little things. 

Photo above is a perfect analogy of our life.
Summer, picking flowers & thinking to give them to me.
London in lala land, picking her nose for gold.

Well, sometimes its nice to stay home all day, no makeup, no getting dressed, no going anywhere.

On these days, I do my morning workout at home. This is one of the many routines that I like to do.

Quick, Easy, & Effective.

Well, I guess the time has come for miss L to move out of her crib.

London & I took down her crib together today. She was excited to be moving to a "big girl" bed.

Lets hope tonight goes smoothly & she is still just as excited about this new bed arrangement.

I have the crib in the basement, so if she is freaking out, I guess ill have to put it back together.

But I am hoping its "out of sight out of mind".

So I bought one of those mesh bedrails that you see at everywhere. But took it back the same day.

Not my style, totally ruins the look of their cute room, & it feels super flimsy AND it was so short!

fail, fail, fail & fail.

I love the Pottery Barn kids wooden bedrails. But for $125 bucks, no thanks.

I decided to make my own.
 I took some paint swatches home & matched up the white wood color of the girls bunk bed the best I could.

We measured how long we wanted the bedrail to be & got the pieces of wood we needed.

Then Adam rounded off the wood edges just slightly so that there wouldn't be and sharp corners. Turned out awesome!

I got to work the next day painting them while Adam was at work.
I did about 3 coats all around.

After I painted them London & I took down her crib (impromptu).

I was actually planning to keep it up for a week, just to make sure the transition went smoothly.

But, I tend to be impatient, & really wanted this crib out of here.

So like I said before "out of sight, out of mind"...I hope.

I absolutely love Arizona. 

I have been there the last 3 years but never with Adam. 

It was always for a girls trip, & a boys trip. It was so much fun going together, finally! 

We had such a great time.

I am overly, super duper, extremely blessed to have such amazing parents who gave this to Adam & I as a blessing / birthday gift. 

Both of my parents are extremely giving & selfless. They think of others above themselves always. Especially when it comes to their kids. I never take any of this for granted & I feel very lucky, & blessed to have them as my mom & dad. 

Adam & I couldn't resist picking a fresh orange from this Orange tree.

My favorite Italian restaurant. so good.
NORTH

These mountains are seriously breathtaking.

-This old man & his friend were apparently watching me do my yoga poses.-

(I couldn't resist with this backdrop)

I got done & he says to us in a serious tone,

"I'd rather be a live wimp then a dead yoga."
hahaha.

Just trying to freak out my Mother. It worked.

 BTW- She went with the intension on getting a Belle doll like Summer got on her date, But decided on a cute pair of princess shoes instead. haha

My baby turned 3. Her birthday was a couple weeks ago. February 6th. 

We had a fun week celebrating. She is such a goofy, spunky, lively little (big) 3 year old! 

London- 

You are completely opposite from your big sister, Summer.
Which is a good thing because you are your own person.
From the very minute your birth-day started everything went differently.

You came into this world at full speed. 

I couldn't even take a Tylenol because you were on your way into the world,
& you weren't waiting for nothin. 

We got to the hospital around 10 am, & checked in.
Dr. broke my water a little while after getting to the hospital
(just like he did with Summer)
& apparently that was your "lets get outta here!!!" moment. 

I could hear the nurses saying "Page the Dr!"
...not the most relaxing thing to hear when your baby is coming out.
Well, 10 minutes of pushing & you were born.

11:16 am. 

20" long

7lbs. 1oz.

Thank you Jesus for another healthy, happy, perfect baby girl. I was in love all over again. 

Every time you have a baby your heart grows that much more then you think possible.

The perfect amount to love that baby just as much as you love your other baby. 

Its a beautiful thing.

- Birthday Morning / Day -

 - Birthday Party-

The other night Adam and I were driving in the car coming home from a date night out.

 He said "I have this song you have to hear, it reminds me of London".

 He put the song on & I couldn't help but laugh, a lot. 

The beginning part, and the chorus. So London.