Disneyland

On Tuesday was mom's birthday so we headed out to Disneyland for a fun day. It was super crowded...and we are not used to that since every time we went before there were hardly any lines. I guess the people crowd when the warm weather hits. There was a pleasant surprise for mom and dad because aunt Sherryl, Kristin, Cyndi, Delaney, Makenna, Reagan, Camden and Owen all joined us for the momentous occasion! Even Stephen came down and joined us for a couple of hours after work! We had a ton ton ton of fun and here is a clip of GZ walking along with grandma.

Park

About a week ago we met up with her friends O and D at the park. It was her first time playing at the park (she went once before for a bday party but she was very prissy then) and she really enjoyed the swings and playing in the sand. I wondered why I had not taken her before!!!! It was really good for me also to hang out with a friend and bask in the warmth of the sun :o)

All on My Own

It is so wonderful to see GZ accomplishing little tasks on her own...like just a month ago we had to put her on her horse and most of the time she just fell over. The day I took this pic she climbed on it all on her own!!! You can see she is excited that mommy is excited!

Got Milk?

GZ likes her milk...or maybe that is the primary drink I give her..whatever! So she likes to drink it from her cup straight up...like you see below...
she likes it with a straw, and her sippy. She is just amazingly coordinated like that!

Stop and Smell the Roses

When I first had my baby I could not believe how it slowed everything down (yes it was busy) but nursing would take 40 minutes!!! Then we could go outside and it took a long time to lift the carseat and put it on the stroller. Then she did not need the carseat which sped things up a bit and I would practically run through the stores to get everything done. And now she can walk! And life is still slow because she wants to stop and look at the flowers! I kept telling her today 'ok let's go' but then I thought 'why not stop and smell the roses?' Life is short and a little child's curiosity for life is invigorating, it may take a little longer to get to the destination...some things may not get done but I do not want to rush and not have a chance to watch my daughter discover the world around her. I have a tendency to look at the world sometimes with the eyes that see how the world is fallen but, the world that she sees is what God created: beautiful with flowers, trees, rocks and dried leaves...that is what she sees and that is what I want to see, the good and the beautiful...what God has created.

Camera Eyes

Science Fiction...not necessarily my cup of tea. However, I had this crazy science fictiony idea of my eyes somehow being a camera and I have two buttons one on the right temple for pictures and on the left for video. Having that ability I would be able to capture countless moments that by the time I grab my camera has been long gone! I will describe some of them...Yesterday as we were in Disneyland GZ left my hand and walked under Cyndi's legs to go hang out with her cousin CR. Later the same day during dinner GZ was holdig the fork stabbed her pizza and then brought the fork to the mouth and fed herself from beginning to end (of the process...the rest of the food was consumed with the old fashined way: fingers) Another one was this morning when I went up the stairs and called GZ to follow me and turn around and see her lifting her little baby stroller trying to take it up the stairs (she wanted to bring it up with her) Later the same morning she was taking her stroller back and forth pausing in front of me and talking talking talking and looking at me turning her head one way and the other using her whole boy to communicate!!! So adorable...so these are the I wish I had camera eyes moments

Rolling Pin

So this morning I used (I have been using it for the last 3 years or so)my 'high tech' rolling pin the way my grandma used her 'old fashioned' wooden pin. Suddenly by accident I used it the way it was created and intended to be used. Wow so much easier than any rolling I have ever done before! Is not life like my rolling pin? God has a great and unique design for every person and many times we try to do it our way...the way we have seen those who have gone before us do it and yet we spend so much time trying to get the job done. Like me with the rolling pin, sometimes we do not mind the hard work because that is how we saw it getting done before...we think the hard work comes with the territory. Hopefully we can turn to God, the one who designed our life, and seek for HELP* in walking through it in the best way possible. Moreover, hopefully we can do it before we have lived the majority of our life doing it our way and discover 'by accident' the way things were designed to work in our life.
The first step is super easy just asking the Lord to be the the Lord and Savior of our life...Then we have to read His word to help us find the answers to how our life was designed to work and then allow the Holy Spirit of God breathe life and make the principles we learn applicable to our specific situation. Truly the only thing in life that is not rocket science :o)

* HELP: our pastor has been teaching about primal prayers, as he calls them. This Sunday he spoke from 2 Chronicles 14, 15, 16 on the life of Asa. His prayer that can be used as an example for our own prayers is when his 500,000 'primitive' army was faced with 1,000,000 'high tech' army. He CRIED OUT to the Lord for HELP acknowledging that he just did not had what it took to face his enemy. HELP LORD is enough!

Celebrating 1st Bday in Disneyland

Friend T's Birthday Party

Climbing the Bumbo

while like I like to say a picture can hide 1000 words as well as its worth as many words. This pic and video says it all...no shpeal from me.

Valentines Day

Well Valentine's fell on a Saturday which may seem like crazy to everyone else but for us it was perfect. we were able to go to F and hang out with family. Actually auntie Jodi took care of GZ while we went to have lunch. We found out they had loads of fun going to the park and sliding down on the slides. A new experience for our baby girl I might add. Stephen and I went with no reservations to Olive Garden and even though their lunch wait was 40 minutes eventually we thought about the patio and we were seated immediatelly!! A christmas gift card paid for our lunch!!!! and then we went to see Inkheart in the theater. A very nice and much needed time for the two of us to be together. Afterwards we met grandpa and grandma for dinner and they got to see their baby girl. And that is how our Valentine's day went down and wrapped up :o)

Church Friend

So she has various friends at the church however little T is one that they are just maybe a week apart so they have been in the same room the majority of the time. His mom is also a neat friend that her mommy also enjoys to see every week :o)

Stin Ygeia Sas (Cheers)

it was so much fun teaching her to do cheers...I think she had fun too even though she had not idea what she was doing besides the fact that it was entertaining her parents :o)