Play Date at the SB Zoo

Today Sam and I went to the zoo with some friends. Emma (Sams BFF) and her mom Kim, and Zach and his mom Kristen. It was finally a sunny day (we have had the coldest summer, I swear) and it was very nice up in Santa Barbara. I thought Sam would fall asleep on the way there- but instead she stayed up the whole time (an hour away) telling me that she didn't like the water and to turn it off. Um- its the ocean kid- there is nothing I can do about it. LOL. I told her it had to stay because that is where the fishies lived. She still wasnt happy about it though. LOL

So here are the 3 kids when we got there (Emma didnt want me to take her picture- so she wouldnt look)



And you would think that the animals would be the cool part of the zoo. But nope- it is this big hill covered in fake grass that the kids slide down. I think they would have been happy to stay ther all day!





Emma- who of course couldnt just slide down the hill- she had to get tricky! LOL!



And Zach



Next stop was feeding the Giraffes. I didnt think Sam would like it- but we gave it a shot. It took some pushing- but she finally got close enough for the giraffe to eat the lettuce








And then she said we were all done and tried to run away. She decided she would wait here while Emma and Zach finished giving the food





After that I decided she could have a Churro.... I was hoping she wouldnt like it so I could have it... but she loved it. Darn! Haha!



We tried to get all three kids to take a picture here- but it wasnt happening. They wanted nothing to do with us and our cameras






Had to stop by the fake hill one more time on the way out



And she was sound asleep with in minutes of leaving the zoo! It was a fun day! I could get used to not working! :)

One more picture- this was Sam yesterday. She told me she wanted to take her nap on the 'crouch' (AKA couch) so I let her. Here is how she ended up

We have cement!

Today was my first day of maternity leave- YAY! Too bad I was still woken up at the crack of dawn. LOL. The cement truck got here at 6:30 this morning to start working. Sam must have known this would happen- because she woke up at 6. So- it was an early start to the day, but worth it!

This morning (I didnt get pics of the backyard- had Sam in my hands and we were heading out so we wouldnt be in the way)





And by this afternoon it looked like this!









And here is Sam checking out the new patio- and bossing her Sir around telling him where he could water and where he couldnt. LOL




One more thing not house related. I made some new bow holders and they are tutu cute! :) If you know anyone with a little princess- I think they would like one of these! Custom color orders welcomed :) (I will be adding these to my etsy store soon!)

Under Construction, Cont.....

So here is what the yard looks like as of last night! Its coming along! But I am not going to lie- I cannot wait for it to be done already! I am over all the dirt everywhere!

Under Construction

When I pulled up to the house- I thought "What have we gotten in to?!" And Sam said "On No! Its a mess!" LOL.

We are redoing all the hardscape in the front and backyard. I forgot to take before pics... but these are from Tuesday- day one of construction. I will try to remember to take some progression pics along the way! It should look so much nicer once it is all complete!

EDIT- Tai found a before pic of the front of the house- here it is! (this is from before we moved in- so old windows and old roof still. And the flowers were so much prettier now than when this was taken!)



FRONT:






BACK








So since we cant go outside to play, Sam helped me make some bows (and by 'helped' I mean she unrolled all the ribbon while I tried to make the clip and keep my ribbon somewhat un-tangled. Fun times)

Happy Birthday to ME!

Yesterday was my birthday, so we had a pretty fun weekend! Saturday we had some friends over to BBQ and let the kiddos play. There were 5 couples there- and 4 of us girls are pregnant! haha! We were laughing saying how by the end of the year the amount of kids at our get togethers is going to double. Thats A LOT of kids! hahaha! It was freakin hot this weekend (and not just because I am a giant pregnant lady...it really was HOT) so we had the little pool out for the kids on Saturday to play in.

Here is Sam and her BFF Emma (and thanks to Emma showing off her swim class skills- Sam actually got IN the water past her knees! GO SAM!)





Sam and Madi- Madi is 2 months younger



All 3 girls. (trying to get them to all look at the camera was impossible. I tried! LOL!)





Here is my BFF Lindseys daughter Kennedy



Me and Sam



Our cat Zoey was hiding from the kids under the slide.



And Sam






Yesterday (on my actual birthday) my parents took us out to dinner and then we came back to our house to have cake. My sis made me an awesome cake!





Sam was SO excited to sing Happy Birthday to me. But I think she really just wanted cake! LOL! Either way- it made me smile to see her so happy singing Happy Birthday Dear Mommy!!

Tai got me a new camera for my bday so that was exciting. He lost my other camera a couple months ago... even though he still tries to say it wasnt his fault! LOL! (sorry babe, but when you are in charge of the camera, and you leave it on a table- its your fault!) Still love you though! :)

Overall we had a nice weekend. I cant believe I am 29 years old already. Yikes! The only plus is Tai is 8 years older- so no matter what I am always young compared to him! hehe!

And Sam woke up this morning trying to tell me whose birthday it was today so she could have cake. This was at 4:45 in the morning. She has the biggest sweet tooth! I had to break it to her that we werent celebrating a birthday today so there was no cake. She was not a happy camper! haha! Gotta love it!