Tue, 20 Jul #2

Ella shakes her head no whenever she hears the word no from anyone
even if it does not apply to here or if she doesnt like something.
Here she is eating bueberries and bananas! Yes...I said bueberries
that was not a typo.

Downtown Napa.

On Saturday we decided to get out of town for the day. Napa, AKA wine capitol of the US, and culinary heaven(in my opinion), is only an hour north of us. So we left early in the morning which we thought would help our drive time but in CA there is no telling what that traffic will be so our hour drive took close to an hour and a half. And poor Ella is still working on those two front teeth and was screaming the whole time. Hence the puffy red face she has in the picture below.

Once we got to Napa everyone calmed down a bit and we were able to enjoy a nice walk around the shops and resturants. The weather was beautiful. Warm with a cool breeze coming off the bay. We ate, drank a couple of glasses of wine, shopped, and walked till our feet hurt. As you can see Ella was exhuasted and found a comfortable place to take a nap as been and I sat in the shade of a church in a historic neighborhood. It was a great day. We love going out on our little day trips in CA. There is so much to do and see. We can't wait till the next one!

End of the day.

Look at me surrounded by babies! Never in my life have I thought I would ever be comfortable surpurvising 3 infants. After pool time was over we gave the babies a bath and put them in their PJs. We let them play a little bit more before heading to bed. Ahhh...... finally I could enjoy the hot tub.

Pool time with Daddy! 4th of July.

Love the new hairdo Ella! Thanks to Daddy.

4th of July !

Here are some of the 4th of July pics that I promised to upload. We had a great 4th of July with our friends the Roebers, and Tiffany and Charles with their daughter Riley. We spent most of the day in the pool and grilling out. For the most part the babies did really well in the pool. Ella was just starting the teething process for her two front teeth so her mood was up and down through out the day, but the pool kept her distracted from her pain. We were exhuasted the next day from all the fun.

Wed, 07 Jul #2

Ella laughing at her favorite show, Yo Gabba Gabba.

Infant Playgroup.

Last week I hosted the first infant playgroup through the moms club. It was so fun to see all of the girls interact with one another. And yes I said girls, there is not one boy in the group yet. Left to right the babies are Kate, Samantha, Emma, Ella(ofcourse) and Amelie. The playgroup is going to meet weekly. Although Ella and I did not attend today since I've been feeling under the weather, and Ella has been super fussy since her two front teeth are coming through.

Not only is Ella getting her two front teeth but she is learning new tasks everyday. The day of the playgroup stood up all by herself. She hasn't done it since but she has been practicing. Another thing that she has picked up is shaking her head No. So all the work I have put into teaching her sign language feels useless now. But I still use try hoping she will catch on. And she continues to shake her head No to everything. It's actually quite funny and cute when she does it but there are moments when it's not as entertaining. For instance when she needs a diaper change. She will shake her head then violently thrust her legs back and forth to try and avoid me from taking her diaper off. Maybe she doesn't like a cold butt? But no one likes a stinky butt. It's bath time now so I have to cut it short but more pictures to come soon of our 4th of July.

Infant playgroup.

Showing off.

Every month on base someone is awarded "Yard of the Month" and this
month we won. This picture was taken by one of the gals who works in
the clubhouse to put in our community newsletter. Unfortunatly that
lawn care service cut some of our greenery right before the pic was
taken. Just two weeks ago they were blooming with big yellow lilies so
it looks a little sparce now. But thanks to Ben our flower boxes have
huge flowers in them that make up for it.

Ouchy!

Mommy wanted me to share the news with everyone that my two front
teeth are coming in! I've been real fussy all weekend and tonight
because of it. Mom tried to get a picture of it but I'm too busy
shoving random objects into my mouth.