Summer is Here!!

We've been in Ca now for a few months and finally it is starting to feel like a CA summer that I knew when I grew up around here. Cherries just came season and we got our first bag along with what seems like our weekly flat of strawberries, Isabelle and I are in heaven with so much fresh fruit I don't know if I will be able to leave! I was really worried when I found out that I would be having a baby in July because of the heat and swelling that might happen and I m happy to report that today was the first time that my feet have swollen. Its a great excuse to sit back with my feet up and watch my little 2 yrs old go crazy with the hose trying to "help" grandma water her plants. I do feel a little guilty, but not as much as I should I'm sure. So far Jason is over his half way mark and is doing really well with his classes for his new job in the air force, we get to chat regularly on the web cam which is really helpful with Isabelle. So far potty training started out fairly well but we've hit a big bump, the fun and excitement of something new has worn off and she is having a lot of trouble with it, actually she doesn't care its me that is having the hard time with it, but hopefully we can get this established in the next 6 weeks before the baby gets here. Any suggestions.... let me know!

Potty Training week 1

Jilissa and I decided to try potty training together with our two little 2 yr olds this week. It was a little crazy the first 2 days with little success, but they are really starting to get it. Isabelle even has figured out how to get the most amount of candy she can, she'll go a little bit each time (sometimes like 4 times in one hour) Shes way too smart! She gets soo proud of her self when she goes. Sometimes when she tries and then can't she says her "potty is broken". When we got up this morning she wanted to put on her big girl panties first thing! Then while I was going to the bathroom she came in and said "Mommy are you going potty?" " Yes Belle I am", "Oh I'm soo proud of you Mommy!" It was too cute, she then asks if I wanted a sticker or a Jelly bean.

This picture is of Corynne and Belle painting in Jilissa's kitchen on our Big Girl Day! 

Aren't we cute!

Having fun in CA, Sara got some great photos we wanted to share!

Sara and Belle

Jeff's fiancee Sara came out for a visit to CA and Isabelle has stole her away and I don't think she'll share her!

Im ready to go Shopping!

We needed to go to the store to get some milk; Isabelle said she needed her bag with her camera, her poky glasses and princess shoes. I just couldn't resists taking a picture!

Garden Time!

Isabelle is really enjoying helping water Grandma's garden, especially the strawberry plants!

Our visit to see Daddy!

Isabelle really wanted to see the Elephants at the zoo, its her new favorite animal right now. She says it something like "ellie-fat at the U" 

Daddy and Belle got to feed the giraffes it was really cool, Belle was a little timid but she really liked it.

Isabelle at our hotels pool. She wanted to swim all the time first thing in the morning until bedtime. We found these butterfly sunglasses that she can't be parted from... well until they broke on us.

                                                           We loved seeing Daddy!

On our flight home, Isabelle had to take pictures with her new toy camera of practically everyone on our flight with the camera turned around backwards as well as wear her goggles around her neck which she also had to show everyone around us how she wears them when she goes swimming!

We weren't sure if we were going to be able to make the trip to see Daddy cross country because I had a really bad sinus infection when we left, but we went with me 7 months pregnant and a very excitable and active 2 year old on 2 very long trips on airplanes. Isabelle was near inseparable from Daddy and they both loved it! Good thing Jason is halfway through with his training, we miss him!!