going to nashville for a wedding!

 

"are you sure about this?" -adela

 

"there's another girl in here mom." -amelia

We will be back Sunday, hooray for wedding weekends. 

Thought I'd leave you with some bath time photos.

A word

Paul and I fell asleep last night before we saw the acceptance speech, Paul did not vote for Obama, and would have preferred it if the vote went the other way. I am glad Obama won again, though i did not actually vote in this election (slap on hand). Although after watching his speech this morning I felt guilty that i did not get out and actually vote for him again, because i truly believe him to be a special person, whom God has sent to guide this country for the time being. His ideals and love for the people of this country are fully well intended and i don't know why anyone can't see that. His passion and the wisdom he portrays when addressing this nation are moving. I of course got teary at several moments during the speech! I hope that people who feel strongly against him would relax their grasp of opposing view points and see that having faith in a wonderful person to do what's best for the country in the next 4 years, though perhaps different from their exact plan, is still going to be for the good of US ALL. "Even if I didn't earn your vote, I have listened to you", And i believe that as he said it, let's all believe it!

11 months

 

this beautiful girl, chewing on sticks... 

 

not mastering the self timer

 

leaf residue on teeth and funny faces

 

these sweet little hairs! 

well pretty soon she will be a year! cant believe it, she gets prettier everyday it is nuts. As usual things are kinda complicated and not always smooth, but she's doing great and i love her so so much! we have daily tickle and hugs session on our bed now that we both enjoy very much. She is now drinking practically all whole milk throughout the day ( we are about a month early on this, but she and I don't mind) And i am basically done nursing her!! Proud that i made it to my goal which was to go straight from breast milk to whole milk at about a year, never using formula. She's eating anything we can get her to eat at this point, i fear we are entering the picky eating phase many toddlers are known for, but I'm gonna try to keep my cool about and not stress over the amount of food she eats. She likes oatmeal and yogurt in the morning, still some baby food mixes with added cereal for iron, lots of fruit and home baked goods, like cookies. : /

well ok that's it for now. 

baby witch went over pretty well!

Scrap Fabric wreath

First I got Amelia and Tootsie to help me out, then I started cutting strips of this gold fabric and tying the strips together at the ends. Then I wrapped the strips around the wreath form. Then after it was covered in the gold fabric I tied and knotted some extra ribbon in a big clump on one side. And that's all, it was easy and it's pretty cute. 

part 3 : Finally,The Cruz with Will and Amanda

Paul and I fell in love with their little cabin-esque home

too cute!

down to the boardwalk for some beach walking people watching ( we saw too much : / )

back home for a walk with Dex...

late night B-day times

Will makes the best faces

thanks A and W!

And then it was my Birthday

and I forced karaoke upon loved ones, I've done it before, I'll do it again.

this was followed by an even more shaky rendition of Celine D's "It's all coming back to me now"
also this vid is huge, sorry bout that.

got more pics to get to as well...

Part 2: Sausalito, The bridge, Trollies etc.

 

we enjoyed the ferry...

 

BOOM. straight outta Full House

 

all those CUTE little houses, so picturesque

ps, the schedule i made for A wasn't showing up, now it is

http://suzannelouise.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-trip.html

San Francisco trip, part 1: breakfast and biking

Friday was spent in San Fran, biking across the bridge in the chilly mist, and walking around Sausalito and then back to SF for the afternoon. here's the first bit...

 

too hard to choose! so i just went with pancakes, they were great,

 

 

yep here's my Golden Gate picture. pretty sweet eh?

 

the view from the bridge...

 

hydrangeas the size of my head, love 'em

ps, Amelia behaved, slept and ate wonderfully for my parents. I was so thankful! and i missed her tons but happy to report I was able to enjoy myself. She punished me a bit yesterday for being gone by being tad more grumpy than usual, but hopefully we will find our groove again today. I'm glad she had an opportunity to be around different faces all weekend I think it was good for her.