Carpendar 1 Fire ...

It's unbelievable how eerie this fire is. Day after day it gets worse. We've had ash snowing at our house and a orangey haze over our house. I hope they can get it 100% contained soon.

This is a picture I took from my phone on the 157, dropping off water to NHP.

We Have A Crawler ...

Just a few days after the 4th of July Mary was playing on the floor at the foot of our bed while I cleaned up. Out of the corner of my eye i saw her take two little skootches. I called for Justin in other room and we set her up in the middle. Me, with my video camera rolling. I'm so happy I got it all on film!

4th of July ...

We had a fun filled fourth of July at my parents house. Mary and I headed over early while Justin worked. We started out in the new pool my parents bought for her. It's about 10ft by 4ft and 3ft deep. Just enough to cool off. Nap time was next until everyone else came over.

It was my first try ar cupcake inside of ice cream cones. They came out really good, but not my best decorating work. But Mary sure liked them.

 

 

My dad hun gone of his flags in his usual spot covering the third garage, making a perfect backdrop for pictures.

 

We set up all our chairs in a row ready for the fireworks. Mary loved the bright lights, but was a little unsure of the noises.

 

 

 

 

Two Teeth ...

On mary's 7 month birthday her first tooth poked through. She was a trooper and only fussed a little at bed time. The next day the one right next door poked through. She is taking the discomfort like a champ, but of course she has a little help from her necklace and a little orijel.

7 months ...

Mommy Spa Day ...

Every mom needs to take time to herself. Every mom needs a spa day. Christina and I had morning facials at the Red Rock on Tuesday. Justin splurged and upgraded us to the hydrafacial and it was heaven. I haven't worn makeup since and my skin is glowing!

We had lunch out by the spa pool and enjoyed the sun and chitt chatted. We headed inside to enjoy all the relaxing amenedies; steam room (there was no eucalyptus, big dissapoinment) sauna, cold plung, and jacuzz. Fianlly after five hours we tore ourselves back to our lockers and headed home. I was totally useless the rest of the day. I was in lala land and didn't want to come back.

Father's Day ...

Father's day was mellow for us. But Justin still got spoiled for his first father's day. Mary bought him a lucky penny keychain with her named stamped on it. It even was a 2012 year penny, the year she was born. I got him a new gun safe. It's about double the size he had earlier, but five times as heavy. It took three of them to list it up the stairs, with a dolly.

My parents and sister were out of town so we had another couple come over for dinner and the game. It was a nice mellow day.

Disneyland ...

The other day, we went to the Disney store looking for Finding Nemo stuffed animals to complete Mary's collection. We ended up buying three more, but they didn't have Bruce the shark. Out of nowhere Justin replied, "lets check Downtown Disney" Of course I jumped at the oppurtunity to make a quick roadtrip. We headed home and packed real quick. I called my cousin on the way to see if she was free and she was! We checked into the Candy Cane Inn as usual and headed to Downtown Disney with my cousin. They didn't have Bruce, But we did find a few other Nemo toys.

The following day, My cousin took us to Disneyland for the morning and afternoon. Mary got to meet the Princesses, Minni, Mickey, Pluto, and Mike Wazoski! We even road the Monster's Inc ride!

It was such a nice getaway and I loved watching Mary's reactions to everything.