Seaside Oregon Trip

We just got back from an awesome trip to Seaside Oregon with the Trevino family. The first part of the week was just my family and John and Debbi. The rest of the crew joined us for the later part of the week .
I took loads of pictures this week so be warned that there are A LOT of pictures on this post.

Danielle's first ride on a carousal.

Grandpa giving Lexi a ride in Costco.

Lexi with one of her many treats Grandma bought her.

I love this picture! Our best one yet as a family!The girls were rolling on the watermelon with their bellies.

This was the night view from our room. We had a great room. We were on the 2ND floor, and right on the end where the beach was, plus our view was awesome too.This is Lexi looking at the guy making taffy inside, but instead I got Danielle in the background in the reflection of the window. Kinda funny.

This is how we all felt after we indulged in some yummy seafood at Moe's in Cannon Beach. Dessert...both of their reactions to pop rocks were hilarious. Lexi didn't want anymore and Danielle was loving it. I was dying of laughter hearing them pop inside her mouth.

Haystack Rock. It was really cold there and windy. We were checking out the tide pools but didn't see much.

The hat store is always good for a few laughs.

I wish I would have bought this one but I know that Danielle wouldn't wear it.

We hit up the aquarium one day.

We fed the seals. They would slap the water with their fins to get a treat. Then one of them would poke his head out of the water and clap his fins which soaked all of us. Lexi was not happy about that part.

We went to Astoria, Oregon and climbed the column there.

If you look real hard you can see Grandpa and Lexi way up there.

Us at the top. (excuse the bad hair day!)

I climbed down with Danielle so I could get a shot of them at the top. That is us on the grass...yeah that little white spot is me.

Yeah total tourists, but who could resist a picture in front of the house of one of the best movies ever made?

We loved running away from the waves at low tide.

Daddy was great at building sandcastles with Lexi. I helped a little one day, but to be honest, sand is just not my thing.

The girls went horseback riding. This is me on Gordita. Which means "pretty little fat girl" in Spanish. Suits her doesn't it? She was big, and remember that I am short so my legs were pretty much are as far apart as possible.

I love this picture of Kristen.

Debbi, Kristen and I. You can tell in this picture that Gordita really suits her.

It was well worth the money. Most horse rides means your riding on a trail, but not this one. We rode down to the beach and we got to trot down the beach. It was awesome! I have only riden a horse a few times, so I was a little scared but it was such a rush when I made it back without falling off!

Lexi even got a ride too. This is Dancer. I got to lead her around the pasture for basically as long as I wanted. Lexi loved it and didn't want to get off. Dancer was a little stubborn sometimes. I am trying to pull him along, but we shortly became aware that he need to take a little, or should I say big potty break.

On the way home we stopped at Tillamock Cheese factory and enjoyed some cheese and ice cream! Delious!

Here was one of the only days that we actually got to see the sun set. This was a picture from our room.

9 months

This super cute little girl is officially 9 months as of July 4Th! Here are of few things she is up to:

• Pulls herself on everything and walks all over. She can walk pushing a toy and is starting to stand alone a little bit
• She is into EVERYTHING. Her favorite thing is to push buttons and bang on the computer when I am trying to use it.
• She loves to eat. I am going to start calling her, Hungry Hippo. She LOVES food. She loves fruit and vegetables and bread. She doesn't love cereal or crackers too much anymore. I seriously think she can eat forever and if you have ever seen Johnny annihilate his plate, she can do the same thing.
• She loves shoes. She will crawl over to your feet and gnaws on your shoes for awhile.
• She loves to be in the water and splash everyone.
• She is still a big smiler and she laughs at weird little things
• She follows Lexi everywhere. She gets upset when she shuts the door on her. During nap time Danielle will go and bang on her sister's door to get her up.

Here are her current stats:

Height: 26 1/4 in

Weight: 16 lbs 11 oz

Head: 42.7 cm

Dr said she is very proportionate because she is about 10% all the way around. Small but proportionate.

Here is Lexi at about 9 months

Her stats were:

Height: 26 1/2

Weight: 14 lbs 13 oz

Head 42.8 cm

I love both of my girls and still can't believe how much they look a like, but they sure doesn't act too much alike.

A lot of catch up pics

So I have been neglecting the blog lately. So here is a few random pictures and updates of what we have been up to lately.
Lexi and I went with Betsy, Ella and Grandma to see Toy Story 3. Toy Story is one of Lexi's favorite movies ever since Easter. Her eyes were glued to the screen the whole time. When she got home, she kept telling Johnny that she saw the "new" one.

Lexi did swim lessons for a couple weeks at the end of June. Her teacher is a friend of the family, Shayla. Lexi would talked to Shayla, (this is rare that she talks to someone she doesn't know well) and at home she would say, "Mom, I like Shayla." So cute. She did so much better this summer. She didn't cry and she did all the things that Shayla asked her to do. Her favorite part is to jump off the side of the pool. When we go swimming we have to do that like 100 times with her now.

Lexi loves to be outside, and so does Danielle. She will stand at the door and dream about escaping out there with Lexi. Someday girl, someday!

I made these fun cookies, but I have to admit they look way better than they taste. But the girls didn't mind.

For about four weeks Lexi has been doing gymnastics once a week. She doesn't love the opening part where they do stretches. She does however love jumping into the pillows. (foam pit) Almost everyday, she asks if she can go jump in the pillows. I am a little worried that she is going to be sad when we don't go anymore.

Of course with any hot summer, we spend a lot of time at the pool. This was Danielle's first time. She loved splashing, which of course was all over her face but she didn't seem to care.

For the 4Th of July we headed downtown to a parade with the Kemp family. I told the girls that they needed to wave at the people in the parade, so that they will throw candy at them. Lexi took me very seriously and would keep telling Ella to keep waving.

Funny side note. So when we go to where we were going to sit, I asked Johnny if he told her to bring her flag, he thought I told her. Plus she wanted to bring her bucket, which I would have made her keep in the car, but Johnny let her have it, which turned out great to collect her candy with. It turns out that she was a little more prepared than I was for her first parade.

For the rest of the holiday weekend my sister Mary came for a visit. I was so excited especially since it was last minute! We watched the fireworks from the back yard together. We attempted to take pictures but we don't know enough about our camera I guess. I thought this one turned out cool, to me it looks like a jelly fish.

We also took Aunt Mary to the Country Mercantile for lunch, and a train ride.

Then the last day we drove to Leavenworth. We had fun looking in the shops. Unfortunately, this was the only picture that I took, which happens to be in a McDonald's on our way home. Which by the way was the most posh McDonald's that I have ever seen. It had leather couches and all this fancy tables and chairs.

We had so much fun with Mary. Lexi fell in love with her right off the bat. When we went to the park, like right after she got here, she was saying "look at me, Aunt Mary, look at me!" Forget mom, Aunt Mary was here! It sure wasn't long enough to have her here, but we shared a few good memories.

My first redo

I have been wanting a new table but it just wasn't a necessity, if you know what I mean. It is a great size and a sturdy table but the colors just weren't me or matched my chairs. So I researched like crazy and decided to redo my table. I remembered to take a before picture while I was sanding it (I guess it just makes it a better "before" picture.)

Before:
After:
After several mistakes and redoing I finally finished my table. I must say I am pretty proud of myself. I now feel confident that I can do another project, maybe my dressers.