Thursday, October 25, 2012

3 months old and a pro traveller!

Well Well, looky who is three months old! Time sure is flying!! She's a smily little wiggle worm!

 
Some exciting things since last time we blogged:
My best friend is a mommy!! Her beautiful baby was born Oct. 18! She's so pretty and I know Jennifer is going to be a great mom. If I can do it, I know she can too! It's totally unreal to think, we've been best friends since junior high, got married a month apart and now had babies less than three months apart. Who woulda thunk it?
Our good friend Ronnie became a wife! Ronnie and Jeremy got marries on Oct. 21st! We all flew to Michigan for the wedding. It was Camille's first plane ride. She did great. Had one crying incident but really considering the length of the flights and everything, she did awesome. Slept most of the time.
Michigan was interesting. We didn't really know what to do when we got there. We went to a cider mill that was really neat. We got to see them pressing apples to make the cider. And they had goats. I love goats.
 Then we drove around so Brendan could see "ruins". It's amazing to drive around and see that many abandoned, falling down buildings. Brendan said something like 25% of Detroit has moved away in the last 10 years. We went to this place called Greenfield Village. It was awesome. Henry Ford created this whole little town. He would buy buildings and move them there. Like the WRight brothers store, buildings that Thomas Edison worked in. There's reproductions of houses too, like the one he grew up in. And machines that still work, a post office that you can mail things from, a church and a general store. It was super interesting. I wish we could've spent more time there. We didn't know it was so big!

 
Ronnie's wedding was beautiful! It was on Belle Island, which is on the river between Detroit and Windsor Canada. With the great weather and beautiful scenery I bet her pictures are going to be AMAZING. We also got to hang out with Lei!! It'd been way too long since we saw her last! She got to meet Camille and they loved each other of course.

 
We flew home Monday and my mom brought the dogs home. I missed these little boogers! So we're back home and things have settled down.
I will be starting work Nov. 5. Crazy how these three months have flown by. It's sad to me that I won't be there with her all the time. I know logically that it's good for her, but it hurts my heart.
Oh and we finally got some bookcases! They only had orange left so I'm spray painting them. Fingers crossed they turn out ok!
 
That's about all for now. Monday she has an appointment to get her three month stats! She's definitely grown, she's a chunk a munk!


Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Travelling Baby and a Productive Day

We took another trip this past weekend. This time it was the whole family up to Northern California. Brendan's good friend Justin got married!
We drove to my parents house then up to Windsor. It's much easier to break up the drive. We also took our time, stopping whenever we wanted. We stopped at the Golden Gate Bridge to get some pics of Camille's first time there. It was fleet week and the Blue Angels were flying around! I think they were doing practice flights or something. They got REALLY close and we got to see them flying all over. It was pretty awesome.



We stayed at Brendan's parents house, we hung around their store a lot. Brendan helped his dad with some little things and we all just talked and hung out a lot. It was fun being there. And Camille is was a hit with all their regular customers. :-) We went to the town green and the farmers market. They had the lemon cucumbers I wanted my ENTIRE pregnancy but didn't get! So we got some of those and some other stuff. There was a tomato seller that had the BIGGEST tomatoes I have ever seen!

And a HUMUNGOUS apple pie!

The wedding we went to was Beautiful! It was in Santa Rosa, at a private residence. I'm sure their pictures are going to be Amazing, beautiful oak trees, and pretty decorations. Brendan saw lots of people that he knew, went to high school with and whatnot. Im a total party pooper now, I was yawning and tired by like 9pm haha! But we stayed out and even went out afterwards with a friend and his girlfriend.

It was strange to be away from the baby. I kept feeling like I was missing somthing. I don't like it! I know she's in capable hands but I just hate not having her with me! Since I'll be returning to work soon that wil be something I'll have to get used to.
We went to the redwoods too. It's so beautiful there! A nice drive around Windsor, saw lots of wineries and beautiful trees. I miss trees!



On our way home we stoppped by Travel Town in Burbank. Brendan went there as a little boy. It's not huge but got some cool trains! Made me think of Hell on Wheels!






So now we are home and back in the groove of things. Vacations are awesome except I miss my bed and being home. The comfort of your own home is the best!
We'll be taking another trip in about another week. It'll be her first plane trip, to Detroit for another wedding. FINGERS CROSSED all goes well. I'm really hoping she'll sleep or just relax on the trip and not be fussy or sad.

In other news, I was looking through recent pictures and I'm totally grossed out by my weight. Time for me to start doing something. Since walking still REALLY hurts, I'm going to make a podiatrist appt and hopefully get my feet figured out. I really want to walk/jog since that's always been the best way for me to lose weight but I think maybe I'll do some workout videos for now. Just to start moving.
Today I felt super productive! I payed my car payment, did some grocery shopping, scrubbed the bathroom, vacuumed and made some towels. I even made a collar that a girl ordered on etsy. I'll be shipping it out tomorrow! Tomorrow I'm going with my friend Amanda to try on wedding dresses! Her wedding is next year, so we're starting early! Yay!