Disneyland

We had such a nice time in Disneyland for my birthday! It really is the "Happiest Place on Earth"! The kids did so good. Shelby did way better than I had expected on both rides and with meeting the characters :) We got to see Jimmys mom and sister so we had a nice visit with them as well :) Thank you Deana and Belinda for everything!!

Here we are at the Rainforest Cafe on the night we got into town Shelby simply overwhelmed walking into the park!

Me, Grama Tubbs, and Shelby waiting to get on Peter Pan

Daddy, Shelby, and me riding the horses :) Shelby LOVES horses :)

Heres Jimmy and I with the girls on Dumbo...shelby was beyond excited for this ride lol. She has only watched the movie Dumbo once but she sees it featured on the Disneyland commercial and was just sooo excited when she saw it as we came off the peter pan ride.

Shelby "driving" the teacups lol

Belinda, Lexi and Grama Tubbs on the teacups

thankgoodness for this nifty backpack with a leash lol it was such a life saver!! Shelby is so independent and wanted to walk alot so this was perfect! She was such a big girl

in toon town

this silly girl was so worn out she finally crashed in the stroller chewing on her pin lol

The characters.....I wasnt sure how Shelby would react...sometimes shes fine and other times shes not lol. She saw pooh through the window of the gift shop we were in and got so excited! She kept saying "shelby see pooh!" so we decided to go stand in line and see how it went.....she was so excited the whole time. Finally it was our turn and she walked right up there with sister and said Hi...THEN pooh bear bent down to see shelby and she didnt like that at all!!! She ran for me and became very shy lol she was ok as long as i held her but she preferred the characters at a distance lol but she did give them high 5's and said bye and blew kisses so it was fun for her :)

Lex has no problem seeing the characters lol she had her autograph book and everything!

shelbs didnt care too much for minnie either but it was late and she was exhausted! She did talk alot about the characters though so she did enjoy it!

We watched the fireworks show which was awesome, one of the better shows ive seen! Then we headed out with sore bodies and tired kiddos but we had such a fun time and I love seeing the kids have so much fun. Its really a different experience when you get to see Disneyland through your kids eyes! AMAZING!!!

I turned 30!

So my birthday this year was a big one! I wasnt looking forward to turning 30 at all but my wonderful husband and family made it less scary and we had lots of fun! I had a very nice bbq the weekend before my actual birthday and then we went to disneyland the weekend of my birthday! It was a busy couple weekends but sooo much fun! Thanks to my great family for making turning 30 not-so-bad :)

me and shelby before we went to my mom & dads for the bbq/party

some of the table decorations! My mom and sister did an amazing job with all the decorations! It was pink and zebra themed

the centerpieces :) so cute

shelby playing with gabrielle and aubrey

my awesome cake that my husband designed!!!

the 3 musketeers

it was a fabulous party and i loved seeing everyone. I had a lot of family come from out of town so it was very nice to see all of them and then to catch up with my friends that came. Thank you to everyone that came I had the best time!

Big girl!!

Shelby has had a very "big girl week" She is turning 2 next month so we decided it was time to say goodbye to her bink! She used it mostly in the car or when going to bed but lately it had become more of a chew toy than anything...well she finally chewed a hole in it so we threw it out. Now, we have more than one bink but she has the habbit of just throwing them when she is done with them so we loose them all the time :) So this was our "last" bink. We had shelby take it to the trash and throw it away. She said "bye bye binky" and was fine. That is until bedtime lol. At bedtime she asked for it and we explained that she threw it away because it was broken...she immediately started to cry. It was a very hurt cry. She was devestated!! My heart broke for her and we just tried talking to her and tried giving her some of her favorite stuffed animals and tried to soothe her. Nothing was working and after 45 min I was ready to head to the store in search of a bink, but after a few more min she finally fell asleep WITHOUT the bink. Bless her heart she was exhausted. It was that type of crying that even after they are done they still have those little gasps as they calm down. Ugh! heartbreaking. The good thing though is only an hour of crying and she is totally off the bink! She asked for it a few times the next day but never had another meltdown and hasnt really asked for it! She will tell you as she told my dad that the binky she threw in the trash! So hey at least she understands!!! So yay shelby!! You are such a big girl!!

Since she did so great with the ditching the bink we thought we would try to get her to sleep in her own bed. Yes she still slept with us!! She had a beautiful crib but slept in it maybe 2 times since she was born lol and those were probably naps! I loved having her in the bed BUT now that shes getting bigger she moves alot and feet in your back at 2am is not so much fun! So we thought it was time.....and guess what? She did it!! Amazing!

This is the next morning...such a big girl!!

We are so proud of miss Shelby! She has done so great! We love you baby! or should I say Big girl :)

Easter

My grandparents had a little easter egg hunt for shelby on sunday. We had to do it inside because it was pouring down rain lol but she still had fun!

my grandma making a yummy ham dinner :) Thanks for having us Grandma and Grandpa!!

shelby was really good at finding all the eggs :)

checking out all her eggs! She got them all and only needed help a few times! We had such a good time hanging out and visiting!

Coloring Easter Eggs

So this year Easter was pretty low key. We didnt have Alexia (bummer!) and my parents and sister were in Hawaii (Lucky!) so me Jimmy and Shelby colored eggs on Friday night and then sunday we went to my grandparents house for dinner. We had a nice time and got to relax more than past Easters :).

Here we are coloring eggs...shelby is such a little cheeser this picture is classic! lol her face is so funny! she is trying so ard to hold the head onto the little body!! She had picked out a kung fu panda deco kit and they had a template that you could make Poe. Well she is trying so hard to hold him :)

ha! she got a good grip on him so here she is cheesing it up again!

I love this kid!

Shelby counting the eggs :) she gets to 4 all by herself but then after 4 you never know whats next lol sometimes its "10" other times its "8, 9. 10" lol she cracks me up!

Daddy and shelby being silly

So now that im getting caught up I still have Easter and few other posts to do but im getting there :) We had a fabulous Easter and it was nice to just relax and not be so busy!

Baker-In-Training

So our internet has been down for a few weeks :( so I have to squeeze in blogging at work. I know i am very far behind but will hopefully get caught up soon!! Here are some pics of little miss Shelby helping me bake some cupcakes for Easter. She is such a good little helper :)

I know I know it looks like she is eating blood lol but...it was only red velvet cupcakes :) and boy did she LOVE it.