Vacation!!

I had to take a vacation since Danica's sitter "Nana" took a vacation. And Danica and I have been super busy on this vacation.

Friday we went to a party for a friend's kid's birthday. Danica went into the bounce house--and loved it. Which is why this picture is not so good--she was moving way too much for the camera on my phone to be effective. :)

As we were trying to leave she saw a cupcake. I am thoroughly convince that she is addicted to cupcakes--she doesn't even care what the flavor is. But we couldn't leave until she got her cupcake.

We went bowling on Saturday with friends--well I bowled and Danica played with the younger kids and teens watching them in the arcade. Apparently Danica's favorite game is Skiball. The teen would hand her the ball and she would run it up to the end of the alley and then try to get it into a hole.

Monday, my dad smoked a corned beef (yummy homemade pastrami) and a pork butt. We have had the best sandwiches ever. And Danica steals pieces every chance she gets. I made myself a salad with pastrami on top--I only got about half of the pastrami. :)

Tuesday we ran errands.

Wednesday, I took Danica to a splish splash pad. And she made a lot of friends. Although she wasn't as sure about the water coming from over her head. She liked to splash more than she liked to be splashed. :)

More updates to come. We have a full schedule for the rest of our vacation. :)

Let the Good Times Roll

This weekend Danica and I got to meet up with friends from New Mexico at a surprise birthday party. Danica had a ton of fun throwing birthday balloons in the air and then saying "ut-oh" as they came down. She giggled even more if they came down straight onto her head.

After eating a little pizza we went outside so Danica could get some of her pent up energy out. She immediately found the broom and started trying to help with sweeping the patio. And she quickly made the broom the prized toy to play with. :)
Now if only I can get her to do that for the kitchen and bathroom at home, but something tells me without all the other kids trying to "play" too she won't be nearly as interested. :)

Climb every...

Yes I know that it has been a while since I posted--and yes I do have people who remind me when I take a while to post. But in my defense we have had a lot happen since the last post.

1) School started. Since I work at ASU this is a crazy time for me at work. And I am taking a couple of classes myself which just compounds it. And Corey is taking courses at MCC. So yes we are insane with the start of school.

2) Danica is walking--and so an inordinate amount of our time is spent getting Danica away from the door out or the door to the hallway. And goodness you should see her go if we happen to leave the door to the hallway open. She goes double speed then--she thinks escaping is fun. I am convinced we have our work cut out for us. We have been trying to get a video or a good picture of Danica walking--but she is terribly camera shy or just stubborn and doesn't want to let us record the event (I can't decide which). But here is a videa of her climbing up Corey's legs--yep she has already mastered climbing:

3) Corey should be starting a new job in the next week or so (we are waiting for the background check). The job is graveyard shift which is good because he will have his days free to work on his school work.

4) Someone broke into Corey's car and broke the driver's side window out. Not fun. I had to get the replacement arranged. I opted to have them replace my windshield too because a crack had started last week and had already doubled in size in less then a week.

I think that is a pretty fair update on what is going on here in our crazy household. But for your viewing pleasure--here is a picture of Danica (isn't she the cutest):

Busy Day of Fun

Yesterday was definitely a busy day of fun.

First, Danica and I went to Jen's house to get my hair cut and colored. I don't have a good picture that just shows my haircut yet--but just trust me it is great. I love it!!

Then Danica and I went to Danica's first friend's birthday party at Peter Piper Pizza. She had a little bit of pizze and cake. Since it was a Cinderella party, Danica gave her friend a really cute Cinderella tea party set. And as a special surprise the birthday girl and her mom gave Danica a big pink plastic ball. Danica loves it. She loves to sit with Corey and have him tap the ball and then she tries to copy his pattern. So we hear a lot of tap-tap-tap then a lighter tap-tap---tap. But it is so cute. The only tough thing is that she is trying to use the ball to stand up.

Danica and I at her first party:


After the party we came home for a little bit. Then my sister called and told me that she was playing softball at a park in Tempe. So Corey, Danica and I went to watch her play and hang out with Delfina and Jessica. Danica had a lot of fun, but we could tell she was getting really tired so we ended up not going out to dinner with everyone.

Danica and I at the game:
Playing with cousin Jessica:
Playing with Aunt Tammy:

We got Danica into the car and about halfway home she fell fast asleep. When we got her home she barely woke up when we got her out to put her to bed. Overall her busy day tired her out.