Put a ring on it

After this weekend I have Beyonce's "Single Ladies" song stuck in my head. "If you like it then you should have put a ring on it...uh oh oh oh.."

Well, we were in San Diego for V's bachelorette party (her fiancee must have liked it, because he out a ring on it!)

We stayed at the Sofia Hotel. It was a nice hotel. Nothing too extravagant but it was clean and modern and we had great customer service! I'd definitely go back!

The bride to be in her embarrassing get up!

The bride with her maid of honor/ sister at dinner. We had gone to Haiku. Its just like Benihana's but Haiku was cheaper and had availability. I thought it was just as good too. Our chef was actually Japanese too. The funny thing was he spoke fluent Spanish. He spoke the majority of the time in Spanish. I missed out on his jokes. Poor non-spanish speaking me.

After dinner, we went dancing at Belo. It was fun but super crowded. With the bachelorette in a veil, everyone kept asking if she had just gotten married. (???) We kept thinking 'Yeah she just got married and is out at a club with her friends right after without her new husband.' Are they serious?

Then we ran into my sister at the same club. She happen to be in San Diego at the same time. She recommended Belo so it wasn't surprising that we ran into each other.

Overall, the weekend was a lot of fun. It was nice to go out with the girls but it was nice to come home to my baby girl too!

Happy Birthday lil bro!

Dien turned 22 on Tuesday! We had a little get together at my mom's to celebrate.

Birthday boy!

Carlee with her uncle

Kyle hanging out by the hot tub (I just liked the colors of this picture)

Carlee splashing in the water from the hot tub.

Dien's crazy friends...

...and the poor girls that associate with them.

22 candles! Hope you had a great birthday!

Summertime

...or at least it feels like it. 80 degrees in January. I love California! We spent another weekend outside.

Too long

I haven't blogged since last year! Wow. I have a few drafts started that I could just never finish. With the holidays, work, and everyday life, I just got too busy to do a full blog entry.

Well, I'm making the time to post about my growing-ever-so-fast toddler. I'm loving this age. She's learning so many new things everyday. I love experiencing every new little thing with her. Her newest things are shaking her finger at us when she "talks". She also likes to get books and sit in my lap so I can read them to her. Carlee is also mastering the art of imitating. I was sick recently and she'd see me cover my mouth to cough, then she'd do it. Now I say "Carlee, how does mommy cough?" and she'll put her hand over her mouth and let out two quiet polite *cough* *cough*.

Here are some recent pictures...

Making a mess. That's what she's usually doing when she's quiet.

It was a nice day we just had to go to the park!

Like father, like daughter

As I was putting away groceries, Carlee was getting into the fridge. The one thing she grabbed and walked away with was this:Need I say more?

My social butterfly

This past weekend, Carlee had a couple different events. Saturday was Aiden's first birthday party. The party was during her naptime but she was a trooper. She was glad to see Aiden and she liked the balloons. But she loooooved the cooler with the ice in it.

Here she is saying happy birthday to her buddy.

Gotta look stylish for these events!

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Next was a get together with other moms and a gazillion kids. It was a little hectic chasing after my toddler but there was a little mingling and eating that happened. It was good times!

Here is Carlee talking to Miss Ashley!

...and Maya!

This is what she would have done all day if I let her.

Logan was so well behaved...playing quietly and sharing with Carlee! I can only hope Carlee will be like that when she's older!

When there's food, there's Carlee. She spotted cherrios!

Carlee had fun with N's glasses and all her toys. Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Spykitty for hosting a great party!

Its December!!!

I can't believe Thanksgiving is over. Where did the time go? I seem to be saying that a lot this year. It was a nice day full of tons of food and family. What can be better?

Here's Carlee in her Thanksgiving outfit. Its a little big but it is oh so cute!

She was a little unsure of her unfamiliar cousins. So she just stood there as everyone gawked at her.

The rest of the weekend was spent enjoying the time off. We went to Grandma's house where Carlee was acting silly and smiling a huge cheeseball grin everytime I'd put the camera up to take a picture.

We got our Christmas lights hung outside too!

And since today is December 1st, we got to put the first magnet on our advent calendar!

I've had this calendar since I was 7 years old and I bring it out every year. I was excited to start this tradition with Carlee. This morning I gave her the first magnet and she placed it on the tree. That's why its in the middle (I usually start in on the bottom and work my way to the top.) But Carlee can put it wherever she wants!

Only 24 days until Christmas!!!