More aditions.....

This morning when I woke up I thought "too bad my weekend was so boring I have nothing to blog about." Thankfully, this afternoon as I was doing laundry, my day really picked up.

This morning when I did the first load, a cat ran out from behind the dryer. This has happened multiple times before as the washer and dryer our outside and there are many wild cats that live in our back yard.

When I went out to do the next load, I looked behind the washer so the cat wouldn't catch me off guard again. Lo and behold, the cat was back there with 6 baby kittens. This same cat was there Saturday when I was doing laundry, so they may be a few days old, but they weren't there on Thursday, so I am thinking at most they are three days old.

When I turned on the dryer the mother ran off and I was able to take pictures of the babies.

Friends.....

We have been blessed to be able to spend time with some of our friends and family over the last week. Grace and I are both very social, we love busy weeks full of people!

Saturday we hung out with Ezequiel and his family. He and Grace are 6 weeks apart. They both wanted to ride on the little scooter toy, so they tried sharing it. Too cute! :)
Sunday morning at church I was going to take a picture of Grace she was wearing a new dress (thanks Grandma). As soon as I took out the camera she ran over and stood next to our friend David. :) He is the one trying to teach her to jump, and she loves hanging out with him.
Then of course there is her best friend Daddy. Her very favorite person to hang out with!
Sunday night we go to a Bible study at the senior community. Grace usually hangs out with her friend Justine. Justine is 4 and is really nice to Grace. Sunday night it was really hot in the house, so I took them for a walk during Bible study down to the lake by George and Evie's to see the ducks.
Monday was a treat as we hung out with my parents and my sister at IKEA. I didn't bring my camera, but my dad took some pictures on his phone. Grace was soooo excited to see Grandma, Grandpa and Tia that she was super hyper running around and sitting on the furniture at IKEA. Tuesday we got to hang out with Lilah and her sister Isabel (and their mom, Kacey). Lilah and Grace happen to both have blue skirts with flamingos on them. Who knew that was a popular design?
Today we went to Warner Springs Ranch with Gunnar's dad, but unfortunately I didn't bring my camera. We got to see some horses and had lunch and drove home.

It is always a good week when we are surrounded by people we love. :)

Highlights

Life seems to have settled into a nice pace after Easter. Grace keeps me smiling, she always seems to have something funny to say. I read online yesterday that for her age she should be speaking in 2 word sentences (like "more food" ect.) I was very excited because she speaks in like 10 word sentences (like yesterday she said "I want my friend Grandma to give me more water" or "I want to go walk around block with Grandpa. He hold Guapo. I hold Dulce."), thus making her very advanced. She also can tell stories about things that happened in the past (Guapo pooped on grass. Grandpa pick it up and throw it in garrrr-bage") and can use adjectives (like "my red shirt dirty" or "mommy get my comfy panties from the drier"). But in keeping me humble, she STILL can't jump AND she has been getting jumping lessons/practice for quite some time from a friend at church. Oh well, I guess she can't have it all. :)

I mentioned taking the dogs for a walk with Grandpa. She did this a couple weeks ago when we spent the morning there. She LOVED it and has been talking about it constantly since. She was so excited to head down on Wednesday and take them for a walk around the block (a very small block) by my parents house. Thankfully, my parents dog Dulce is as mellow as can be, so she is really easy for Grace to walk. It was the highlight of her day (possibly her week). They looked super cute together!

Sunday she got to wear one of the new dresses she got for her birthday. She looked like she belonged on the Alps churning butter, but very cute nonetheless.
Monday we went to the zoo with some of our dear friends. We didn't see anything too spectacular and after walking for a couple hours decided to go get lunch somewhere. That was actually a major ordeal, seeing as our friends aren't very opinionated, and Gunnar has a hard time figuring things like that out when he is hungry.

Trying to figure out lunch plans
Gunnar looking cute, Grace binging on craisinsIsabel and a wort hog

Anyways, other than that, the week has been rather slow. I finished a new quilt for Grace's crib and Grace hung out in her pajamas. We hang out with the chickens in the "party room"(aka the garage).

God is so good! It is exciting to watch him work. I am so thankful that I am able to be home with Grace and that I get to watching her change and grow. Gunnar is loving country living (See previous post about our 12 chickens). For as much as I dreaded moving here, it is really turning into a healthy season for our family.

Such a little ham!

She has such good English muffin eating form

Grace's new quilt

Chick update

The chicks have been getting more visitors and more attention these days than anything else around here so I thought I would give you an update. A week after the first batch came in, Gunnar got 6 more chicks. The new ones are layers and so we should have more eggs than we know what to do with. They are all growing quickly. The chickens in the first batch are starting to get their adult feathers, so they are in a rather awkward in between feather stage.

We have not named them, but my favorite one is a blond and black one. I end up holding him/her (we won't know until later) the most, and consequently it is the friendliest.

Best Bunnies

My friend Kacey and I had been eyeballing some cute shirts for our girls so when they finally went on sale after Easter we were so excited to put the girls in them. Now I know that I am more than biased, but I think that Grace and Lilah are two of the cutest girls I know. You would think with such cute subjects, getting cute pictures would be a breeze. Seeing as they are both active toddlers, getting them to both be cute is quite a challenge. Lila's big sister Isabel is in some of the pictures too.

Classy

It continually surprises me how opinionated Grace is. For some reason I don't expect a two year old to have opinions on everything!

For example, when I go shoe shopping, Grace enjoys trying on shoes with me. She has very particular taste in womens shoes. It is pretty much the exact opposite of mine. She likes shoes with big heals, and either really bright or shinny. Nothing practical or comfortable, and nothing black or brown. I guess I won't be taking her shoe advice to seriously any time soon! At least she makes for good company!

Let's go Padres, Let's go!!

We just got home from a family day at the ball park. Now, if you know me in the least, you probably know that it baseball isn't exactly my hobby. But going to the game is always interesting, especially since the down town ballpark. It is a good excuse to spend the day together as a family, and thankfully for me, it also is a good excuse to spend some time in one of my very favorite places, Downtown San Diego.We in San Diego pride ourselves on being from "America's finest city" and whenever I am downtown I am reminded why. Especially on days like today where it is warm with a cool breeze and the skyline contrasting with the beautiful blue sky. I love all the hustle and bustle of the city! I absolutely love walking down town so it redeems sitting through a baseball game, just to spend some time there.

Grace seems to have inherited my love for people and action as she does really well in large crowds and places with a lot of activity. She was a little scared at the fireworks that went off with the first home run, but aside from that she loved the whole experience. By the end of the game she was cheering at "Trevor time" and high fiveing Gunnar when they won. She kept saying "Go Padres" but I am not at all sure she had any idea what that meant. She enjoyed sitting on Gunnar's shoulders for the 7th inning stretch, although by that time she was pretty tired.
Grace was particularly a fan of all the food (hot dog and frozen lemon-aid) and of all the babies in our section. I took pictures of her eating, but figured the people in our section really didn't want me taking pictures of Grace pointing at them nursing their babies, so spared them (and you!).Grace is still asleep, passed out from all the excitement. I am tired but so thankful. Thankful for the time with the G's I love, thankful for the beautiful day and thankful that I live in such a beautiful place!