Family Time!

Yesterday Ellie got to meet a bunch of family for the first time! We had a fun time with the Highsmith/Blake/Whitmore brood. My aunt Sandy gave Ellie her quilt...it is AMAZING!!! I'll post pictures soon! Thanks Aunt Sandy!!!!

I took a couple pics of Ellie with her big cousin Darienne...Here they are!




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Daddy and Me

Esella learned a new trick today....

She learned how to stick out her tongue! And of COURSE she did this with Daddy...she finds him to be just HILARIOUS! :)

Eating dinner with mommy and daddy

Well we got Ellie her booster chair! (like a high chair...but it straps onto an adult chair). Tonight we actually all ate dinner at the table. Here are some pictures. Daddy does a choo choo train sound into Ellie's mouth with the spoon that CRACKS her up!! :)

Here she is in her new chair


Hi mommy!
Daddy is the most funny person I know!!
MMMmmmm I'll help you get that in my mouth daddy
All done!
OOOhhh time to play with the goo
What??
OK I just love this one!

And a bonus one...Ellie at her Auntie Melissa's baby shower on Sunday. Auntie Melissa is having a baby soon...she is due June 10th and we are all SO excited!! Is it a boy or girl? We have to wait and see!!
Thanks for checking in!!

Family Vacation!

Well as all the house issues were unfolding...we headed off on our first family vacation! We rented an RV and headed down the coast with the baby and the dog. We visited Solvang, a little dutch town in southern CA, then headed up to Pismo Beach for a couple days and then we headed up to Monterey. My parents met us in Monterey and joined us to visit the aquarium. Overall it was a fun trip, but a little stressful at times! Here are some pictures from our little 6 day trip!

Ellie asleep in the RV



Daddy, Ellie and Ainsley at a restaurant in Solvang

Ellie's new favorite hobbie...playing with napkins
This is what Ellie thought of Solvang! Ha!Then we drove up to Pismo Beach from Solvang...Ellie decided to get some much needed reading done..


At the beach for the very first time!!
Our RV in our camping spot...Ainsley tied up outside

Ellie sitting at the table like a big girl!Feet in the sand for the first time!

After Pismo we drove up HY 1 (yes...we went all the way up HW 1 in an RV!!) to Monterey. We stopped at Heast Castle on our way. Justin and I had both been there as kids.

Checking out Hearst Castle from the visitor center

First time on a bus! Look mom...no car seat!!
Taking a nap while on the tour...
Family pic in front of the poolThen we continued up HW 1 to Monterey. We went to the aquarium with my parents.

Family picture

Mom and Dad
Jelly Fish!After Monterey we headed back home. Though we had fun we were happy to be home! Well...we survived our first family vacation!!! Lets see if we can survive our first sell/buy of homes!!

House Update...

So last time I wrote I said we were putting the house up on the market. Well... we put our house on the market on a Wednesday and we accepted one of 9 offers 6 days later! The next day we put in an offer on a home in Dublin and it was accepted! So we are now in escrow on both homes. Escrow on Milpitas should close around May 26th and in Dublin about June 4th.

Our new home in Dublin is 1940 sq feet, 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath. We had hoped for a 4 bedroom home- but we fell in love with the location and lot of this home. It is located close to a big grassy park with play structures Esella will love to play on when she is bigger. The houses lot backs up to a huge hilly park great for hiking. Its only about a mile or so from the freeway yet you feel like you are in the rolling hills and hear nothing but birds chirping. Here are some pictures.

The Front:
The kitchen which was recently updated
The living room (not our furniture! ha ha ha)

Family roomThe sun room off the kitchen

The patio
The hilly part of the lot...the lot goes almost all the way up the hill. We will eventually fence it all in so Ainsley can run up and down it!
The back deck. We actually plan to remove it and put in grass for Ainsley and Ellie to play inNow...everyone keep your fingers crossed that escrows close on both homes with no major hick-ups!!! :)