Preschool Easter Party

We were in charge of dessert for Lacy's school Easter party. I always like to include Lacy when we make treats for her school and this time Lacy had lots of fun decorating Easter cupcakes (and eating a few too!)


Cliff had the week off too and was able to join us for the party. It was nice to have an extra pair of hands to chase Anjali around. She wants so badly to be a big girl like Lacy. Here she is shoving her face with juicy watermelon. And another picture of her trying to sneak into a chair at the table like a big kid.

Notice how the other kids plates have carrots and pizza and fruit on them. And Lacy's plate only has cheetos on them...

I did finally convince her to eat some carrots and watermelon since those are things the Easter Bunny likes to eat and after all, it is an Easter party.

Here's a picture of Lacy and her little girlfriends. She comes home talking about Hannah and Vas all the time!

Lacy's Mani/Pedi

Lacy was in a really playful mood today--just singing and pretending with her barbie dolls. I especially appreciated this since I had some tutoring students over. I had two 8th grade boys over preparing for a test and they kept giggling at my goofy Lacy and her very girly singing and pretending noises. After a few minutes, one of the boys had noticed that Lacy had gotten really quiet and peeked over at her. Then he says, "uh..Leah, she's drawing marker all over herself..." I looked over to see that she had grabbed a hold of a purple marker and had colored her fingernails and then her toenails...and all over her leg. We all laughed. I explained to the boys that Lacy's always asking me to paint her nails--and I guess she just couldn't wait any longer.

Chinese New Year at Disneyland

I've been able to convince Cliff to go to Disneyland the last few Friday evenings with us. It's so much more fun to have daddy with us when we go. This was our first time there since Anjali started walking and I have to say as ridiculous as I thought those kid leashes are--Anjali's the kid they're totally made for.

It was a bit crowded so we took a look at the Chinese New Year display and did the Winnie the Pooh ride twice (its never crowded). Then we got some treats--cookies and candied apples--and called it a night!

Cruise to Ensanada

Cliff had another one of his mandatory faculty retreats this weekend. This one was a cruise to Ensanada--we decided it would be a nice treat for both of us to go because 1. baby #3 was coming 2. i am always in need of a vacation 3. Cliff's ticket was paid for by the residency and my ticket would be discounted ;)

We took a 3-day Carnival Cruise. The first night Cliff's coworkers got together for some fun karaoke (aka mandatory activity). My favorite part of the evening was watching one of Cliff's attendings break dance and lose all contents on his belt and in his pockets all over the dance floor.


The next morning we were docked at Ensanada. It was small and commercialized--very touristy--but perfect for a few hours of walking around and shopping.


Sunday was the day at sea. We filled our time playing miniature golf, eating and more shopping. Cliff gifted me 2 spa treatments (a massage and facial). That was the best part!

Monday morning we came home. We left Friday morning and I started missing my girls a little Friday night and a lot on Saturday. So I was glad to be back. Here are the cute things we got while away. We are total suckers for our kids! (We even got Baby Bubba a cute embroidered shirt.)

How Quickly They Learn

One of the fun things about having a second girl is how quickly she (Anjali) picked up on the princess craze. Anjali, started pretending with dolls at about 13 months. Then soon afterwards I would hear this whining noise and at first I would rush over to make sure Lacy wasn't picking on Anjali and instead I found Anjali playing with princess dolls and the whining sound was her making them sing. What a cutie pie!

Daddy and Grandpa Time

Cliff was nice enough to let me have an all day Girls Day Out on Saturday with 2 of my friends. He took my babies up to Big Bear on Friday afternoon to visit his dad and spend the night and here are the pictures Cliff brought home.

Stomping in the Snow and getting wiggles out from the long car ride.


Visiting Grandpa Clinton while he was working.


Anjali's wicked bedhead the next morning from all of the dryness of the mountains.


Sledding and playing in the yard with Grandpa and Daddy.


Apparently, Anjali was not a real big fan of sledding, but did enjoy sitting on the bear bench. Seems to be an all around favorite in our family ;) Lacy on the other hand LOVED sledding. She couldn't get enough and even tried to pull the guys around some.

One thing I love about Cliff is how trigger happy he is when he gets a chance to take pictures of the girls. The pictures I posted are only about a third of the ones he actually took. He's a proud papa!

Here's a sledding video:

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

I love that we can get juicy ripe strawberries in January here in sunny SoCal! We had some fun family time dipping them in chocolate and even MORE FUN eating the yummy treats!

Lacy's a Sunbeam!

Here are some cute pictures right before leaving for church. Lacy has officially graduated from nursery and attends her first Sunday school class "Sunbeams."



Also, Anjali has perfected her Frankenstein walk. LuAnn nicknamed her Frankenberry.
Here's a sideways video:

NO WAY!

That's what I said at my ultrasound this morning when the tech showed me this
(that inappropriate looking thing in the middle IS the inappropriate something, hehe)

It's a boy! Against all scientific methods you read about in books....baby #3 is a boy. Just goes to show, it really is a 50/50 chance!

BTW, everything looks good and we're still due June 18.