My Lia Loo is turning two!!!

My beautiful baby girl is turning two on Monday June 2nd.

Aunt Em took these way too cute pics of her at the playground across from our house- thanks Em!!

Lia's new favorite sign is "I love you" she calls it LOVIES!!

Hanging out at Great Grandma's

Here is a cute pic of Lia that my cousin took while we were hanging out at my Grandma's house this weekend. She caught a cute smile that I just had to share with all you. Thanks Karen :)
P.S. Lia pooped in the big girl toilet today!!!!!!

Big Girl Bed

Need I say more???? My little girl is growing up so fast- next its potty training!! I would love to hear some advice on both of these things from all the expert mothers out there!!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mother's I know and love. And to my own mother and mother-in-law I love you so much and hope you had a wonderful day!!!
I am so thankful for the privilege I have of being Lia's mommy I love every day I get to spend with her. Thank you for being such a sweet little girl- I love you.

This is my awesome gift this year from Taz- a new ceiling fan in our bedroom!!! The one that was in there before was way too big for the room and hung down too low. The new and improved is a low profile with only 44 inch blades instead of 52!!! It also has whisper quiet technology which is a fancy name for super quiet. The best part about it is the remote control- you can set the temp and it turns the fan up and down and makes sure the room stays that temp.
The old......

The amazing new....

And the coolest part- the remote...

So nice and I am going to LOVE it this summer during July and August when I am super huge and pregnant. Thanks Daddy Taz I love you!!

A new toy

Daddy looks so cute riding with little Lia

Notice Mommy and Lia are both signing "I love you"- it's her new thing.

I have wanted one of these bike trailers since last summer and was so glad to finally get one. It is so fun to ride around with Lia- not to mention it's a better work out than you would ever think. It's the perfect way to make some sort of effort to "work out" during these last four months of pregnancy. The best thing about it is that it can hold two kids and convert to a stroller!!! Let me know if you are up for a fun bike ride!!
*On a different note: tonight after I got Lia out of the bath I hit my foot on her dresser and she was worried that I was hurt. She said "Mommy kiss me" and gave me a great big kiss then said "Mommy happy now". I just thought that was so cute and wanted to share some of the fun things my almost two year old is saying!!!!

My life is changed forever!!

So we all know that I am anal about having my floors clean that is why I have a Dyson and have my own carpet cleaner. Well this is my newest beloved piece of machinery. It's called the Floor Mate and you can get it at any Walmart or Target store. This thing is amazing it vacuums, washes, and dries all your hard floors. Never again will I be on my hands and knees cleaning my floors. I would for sure recommend it to anyone. Thanks Tazzy for this amazing birthday present- sure do love ya!!

Sunny Arizona

So this is going to be a long post because I am sick of all the slide shows that say they are empty. Anyway- this past weekend we made a fun trip to sunny Arizona to stay with our great friends the Startin's. We were going to use buddy passes given to us from our awesome friend Nicole but the flights were looking really full all day so we decided to use our miles to fly. There was only one seat available on the 11 and one on the 3 o'clock flights- which meant that we had to split up. I was a little worried about this because those of you that have a two year old can understand my concern. So me and Lia went out at 11 by ourselves and she was a perfect angel!!!! She slept in my arms the entire way!! I was able to wrangle her- a stroller- two bags- and a car seat all by myself. We picked up the rental car and were on our way to see Cody, Aubry, and there cute little guy Gage. Then we came back and picked up Daddy when we got in. So we arrived Friday and just spent the day hanging out and letting the kids play outside. We decided to put the kids in the tub together (they are going to hate us for this when they grow up :) Cody happens to be an ultrasound tech with his own equipment so when he got home Friday night he scanned both me and Aubry- who is due about one month after me. I was 19 weeks so we could be 100% sure what the sex was and it is a...........GIRL!!! It was nice to know for sure and now I am so excited to plan for another little princess. We got up Saturday morning and headed out to Freestone Park- it had little rides for the kids. Lia was really freaked out- I am not sure what was going she is usually a dare devil but she wanted nothing to do with these rides... take a look. She did like the train that circled the park as long as she sat on my lap.

We finally got her to ride the carousel and she had a ton of fun.

For those of you that have a baby wise baby you can understand that they like to sleep in their own room and so we put the port a crib in the bathroom. One day while Lia was supposed to be napping I realized that she was not asleep and went to check on her and I found that she had pulled a whole roll of toilet paper in the crib with her!!!! I laughed so hard and had to take a pic.

We went to the splash pad at the mall but Lia was fast asleep she finally woke up and had a blast!



And then there was ice cream.

Saturday night we went to an outdoor showing of Cars. It was so much fun we sat out on blankets and ate treats and popcorn.

We had so much fun at the Phoenix Zoo. Lia loved seeing all the animals and riding the train around the zoo- the giraffes were for sure her favorite.




There was a lot of this....

After the zoo we headed up to the Marrriott resort for some fun in the kiddie pool. It was so awesome and Lia loved it.





We had so much fun and Lia was just as good on the way home- thanks again to the Startin's for a great time. We love you guys!!