MOre Cali...

So after the trip to Hollywood we drove down the coast just to enjoy the beautiful views. California really is pretty. on our drive we got the see the Donald Trump golf course (last year's apprentice winner got to manage it) I am sure it is a pricey round of golf, but look at those views! We had alot of fun just looking at everything, the houses along the4 coast are pretty amazing, I would love to wake up to a view like that everyday...after our drive down the coast went went to long beach to see the aquarium, but on the way we went through the shipping port, I have never seen anything so crazy..as far as you can see there were trailers full of items coming in and huge cranes to lift them off the barges, it was insane. As we looked out on the endless site we couldn't help but question, do they really know what is in all of those and how do the know where they put them, someone has got to be VERY organized!

CALIFORNIA

Here are some pics from last Saturday in Cali...We went all over, to Hollywood (the wax museum & Guinness world records). We had lots of, Hollywood was not really what I expected, but it is interesting to visit once!

this one is for you Smythe...

...THIS ONE NEEDS NO EXPLANATION!

Chris & I

We just got back from a great trip, we spent 5 days in Orange County, CA. We went out there for my company's annual sales meeting and Christmas party! It was fun to have some time to ourselves, but we really missed the peanut! Chris had a couple days on his own while I was in meetings, he explored Hollywood, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and of course various car dealerships! I spent the first day of meetings LEARNING a TON! ALL GREAT STUFF THAT WILL REALLY HELP ME GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR! I know I have not been good about posting on whats up with my job but I love it and could not be happier...going out for the meeting was a great time to remember how lucky I am to do something that I love and have the opportunity to work for such a GREAT company! After we sat through meetnigs the whole first day they spiced things up a tad for day 2...they took all 40 sales reps and we went to an indoor race track for a highly competitive day of go cart racing. It was a fun day that ended with only some minor bumps and bruises, good thing I have a good pain releiver:D

...this is what they do in Cali...

As asked in the previous post...what do they do in Cali? According to what Chris captured (on a Thursday) they surf and build sand castles, rough life:)
Surfs Up!

New Christmas wish...

so this car made Chris drool, and now he wants one...He took this picture out in Cali where EVERYONE drives AWESOME cars, this is an Astin Martin DB9. He so smoothly told me how he found a used one for ONLY, get this, $185,000. Yes you 'heard' right...can you believe it? Needless to say he won't be getting one..and we must be in the wrong line of work, what do people in Cali do?????

My Beautiful Baby

She is growing up so fast! These were taken in the tub (thanks for the inspiration Lauren), she LOVES bath time and really hams it up in front of the camera now!!

Burrrr...here comes winter!

Yeah, Winter is coming, that means its almost ski season!! Mom and Dad said this year I can just watch but next year they will teach me, I can't wait:)

MMMMM...star puffs!

She just loves 'em...it is so funny when she drops them, she goes looking for them but never finds them because Buster is waiting:)

Uncle Cam

As Skylar has grown she is becoming very fond of her Uncle Cam...there was a time when she was not so sure of him but now she can't get enough. She absolutely LOVES him! These pics are from the other day, he was reading his magazine and she stood up next to him and rested her head on his shoulder to look at the magazine with him. It was so cute.
We love you Cam!

Skylar & Haley

We had the pleasure of Haley & Cameron spending the holiday at Caberfaye with us! It was so nice to relax and enjoy the family. Skylar really enjoys the special times with her Aunt Hales!!

What is Daddy doing...

Last weekend Chris was burning leaves at the cabin. It was so cute Skylar was standing at the slider pounding on the glass yelling at her Dada. She is turning into such a daddy's girl, she is always so curious as to what he is doing, and she always wants to be with him!

Dad's Diaper Blunder...

I just couldn't resist...thank goodness I caught it before we had a big mess...I think there is a reason Diaper Thongs have not become a new fashion for stylish babies:)

Sometimes...

...our miracles turn out differently than we think they will. Sometimes we don't understand why. Sometimes our miracles are angels.
Our little miracle is now an angel. We found out on Monday that our baby had stopped growing and had no detectable heartbeat ( so I had to undergo a D&C on Tuesday).
Life sometimes can be so unfair or at least that is how we perceive it at the time. I know that I will get past this through many prayers and tears. God is truly amazing and although at this time I do not understand the plan here I know there is one! God Bless our angel baby.
I am so truly thankful for my perfect baby girl, Skylar, she is such an amazing joy, having her in my life helps to ease the pain of losing another! I love you Skylar!!

My Baby Girl...

...is growing up so fast! She is such a sweetie! I love you Skylar Ashlyn:)

The Cousins..

The cousins (Kailyn 21 mos., Michael 4 1/2 yrs., MaKenna 3 mos., Skylar 10 mos.) Christmas picture!

My new tricks...

I am now getting to be quite a big girl! I can pull myself up on things and I am even starting to TRY to walk around them, but I tend to take some tumbles...Mom says I will get less wobbly with practice:)

Halloween...

Skylar was a butterfly for halloween. We didn't go treat or treating but we did go visit family and family friends. Since this was Skylar's first week not being at Miss Errin's for daycare we had to go visit the Wodarski's. Then we spent some time with Aunt Boo, The Bader's and G'ma & G'pa Frye!

This past weekend was so beautiful, we were up at the cabin and the fall colors are amazing right now. We did some color tours, which did I mention the colors were incredible! And we took some family pictures, we don't get us all in the picture very often, and let me tell you it is a slight challenge with a camera timer, tri-pod and 9 month old!

The loves of my life...

Isn't this cute? I just love watching the two of them together...I am sure someday it will be more trouble than cute as they scheme against me in a plot to get all the 'toys' Chris will convince Skylar that they need!

Wanna be like Dad...

When we are at the cabin Chris gets pretty into his video games...his newest toy is a steering wheel controller with foot pedals and everything. Skylar crawled over and climbed in, I am sure she will be into cars and driving just like her daddy!

Skylar and Chelsea

Our niece Chelsea is so great with Skylar. We got to spend some time with her 2 weekends ago and she was a big help with Skylar while I was doing her sisters senior pictures!

So tired, just can't fight it anymore!

She was having a little drama queen moment, getting very upset because she couldn't crawl and drink from her bottle at the same time. I went into our bedroom mfor a moment and she stopped screaming, I came back out to see what she was up to ... just sleeping!

WOW, 9 MO. OLD ALREADY!

I really can't believe she is alreay 9 months, the time has gone by so quickly!! Skylar is doing fantastic. We had her 9 moo check up on Thursday and she is surely a peanut, she is 16.5 lbs and 28 inches, which puts her in the 20% for weight and 70% for height. She is right on track with all of her major motor skills (crawling, sitting, interest in pulling up, etc.) and she is a little ahead on her fine motor and verbalization. It is really cute her new thing is to point at things, she is so precise and accurate when she does and gets so serious too! She gets more and more fun by the day, she really loves to get into anything that she shouldn't, so she is starting to hear the word NO but doesn't quite understand yet, she just laughs when you say it, so we will continue to work on that:) I will post more pictures soon, sorry I haven't been so good, but life is keeping me VERY BUSY!!!