May Sillies

Here are our silly pictures from May. Enjoy!

Okay, this one's not silly- I just really like it- they're baking in the sun drying off from swimming.

We own our van!!!

We just paid off a significant amount- and the last of what we owe! Not bad considering we traded in our little car for our van in November- just six months! YAY!

I love sunny weather!

Serra and I have both missed our daily walks! But now it's the right weather for us to do it again. And we've joined our same walking buddies- with one new addition [my best friend, Abby had a baby in April- so she's joined us on our walks]. Anyway, here are some cute pics I've taken recently.

This is Serra sharing a stroller with her buddy, Benjamin- and his baby sister in her own stroller.


I love this picture because this is what Serra does for most of our walks- stuff her face! [Another great reason we love sunny weather- fruit is in season!!!]

Aaarrgh, Matey!

I went garage sale shopping on my birthday [which was nice enough to land on a Saturday this year!] and found this "treasure" for Serra for only a buck! Guess what she's going to be on Halloween either this year or next?

I love this picture because her curly hair works so well with this outfit- it was made for her!

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Also, here's a pic of me in my birthday present from Ian- another new outfit!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy mother's day to all you mother's out there! Here are some cute pictures of me in my mother's day present- a new outfit! And Serra wanted to be in the pictures so bad, I figured she was allowed seeing as she's the reason I'm a mother. :)

New Camera!!!

With our tax returns, we decided to use a little bit of it to spoil me- since we just bought Ian a fancy new laptop, we figured I was owed some fancy new stuff [all of which cost less than his laptop!] So.... I decided to get a new flat iron- and any women settling for something less than a CHI ceramic flat iron is just wasting time doing their hair! I LOVE this flat iron- no more weird flips, body bumps, frizzy hair... and I've straightened all of my hair in a 4th of the time! Here's a pic:

Also, I bought a new purse- well, actually 4 purses in one. It's called the Miche bag- there is a basic bag and then there are magnetic shells that go over it to change the style of the bag to match your outfit- I don't have pictures of it yet because it doesn't arrive until this week- I'll post pictures when I do have it though!

And lastly, I got a new camera- FINALLY! I have had my eye on the Nikon D40 for a long time now and I am SO glad we finally have it! I can take pictures a lot better and a lot faster- with a lot better quality. Every parent should have a good quality camera- I'm just upset we waited so long! So, you'll be seeing a lot more pictures on my blog [I think I took over 300 pictures on the day it arrived in the mail!] :) So here's a picture of my old manual film camera my dad bought me for high school graduation:
Here's the silly little compact digital camera we've been using since a little before Serra was born [would NOT recommend it to anyone!]:
And here is my new snazzy camera [sorry the picture of it stinks, but I can't use it to take a picture of it... so I had to use my silly camera one last time- and believe me, it was the LAST time!]:

Yard Work

What Ian was doing while I was busy taking over 300 pictures of Serra with our new camera:

I love this picture- Ian's stretching his back out. :)

Why was he doing yard work?... because our grass was THIS long!
Also, some of you may remember when we moved into our house, the flower beds looked like this:
Well, after two years, we finally not only weeded them completely, but we planted a few lilac and smoke bushes- and we put in gravel! Yay!

Outdoor Play

Silly Serra Pictures

Playing with Daddy's pool table [Ian's mom & I bought it for his birthday last month].

Helping Daddy vacuum her room. [Whenever she sees the camera she now says "cheese"- something she learned from her cousins... it's hard to explain to a 21 month old that sometimes you want a picture of them concentrating!]

Serra pulled out my shoes and proceeded to walk around the computer room with them on- I HAD to take a picture because it's a classic!

Craft of the Month - April

New bed sheets for Serra! [Ian picked out the fabric when I was pregnant and we didn't know the gender... I know, I know- I'm WAY behind in my crafts!]

What goes better with new sheets than a "new" bed?... Serra's in a transitional/toddler bed now- and LOVING it! She also learned how to open doors- it's a whole new world for our Serra-pie!