Swim lessons start! The whole pool heard the loud and super excited "WAAAWAAA" echoing through the building as she points at the pool. Yes dear :) Thats the water.
Needless to say, she loves it! She is a typical 2 year old though so she has a hard time with doing what she is supposed to be doing, as opposed to whatever the hell she wants to do...but for the most part she is doing great!
ROAD Trip!! Spring Break quickly approached (um, schools almost over??) and my mom, Aunt Deb, Alyssa and I headed off to Vegas to meet up for some yard shopping and a general girls trip. I was nervous for Alyssa (she doesn't have the best driving personality) but I was excited enough for us both, I went to Walmart and filled a little tote bag full of little toys and games to surprise her with and it was a hit. She seriously did not fuss at all, I repeat did NOT fuss. She sang and played and entertained herself the whole trip. Oh and No nap. She has never liked her car seat and the last few trips to visit in Vacaville she has not slept so I was worried, but she did great. So proud of my little stinker :) Showing off for Aunt Deb so she wont rat her out to Lily haha. The night we got into Vegas we met Jenn and Ollie for dinner at a Mexican place and both kids played while the adults chatted. We snagged some booze before checking into the hotel. I should have taken pictures of the room!! It was a 2 bedroom suite, so Lyss and I shared a room and Deb and mom shared, each with our own bathrooms and a full living room and kitchen set up. We were able to let the kid nap and not bother her (or her bothering us really haha) and it was our little home away from home.
Day 1. Had to check out Little Baja for Deb to see if she found the perfect fountain, and she did! Lyss liked getting shuttled around and she kept running from fountain to fountain sticking her head under the water then shouting "WAAWAA".
Hotel had a pool and I, of course, forgot Alyssa's swimsuit and her swimmer diapers, but she didn't mind one bit.
Ollie showed off to Alyssa, swimming around like a total pro.
Day 2. We headed out to Boulder City to see an outside decor place that Deb has been to, I was in heaven!! So many pretty things, I bought new wall art for the front of my house, a beautiful butterfly trellis and a potted plant structure full of bright pink flowers. (Alyssa got ahold of my camera and the pictures I took are super blurry). Being so close to the Hoover Dam, I was determined to go!! I have never been, so we took the 10 minute drive and headed over. Such a huge process, the new bridge going to Arizona was so impressive. I'm a happy girl. Love getting to experience these things for the first time with my daughter.
The road home. Again, NO meltdowns, and no nap. Darn, but she did so well and was so dang excited to see her DADA, after unloading all the treasures and packing up my Jeep, all I heard from Nono's house to our house was "DADADADA" "I LOVE DADA" (or something that sounds like that haha) and singing. Such a damn trooper.
I love little vacations but was excited to hear that we have 2 full weekends 'off' before heading to Sacramento to see Jason run his 2nd 50 mile race (yes MILES) Sacramento area to Auburn.
No other news on the sibling for Lyss area, still charting, still trying. It is what it is :)
And we are all anxiously waiting for the newest little one, who should make his appearance any day!! Don't stress too much Mal ;) Love you guys! Cant wait to hold a newborn again, its been too long.
