Birthday Boy!

Elijah is becoming a big boy...he recently turned 2! I had a great weekend up in Bakersfield celebrating Elijah birthday and hanging out with my sister. I hadn't seen Jen or the baby bump in a couple of months so it was great to see her...she's only two weeks away from meeting her little girl. Since I am sure Elsie will get a lot of attention when she make her debut, the rest of this post will focus on Elijah. I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you are having a bad day go see Elijah and your day will instantly get better...he is all smiles, gives the best hugs and loves to entertain.

It's about time...

After almost two months, I decided it was probably time to update the blog. So tonight I went to town and think I've done a pretty good job at summing up the last couple of months. Enjoy!

**Jim is loving his new job and apartment up in Costa Mesa. It is fun to think that we have a "second" home outside of San Diego that we can escape to on the weekends :) It's not as cool as having a second "vacation" home in Hawaii or in the mountains but it is the O.C. **

Busy, Busy, Busy Weekend

I've found since Jim started working in Costa Mesa that our weekends seem to fill up quickly... from running errands, taking Maddux out to play, celebrating birthdays, to just relaxing and spending time together. I make sure not to take advantage of our time together since our week together has gone from seven days to two. Still, there is a lot to do in those two days and I think we have been doing a pretty good job balancing everything. This past weekend was no exception.

Thanks to Viv and Roxy, we had another spontaneous play date at Balboa Park Dog Park Saturday morning. It has been fun finding all of the new dog spots around San Diego. The early morning play date was followed by my friend's son's 1st birthday party. Jim was such a good sport accompanying me to the birthday without a single complaint even though he didn't really know anyone there before going. It's the little things like this that make me appreciate him more and more.



Later in the day we met up with Andrea and Reggie to celebrate Andrea's 26th birthday at Red Robin. Red Robin burgers are her favorite. Like usual, we had a great time hanging out and talking. Andrea is an awesome person and friend. I just love her! Happy Birthday!

I can never get enough of Elijah!

My mom and dad had Elijah last week and were kind enough to invite me to stay with them for the week so that I could spend some time with him too. Even though I haven't been able to spend as much time with him as I would have liked to over the past few months, he still knows and loves his auntie jac. The minute he saw me ha came running over with his arms wide open and the biggest smile. He sure know how to give hugs :) I looked forward to this routine everyday when I got home from work. Elijah sure was spoiled between me, grandma and grandpa.

My mom and I took Elijah to the beach for the first time. We started out on the board walk with a carousel ride. He loved watching all the people, rolling around in the sand and splashing in the ocean.





The next day Elijah and I spent the evening with Andrea, Reggie and Corban. It is quite entertaining to watch a one year and two year old runaround and play with each other. It was nice to gt to hangout with Andrea. Some day our kids will get to have play dates but for now I'll just have to steal Elijah for them. I never knew that blanket would create so much joy, laughs and fun. Elijah and Corban must have played under the blanket for like twenty minutes.

The time I spent with Elijah makes me miss him even more. I love my little nephew. Can't wait to see him this weekend for his 2nd birthday!

Girls Weekend Getaway

Last weekend my small group girls and I had a girls weekend. We had been planning the trip for a few months and decided to go to the OC. This was before Jim had taken the position in Costa Mesa. We stayed at the Hilton which was less than a mile away from Jim's. The girls were kind of enough to let me spend some time with Jim Friday night since otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see him for two weeks. I had a great time checking out his new place, grabbing dinner and just hanging out. I met up with the girls later that night and from there it was all girls weekend. We did what girls do best...shopping, laying out at the pool, eating and girl talk. I had an awesome time with the girls and getting to know better.

Fun afternoon at the beach!

A few weeks ago Jim and I stayed with my parents at their timeshare just north of us. We are lucky enough to have an awesome friend, Vivian, who loves Maddux and takes her when we go out of town. It doesn't hurt that Viv is Roxy's, Maddux's best friend, mom. I called Viv to pick up Maddux on our way back home and found out they were getting ready to head down to dog beach in Coronado so Jim and I decided to meet them there.


It ended up being a fun, spontaneous afternoon. Maddux and Roxy had a blast playing in the water and chasing eachother around. They both were sooo tired and but looked so happy. We ended the afternoon eating some great bar-b-que at the ferry landing and walking along the bay.

I guess we get spoiled living in San Diego.