Tim McGraw Concert

Tim McGraw put on a free concert for the troops on Camp Pendleton. A limited purple heart recipients got access to the VIP and I emailed the lady early enough to get them! It was so cool I left Randan and Emma to get a picture and was 3 rows back from the stage! We had such a good time! Luckily it wasn't too cold and Emma did awesome! we got there at 2:00 and there were some other bands playing, cowboy Troy, Silverados, and a few others, we left and let Emmi take a nap then came back in time to watch Tim McGraw!

3 years!

Randan and I have been married 3 years on the 8th! That day Emma decided to stand up like a big girl and fall on the corner of the TV stand and cut herself. Scared me half to death. gave her a pretty good little cut by her eye, mom just super glued it since she had a doc appointment that day. Everything went great at her appointment. she is 27 3/4 long -97% 17.6lbs- 80%. So Randan and I decided we'd just do something the next day. So the 9th we went to Torry Pines Preserve In San Diego-La Jolla. There's lots of pine trees and hikes and down below is a beautiful beach! So we went on some hikes had a picnic and played a bit on the beach. Emma LOVED it. she is a total outside girl!! We had a blast! I can't believe its been 3 years. We've grown and learned so much together and im so glad I have Randan to do it with! Love you babe!

another month :)

Emma is 6 months today! I can't believe it. it is going by sooo.... fast. This month Emma has learned so many fun things

*she is sitting up by herself
*she's crawling
*she's just had her first taste of cereal. First time I gave it to her she loved it! Ate it all and opened her mouth for more. Although a lot of it ended up on her. The next few times she wasn't such a fan. we'll see how it goes :)
*she's pulling herself up to things
this makes nap time much much harder. I lay her in her crib and immediately she grabs onto the railing, pulls herself up and looks out the door waiting for me to walk by so I can see what a big girl she is. if I make eye contact with her she just starts smiling and gets so excited. :) little turkey.
*she likes being in the car again. yay... I don't dread going places anymore
*she loves going on walks and being outside
*of all her toys her favorite is... the computer cord. :( ha ha, or the tag on one of her toys. ha
*not a fan of naps. most days its a struggle to get her to take them
*wakes up about once in the night
*still loves her hands. they're almost always in her mouth
*still won't take a pacifier
*she is so smily and happy. she gabbers like crazy and laughs all the time, it doesn't take much to get her to laugh. i love that little girl more and more each day. we defiantly have our hands full and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I'm so blessed to be her mom. love you em!

My lil girls crawling!! what?

Emma is sitting and crawling! I can't believe it. she's not old enough for that ;) ha ha, how time flys. for the past few weeks she's been trying pretty hard. getting up on her hands and knees buries her head and then flops. the last weeks she moves her legs but couldn't figure her hands out. she'd even push up to her feet with her hands still on the ground and then fall cause she wouldn't move her hands. Yesterday she started moving her hands! It was so fun to watch. she'd crawl and then look at me and smile like she was so proud that she figured it out! She is such a cutie and makes mom and dad so happy! love u Em!
I have some cute pictures of Emma crawling and playing with her cousin Aiden which are so so cute. He just let her climb all over him and he just took it and laughed, so cute! I love that she has fun cousins to play with that are close to her age just wished we lived closer! My internet won't upload them though so I'll have to save them for another day :(

Marathon & 5 months (almost)

Well with Randan having his surgery on the 12th he got 30 days of leave. we knew we were coming for the St.George marathon and thought we come and spend a week. We didn't do much but it was fun to spend some time with family. Friday night before the marathon we stayed the night in St.George and played games the saturday we woke up and went to the finish line. My dads goal was 3:05 but he kept saying he probably wouldn't do it that fast. he just barely missed it. he came in at 3:07. I was so excited for him. Being there inspires me every year. not necessarily to run a marathon but to start running. hopefully this year it'll stick. Congrats dad you did awesome!!!
on a different note tomorrow Emma is 5 months old!! I can't believe it. She has changed so much in the last month.
*She rolls so good
*She reaches for things and switches between hands
*She started scooting.
*Just the other day she was on all 4's. but couldn't figure out how to move she just kept burring her head in the ground
*She laughs more and more every day
*We've had a rough patch with sleeping we tried to let her cry it out and it didn't work she is way too stubborn. so after 6 days of it we gave up and now she wakes up about once a night sometimes twice, which isn't too bad.
*She is such a snuggle bug. I love this! although she won't let you rock her to sleep, silly girl.
We love u Emmi!

4 months and a visit!

Emmi is 4 months!! She's growing, learning, and changing soo... much!
*She loves to stand on your lap (she thinks she's pretty strong)
*She LOVES the beach. seems like she never fusses when we're there
*her little sleeping pattern has changed quite a bit. each night when I put her down my fingers are crossed. sometimes she wakes up once and sometimes every 2 hours.
*She smiles/laughs all the time
*She hates to be held like a baby
*likes her stroller
*talks and makes motor boat noises
*Rolls both ways
*grabs her toesies
*wears 6 month clothes
*Still loves everything to go in her mouth and normally always has her fingers in there :/
*has her parents wrapped around her finger already!
love you emma!!
Also for Labor day weekend my parents, sister and her two kids came and visited! We had a Blast and we're so glad they came. We spent most our time at the beach which was so fun for everyone. The waves we're the biggest we'd ever seen. It was a blast. we spent a day at the swap meet, ate some good food both at Joes Crab Shack and at Randan and my favorite, Rockin Baja Coastal Cantina. I was so glad that Emma got to spend some time with them, we loved the company!

4 years done, 4 to go??

Well I have to do a little brag post about Randan. Today he's been in the Marine Corps for 4 years! Its so crazy to me. what a crazy 4 years its been. I missed the whole boot camp phase but since he got back from boot camp we've been together. He has worked so hard and gone to so many schools not to mention gotten high shooter and been at the top of the class in most of them. he's deployed twice, once on a MEU for 8 months. and the second one to Afghanistan where he got shot 2 months into it. he's been in the sniper platoon for I think 3 years maybe just 2 I'm not sure and has loved it! He really enjoys his job and what he does, which makes it all worth it. He would be getting out today but with being shot he'll have to stay in at least until his leg is completely healed which who knows how long that'll be, he's going in for another surgery on sept. 12th. he's even contemplating signing on for another 4 years but we'll just see. one day at a time :) I'm so proud of Randan and all that he's accomplished in his 4 years in the Marine Corps. He's such a great Marine, husband and daddy! don't know what we'd do without him!