Family Vacation = Lots of pictures

At the end of July we went on a 10 day trip to Mammoth with our families. The first 5 days was with my family and the next 5 were with the Gregory's. While we were there Grace learned what fishing was all about, saw Devil's Postpile (about a 5 mile hike), loved being with all of her cousin's, aunts, uncles, and Grandma's and Grandpas, almost saw a bear, but missed it by a day, and overall loved her first vacation. Notice the wine bottle in the background in the above picture...yes, we drank wine and fished!!

While we were up there we made a great investment in this carrier. Grace loves it as you can see. I highly recommend it -by Kelty

The ladies in white hats...better than the red ones!

Drinking wine from plastic cups

Eric and J

Krista, Jason and Jack wanted to get in the water...it was freezing. They didn't care!

Murphy wanted to come fishing with us. Such a sad looking dog. He loves Mammoth.

Our hike to Devils Postpile. G was awesome, she slept most of the way.

Hollow tree

Mom, Marysol, Jack, Jason and Krista at the end of our hike dipping their feet in the water.

Grace and her Daddy

Silly Jack

Now, pictures from the Gregory trip...

Jason P and EZ getting ready to catch some fish at Lake Mary

EZ and Violet getting super dirty. It might be hard to tell, but V's face is covered with dirt.

Nanny and V

Carrie and Gavin waiting for a bite

Poppy just getting started!

I love this picture of EZ- he has found other things to do while everyone else sits and stares at their fishing poles.

Gavin is quite the fisherman

V's turn with the net

The rule is: You have to kiss your first fish. Yuck!

We brought the jumper for G which was very entertaining for everyone.

Can you see EZ looking at the fish? Gavin is so proud standing next to the fish he helped reel in.



Dan and Bethany, we missed you guys! Next year is a must.

Fun and Busy weekend

4th of July weekend was filled with stuff to do. We had tons of fun. Friday night we had a bbq at our house with the Gregory's and later played in the pool. This was Grace's first time in a swimsuit and in the pool other than just her feet.

J and I had a wedding for our good friends Rena and Bennett on the eve of July 4th at the Long Beach Yacht Club. It was such a beautiful wedding, intimate, personal, and so much fun.

From Left: Russell, Jason S., Jason G., Chris M, Greg, Chris I., John
Grace's 4th of July outfit. She was such a trooper. We ran on the boardwalk in HB with Jason's parents, sister and kids. We watched the HB parade and then ran back. We started at 9 am and didn't get home until 1:30...she was so good!

Our friend Jayme invited us over to her house for her birthday BBQ and swimming. Below is a picture of Grace hanging out with her new BFF, Addison Kaikko. They're going to be thick as thieves, those two! Look at the matching headbands. Thank you Aunt Jenny.

Catching up

It has been a busy month for the Gregory family. Grace is growing so fast, and we're enjoying every moment of her. Today she is 20 weeks old. She is definitely going through a growth spurt. She was sleeping through the night for about a month, and this past week she started waking up again once or twice a night. She is now rolling over (back to front, front to back), babbling so much more (she said, "uh-oh", on command), and is teething (we felt her two bottom teeth today as she was chewing on our fingers and on her own).

Grace hangs out with Grandma on Tuesdays while mom and dad are working. She looks forward to this day every week. Grandma spoils her for sure!

On May 11th my friend Jenny welcomed her baby girl, Addison, into the world (in her bedroom). It was a total accident. She couldn't get to the hospital on time! Addison is adorable and so sweet. Mom and baby are doing great.

On June 12th my friend Nicole welcomed her baby girl, Mandy, into the world.She is to tiny and equally adorable. This is Nicole's 3rd little girl!
Congratulations to both of you! Grace has so many girlfriends to play with.

We celebrated my mom's birthday on June 7th. She came over with my newphews, Jack & Jason, and we made her a big lunch and spent a few hours walking around fashion island. Grace had her first ride on the merry-go-round.





A week and a half ago we welcomed home Jason's mom and dad after being in Sudan for nearly 3 months. We missed them dearly and are so glad to have them home. Grace loves hanging out with her Nanny and Poppy.

Yesterday was Jason's first Father's Day and we had such a great day! He gives Grace and I so much to celebrate. Grace is the luckiest little girl to have a daddy like him. He can't wait to get home from work to see her, gives her baths every night, sings to her, reads to her, take her on runs & walks, and just can't get enough of her. Thank you J, for being the most amazing father.

Sleeping like a baby

I first have to mention that Jason and I got a new mattress today after many years of needing a new one (the mattress was more than 15 years old). Needless to say, we can't wait to sleep tonight. When it comes to sleeping, we are ALL getting a little more sleep these days. The last three nights Grace has been sleeping 8 hours through, skipping her first night time feeding. It has been so great! I pray that this continues.
She is now starting to roll over, hold her head up, sit up in her Bumbo, blow bubbles, enjoys playing on her play mat, and loves to smile!
Daniel and Bethany were over this past weekend and they took some amazing pictures with their awesome camera. We had a great time hanging out with them and are excited that they are a little closer to us. Enjoy some pictures.

After bath time all bundled up

Spending time on her play mat

One of my clients gave Grace a frog puppet that makes noise...she loves it!

Happy Girl

Mother's Day

When I asked Jason what we should do for Mother's Day (thinking we could invite my mom over for lunch or something), he said, "Isn't that for me to plan?". I was thinking, since when have you planned Mother's Day...not thinking correctly. Well, since I became a mom!! Totally forgot that I was going to celebrate my first Mother's Day this year.
The day was awesome. J took a feeding for me that night and he and Grace let me sleep in until 9 am. That felt so good. I was greeted by the two of them with breakfast in bed. J had cooked breakfast with G in the bjorn...it was really cute. Scrambled eggs, toast, juice and coffee. Just what the dr. ordered. I got lots of little gifts (running outfit, a new book, my favorite candy, Kenny Chesney's new CD, gum), and a big one...my new Blackberry! I love my husband. He is so extremely thoughtful and creative when it comes to buying me gifts.
Later in the afternoon we went over to my moms house for dinner. We had a great time with everyone.