Let's Get Crafty!

Last weekend we headed to IKEA to purchase a small $19.99 desk and chair set I had my eye on for Mads.  Out of the box it's rather plain so I decided to add a little vinyl and spray paint to give it a makeover! I had seen the idea a few days earlier on Facebook and loved it.  After my crafting was done, it was time for Madelyn to get a little messy so we opened some paint and let her have at it!  After painting we figured, why not go outside and play with sidewalk chalk, right?  She had a blast and enjoyed painting on her paper almost as much as she enjoyed painting on her legs...

Finished product

She loves her new table set!

Good thing it's washable!

Promotion to Lieutenant!

March 1st, I was able to join David for his promotion ceremony - that's two for two (was able to attend his promotion to LTJG as well...newly pregnant :0).  Anyhow, the ceremony was brief but very nice and you could feel the support for David from his fellow colleagues.  It started with David's CO saying a few nice words about what the bars for each rank stand for then they moved forward to the oath; David repeated it flawlessly.  After the oath, I was able to take off his LTJG silver bars and replace them with lieutenant bars!  After a few handshakes and paper signing, it was official!  We celebrated by going out for lunch at Pizza Nova in San Diego splitting a pepperoni/pepperoni & mushroom pizza, ceasar salad and a yummy apple cobbler dessert!  We decided it best to keep Mads in daycare since the location of the ceremony was under heavy construction...not a good place for our little love bug.  I just finished up sewing on his new patches on his uniforms so he's all set for his first full day of work on Monday as LT Gardner - so proud of him!!

After our celebratory lunch

Getting his new bars!

Taking the oath

Handshakes from the CO

David and his CO

Signing the papers to make it official!

David and CSO

Park Time

Daddy took Mads to the park one day while mommy went shopping with a friend.  Mads is mildly obsessed with plants/flowers :0)  Here are some pictures from her day at the park!

New Hat!

Mads got a very cute hat from one of her BFF's awhile ago...it's still a bit big but we wanted to give it a try during one of our recent walks.  Daddy caught some awfully cute shots of Mads, I think you'll agree :0)

Thanksgiving 2012

For Thanksgiving this year, we joined our amazing landlord family once again for a yummy feast! This is the second year we have joined them for turkey day and it is always soooo delicious. Lillian and Jerry fixed two turkeys, one ham, stuffing, homemade rolls, cranberries and my favorite: homemade chicken and noodles!!!! We brought a green bean casserole, corn casserole and a pumpkin pie (to add to the cherry, apple, pumpkin and pecan already there). Man, just typing this makes me feel full all over again but we thoroughly enjoyed celebrating Thanksgiving with the Harveys and are thankful they invited us over. Here's a family picture the Harveys took before we headed home :0)

Our Bathing Beauty

Bathing beauty - enough said :0)

So glad David was home to capture this!

Happy Cow for Halloween!

We celebrated Halloween a few days early by going to Seaport Village's Halloween Bash this past Saturday.  All of the stores were open and passing out candy, restaurants were hoppin' and costumes were everywhere!  We saw a ladybug, the little mermaid, pirates and candy corn princesses but none were as adorable as our little Mads sporting her cow cstoume!!  She got many "ooooh's" and "ahhhhh's" and brought a smile to everyone she passed.  Take a look at the pictures and I bet you'll agree that you've never seen a cuter cow than she!

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we met up with some friends, the Albrechts and the Holmeses, at a pumpkin patch in Del Mar. It's a good thing we decided to meet up around 10am because it warmed up in no time and before we knew it, we were all on meltdown and in need of some lunch. After taking some pictures, picking out the perfect mini pumpkins and riding a few rides, we headed up the coast and found a little cafe that overlooked the ocean - a perfect way to wrap up our day.