Slacker

I have not done a very good job this summer with keeping up with blogging. I have had plenty of things to blog about but never followed through with actually posting much. I wanted to post these random pictures of Christian taken this summer.

The above picture shows Christian sporting his summer "mullett."

Do I have something on my face?

Sweetie Pie Magee

FUN at the Spray Park with Cousins

Enjoying his favorite swing

I love this one !

He is such a big boy! He would go down the slide (with a little help from Mom and Dad)

Man we LOVE this kid!

Utah

We Made It!

Christian and I set out at 3:30 a.m. last Thursday for the very long drive to Utah. It was time to go see Papa and Nana! On paper this is a 622 mile, 10 hour drive but with a child it turned out to be about 11 or 12 hours. I had been wanting to take this journey since the beginning of the year and after much planning (and purchasing a DVD player for the car) we packed up and hit the road.

I need to take a minute here to brag about my little travelin' sidekick aka Christian "cutie-pie" Lee. This was, hands down, the easiest trip I have ever made with him. He did not fuss even once....no joke. We had recently turned his car seat so it was facing forward and put the DVD player in the Explorer. I think this played a HUGE part in his good behavior. He could make faces and blow raspberries in the mirror that I bought. He munched on popcorn puffs, peanut butter crunch, sandwiches, yogurt and bananas. I brought along the infamous firetruck toy and we stopped at several rest stops to stretch and run off some energy. After he ran around a bit he easily went back into his car seat and watched the next movie. He napped and ate and drank and laughed and danced and clapped and squealed. I am still in shock at how well he did and I am hoping that I am not jinxing our trip home by writing about it on my blog. I just had to say how wonderful he was!

When we arrived at Salt Lake we met Dad and Peggy at a school to watch Ty's football game. Christian was very excited to see his papa and explore the football grounds with him.

After the game we went to my new favorite Mexican restaurant called La Frontera where we ate smothered burritos and chips and salsa till our mouths caught fire. Christian especially enjoyed the refried beans! Papa filled him up with sugar and soda and lets just say that Christian's first night of sleep at Papa and Nana's was an eventful one!

The next morning we took Christian to his Nana's salon for his first offical salon style haircut. He set up in the big boy seat all by himself and watched in the mirror as his locks were swiftly cut away. He was a very good boy and so his Papa gave him more sugar!

Here are the "after" shots of his new hair cut with his Nana:

What a handsome boy!

My dad gave Christian this "wiggle car" and he was able to get around on it just fine. He pushes it with his feet and steers. He makes it go backwards and steers around in a circle. It was fun to watch him take off on it.

Christian had a lot of fun playing with Hadlee and Raylee!

We had a really good time visiting in Utah. Jason came up for a few days too. We cut our trip a little short and went home early. Christian was pretty tuckered out from all the fun and excitement and was having some pretty restless nights with his O2 sats running low. So that was my clue that it was time... we were there for 10 days and we will definitely be going back again!

Here are some pictures of Christian saying goodbye to his Chubby Papa:

Happy {late posted} Birthday Mom!

My beautiful mother celebrated her birthday on the 11th, and because I have been a slacker in blog land lately, I am just now posting her birthday party pics.

I made these homemade strawberry cupcakes that were so {girly} and pretty, just like Mom. I got the recipe from one of my favorite blogs.

We had a load of family over, including all of my cousins on my mom's side. That rarely ever happens. My Grandpa and Grandma and Aunt Cherrie and Kirby made the drive too. All to celebrate Mom on her special day!

This is a picture of all the cousins except for Matt because he had to leave to go to work. I think we were little kids the last time we all were together at the same time.

Happy Birthday Mom! We love you!

30

I celebrated my 30th birthday today and I just would like to say that I feel fabulous about being 30!!! I mean, I was not dreading this birthday one bit, in fact, it was the most fun {weekend} I have had. AND......do you see this HUGE CHOCOLATE CAKE I am holding??? This was the best cake ever and it was made from scratch by my beautiful friend, Lisa. If I had even a little depression about turning 30 this cake would have made it go away! It was soooooo good!

My birthday weekend started out with a girl's night out on Friday night. We went to Cedar's in Kennewick and had drinks and watched the sunset. Once the sun went down we moved inside and shared laughs and yummy chocolate covered desserts! I am not afraid to admit that when nine o'clock rolled around my eyelids were feeling a little heavy. I could try to blame it on the lemon drop I was drinking but I will just be honest....staying out late is just not my thing anymore and I am totally OKAY with that! We did end up staying out till about 11:30 though.

Saturday morning I had my Silpada Open House and as a hostess I earned $350 in FREE jewelry!!! Happy Birthday to me....Happy Birthday to me........can you sense my excitement???? Shela brought all kinds of yummy food and stiff drinks! She created such a lovely array of FUN jewelry that I just had to take a photo. Here it is:Then later that afternoon we had a Birthday BBQ at the park. It was a great way to celebrate this milestone in my life. I was surrounded by my wonderful family and the best of friends. The food was delicious and it was a beautiful day.

I would like to personally thank all of my sweet family and dear friends for making this birthday so special for me. I truly am a blessed girl for having all of you in my life! I love you! I am excited to see what my 30's will bring! I have no doubt that the best is yet to come. :)

My Two Guys

Like {handsome} Father..........

Like {adorable} Son....... :)

Christian wants to be just like his daddy....

......and he is.

I love that about him.