Happy Birthday Ivy!

Ivy wanted a Princess party for her 3rd birthday, so she had a few of her girlfriends over and Cinderella came over for a tea party and played a couple of games with the girls.

Scarlett, Stella, Ivy and Amelia.

check out Violet trying to get in on the action.

Cinderella read some stories and did a few games with the girls.

The girls had a tea party with Cinderella.

The whole gang.

Happy Memorial Day !?!?

So, we were BBQ-ing in the backyard with Ivy's cousins and their friends and she decided to stand up in the wagon just as it was being pulled. Ivy fell straight back on her head on the cement. Tracy and I headed to the CHOC emergency room and on the way there she started throwing up and she kept saying she couldn't keep her eyes open. Totally freaked out, they rushed us right in and got a ct scan of her head. The verdict, one concussion and a 3 inch fracture of her skull and one overnight stay in the hospital for observation. By the next night Ivy was still sore but she was her usual self. No running, climbing or playing with anything with wheels for a couple of months.

At he hospital, Ivy was the total hit of the entire floor. She had nurses bringing her all kinds of stuff and when the doctor came in she said "So this is Ivy, the one everyone is talking about."
She got so much attention she wants to go back.

Ivy's First Open House.

Ivy's Teachers, Miss Jennifer and Miss Shannon.

Ivy's classroom.

Kids in her class.

Last week Ivy had her first open house at her preschool. We got to meet her classmates and their parents and they had set up little stations to show off what they are learning in class.

Easter 2009

We all went over to Tracy's parents house for Easter. They weren't even there, (cruise ship through the panama canal) but that didn't stop us. The Barnett's, Goodell's, Devine's, Taylor's, Hardigree's and the Yoshihara's all represented.

Violet is 6 Months!

She getting SO big...

YO GABBA GABBA!

So unless you have young kids you probably wouldn't even know what "Yo Gabba Gabba" is.

It's pretty much a hip kids show that parents can watch and not go crazy. Anyway, the host of the show, DJ Lance Rock was going to make a appearance with "Toodee" at the Kid Robot store in Hollywood on Melrose Ave.

So after an almost 2 hour drive, this is what the line looked like. The thing is, the line turns the corner and is at least 4 times as long. I'd say at least 200+ people. The man with the camo hat and beard is the father of the girl in the "Toodee" suit. He started to talk to us and told us who he was, when Kilty yells out, "Hey, can you get our kids in there?" Next thing you know Ivy and Stella are going through the front door holding the man's hands. We had just met some people that had made the drive from San Diego and had been in line since 4pm. It was almost 8 when they left the store.

This is Ivy and Stella before they got in. We were hoping they would just sneak in or make puppy dog eyes in the window and DJ Lance would feel sorry for them and let them in.

Random stuff.

Violet is getting BIG! At 4 months, her 2 bottom teeth started coming in. Ivy didn't get teeth until her 9th month.

Violet went to the doctors for her check-up and the doctor said she was "off the charts" for her weight. 19 pounds at 5 months. she's pretty much wearing 9-12 month size clothes.

 We went to the Santa Ana Zoo and Ivy got to feed the goats.

   Ivy having a good time on the "horsies"

  Ivy and Stella during a "fashion show" they put on for us.