Long Time No Post!

Wow! I just decided to check out my blogs again I did not realize how long it has been since I updated my blogs! I sure hope you people weren't holding your breaths waiting on my next post?!? lol just kidding... but I will update ya on what has been going on so far with our little family.

We have been enjoying every second of parenthood and loving our lives together as a family! Daddy has been gone alot off and on here the past few months with underways and such although I was very glad that he got to come back home when I went into the hospital. Yea that's right I had a little stay in the hospital about the end of June.

I thought all of the terrible abdomen pain was appendicitis but turned out to be that a section of my large intestine was inflamed. So with about two days of antibiotics and NO FOOD, they decided to let me go home with all of us crossing our fingers that it didn't happen again or I was going to be dissected for the medical students to learn how to remove a portion of a person's large intestines...haha sarcasm of course! As bad as that sounds, they were more concerned with how high my blood pressure was, especially for my age, and were determined to figure out the cause before they released me from the hospital. Well an ultrasound and 50,000 questions later, they figured out that the cause of my high blood pressure is that God decided to loose a game of Operation while hard wiring my arteries in my mommy's tummy. Just a quick health lesson to explain: The aorta is the main artery that runs from your heart down to your kidneys where it splits to run to your left and right kidneys. As I commented a second ago, God decided to split my left artery a second time leaving me with two arteries running to my left kidney. If that is not weird enough, I guess he decided to make those arteries smaller than usual just to see what that would do. Turns out that causes high blood pressure in a girl that has never been to the doctor in her life other than to get a physical for sports! This is apparently so rare that doctor's do not have a name for it...lol lucky me! As of right now the blood pressure medicine is working wonders and keeping it down, but if that ever decides to stop working then I will have to undergo surgery to put a stint in my right artery and to reconstruct my two left arteries into a large one.

So our summer was quite eventful needless to say..lol! However, we have our baby girl's first birthday coming up soon so we are still planning all the party favors for that exciting/sad day!! Keep ya posted!!

New Family Pictures!

We decided to get some new family pictures done for Father's Day since Cassie is now alot easier to catch smiling on camera lol! We have tried out Walmart and Sears so we decided to check out JCPennys since our friends, The Lynch's, tried them the day before and they turned out great! A 50%off coupon is quite persuasive as well lol! Cassie did great at smiling and was a real ham with the camera which is out of the ordinary..haha. She didn't want to quite sit up until Daddy told her that she would sit up if her boyfriend, Hunter, was around and she sat straight up..haha! The other funny thing for the day was when we went to take pictures of just her. She didn't want to sit up by herself and was starting to get alittle fussy until we stood her up and then she started giggling, so we decided to see if she would stand up by herself leaning up against something like a stool. Surprisingly, she LOVED it and stood there for about 15min or so just hamming the camera up! That was the first time she has stood like that by herself and she was a champ! It helped too that the lady there was great with kids so it made Cassie super excited! They turned out super cute and I'm so glad we got them done! We will definitely use JCPennys again!

*The Kelly's*

*Daddy's Girl*

*Mommy's World*

*My top model lol*

*8 1/2 months old*

*my big girl*

*hamming it up!*

*she loved standing up by herself*

Fun in the Sun

Another day of fun in the sun.... but this time by the pool!! lol We all decided to hang out over at our apartment's pool instead of heading to the beach again since it was REALLY HOTT outside! The babies definitely didn't argue with that since they love the pool! lol I swear my little princess would layout there with me and tan if I gave her her keys and sippy cup lol. The Lynch's, the Low's, Salas and his new girl decided to join us for some great food and drinks by the pool! Can you say Strawberry Margaritas?! YEAH! After wearing the babies out by the pool, we went back to our place and grilled some burgers and shrimp again! The boys are such great chefs lol... at least they are great at the grill! Us ladies took care and played with the babies and as usual plenty of girl talk! Great times with great friends as always!!

*the girls playing lol*

*my silly girl*

*our pretty women*

*Daddy Daycare lol*

*swimming with daddy*

*lounging in the pool*

*The Lynch's!!*

Beach Bums

Well we finally got a chance to head down to the beach! Why is it when you live at the beach you rarely actually visit the beach? lol I guess it's just one of those things, but we had a blast! Our friends the Lynch's, Salas, and Kim all joined us for some awesome burgers and hot dogs thanks to the men maning the grill! lol How many men does it take to grill food on a grill? Apparently 3 in our case lol, but they were delicious regardless of the manpower!

We enjoyed the rest of the day relaxing on the beach while the babies rolled around on their beach towels. Cassie and Hunter did not care too much for the mushy sand and cold ocean water, but they had a ball cuddling and playing all day long! Needless to say they were wore slap out by the end of the day, but that made for happy parents lol! The boys of course played football and froze their balls off in the ocean and us ladies enjoyed the warm sun tanning and having our girl talks! A great time as always!! Hopefully more beach outings before it gets too hott outside this summer otherwise it's off to the pool we go! lol

*our three stooges lol*

*the babies playing on their beach towels*

*Cassie's Daddy playtime lol *

*the youngest couple on the beach...so cute lol*

*My princess and I*

Happy 1st Mother's Day!

Well if I must say so myself, I had a pretty great first mother's day weekend! It pretty much started friday night when Daddy got home from work after we had eaten dinner. We got our princess down to sleep for the night and decided to sit up and enjoy a few drinks while we played cards til 5am! lol Then Saturday, Daddy had softball practice at 12pm however he could not get out of bed so we pretty much laid around all morning lol. Then we had a blast hanging out with The Lynch's and The Low's the rest of the evening. It was great to just relax with some drinks with some great friends although we got our butts whooped by The Low's in pictionary lol. Of course the babies had fun as well since they always do lol. Cassie apparently loves The Lynch's little yorkie since she pretty much laughed her little booty off at him as he walked around outside..silly lady! Finally on Sunday, Cassidy and I relaxed most of the day while Daddy cleaned the whole house! It's so sexy to watch a man clean! lol I received a dozen red roses w/ a Mother's Day balloon and card from Daddy and a chocolate ice cream cake from my baby girl which was delicious! That evening we went out to eat at Outback, rented a couple of movies, and after we got our princess down for the night I enjoyed a foot and back massage from my amazing hubby! All in all, it was a great first mother's day weekend, but the best part is that I am blessed with the most beautiful baby girl in the world! Her smile lets me know I'm somebody's hero <3

*my roses and balloon from Daddy

*my sweet note from Daddy

*my chocolate ice cream cake from Cassie lol yum!!