Sometimes it takes a village...

to watch our little Emma.

Douggie was traveling today and I had a crazy schedule, so I had to call in for some extra help today.

#1 Katie

One of the girls who works for me.

Super sweet!!! She dashed over straight from school to watch her while I was in a meeting.

#2 Ever faithful Abuelita Rose

#3 Equally faithful Papa Bob

#4 busy mama even took a turn

#5 Terrific Tessa

She is my boss' daughter who is home on spring break from college.

LOVE her!!! Who gives up their spring break to watch a 14 month old?

That's right 5 people!

Here was our crazy day:

Drop Emma off at Papa and Abuelita's

Abuelita volunteered in Jacob's class

Mama picked up Emma at Jacob's school

We headed to my work for a meeting

Katie took a long walk with Emma in the park

Mama met up with Katie and Emma

Took Emma back to J's school so Emma could join in the party

Papa joined in on the party

Mama went back to work

Abuelita and Papa took the kids to the park

They went home

Mama picked Emma up

We went home

Tessa came over

Mama had to go to another meeting

Came home and I am officially pooped!

Everyone had busy schedules today, so they all rallied and helped out when they could.

This little girl sure got a lot of attention today. Man she is loved!!!

I can't thank everyone enough for helping out! I for sure couldn't have done it without you.

And huge props to Emma, she is such a trooper and put up with the crazy day today.

Jacob's School Easter Party

Today at Jacob's pre-school, they had their Easter party.

Family was welcome, so Papa, Abuelita and Emma all made an appearance.

Jacob doing a little "egg on a spoon" relay race.

Emma watching the big kids and doing a little hula hoop.

Then the Easter Bunny made an appearance.

Emma gave him his carrot...

and sat for a second, but then she was over him.

Thanks papa Bob for snapping a few pictures to share.

Emma loves her swing!

Today Mama and Emma took a little trip to Toys R Us and picked up a swing.

The little gal LOVES it!

I can't get over her little gap. It is kinda funny and cute at the same time.

* Click on the picture to enlarge it and get the full effect.

How do you follow up a topless swinging session? Well with a topless running session around the yard of course.

Wonderful ending to a yucky day

Have you ever had one of those days where no matter how much you slept, you just didn't feel like yourself? Not throwing up sick or anything, just not feeling good.

Well I had one of those days and slept and slept the day away.

*And no I am not preggo!

I went and picked up the kiddo from Abuelita Rose and we were happily greeted by Douggie at home.

It was such a beautiful day, so we all headed outside.

Boy kiddo, you really know how to make Mama feel better!!!

She is such a curious little thing, I love to just watch her explore.

Matt's party on top of a party

This weekend we headed up to Mike & Steph's house to celebrate with her cousin Matt.

He just turned 25 and he also graduated from college in December. His original grad party was postponed, but it was well worth the wait.

We arrived in Temecula about an hour before the party and I had the brilliant idea to do a little wine tasting to kill some time. We went to one of our favorites, Wilson Creek.

And yep, we were those parents that brought their kid with them to the winery.

Then off to the party

Mike & Taylyr

Chase & Emma

Little Chase LOVES Emma, they are so cute together.

Emma & Taylyr

And finally a picture of the Graduate/Birthday boy Matt with his Nana Flo.

Matt we are all so proud of you!

Another Bday shout out!!!

Time to give someone a very special birthday wish!!!

Someone LOVES the camera!

Not great at holding the sign.

Man this sign stuff is making me thirsty!

Happy Birthday Lisa!

We wore a little green today...

Huge emphasis on the little!

So this morning while dressing Emma, I realized that she doesn't have much green to pick from. Then I came across this little dress. You see, it was originally an old dress of hers that was never put away with her clothes that she had outgrown. So I decided to see if it would fit. Well sure enough it did. I used her adorable jean skirt, and then we had a perfect St. Patty's Day outfit that didn't scream as if we tried too hard.

Funny thing about the outgrown dress... it was a size 3 months!

Boy her mama is ghetto!!!

On a side note, a very special Birthday shout out to one of my oldest and dearest friends Allyson.

She turned 29 again, and I will be joining her in a few short months.

We hope you had a magical day Allyson, you deserve it!!!

And we're off...

to DC that is.

We decided to make a girls trip to DC to visit my good friend Lisa, her husband and their new baby Nina. Douggie suggested that I bring Abuelita Rose with us to help out, and that was probably one of his best ideas ever. She was such a big help! It was also so fun to show her around, because this was her 1st trip to DC.

We headed out on Thursday evening. We flew in to SF and had a layover, then took the red eye in to Dulles.

Emma all set to go in the SD airport.

She was hilarious with her backpack that Nina gave her. She could hardly keep her balance, but she didn't care, she loved her backpack.

Reading and drinking a little milk at the SF airport.

She was telling me to "shhhhh." I guess I was too loud for her, or maybe it was that I said "shhhhh" to her several times already.

So excited for such a fun weekend ahead.

Red eyes are the way to go with a super active kid. She was so good!

Friday in DC

We made it to Dulles!

Man were we still sleepy. Emma got some good sleep on the plane, but Abuelita and I were not as lucky. We arrived at 6 am their time, but it was only 3 am our time, yikes that was early!

We headed over to our Fabulous hotel ↑ early and I asked for as early of a check in as they could give us. They gave us keys to get in to the fitness center locker room so that we could shower and freshen up.

We ate some breakfast and then I got a call saying that our room was ready, woohoo!

I can't say enough nice things about the hotel, they even gave Emma this cute book just because.

We headed up to our room and slept...

and then slept some more.

Then we headed over to visit our DC friends.

Emma loved the doggie bed.

Nina is such a little cutie pie.

So fun to have such good friends, and now our little girls are friends also.

Lisa, Nina, Mama & Emma

Thanks for a fabulous dinner!

Saturday in DC

Saturday morning we slept in and took our time getting ready.

We had some breakfast and then headed over to catch the Tourmobile.

A self portrait of us on the Tourmobile.

We had a fun time and got to show Abuelita lots of beautiful sights.

The Lincoln Memorial

A view of the Washington Monument from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Not sure why the Reflecting Pool was empty? And kinda sad that it was. Douggie says that maybe they empty it in the cold winter, sounds like a good guess to me.

Emma was cracking me up! She kept putting her finger on her nose, because she saw good old Abe's nose.

We hopped back on the Tourmobile and headed over to Arlington, man is that place beautiful!!!

We had to wait around for a separate bus to give us the Arlington tour. While waiting in line as we were instructed, a woman who worked there came over and scolded me. She couldn't believe that Emma didn't have a blanket on. Well lady, she did have a long sleeve shirt, a thick hoodie and her Inspector Gadget jacket. I'd say she was fine. If only I had the courage to tell the pushy lady what I really thought. But I am not in to confrontations, and man based on her pushiness it would have been a doozy!!!

The Eternal Flame between JFK and Jackie

The view from the Eternal Flame.

Even though it was a cloudy and rainy day, it was still so pretty.

Walking down from the Eternal Flame.

Emma kept playing with the umbrella, such a cute little trouble maker.

Even though it is not official Cherry Blossom season, we were able to catch a few glimpses of them.

It was pouring rain while we passed most of the rest of the stops. Since Emma was sleeping, we decided to look from afar and stay dry inside the Tourmobile.

We got off at our last stop, The Natural History Museum and met up with our DC friends

Since it was raining out the Museum was packed. We didn't stay that long, but we walked back to our hotel to visit and let Emma run around.

Sweet Little Nina :)

Nina and Emma

Emma was so sweet and kept wanting to snuggle with her. Between saying "Gentle" over and over, I was able to snap a few cute pictures.

Emma even played with Nina's ear, she was so funny.

For those of you that don't know, Emma has a HUGE ear fetish. Not just rubbing her own, but Dada's, Mama's, Corona's and anyone else.

Emma couldn't keep her eyes off Nina, she thought she was pretty great. Well kiddo, so do I! Nina was such a sweet and well behaved baby.

She got all bundled up and I walked them to the Metro station.

In the evening we walked over to the White House. It was just 2 short blocks away!

Maybe not the best picture, but it is so beautiful at night.

Emma and Abuelita in front of the White House Fence.

We ate dinner at this place ↑

There was a wait, so we did the unthinkable and ate in the cocktail area of the bar.

And I even asked for a high chair... gasp!

I know that our poor waitress was mortified to see a baby in the bar.

Emma was on her best behavior, and when she did let out a little cry, I politely reminded her that we were in the bar, and there is no crying in the bar.

We walked back to our hotel and ordered some creme brule to share, and had sweet dreams until Emma decided it was time to play at 11 pm.