USS Midway

We headed out to San Diego Friday morning to spend a little time with Auntie Berta. She was in for a conference and was able to duck out early so we could do some sight seeing. We had a great time and wished we could have seen her longer but know she had to head home.
Saturday morning we went over to the USS Midway to look at the ship and all the airplanes and helicopters on it. We had such a great time and Ben thought it was the coolest thing ever. Here is the picture they take right when you come aboard. I will post more of the air crafts later.

Poor Guy!

Benjamin fell in the kitchen yesterday morning and once again busted his mouth. This one was a lot worse than the first one and it bled for 1 1/2 hrs. I thought about taking him into the doc for possible stitches but it finally stopped gushing and the day started to look brighter :) These are just a few pics I took last evening and a lot of the swelling had already gone down.

I know this isn't the last, and we will have many many more boy traumas to the face and body as he gets older.

Getting caught!

The pictures speak for themselves!

Haircut

Ben had another haircut yesterday at Kid castles in Lancaster. He likes being able to pick out which car he wants to sit in and has always been very still for the ladies cutting his hair. He gets so serious when they start cutting, and his facial expressions are a hoot!!

WildFires

I never thought I would live somewhere that it would rain ash! It is really stinky and smokey outside right now from the current wildfires. I stepped outside for just a brief moment to snap a picture and had to come right back in because it was getting so thick. Our prayers are with all the firefighters working out there!

Potty

He might have broken the cup!

We bought a potty for Benjamin last month when he started showing an interest in our bathroom breaks. This little potty has been sitting in his bathroom since with the occasional sit with clothes on until just recently when he now wants to take his diaper off and sit like a big buy. He seems to do this after he's already wet his diaper but we are encouraging it anyways. I know he will kill me one day for posting these photos but they are just so cute and shows that he's just not a baby anymore :(

Maybe having a best friend 9 months older is paying off !

Major Promotion

We are so proud of Adam! Saturday was his change of rank day from Captain to Major and being the quiet guy he is he wanted to get by without a ceremony. Well his commander made sure he had one and made it happen during the morning meeting today. Benjamin wanted to be right beside his daddy while he took the oath( this was so cute!). Congratulations Adam! I love you so much and am so very proud of your accomplishments.

Toddler University Wk#2

Here is just a little bit of toddler university.

I think He likes it!

This Movie is sooooo goooood.......

Leaving the dealership

Daddy can I drive? Please!!!!!

Benjamin is just in Love with "HIS" new van. We are still trying to figure out all the cool stuff it does, but he learned real fast to put on his head phones if he wants a show.

Drum Roll Please.........

After a whirlwind 48hrs we are finally the proud owners of a beautiful Honda Odyssey!!! This has been a long and very frustration journey for us and we are glad it is all over. We found a dealership that was honest and friendly and didn't try and give us a the bait and switch like Lancaster Honda did Thursday night.

Thank You Power Honda of Valencia for such fast, courteous and GREAT service!! We will pass the word onto our friends in the local area.

New family addition

As most of you know I have been talking non-stop about getting a van. It has been a very long process but finally it is coming to an end. We will be adding a new member to the family tomorrow night if all goes well. Here is a temporary picture of her until I can get her first photos taken :)

I am sooo excited!!!!!!!

Swimming Lessons and summer fun!

We have been super busy these last few weeks with swim lessons every morning and birthday parties. Now that swiming is over we are starting Toddler University on Thursday's and are having such a great time. Benjamin's buddy Warren came back from his 2 month vacation to Ohio so we had lunch with them yesterday and they were so excited to see each other :) School starts back here on August 10th so we are getting ready for another EOSC year to start and for me to be super busy. Hopefully this last year here will fly by us and it will be moving day :) I can only wish right!

Amazing Skyline

It has been so hot here lately that the skies at night are just beautiful. This was just before the heat lightning started.

Fun times

My parents came in for Ben's surgery and a little family vacation and boy did we have fun. The 3 weeks were filled with trips to UCLA, Papa working on Adam's truck so it's in top shape for the trade in when we get our van(Yippeee!) and lots and lots of playtime. Papa bought Ben his first kite and it is super cool and really really big! We were sad to see them go but know they had to get back to work and the rest of the family. Hopefully we'll get to see everyone real soon!

thanks Nana and Papa for making the trip all the way out here to see us!! We had a blast!

Surgery Day

Trying to wake him up so we could get him dressed, IV out and start heading home

after 30 min of screaming post- operation he finally fell back asleep in daddy's arms

Pre-operation and he was hungry, thirsty, tired and NOT happy

Benjamin had his surgery yesterday at UCLA and is on the road to recovery. Everything went well and I was able to go into the OR with him until he was put to sleep. they gave him a spinal block so he was numb from the bellybutton down for 12 hrs afterwards. It was nice that they blocked the pain but very hard on our part because he wanted to walk 1 hr after and wasn't able to, would get extremely frustrated and have a melt down. The block wore off about 7hrs after and he was almost running by then with the occasional stumble. We go back for a post operation check on July 6th. Hopefully we will have the all clear and can sign up for swim lessons soon.

Thanks to everyone who said those extra prayers for him and for Adam and I during this whole thing. It really meant a lot!

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