Memorial Day 2012

Yay, warm weather is here which means Lake bound. This was the first time since Scott was actually off the holiday weekend, so we took full advantage of it. Teagan left Friday morning with my parents and when Scott and I got home from work we left and met them there. Saturday was a little windy and chilly for the start, but ended up being a fun filled day out. Sunday was even nicer. The water is still cooler than when we go in July but no complaints here.

 Teagan went tubing, played in the sand and collected seashells but loved feeding the carp fish popcorn.

PS: A shout out Thank You to the Weber's for taking such great care of our Pearly Girl. We appreciate it so much and appreciate having you as friends!

Randomness

Mother's Day 2012

This year we decided to go to a Dodger Game for Mother's day. Teagan got to experience her very 1st Dodger Dog(which aren't as good as I remembered) but she thoroughly enjoyed it....along with a Frozen Lemonade, Popcorn and a Malt. She took a little nap right in the middle of the game and when she woke up she danced on the table during the "Dance Cam."

My mom is the hardest person to shop for(along with my dad & Scott) but since today was about my mom I gave alot of thought into what I could get and so I bought a frame and put vinyl stickers on it that read this:

You see, ultimately this is beyond the truth. My mom is the most dedicated, loving, caring, giving, unselfish(the list could go on) person who does and does for me, my siblings, and our family and I am so grateful and lucky to have her. I Love You Mom and truly appreciate all you do for me and us.

Teagan Bought Dinner

Teagan has been collecting hotel room keys and calls them her "credit cards" so the last night at dinner she told papa she wanted to use her credit card. The waitress was so sweet and took her "card" and brought it back in a folder with a thank you "receipt". Boy was Teagan in heaven and she thought she was just the coolest kid on the block.

Traveling for Work Meetings

Last Friday, Saturday & Sunday I had meetings in Avila Beach. Friday we met with the group and went to dinner where we saw sea lions.

Teagan thought it was so cool.

 During dinner they took small group pictures and my darling daughter made a funny face(pretty classic!)

 Scott met us there late Friday night and was able to enjoy the pool during my meeting Saturday morning. Afterwards, the group does an activity and this time it was whale watching. Although it was windy and a little chilly and we couldn't go out extremely far, we saw whales...quite a few times!

Teagan was behaved, loved checking everything out, asked if we could go swimming in the ocean and then proved she has the Keeney gene of falling asleep on the boat.

 Sunday morning we enjoyed the pool and beautiful beach before heading home; For Scott only a night and for Teagan & I 3 nights because we were off to Las Vegas for more meetings.

This trip Scott couldn't attend, but luckily we picked up my mom at the airport in Vegas and she got to enjoy the days relaxing by the pool watching Teagan swim.

The hotel was so nice; lots of pools and a lazy river.

We didn't do too much "tourist" stuff(not that Vegas is very tourist for us) because we didn't have a stroller(cough cough dad) but we did a little exploring. Teagan rode the tram and walked a couple bridges while looking at the strip but that was basically it.

I am done with these meetings that happened to be 1 after the other and this week starts our partially normal life and in a few short weeks It will be 100% normal, wahoo!!!!

"driving"

She thinks she is driving with Papa

2 Weeks Of.....Chaos?

As previously mentioned, Scott has been out of town during the week training with his new job. That alone has been interesting and challenging(at times) but mostly just taken some adjusting(thank goodness I have the worlds best bossDAD, because my work schedule has been a tad off) but we have managed to get by and survive. BUT.... Now throw my parents going out of town for 2 weeks on top of no husband during the week and me still having my own schedule to attend too and let's just say I thought I was going to go NUTS. All my babysitters gone? Really people, do you not know what this does to me? I work, my siblings work, all my cheer girls have school and honestly I just didn't know what I was going to do without not only my husband but now my parents too. That means Teags is at daycare 4 days a week, although she loves it (thankfully)but add being dropped off at 6AM into that, not seeing Daddy for 4 days or Amama for 2 weeks and I simply didn't know how I was going to get by.

Questions and concerns quickly start running through my head:
What if she is a terror?
What if she gets super sick?
What if she just doesn't adjust and has an emotional breakdown?
Or i do?

Thankfully, Teagan has proved me wrong, and 85% of the time she has listened and behaved which has made it much easier for me and her(and my head of hair). She has had her meltdown moments, or asked 100 questions, but time has flown by!!! YAY, we survived having my mom gone and now we are on the final stretch of Scott being away too. With my schedule being crazy busy the next few weeks, I have no doubt that it will go by even faster then before. Pure happiness to me!

You see, there may be times where we, my adoring husband and I, drive each other crazy, but he is my best friend who I cannot wait to spend evenings with; to sit in silence, watch TV, talk about our days, and just sit back and watch Teagan and just laugh. It doesn't matter what we do, if anything at all, but having him home puts me at ease. When he is gone and I am home "alone" (hypothetically speaking of course) I find myself often "hearing noises" which means I create scenarios in my head like

For example: "What would you do if someone broke in right now?" and then I start planning my plan of attack on how I am going to be major superwomom and save the day(or night). My action plan is a little intense and I think my blood pressure rises just thinking about it and my anxiety level goes through the roof. So for anyone reading this, don't ever plan a surprise visit to my house when I am home alone because you may not like the outcome.