day 14 - i can skip days right?

we've been enjoying the little tease of summer weather we've been getting...it's been HOT!!

day 12

somebody's glad daddy's home

day 10

so today is more than a photo, it's many photos. Chad returned home from hawaii last night. Dylan was already in bed when he got home, so she didn't know he was here until this morning. she spent the morning following him around. it was adorable!! unfortunately though, we didn't spend much time with him. he has already left for a weekend trip. while he was home he had time to shower, sleep, eat oatmeal, unpack some clothes to wash, go to irvine for a meeting, come home, pack for the weekend, and eat lunch. he then left for a weekend trip. poor guy. no time off. watching Dylan with him this morning was the sweetest thing ever, but it made it harder for him to leave. our day ended better though, since my mom is out of town too, Dylan and i met Pops for dinner at, my favorite, Caffe la Strada on 2nd. we ate, took a little stroll down 2nd and had yogurtland. it was a fun time! thanks for the date Pops!

here's Dylan watching Chad unpack a few things to wash so he could repack them

she even watched out the window while he went out to the garage to put his clothes in the wash

she watched him wash his face

and dry his face

but then it was time to say goodbye...see you sunday!

dinner date with Pops

strolling 2nd st

and finally yogurtland...yum!

day 9

my best friend Josie has a daughter who is 9 months younger than Dylan. Francesca (Franki) Louise is Dylan's bestest girlfriend. it has been so fun to watch them together and we look forward to watching them grow in to the best of friends! here's Dylan and Franki:

(you can click on the photo to see it a little larger)

day 8

to start off, Dylan is a year and a half old today! i can't even believe it. she's such a sweet girl and such a blessing. Dylan has been waking up "dryer" each day, so we are patiently awaiting the dry mornings so we can get started on potty training!! yay!!! we went ahead and bought Dylan a potty so she can familiarize herself and hopefully start to associate it so that when the time comes she is ready to go! my goal has been to have her potty trained by 2, so i'm not concerned with time. it'll happen when she's ready. i am glad though that she has shown interest and curiosity in the whole thing. she has definitely been watching what we've been doing in the bathroom. she even sort of says potty. it's kind of like potty without the t's. anyway, i'm pretty confident that i can be diligent enough to be one of those parents that can make the transition in a day. that way she's fully done with diapers in a week (except at nights), but to you parents out there, i'm totally open for some advice here. what has worked for you? what can you recommend to do/not to do? let's hear it!

day 7

today my friend Holly called and invited us to join her and Ojaio in seal beach for play and a picnic. it was freezing because of the ridiculous wind (i'm such a wuss about wind, i hate it!). nevertheless, we had a very good time playing on the playground, having lunch in the grass and climbing a tree. i think Dylan was trying to say Ojaio too. it was really cute. it is so hard to believe that Ojaio will be 4 in a couple of weeks! wow, time flies!

day 6

lately, Dylan's vocabulary has been growing daily, literally. she is such a sponge and a lot of what she learns is just by example. she's also very quick to pick up on something. my new favorite thing she does is when she puts clothes on or if she puts on something being silly, like sunglasses or a hat, she goes into our bedroom, closes the door and looks in the mirror that hangs on the back of the door. she then turns around in a circle, mimicking what Chad or i would do if we were to put something on and look in the mirror. when we first realized that was what she was doing, i was dying. she's so adorable. in the last few days she has added blow, glasses, miss you, chair, purse, up, down and done to her vocab.

day 5

Chad's been gone since wednesday on a trip to his motherland with the element team. that's right, he's in hawaii! lucky guy. he got to go early and hang out with his brother Dane, whom I also miss. he said it was like they were kids again. he's always wanted to visit oahu. we've gone to maui and kauai, which is where his dad was raised, but he has a lot of family from oahu. his grandmother is buried there, but he was unable to find out where so that he could visit her. we miss Chad and look forward to thursday when he finally comes home.

miss you daddy! love you!

day 4

no words needed.

day 3

okay, so this picture is not the best quality and Dylan looks really asian because it's blurry, but i wanted to post it anyway. we met up with Toni and her family for dinner and once Dylan warmed up, her and Bailey had some fun together.

day 2

last week we went to my mother-in-law's office to take her out to lunch, and so she could show Dylan off to her co-workers. when we got there we hopped on the elevator. there were 2 ladies on the elevator and one of them looked incredibly familiar to me, but as always, i couldn't figure out how i knew her. so we go to the office and hang out for a bit and as we were headed out to lunch the ladies from the elevator were there in the same office and stopped to talk to Dylan. almost immediately, the familiar one asked if i had had Dylan at hoag. i said "i knew you looked familiar!" she was one of the nurses on my delivery! she told us (and everyone that was now standing around) how it was her first delivery on her rotation and that it was the most amazing delivery ever. [warning: the bragging really begins here] the lady she was with chimed in when she started talking about me and how i delivered Dylan drug-free (and scream-free at that) and said, "oh that's you? she's mentioned you several times!" i was blushing. anyway, Chad commented on how it is so strange to go through such an intimate moment of your life with people and then never see them again. it was really neat to run into Heather and for her to get to see Dylan now, a year and a half later. here is Heather with Dylan and i.

photo a day-take 1

so, I feel as though I've been sucking at this blogging thing lately. I've really wanted to post more. so to get the ball rolling, I'm challenging myself to start a project: a photo a day. I plan on posting one photo per day for a month to help me get my momentum back for blogging. thank you Jenny for inspiring me to "keep it coming"!

today's photo was taken in Uncle Josh's office. Josh watched Dylan for a few hours today and when I picked her up, we went up to his office to meet his co-workers. thanks to him, she's infamous (that means more than famous lol) up there! this is D hard at work:

exhibit A

here's a sampling of what Dylan does with phones. just a sampling, it gets better. more to come.