4th of July!

Last year we spent the 4th on Coranado Beach and we had a really good time so we decided to try it again this year. It's the closest beach to us and is one of the most popular beaches for the firework shows, so we went out there with Tim, Tache and Nicky.

My little sparkler

I was a little nervous about how Reagan would do in the sand. Sometimes she will get knee deep and covered in it and others she doesn't want anything to do with it. Today she did great. She loved playing with the ball in the sand and had a great time with all her toys!

Covered in sand a cheetos!

She was a MESS!

We had a great time, however it was just a little chilly. When the sun was out it was perfect, but if the sun went behind the clouds it was cold. Around 4 o'clock we all had jackets on and by 6 we just couldn't take the cold anymore so we left. Which means we missed the fireworks, but we had been out there all day so we were ready to go ahead and head back home. By the time we go home, unloaded everything from the car, took showers, got into our pj's then cuddled up to watch the Macy's firework show, Reagan feel asleep.

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and 4th of July!

Shit Happens

Let me just start off by saying I am not in any way shape or form looking forward to potty training. I don't think there is going much worse than going through that. I would like to think Reagan would be one of those miracle kids who trains in no time, but realistically I am not getting my hopes up.

Today Reagan took off her diaper herself and was running around the house for a little bit without it on. I decided, "hey why don't I let her wear her panties for a little bit." I knew that she had just gone potty so it would be a little while before she went again. So I put them on her and she was off busy playing with something in the living room. No more than 10 minutes go by and I hear "the noise." Like a deep breathing, grunting sound. I thought, "no way is it what I think." I look over the counter from the kitchen and sure enough, she was going #2.

I couldn't scream, "Reagan noooooooooo!" She already has issues with going #2, so I didn't want to make things any worse. I just had to wait, sit there and watch her poop in her panties. And let me tell you, it was the grossest thing I think I have had to do so far as a Mom. Of course, you can't just pull tabs off panties to get them off, you have to slide them off. Which causes a complete mess. It ended up being on Reagan's leg, the changing table and on her mirror above the changing table. (I guess somehow it transfered from her leg to the mirror)

Finally I get it all cleaned up, get a diaper on Reagan go over to the mirror and notice there was poop on my neck!! Yuck!!

What a terrible idea that lead to a complete mess. I do not, do NOT want to potty train! Not at all!

Happy 1st Birthday Bradie!

Happy 1st Birthday to one of Reagan's BFF's Bradie! Wish we were there to celebrate your big day. Can't wait to see you in August! We love and miss you!

Dancing/Singing Video

Cups Lounge

Once Darrin got home from work today we decided to drive to La Jolla for dinner. It seems we never go out to eat, so sometimes just breaking out of the normal routine for dinner is a nice treat. We ended up going to our favorite Mexican restaurant, Mi Casa Su Casa, that place never disappoints. There is never a wait, the service is great, the food is delicious and they have rice & beans with Reagan loves.

After dinner we drove around a little bit looking at the houses, the homes there are beautiful. We drove past the beach, got out for a little bit and then decided to go over and try the cups lounge. We have seen it several times and have always wanted to try it, but we are either too stuffed from dinner or its too crowded. It is the cutest little cupcake "lounge" with tons of wonderful flavored cupcakes and they even have a DJ!

They are also known for their strawberry milk that comes "on tap" and in this cute little glass jug.

Every night they have different flavors to choose from and you can have either a mini or a regular sized cupcake. We decided to get 4 mini ones so we could different flavors. The ones we got were:

Chunky Monkey

Banana-walnut cup filled with chocolate chunks topped with creamy peanut butter frosting

Vanilla Bean (v)

Vanilla cup with creamy vanilla bean frosting

Not-so-Red Velvet

Southern style chocolate buttermilk cup topped with sweet cream cheese frosting

Hoo Hoo

Chocolate cup filled with marshmallow crème topped with chocolate glaze

and they were all SO good!

Reagan loved it and I can't wait to go back and try different ones!