Levi's 1st Father's Day

Levi's 1st Father's Day was spent in sunny San Diego, California! We were on vacation with his family but we were able to sneak away for our own family time to celebrate Levi as a Dad!

We were staying in Mission Beach and I found a fun area up in La Jolla, not too far away. The drive up La Jolla Blvd. was beautiful. We first went to a restaurant called The Cottage. It was so yummy! It reminded us of Newport Beach. The owner knew just about everyone that came through the front door, and everyone seemed to know each other. You could tell a lot offamilies were celebrating Father's Day. There was one family in particular that I will always remember. . .they had a cute little boy (older then Teagan) with beautiful blond curly hair, it stood out amongst his sister's who had straight, dark hair. But what really stood out was the crown that was atop the Dad's head. It was a homemade crown out of paper, decorated with glitter and markers. And the dad was wearing it proudly for all to see. I loved it :)

After breakfast we went down the street to La Jolla Cove. There are a bunch of seals here, that get a lot of tourist, it was pretty fun to see them all out on the beach! We also walked past some men who were about to go spear fishing! There suits and gear looked so intense! Anyways, we found a nice spot on the grass so we could relax and have Levi open his gift from me. (It was an ice-cream maker :)

After that we took some pictures and headed back to the beach house for some family fun(which I'll show you all later ;)

My 1st Mother's Day

Being a new mom brings on lots of first's. Like waking up in the middle of the night to feed your son for the first time - changing a poopy diaper - taking him to church for the first time - running to the grocery store and trying to put lettuce in a bag (while your holding him with one arm, grocery list in the other and pushing the cart with a car seat on top, all at the same time). Another exciting 1st is celebrating Mother's Day! Even though I've only been a mom for a little while, it still counts, haha! I'm a mom and I get to celebrate - wohooo!

Levi made my first Mother's Day so special and fun, I can't wait for next year already! :)Hestarted the morning out by taking Teagan after his early morning feeding so I could sleepin for another hour or so - that in itself is a gift! Then he brought me breakfast in bed (eventhough we were going out to breakfast, it would still be a few hours), and it was more like sweets in bed. . .donuts! He sure knows the way to my heart :)

After I ate my two favorites; a maple bar and a sprinkle ;) I read the card that he got me. . .on the back of it was a note. I ripped the note from the card and started reading:

It's Mother's Day as you know,

Hopefully it won't go by too slow.

Since you are the best mom around,

Each clue you get must be found.

Sorry but Mason and T can't help you,

Only a Mother's intuition can get you through.

A room beautifully decorated you seek,

On the mattress you must have a peak!

So off I went to find my first clue. When I found it in Teagan's room, it was attached to a bag of dark chocolate M&M's...mmmm chocolate :) The next clue read:

Man you really are amazing,

What an amazing boy you are raising.

Teagan wants you to go to another floor,

He thinks there might be more.

A place where work is done,

And gets a lot of morning sun.

I headed to our office area to find flowers and my next clue, which read:

If you found another clue,

I believe that makes two.

What you seek is not here,

And it isn't near the beer.

Stairs need to be walked down,

Only friends will get you to the crown!!!

I headed down stairs straight to our entertainment center since I knew that is where we keep our Friends dvds. And there it was, my very own sewing machine!!!

I was so surprised and soo excited! I had just taken a sewing class at Joann's the night before. I didn't think I would be getting a sewing machine until my birthday! I couldn't wait to open it and tell Levi everything I already knew from my sewing class. I have a few projects lined up and I can hardly wait to start sewing!

Thanks Levi and mom and dad for a wonderful Mother's Day gift!

After my big surprise we headed over to Scottsdale to have breakfast at a lovely place called Over Easy. They have this wonderful meal called The Wolfpack. What's not to love about hash browns, egg, bacon, cheese, repeat. It pared loving with a Mother's Day mimosa :) Teagan slept through the entire breakfast, how nice of him to let us eat!

After breakfast we headed over to an outdoor shopping center called Scottsdale Quarter. It reminds me of a place you would find in Orange County. Maybe that's why I love going there?! Its full of lots of great shops and places to eat. We walked around and shopped in a few stores. Levi was being oh-so-sweet and even encouraged me to try on and find a bathing suit I liked at H&M. Levi, encourage shopping?! It MUST be a special day :)

We ended the day at the Luster's celebrating as a big family. It was such a fun and exciting day I will always remember.

Christmas Cards & Pictures

Levi and I had a friend take some pictures of us for our Christmas cards this year. It started out with a simple idea and Heidi (our photographer friend) turned it into an amazing little session :) We told her we were thinking of doing something along the lines of moving (since we are moving to Arizona in Jan) and Heidi took the idea and ran with it....literally. She got up at 6 AM on Saturday morning and went garage sale shopping to find some old luggage and look what she found! She even found an awesome trunk. The pictures turned out great! The colorings were really cool and fall looking. We were so happy with how they turned out. Thanks Heidi!