Greatest Fathers!

I just wanted to let our fathers know how much we love and appreciate them. They have always been such a strength to us. We love you both!

Happy Father's Day!!

And to my wonderful husband...Happy Birthday and Happy Father's Day. You are amazing and I love you!

Swings

Last weekend we met Jason at a park to enjoy the somewhat sunny weather and have a picnic. Before leaving I wanted to get a video of Aliyah in the baby swing because she is just so cute when she swings. Her little legs just go and go from excitement!





I just can't wait until we have a nice day without rain so I can get her in our pool. I will definitely have to get some pictures and video of that.

Thunderbirds In Town

For the past four years I have been able to enjoy the Thunderbirds coming to town for the Air Force Graduation. I had worked right across the freeway from the stadium and each year my work would have a BBQ and we would watch the jets fly directly over us. This year since I was no longer working I decided to attempt going with Aliyah, but we tried a new location. It was way more crowded than I thought it would be, but we enjoyed ourselves.

Here is Aliyah waiting for the jets to make their appearance.


I was slow with the camera and so many of the pictures weren't the best, but you get the idea. They are just crazy!




Here's a little bit of the show for your entertainment. Sorry about the shakiness, wind blowing and a little baby crying. By this time Aliyah had enough and she was ready to call it quits. I just wanted to catch some of it so that Jason could see it since each year he has been working during it.

Aliyah has been trying now to crawl around, but this is the outcome of her attempts. She gets really frustrated with herself and just cries until I "save" her. She would rather sit or stand. I think she just has one of those personalities that likes to do it right the first time and if she can't do it yet, then she won't until she figures it out. She is definitely like her mommy and can be quite the perfectionist.

This is her new found talent and she thinks she is so amazing with her one-handed standing. She will stand here for a long time and just switch off hands. Really she is quite the show-off. She always has to make sure that we are watching her.

I can't help but take lots of pictures of her. It is a good thing we have digital cameras these days. She is just too cute when I get the camera out.

Or, she likes to be like mommy and pull faces when the camera is out. Silly girl!

Craft It Forward

So I know this blog is supposed to be mostly about Aliyah, but because of my winnings from my completely creative friend, Cami, I now get to participate in trying to be crafty.

This is how it works: The first three people to type "Andrea is trying to be crafty!" in the comments on this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. The catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and give the same offer to the first three commenter's who will also craft it forward.

Here are the contingencies:
1. I make no guarantee that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It will be done this year.
4. You have no clue what it's going to be.
5. I reserve the right to make something extremely strange.
6. You must post a picture of what you win when you get it.

So, good luck everyone and it will be so fun to get a little creative!