Little Gym graduation

On Wednesday, Lia had her "graduation" day at Little Gym. Philip came from work to watch her perform all the tricks she has learned and receive a ribbon at the end of the show. Lia was thrilled when she saw Daddy walk in! He was so sweet to bring his little girl flowers too!! Here are photos from the event:

It's a Girl!

We went for our 16 week ultrasound today and found out we are having another little girl! Lia celebrated with a pink cupcake in honor of her new baby sister : )



We didn't really get any good pictures from the ultrasound, but here are the ones we did get:

Baby bump

I thought I should post a pic of my growing belly to document the memory. I took this photo (sorry so blurry) on May 11th. I will try to post a few more along the way...

Little Helper

Lia was so cute the other day helping me in the new nursery. I was measuring for an idea I had to do diamonds on two of the walls. I turned around and Lia had grabbed a ruler and pencils and she was doing just like Mom : ) She's such a sweet heart!!

Sea World!

This weekend, Philip and I took Lia to Sea World in San Antonio. We weren't sure whether or not she was going to be old enough, but it ended up being perfect! She is still young enough to get in free, which is a plus because those tickets aren't cheap, and we were able to spend about 4 hours at the park - from about 8:30 to 12:30 - before heading back to our hotel for a much needed nap. Half a day was the perfect amount of time for us.

We got there before the park opened to do a Sesame Street breakfast, which included meeting Elmo, Zoe, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie, and Big Bird. Lia could barely contain herself, she was dancing around the parking lot as we waited to go in singing "Lia's so excited!" over and over : ) It was so cute and definitely made us feel like the whole trip was worth it.

After breakfast, we spent a couple of hours walking around the park hitting all the highlights. We fed the dolphins, which was really cool. Then we saw sharks, penguins, alligators, birds, and sea lions. Finally, we watched Believe, the killer whale show. Seeing those huge whales up close was one of the best parts of the day!

I can't thank Philip enough for such a wonderful Mother's Day gift to me. It was a trip I will never forget. Seeing Lia have such a great time just made the whole weekend for us both!

Enjoy the photos of our wonderful weekend trip to Sea World!

Cabin so far...

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Playin in the rain

The cabin so far...

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Making progress!! It should be done sometime in August : )

Oil Ranch

What fun! Philip and I took Lia to the Oil Ranch this morning. As a child, I visited the Oil Ranch on field trips, etc. so it was fun for me to take Lia there. She absolutely adores animals of all kinds, so she was just in heaven!

She got to pet Daisy, the cow (we declined to milk her though!) Then she got to ride a pony! This was her first time to ever ride a horse, and she LOVED it! I thought would be scared when I first put her up there, but as soon as Red got going, she relaxed and enjoyed the ride, even asking to go around again. Then, we walked through the barn, where she got to see sheep, deer, roosters, a pig, chickens, a peacock, and bunnies.

She really enjoyed herself, and it was a fun way to spend the morning. From there, we went to The Whistle Stop Tea Room in Tomball for lunch,yummy!! It was a wonderful Saturday with my little family!!