Kidspace

We had a fun day at Kidspace with Grammie and Chelsea!  Kidspace has a huge room dedicated to bugs!!  There is a place for kids to paint, crawl in an “ant tunnel”, climb leaves like a bug, put bugs together, and so much more!  Even though it had stopped raining, there was a lot of water involved in our visit.  Chelsea ended the day soaked!  And Lila had a very dirty booty!  ;)  Emma had fun watching the big girls.  She was even able to get out  and crawl around in the baby room.  Here are some photos from our fun day:

Making bugs

Climbing big leaves

Climbing out of the ant tunnel

Lila was very into building this track. She was proud!

Having fun

A ball!

Riding bikes

Off they go!

Having so much fun with Grammie watching the "rain"! (i love this photo!)

2 cute little spiders!

Thanks for visiting!!!  XOXO

Happy Holidays!

My new years resolution was to be a better blogger…I have failed so far!  Here I go again, playing catch up:

We had a wonderful holiday!!!!  Lila is at an age where she “gets” Christmas….Santa and all that goes along with him.  Jack the elf visited us this year.  Every morning when Lila would wake up, she’d look for Jack.  He was always in a different spot around the house.  At night, he would go back to the NorthPole and give Santa a report on Lila’s behavior.  Here is Jack!

When Lila first met Jack.

Our first holiday adventure was at the holiday stroll in the Hollywood Riviera.  We didn’t get any good shots from that night unfortunately.  We did, however, get some fun shots when we visited our local Candy Cane Lane:

Windsurfing penguin

Visiting Santa with Baby Kate and Jill

Snowmen!

We had a fun day picking out our tree and decorating the house for Christmas!!!

Picking out Emma's first Christmas tree

Dada and his girls

Helping to decorate the Christmas tree

Hanging her first ornament

Santa's cute little helper!

We spent Christmas eve at Grammie and Papi’s house.  Papa was visiting from the Bay Area, Auntie, Uncle B-Rad and Chelsea were there.  Mama Buck and Emma went to church with Great Grandma and then we enjoyed a delicious dinner back at Grammie and Papi’s.  After dinner we opened our traditional gift of new pajamas! We then exchanged gifts with Auntie and Uncle B-Rad because we wouldn’t see them on Christmas.

Enjoying a yummy dinner!

New Christmas PJ's!

We went right to bed when we got home so that Santa could bring our presents!  Santa was so smart and decided to build our presents earlier that week.  Here’s what we woke up to Christmas morning!!!

Merry Christmas!

On Christmas day, Grammie and Papi and Cousin Bethie came over for brunch.  We opened presents and had a wonderful day!!

A note from Santa!

Lila got a new easel!

Showing off their new puppy and Hello Kitty hat and gloves

Mama got a new sewing machine!

Christmas afternoon nap

We spent a quiet new year’s eve at home.  Big Daddy Buck made a delicious lobster tail dinner!!!  The girls had fun celebrating the east coast new year (well, Lila did.  Emma was passed out way before!)  Mama Buck and Big Daddy Buck watched the last Harry Potter (after a 3 day Harry Potter marathon!).  The movie ended right at 11:30, so we were able to countdown to 2012!

Happy New Year! Love, Lila

Happy New Year! love, Emma

Our delicious dinner!

We rang in the new year at the happiest place in the world, Disneyland!!  We had a wonderful family day!!  And Mama Buck was much more relaxed because she had Daddy Buck’s help this time.  Here are some photos from our magical day:

Mickey ears!

Lila and Dada

Waiting in line for It's A Small World

Cinderelly!

  

Snow White

It's a Small World

It's a Small World

The holiday parade

Enjoying the parade

It's snowing!

Beautiful!

 So far 2012 has been awesome for the Bucks!!  Thanks for visiting!  xoxo

What A Year!

As we say goodbye to 2011 and welcome in 2012, I can’t help but think about what an AMAZING year we have had!!!  I know it’s been a long time since we’ve blogged, but my new year’s resolution for 2012 is to be a better blogger.  My hope for this blog is that my girls will have something to look back on and remember all the fun that we have had.  There is WAY to much for us to catch up on so I am going to post a few picture of each month of 2011.

JANUARY – Auntie Alison and Uncle B-Rad got married.  Lila was a flower girl along with her cousin Chelsea.  Mama Buck was a very pregnant Matron of Honor.

Auntie Alison got married!

Auntie's wedding

FEBRUARY –  Lila turned 2!  And Mama Buck turned 31 . . . not quite as exciting.  We celebrated with an Elmo party!!! We also took family photos to celebrate Mama Buck being pregnant with baby Emma!

La la la la! Lila's world!

Sweet belly kisses!

MARCH – We welcomed sweet Emma Grace into the family on March 21!  She weighed 9 lb 12 oz (yes, that’s right, and I’m alive to write about it!)  Emma has been such an amazing addition to our family.

Welcome Emma Grace!

Little Sister

APRIL – Lila enjoyed getting to know her new baby sister.  Lila is such a wonderful big sister!!!   We also celebrated Emma’s first Easter.

Emma's first trip to the beach!

Fun Easter baskets

MAY – We celebrated Big Daddy Buck’s 31st birthday, went to Disneyland and took Emma to her first Angel game for Mother’s day!

Big Daddy Buck's birthday brunch!

JUNE – We went to Universal Studios, Disneyland for Chelsea’s birthday and Big Daddy Buck played in the WSP in Vegas.

It's a Small World

All in!

JULY – We went to the beach, went to the circus,celebrated independence day, took the girls to a Padres/Giants game in San Diego, Lila was potty trained and Emma was baptized!

God Bless Emma Grace!

Big girl on the potty!!!

AUGUST – We went to the beach, Disneyland (surprise surprise!), Big Daddy Buck and Mama Buck celebrated their 6th anniversary in Palm Springs, Lila went to princess ballet camp and finished up soccer camp!

Lila in her soccer uniform with Emma

Princess ballet camp!

Palm Springs

SEPTEMBER- Emma started eating solid foods, Mama Buck went back to work, Lila and Emma started going to Montessori full time and Mama Buck started getting crafty and making clippies and headbands.

Yummy!

One of Mama Buck's creations

Emma at school

OCTOBER – Trick or treating pirates, Mickey’s trick or treat party, apple picking, pumpkin picking and pumpkin carving!

Family of pirates

Mickey's Trick or Treat party!

NOVEMBER – Celebrated Thanksgiving and a wedding in the Bay area.

Marin Headlands, where Big Daddy Buck proposed to Mama Buck

DECEMBER – Miss Lila had her first holiday performance at school, we celebrated Christmas by attending all of the fun festivities in our town.  Papa Buck flew down to celebrate with us.  We spent Christmas eve and Grammie and Papi’s house and we hosted Christmas day brunch at our house.

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock!

Christmas morning!

To all our loved ones, we wish you a very prosperous new year!  We wish you love, laughter and happiness throughout 2012 !!!

Thanks for visiting! xoxo

It’s Been Too Long . . .

. . . since we’ve blogged!  We have been super busy enjoying our summer!!  But I know we have some catching up to do.  Here is a quick list of what we’ve been up to:

• Both girls are back at “school” 2 days a week
• Emma rolls from back to tummy!
• Disneyland
• Princess Ballet Camp
• lots of park play dates
• beach days
• Lila is potty trained!  Ice cream bribery for pooping . . .
• Mama get’s crafty

Check out some pictures from the past few months:

Pooping in the big girl potty treat!!!!

Princess Pose

Snow White

Cinderella

Playing at the park

Princess Ballet Camp

Prima-ballerina

Tu tu cute!

Sisters snuggling

Playing together

Beach day!

Lila loved the water!!! She didn't want to leave.

Love my girls!

Playing at the wading pool

Mama's 1st headband. A little big . . .

Gotta love my cute model!

Love!

Mama lesson learned:  If I want to get out the door at a certain time, I need to aim to be ready at least a half an hour earlier.  Then at least I’ll only be 10 minutes late at the most.  

Thanks for visiting!!!  XOXO

4 Months Old . . .

. . . and some pictures from the past few months.  Miss Emma turned 4 months old on July 21.  She weighs in at 14 pounds, is 25.5 inches long and has a head circumference of 20.5 inches.  Her weight is in the 70th percentile, her head is in the 75h percentile and her height is in the 80th percentile.  Emma is a very mellow, easy going baby.  She started sucking her thumb, and now is able to self-soothe.  For mommy and daddy that is fantastic because it means she sleeps 12 hours straight at night!!!  She giggles and smiles and loves to watch and play with her big sister Lila.  Today, she rolled from her back to her tummy for the first time!!!  Here are some pictures of our 4 month old:

Crazy hair!

Sitting in her bumbo

Sleeping in her bouncey

Sleeping like an angel!

We’ve been super busy this summer with play time at the beach, in the pool, in San Diego, at Disneyland and even the Circus!  Here are some pictures from our fun summer so far:

Yummy Disneyland treat!!!

Lila's 4th of July art work!

Mommy and Daddy ran in the Redondo Beach 4th of July 5K!

Crossing the finish line!

Happy 4th of July from our patriotic princesses!

Ready to go to the Giants/Padres game!!!

Go Giants!

Batting practice

Cheeeese!

We got to spend time with the Robertsons!!!

Carousel in Seaport Village

Mommy lesson learned:  When you are in the car, and your 2 yer old is saying repeatedly, “Buckle me mama!”  while you are backing out of the driveway . . . . . she’s no talking about her shoes.

I’ll leave you with one last precious picture of my girls.

Thumb sucking twins

Thanks for visiting! XOXO

To Pee, or Not to Pee . . .

. . . Lila has decided to PEE!!!  In the potty that is!  Three days ago, we decided to start wearing big girl underwears at home.  I put her little potty in front of the TV and we put on a movie (I believe it was Tangled).  Lila sat and sat and sat.  With a little hesitation, she finally peed in her potty!!!  She was so excited and couldn’t wait to pee again!  Yesterday, after a fun day of Disneyland, she came home and immediately POOPED on her potty!!  She stood up and said “Eww!  It’s gross!”  Yes, yes it it…  We are so proud of our Big Girl!!  Here are some pictures of her big accomplishment:

Shopping for big girl underwears at Target!

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YAY! Going pee pee for the first time!

Mommy lesson learned:  Potty training is so much easier when you wait until they are ready.  We had tried back around Christmas, and Lila just wasn’t ready.  She very clearly is now and is so excited about it!

Thanks for visiting!!!  XOXO

God Bless Emma Grace

Miss Emma was baptized this past Sunday!  Emma was baptized at St. Lawrence Martyr church in Redondo Beach.  Her Godparents are Auntie Alison and Uncle Matty.  Miss Emma wore the same dress that Miss Lila, Chelsea, myself and Auntie wore.  She “Christened” the dress, however, by going #2, very loudly, right when the Deacon started the service!  We did a quick change in the middle of the service.  After the baptism, we had our friends and family over to the house for a get together.  Miss Emma was given lots of love and some really nice gifts.  Thank you to all who shared in this special day with us!  Here are some pictures from the day:

Miss Emma and her proud big sister!

The Angel

Oil on the chest

Cutie with Dada

Holy water poured on her head (she liked it!)

Emma's Holy Family

Uncle Matty lighting the candle

The deacon

Miss Emma and mama

Delicious Costco cake!!!

Auntie and Miss Emma

Grammie and Miss Emma

Chelsea and Lila eating cake!

Mama’s lesson learned:  When baby starts to suck her thumb, it’s time to stop swaddling at night!  Miss Emma found her thumb and is now able to soothe herself back to sleep!!!  We have enjoyed the past 5 nights of her sleeping 7 to 7!!!

Thanks for visiting!  XOXO

 

 

Emma is 3 months old!!!

It’s crazy how fast time is going.  Our baby girl is 3 months old already!  She weighs in at 12 lb 9 oz.  She giggles and smiles and loves to watch her big sister dance and sing.  Today, she sat in her Bumbo seat for the first time.  It’s amazing how strong she is and how she is able to hold her head up.  She’s attempting to roll from side to side, but not rolling over yet.  Here are the latest pictures of our big 3 month old:

I'm 3 months old!!!

Playing with stickers with Big Sister Lila.

She loves her bouncy seat!

Playing with Big Sister Lila.

Mommy Lesson Learned:  Always carry snacks, books, treats in your diaper bag.  You never know when you, or your 2 year old, might need them!

Thanks for visiting!  XOXO

Happy Birthday Chelsea Bug!!!

Chelsea turned 2 last weekend!  We celebrated by spending the day at Disneyland!!!  We had lunch at Ariel’s Grotto.  The girls met Ariel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Belle.  We had delicious food for lunch.  After lunch, we went on It’s A Small World, we played in Toon Town, rode the carousel and then headed over to the Rain Forest Cafe for dinner.  Here are some pics from our fun day:

Meeting Ariel at her Grotto!

Meeting Snow White

Meeting Cinderella

Meeting Belle

Meeting Sleeping Beauty

Lila enjoying her spaghetti.

Waiting in line for It's A Small World

Auntie, Chelsea and Uncle B-Rad on It's A Small World

My girls and I on It's A Small World

Riding her horsey all by herself!

Emma's not too happy about her safari hat!

Happy Birthday to Chelsea!

Chelsea's yummy cake!

Sharing her ice cream with Dada.

In my 2+years of being a mommy, I have learned so much.  I thought I’d add a little something at the end of each post sharing the latest that I’ve learned from my two girls.

Mommy Lesson Learned:  Double . . .triple check the diaper size before you put it on your child.  A two year old does not wear the same size as a 2 month old.  A 2 month old diaper cannot hold the volume of pee that a 2 year old produces!  :)

Thanks for visiting!  XOXO

 

2 Months Old!!!

This post is loooong over due!  Miss Emma turned 2 months old on May 21st.  At her well baby check up, she weighed in at 11 lbs 7 oz and was 23 in. long. Her head circumference was 16 in.  Here is our precious 2 month old:

I'm 2 months old!

Miss Emma likes to coo and smile and she will often give us a little giggle.  She looooves her bath time too!  Lila likes to play with Emma on her playmat.  She also likes to read stories to her baby sister.  In her 2 months of life, Emma has been to Disneyland 3 times, multiple parks, the library, the beach, workout classes and she has even had her first sleep over at Grammie and Papi’s house.  It amazes me how different things are from when Lila was an infant.  We stayed at home and played on blankets and didn’t go out too much.  Poor Miss Emma gets dragged everywhere!  But I guess that’s what happens when you have a 2 year old to entertain!!! And then there are the tantrums….wow!  We have tried many different discipline tactics:  timeouts, sticker charts and incentives.  Is it normal as a parent to constantly wonder if you are doing the right thing??  I look at my girls and I love them so much and just hope that I am doing what’s best for them and their development as they grow into the amazing people I know they are meant to be.

Here are some of our latest pictures.

Bath time!

Bath time mo-hawk!

Talking to Mr. Octopus

Modelling her new hat from Aunt Kathy

Disneyland for Peyton's birthday

Mickey Birthday hat!

Lila and Bebee wearing a Mickey Birthday hat!

Decorating her own Mickey cake!

Lots of sprinkles!

I love my girls!

Mickey and Minnie!!!