Discount Tire Company Picnic 2010

Every year my husbands company has a picnic.. the past few years it has been at Bullwinkles. Last year Shiloh was still a little too young but this year she had so much fun with her friends & cousin's. Here are some pictures:

She had so much fun. Once we put her in her seat & headed home she was passed out within minutes.

My Little Princess

Love her so so much! We are so excited that she is going to be a big sister!!

Shiloh & Her Books

Shiloh loves her books, we read one of her favorites before nap time today. When I was done she had the death grip on it so I let her keep it in bed. I went to check on her a little later & this is how I found her.. I love her so much & I love that she loves her books so much that she wants to sleep with them :-)

Fun Weekend of Ball Games & Sleep Overs

So this weekend we were lucky enough to get tickets to not just one ball game but two. On Saturday night Shiloh stayed at her bestie Olivia's house for the night & Stephen & I went to the Seattle Sounders Game. My father in law had tickets for a suite which was so amazing. We had food catered to us & free drinks & the view was awesome. We had so much fun watching our first soccer game live it was a night to remember that is for sure. The bad thing is now that we were spoiled we are always going to want a suite LOL.

Then on Sunday we went to a Mariner's Game with our good friends & their daughter Olivia. It was so fun taking the girls.. they did a lot better then we thought they would we made it to 5 innings so that was nice.

So it was a weekend of fun & first for Shiloh. She had her first Sleep over at Olivia's & her first ball game. It's so nice to have friends to hang out with & do things with, especially when they have kids the same age.

Here are some pictures from the sleep over :-)

They partied like animals.. & slept like angels.. looks like they had a lot of fun!

Smart Cookie

So Shiloh has always been very advance for her age. She starts EVERYTHING {teething, talking, sleeping in a big girl bed, yadda yadda} Well she can now count along with me all the way to 10. I think she is so gifted & she loves to learn. She is going to be starting school two days a week in mid May & I know she is going to blow them out of the water with all her knowledge. We have gone back & forth for a while now on weather or not we wanted to put her in school.. but she is so ready! She loves it when we tour a school.. its like who are these people {Stephen & I} & why are they trying to take me away from this cool place LOL. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing daughter!!

Little Miss Independent!

So my dear sweet 18 month old is turning into quite the big girl. She loves her new bed. In fact for 5 nights straight now she has slept through the night in her own bed. When its time to go night night we tell her lets brush our teeth & then get in our big girl bed & she gets up & walks to the stairs. She also now lets me know when she is ready for bed or a nap too.

Today she got up from playing grabbed pink {her blanket} & went up the stairs & was shaking the gate. So I let her through & she ran to her room & starting shaking the gate on her door so I put her in her room. She looks back at me & says "nigh nigh" climbs in her bed & covers herself up & goes "Muah". I was in such shock.. for someone who would scream & cry & throw everything out of her crib that she could & then would scream for as long as possible until we saved her from going to nigh nigh in her crib.. to telling me its nigh nigh time.. is amazing!

I feel so much better each day now that I don't have to share my bed with her or have to get up at night & save her from her bed. The girl LOVES her new toddler bed & I couldn't be more excited & proud. She is becoming so independent {just like me} & I love it but at the same time it makes me sad. She is growing way too fast!! I want her to stay my sweet baby forever.

Shiloh is Little Miss Independent that is for sure❤

Shiloh's New Big Girl Room

So if you read my post from yesterday {She Will ALWAYS Be My Baby Girl} you would know that Shiloh is now in a toddler bed. So we decided to give her room a new look.. something I have been dying to do!! I wanted something bright & colorful & fun. So with the bedding we found at Target {love that store} they also had these really cute stickers for the wall & since we don't own were we live painting isn't an option so finding these were super awesome!! I made a border around the room & hung her pictures {finally} along with a new one that also matches her bed. Oh I love it & I can't wait till we buy a house again & I and paint too. I also am going to revamp her dresser here soon when we have a nice day again & I have someone to watch the monkey. So stay tuned will share that soon.

Here is Shiloh's New Big Girl Room:

She Will ALWAYs Be My Baby Girl

So since shiloh was born we have had the hardest time getting her to sleep in a bassinet, crib & playpen. It's been a back & forth battle that has put a lot of strain on us. Shiloh will cry at night in her crib.. sometimes I let her cry for an hour sometimes a little less. Other times she falls asleep after crying so long but only for a few hours & then wakes up screaming.. so into our bed she goes. I have tried EVERYTHING!! I have let her fall asleep on the couch with us then we put her in her bed & then she will wake up almost always in the middle of the night crying again. We have tried letting her just cry & cry & cry & it just never stops so what do we end up doing.. bringing her in our bed. Some nights we are lucky & we get a full nights sleep & our beds to ourselves but not always like it should be. I can't remember the last night I had a good nights sleep.. or my back didn't hurt from only getting a smidge of the bed because Shiloh has decided to sleep horizontal in the bed. I can't remember having a week where I didn't wake up to a foot in my face.. kick in the ribs.. or her head butting me. The bigger she gets the worse it is. Don't get me wrong I love snuggling my baby.. I love that she hates being away from us.. but I also love sleep & to be comfortable while I sleep.

So we have gone back and forth since she turned a year old about converting her to a bed.. the questions that we have been replaying are like a broken record: "Is she too young still" "Should we just fight it a little longer" "We need to be stronger about not getting her" "Do we get her a toddler bed, convert her crib or just get her a twin bed" "Are we bad parents because we can't get her to sleep in her bed" "Do we spoil her" "If we get her a bed then this means she isn't a baby anymore doesn't it" so now not only have I been loosing sleep because sharing the bed or being woken up to her crying but now I have been having anxiety that keeps me up late & questions & thoughts replaying in my head.

So we finally decided it was time. Time for Shiloh to have a big girl bed.. we have been looking at different ideas for the last few months & today we went & looked again & had her test them out & she was quite the trooper. I must say if she had it completely her way she would get a bunk bed because she loved those for sure.. but they scare me & I don't want a bed that big in my baby girls room. We thought about a twin bed but they were all so high she would have a heck of a time getting in & out. We really were going to get her a daybed with a trundle bed so when she had sleep overs with Olivia or her cousin or for days I had B at our house there would be an extra bed.. but it just seemed like a big bed for her & it was pretty expensive because I wanted the wood one of course. In the end we ended up getting her a simple cute toddler bed from Target. It was inexpensive & we ended up finding some really cute bedding to go with it.

Once Stephen was done putting it together we let Shiloh in to see what she thought & this was her reaction:

So a new milestone has started. Shiloh is no longer a baby.. she is officially a toddler in her sweet toddler bed with her sweet self. Lets cross our fingers she will now sleep in her room in her bed & allow us to have a our bed to ourselves now.

Unconditional Love

I was going through my photo's & I found this one. Shiloh was only 6 month old here. I have to say this is one of my favorite pictures of her. It captures all her beauty. We had just moved to Seattle from Portland & I think her & I were just laying on the bed having girl talk {we have a special language} & I love still to this day doing that with her.. having conversation that only she understand.. it so special to me. I love her brown eyes & how round they are & her skin that looks & is so so soft. Her smile that is so contagious & her presence this is so beautiful. I love this child of mine I love all the joy & happiness she has brought into my life. There is no greater love then the love a mother has for her child❤

Moving Furniture Melt Down

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Please ignore my child's miss matched PJ's LOL

Oregon Visit

Sorry I haven't posted in so long my allergies have had the best of me. But this weekend we took a much needed trip to Oregon to visit with my Brother & Sister in law & kids. With all this heart stuff Shiloh is having we just need to get away & take our minds off all of it.
My sister in law's sister Lisa is having a baby. So we attended her shower.. well Shiloh & I did. Daddy went golfing with uncle Joey. We love spending time down there & having the kids play together. We also had a fun day of shopping as well which Shiloh just loved!! Here are some pictures from our visit.

Tomorrow is Shiloh's 2nd cardiologist appointment to have an echo done & to speak with the cardiologist in regards to her arrhythmia. We are staying positive & praying that it is nothing more then a murmur. So please keep our baby girl in your thoughts & prayers.

& it was a Beautiful Day!

So today we had to take Shiloh to get a chest x-ray & to have an EKG. She has a heart murmur & the doctor just wanted to make sure it is nothing to fuss about. We did receive an up date later today that she does have a small arrhythmia so we are going to have to go back to the Cardiologist on Tuesday the 30th for an Echo test now. I am scared but staying positive.. I have to for my sweet girl.

Then we headed to Seattle to see Uncle Andrew. This time of year the Cherry Blossoms are in bloom at UW {University Of Washington}. It was such a beautiful day. Blue skies, Sunny & in the high 60's. I love this weather & wish it was spring year round. Shiloh had so much fun running & chasing her uncle & us it was so great to see her smiling. She is such a sweet, loving, happy girl & we couldn't ask for more. We were also able to get some great pictures while there so here is what we got.. Enjoy.. oh & don't for get to click here to see the rest.

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Like Mother.. Like Daughter

I am so lucky to have a daughter who copies everything I do.. at times it makes it hard because I am not perfect.. but other times she melts my heart. She loves everything I love & everything I have.. she is such a doll baby & I feel so fortunante to have such an amazing daughter who is the light of my life!

Like Mother..

Like Daughter..

 What a beauty I have♥

Point Defiance Zoo

So we have been having amazing weather the last few days.. sunny & in the high 50's & even 60's. I have missed the sun & the warm weather so we figured why not get out & enjoy it. So yesterday we decided after Shiloh's 18 month check up we would take her & B to the Zoo. We haven't been to the Zoo yet in Washington.. so we were excited to take on a new adventure.
We didn't get there until about 3 PM due to Shiloh's check up & lunch. But once we did got to the Zoo it was so nice out &  it was like we had it all to ourselves since we arrived so late in the day. The kids loved it.. but next time I think we need to go before nap time because both only had a nap in the car & was not nearly as long as I am sure they hoped for or needed. So they were both kind of out of it & tired but they still had a great time. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the Zoo & the fun we had.. & you can Click Here to view the rest.