Mattie's New Crib....

New crib, as in, new home... We have enjoyed quite a few meals outside on our new patio since Saturday...

And we are slowly but surely getting unpacked and organizing the apartment.... Here's a belated father's day photo... More pics to come as we get more organized....

If you want to get dizzy, watch Mattie dance!

A regular occurrence with Mattie is dizzy dancing... at our house, and both grandparent's houses, she just loves to dance! I walked in on her this morning to a dance party with Barney on TV and had to grab the camera!

Sylvie's 2nd Bday party!

Mattie was also invited to Sylvie's party, just 4 hours after Cora's... she got in a quick snooze on the drive to LB... the party started with a lovely tea party.. Mattie and Logan became quick best buds and drenched each other with the "tea" (water)...

Frozen yogurt pops were served... a sure hit with the kids AND adults!

Sylvie had lots of flower pots for her friends to decorate... Nadine showed Mattie and Alyssa the ropes...

But Mattie preferred to decorate herself, instead of her flower pot... then she joined Logan in the kitchen for some more "tea"

Mattie also enjoyed some serious giggle time with Aaron and Logan, while they all cracked up at Aaron's dada, Jeff... what a fantastic party!

Pool party!

Mattie was invited to Cora's 1st Bday party on Sunday... she had a blast eating cupcake cones with daddy....

And playing in the kiddie pool and the "big kid" pool....

Monterey Family Vacation!

How does one narrow down over 100 pictures from a family vacation into a blog post? Here's the best I could do....
Here are Sadri and Mattie at the 18th hole of Pebble Beach Golf Course.... I have never seen Sadri so excited in my life! We drove to the golf course twice to look around and he wanted to go a 3rd time to look again.... I must admit it was very beautiful....We spent the afternoon at the white sand beach in Carmel, and walked to the end where it meets up with Pebble Beach golf course.... of course.... Mattie was on to Daddy's sneaky ways ;)

The famous "Lone Cypress" which just happens to be the logo for Pebble Beach...

We also stopped by Poppy Hills and Spyglass and Spanish Bay golf courses... here is a picture of Sadri and Mattie reluctantly leaving Spanish Bay

The Monterey Bay Aquarium was pretty cool and pretty big... we spent the whole morning there... and look, in the back you can spot some seals lounging on the rocks...

This is Lovers Point Beach.... more seals and squirrels.... lots of squirrels that Mattie wanted to feed and pet...

More Lovers Point Beach... cool rock formations...

My family vacationed to Monterey a lot when I was a kid... and we always played at this park... so we had to take Mattie to check it out!

The Fisherman's Wharf... where we sampled "the best clam chowder" at about 5 different locations... I don't want to see any clam chowder for at least 6 months!

Hiking at Point Lobos.... another spot my family always went when I was a kid... so beautiful... really, everywhere along the coast is beautiful....

Pismo Beach and Solvang didn't make it to my favorite pics pile, but we had some fun there too, on the way up to Monterey and on the way back down.... now I need a vacation from that vacation!

More Disneyland!

We headed back to Dland on Thursday... Mattie was so brave to give the big chipmunk a hug!

Then Mattie's BFF Tatum finally arrived after being stuck in traffic... The first stop was the carousel and boy were they happy!

The cuties held hands and were very excited to go on rides together!

The jungle cruise is always a hit... lots of fun animals to see! Mattie can't wait to go to Dland again with Tatum!

Happy Mother's Day!

Mattie woke me up on Mother's Day morning to show me what she and daddy had created with her favorite blocks.... how cute!

After church we headed off to brunch with Sadri's parents, where the moms enjoyed some champagne with breakfast...

And Mattie took a moment to stop and pose with mommy by the fountain... wow, has time flown, I can't believe this was my 3rd mothers day! Each year just keeps getting better!