CRNA Week

This past week was National Nurse Anesthetists Week. On Wednesday the school had a party for all 3 years of students. The program has only been around for 3 years, so here are all the Loma Linda future CRNAs!

 

Here is Cameron's class. They spend so much time together. 

 

And here is Cameron and his study buddies, Kevin and Raj. We had them over to our house last Sunday. Kevin is married and has a little 15 month girl that Aubrey and Ada love to run around with. And they both absolutely adore Raj. Aubrey scooted a chair right next to hers at the table and made sure everyone knew if was for Raj. It is nice to know that Cam has some good friends to get through school with and study with. 

January Spring

It is starting to look like Spring here! I went on a walk the other day with the girls and I could smell the sweetest flowers. I am not sure what the smell was coming from, but trees are starting to bud and bloom again here. We have heard that the blossoms on the orange trees smell amazing, and we can't wait for that time to come. There are still plenty of trees full of oranges though, so harvest time will come first. 

 And I am sure you are all more than tired of seeing pictures of Disneyland. But here they are anyway. We were able to go on Thursday and it was a perfect day. I think January/February is the ideal time to go. Kids are all back in school and everyone is done vacationing until Spring break. We hardly waited in a line all day. And when we did wait, it was only 10 to 15 minutes for the popular attractions. With the exception of the new Cars ride. We have yet to try that one out and the line was still about an hour. Same with the Frozen characters, Anna and Elsa. The wait to see them was 2.5 hours! Hard to believe anyone waits that long.

We saw a lot of characters that we had never seen before. And in addition to these pictures, we saw a show with Belle in it, and saw Rapunzel but the line to see her was long as well. 

Ariel

 

Ada had only seen Snow White before so Aubrey was glad she got a turn. 

 

Woody

 

Buzz (Aubrey and I saw Jesse too, but waited for Cameron and Ada to catch up and she was gone)

 

Waiting for the Toy Story ride.

 

Donald Duck

 

Duffy the Disney Bear (no line for this one....who knew he existed?)

 

We worried about bringing Penny. Not so much about her behaving well, more just being around a lot of people. But we kept her in the stroller and she slept away most of the day. 

 

Penny's first trip to Disneyland (6.5 weeks)

 

 Peter Pan

Red the Fire Truck. 

I think we have been to Disneyland 5-6 times, and I think on Thursday we finally made it through most of the rides. I told Cameron that the next 2 years are probably the only times we will take our kids to Disneyland because after being able to come as go as we please, it would be hard to fit it all in in just a couple of days. We are spoiled. 

We also chatted that going this often is a blast and a fun activity, but for us some of the magic does wear off. I guess that is true with anything. But the girls still love it and we are all exhausted by the end of the day. 

Traffic is always hard to deal with, but somehow we made it home from Disneyland this time in just over an hour. What a great day!

Penny Post

Here is an overload of Penny! She is growing everyday! She got weighed on Wednesday and already weighs 9 pounds! She will be 7 weeks old on Monday. She is still mostly in newborn clothes, but is quickly filling those out and can get by wearing a few 3 month outfits, although most still look huge.

January Pictures

I feel like when Cameron returned to school, life got busier and I haven't stopped to take as many pictures. So I need to get better. Here are a few from the camera. Aubrey likes to hold Penny, especially if she is awake and happy. Ada hasn't really asked to hold her, but still will go up and talk to her and kiss her. 

 

I guess this time she decided it looked like fun!

 

I took the girls to the hot tub the other evening and Penny came along. She was wide awake until literally the second I set her in the stroller. 

 

Daddy story time. 

 

Watching Cinderella. 

 

And just a lot of cute pictures from the camera. 

 

 

I wanted to get the house cleaned up a bit on Tuesday and tried to distract the girls with crafts. It worked pretty good. Usually it is hard to let them do this while I clean, because they usually make an equally big mess at the same time. They did finger paint and then made sheep with cotton balls. So I feel like a patient and nice mom that morning!

Ada playing 'church'. 

 

One Month Old

Penny is one month old today! The past month has flown by, and it seems like Penny has been in our lives more than just a few weeks. We love her!

 

I took the girls on a walk/bike ride a few days ago. It is so nice to be able to get out of the house. 

 

Loving our cute little Penny.