Bebba, Beach, and Bonding time...

We planned one last Bebba date before she leaves the country indefinitely... and although we did not accomplish most of our original plans, it was one of my favorite days- less of a "something so extravagant happened", more of a "simple little moments to be cherished" kinda day.
We had planned to rendezvous in Laguna for our regular sugaring appointment, followed by fulfilling my bucket list item of paddle-boarding, then lunch.... but courtesy of a kidney infection, Bebba was in no way, shape or form able to do any of our original plans (turns out paddle-boarding while pregnant is not advised anyway)... however, we made the most of the most beautiful beach weather and improvised by meeting Bebba in Seal Beach (after her doctor appt). She met us at the playground- where I felt the need to continually mention little statements such as, "man, that kidney infection looks really miserable!" or "too bad you have a kidney infection, Nugget would have loved her auntie to play on the swings/slide with her!" for other concerned looking mothers to overhear as my sister lay slumped over on the sand looking quite ill... We followed up a brief playtime with lunch at Taco Surf with Becca's old boss (who treated us ladies to lunch!), after we parted ways (Bebba was in complete agony at this point, and a complete trooper for trying to keep up with her last Nugget date), Jayme and I re-parked the car and headed down the pier to Ruby's for an impromptu mommy and me shake date and to look out over the ocean where she was in awe of everything from the fishermen, to the boats, to the shoreline, to the seagulls, to the seagull poop on the railings- disgusting! (she is obsessed with the beach and ocean- every day she begs "beach tomorrow, okay?") After 3 sips of her oreo shake, she decided she was over the idea of ice cream through a straw and had me toss it out (she is so not normal!). We headed back to the car and lucky for me she passed out before I even put the car in drive... I made an impromptu trip to Target followed by another hour and a half sitting in Labor Day weekend traffic as we headed to pick up Ryan at work- this lucky mom had a sleeping little girl the entire time!

I found similar pictures of her in the same swing at 4 months, the swing by our house at 16 months, and this week's picture at 28 months... crazy how time goes so fast

one last play-date with her  sick Bebba

I wish we could go to this park every week! She is in absolute heaven here...

Impromptu Ruby's date with mommy

my little ham was posing for anyone who walked by (hilarious, then ridiculous, then embarrassing) so of course I had to include some of these ;-)

I am going to make every effort to enjoy a few more of these impromptu dates with my little girl before her little brother arrives... she melts my heart, especially when I see the pure joy radiating from her little face.