down to the wire wedding madness...

with 4 hours of sleep in 2 days and a lot of adrenaline (and coffee) anything can be accomplished... even a successful and BEAUTIFUL wedding!!! the quick run-down version... in pictures of course

10:00PM Friday night... the bride unloading her gown from our packed-to-the-roof-with-wedding-stuff-tahoe

what you don't see is the bell boys taking pictures of the most carts they've ever used for one vehicle

11:00PM thank you for the suite upgrade... apparently we needed the space to sprawl out our last minute crafting-to-do's!

sparkles turning "sparkly" and the bride tying up loose ends on her broach bouquet (before the midnight run to Jack in the Box)

trial run of candy bar

4:43AM finally done with the bouquet!

too many hours spent to count... but i think it paid off!

why go to bed now when we can open every pack of lemon heads for the candy table and watch the sun rise from our gorgeous room?!

power breakfast time!

mimosa- check. depuffing power of cucumbers- check. fabulous hair (in process)- check. r&r on the fabulous deck with ocean breeze- check!

wouldn't it be fabulous to have this treatment everyday?!

sparkles' turn to get glammed up!

T- 4 hours to go and she's STILL adding finishing touches to the bouquet!!!

family classic

tasty success!

 

 

girls just wanna have fun...

missy and audrey came over to have a girl day and splash in the pool (well audrey and jayme splashed while us mommies soaked up some sun)...

double excitement... graham crackers and a playdate!

such a sass showing audrey her toy basket

neither one of them could get away from the cold pool fast enough! (note- make sure the water is not ice cold- even when its hot out, babies don't like cold)

either checking out the cute babies in their reflections or desperate to get back inside

summertime classic

audrey got in on the watermelon action too

keeping hydrated in the hot sun

watermelon flushed faces

baby talking

really girls?! we were just outside and you begged to come back in... now you want back out?!

first steps...

for the past couple weeks i've had the camera ready, but of course jayme refuses to perform when the camera is out! today she walked (like a drunk person) from the couch to the tv stand (while my camera was charging-ugh!)... so after dinner and being over-served at the milk bar... this is what i was able to capture:

hopefully after a full night's rest and a fresh start tomorrow we will get better footage!

anniversary weekend...

we packed up the car, the kid, and the sunblock and headed to san diego for our first family zoo trip (cheap fun way to spend our 6th anniversary)... first we picked up ub4 (uncle benny benny boo bear) in fallbrook... next stop- sand diego zoo (courtesy of our annual passes from ub4 and family!)... the weather was gorgeous, jayme was in a great mood.... the only bummer- lethargic animals! even the monkeys were lazy/sleeping!

"look ma! real life sized sophies!" (her favorite animal of the day)

pure joy/excitement

rough day apparently...

annnnd another napper...

napping in limbo

"maybe if i hide my face, mom won't see what i've done..."

busted! (notice the milk in the pacifier and what you don't see is the rest of the milk covering her and the stroller)

"but mom....i just wanted to see what the inside of my souvenir cup looked like!"

thank goodness this was the end of the day and for baby wipes (and ub4's family pool after the zoo)

" i <3 this guy! "

ub4's mom (eve) made sure i had plenty to play with

favorite toy/spot for the night... quincy's bed and a pint size "bay-bay"

just another summer day...

"supervising" her cousin jordan as he fills the pool

"are you sure thats enough water?"

checkin' out the slide (graham cracker in hand)

"okay... watch this!"

"oh geese! oh no! this is too cold!" (graham cracker now soaked- but still in hand)

"must. get. out. NOW!"

eating her soggy graham cracker and telling jordan how she feels about the cold water

"up mom!"

stealing his seaweed snack (i'm just realizing how much my kid seems to be "snacking" in majority of pics)

sharing... never too young to learn!