Austin Trip

Naomi and I took a trip with Terri and Jessica to visit friends in Austin, and to attend a wedding in Dallas. We were able to drive the 10+ hours in a single day, the girls were SO good! This is Naomi asleep about an hour into the trip.


We visited a really neat museum where the girls found 'fossils'. We also saw some animals like a bobcat, foxes, assorted lizards, and even rabbits.

Here they are with the 'princess' otherwise known as the bride. They paid a dollar in the traditional dollar dance so they could dance with her.

This is Naomi with Sarah, we had just spent the day at Zilker park and went swimming.

The girls just loved Sarah and Gem! They were very sorry to have to leave them to come back home.

Camping

Here is a view of the beautiful valley we camped in!

Naomi standing in front of out new tent. It was huge!

Just before we roasted marshmallows. She likes her uncooked.

We stopped in this glen for a rest during our hike, the temperatures where so nice.

We also found some wild strawberries along the way. They were delicious!

The 'Wedding'

Naomi decided this evening that she and Michael would get married. She chose outfits for both of them of course!

It wasn't your average ceremony since the bride designed it herself. Simple and too the point, I'm just not sure what this part was, walking up the aisle perhaps?

Here is the beautiful Bride! She was very proud of the flowers.

And the handsome Groom. They yellow blanket was his hat and the pink blanket a cape, I guess he was prince charming!

They kiss and live happily every after!

Ballet

Naomi is also taking ballet classes this summer. They will go through the end of August and she'll have a recital on August 30th! This is a picture of her first ballet class. She is getting ready to touch her feet to her head.

Here is her second class. They will also be learning tap. They were all so excited about getting on the stage for the first time! More pictures to come!

Swimming Classes

All ready for swim class! Naomi is about halfway through her swim lessons and she's having a great time!

An action shot, they are jumping out of the pool like frogs.

Here they are being alligators. All of these activities are meant to help the kids become more comfortable with water.

This is wear they jump into the pool to the instructor. It's only about 3.5 feet deep, so they pretty safe!

They are waiting for the instructor to tell them to kick, work those leg muscles!

She'll finish her class at the end of next week. I'll try to add some more pictures!

Disneyland 3

We are looking at Casey Jr. Train, I think they are all saying 'Chew chew'!

Jennifer and Naomi posing before we got on the teacups. This is another ride that Naomi really enjoyed.

We are all (all eight of us!) going into 'Small World'. Naomi said it was scary, but I think that's because it was inside and a little dark.

Outside of 'Small World' our ride ended just as the clock did it's thing!

Disneyland 2

The first day at Disneyland started off ruff. I can't even remember why she was crying, it may have been because she didn't want me to take her picture. The tattoo on her arm says "If I am lost please help me" and then our cell phone number.

She wasn't sure about Pluto, so Yaya had to go up to meet him too.

This is in Main Street before the main park opened, she's happy enough now!

The first ride was Dumbo of course! She loved it, I think she rode Dumbo about 5 times.

Disneyland 1

This is Naomi before we even left the house! She is already excited and ready to go!

This is Naomi being a ?kitty? on the shuttle from the airport to the hotel. It took about a hour to get there, she kept herself pretty occupied!

Here she is running after a new friend at the swimming pool. Apparently the water was pretty cooled, she never got me in it though.

We spent the first evening in CA at Downtown Disney. It was a neat place with live music, food, and shopping!

Naomi's new room

Those of you who have visited our house know that Naomi's room was very close to our Master bedroom. As she's gotten older, it has been harder for her to stay asleep through the necessary showers and such during the morning, so we decided to move her to what was Michael's office.

Right now she is all about green! And pink, sort of. So we painted her new room in those two colors. We mixed the two paint colors to help blend from one to the other, it's a neat effect.


Some friends who looked at it recently said it almost looked like a sunset to give you a better idea.



Naomi is very happy in her new room and has been sleeping much better!

Now we just need to paint Michael's new office...

Rockstar, yeah!

Naomi walks around singing "Rockstar...yeah!", I'm not really sure why, but it is cute. Here are some of her other songs:

I'm a little tea pot

ABC's

Twinkle Twinkle

Naomi's Song

Naomi's Birthday with Family

We celebrated all three birthdays with on big party at my parents house! There was a bouncy, a pony and cart, face painting, and a donkey! I think everyone really enjoyed themselves, I know Naomi did! The women who brought the pony (Deb) does work with my cousin Brian, she and her helpers did such a great job!

The bouncy you can see in the background is a pink and blue castle! It was a big hit with children and parents!

Here is the cake I made for them. Fairies are very in right now due to the new Tinkerbell movie. It was a big cake, but there were plenty of people and there wasn't much left over!

Thank you to everyone that attended, the girls had a great time!

Naomi is 3!

The Big 3!!

Naomi is 3! It's hard to believe, but she's grown up so much it's hard to deny. We just got back from the 3 year old check-up. She is 38 inches tall and weighs 32.4 pounds. Both of those are in the 75%, so she's a well rounded girl. She also passed all the developmental tests with flying colors, and the Doctor said she was a smart girl, of course we already knew that! They also took her blood pressure (88/50 good for 3) and calculated her BMI (15.8 also good!). She behaved so well at the check-up, I was a little concerned because she has been wary of doctors since her hospital stay in December.

We will be celebrating her birthday in Las Cruces this weekend with friends and family down there. She is looking forward to it, and tells Michael and I that we are invited because we are her friends.

Naomi also celebrated her birthday with her friends here in Rio Rancho. She had a princess party and enjoyed helping me make the cake. She did a really good job at her birthday and was in a pretty good mood!

Christmas 2008

We were lucky to spend this Christmas with a lot of our family. Naomi seemed to understand Christmas and Santa Claus this year, she even sat in Santa's lap and told him that she would like a scooter, a doll house, and a princess mirror.

Here are Naomi and my cousins last Christmas.

And here they are this Christmas, look how those girls have grown!

We celebrated Christmas with the Wildman side of the family on Friday at the Sletten's house. Naomi loves having time to play with her cousins!

This is Christmas morning at the Taft's house. Santa left her the scooter that she REALLY wanted! So of course she had to ride it immediately.

Halloween 2008

Yaya and Pa came up to join Naomi for Trick or Treating this year!

She was supposedto be a princess, but changed her mind the day of and became a fairy, luckily we already had a fairy costume!

Isn't she pretty?


She got plenty of candy, I guess being cute can get you a long way!