Vegas!

A Few weekends ago Andrew and I were able to go to Vegas sans Zeland thanks to our totally awesome parents!!!  Andrew was working on so music with his friends and I was hanging out with my girls from work. My co-worker and friend Christine is getting married (or actually is married as of 2 days ago) in Mexico and we could not attend so we all decided to head to Vegas for the weekend. I thought I would share some pictures from the weekend. We had a great time! 

Miranda and I with Lemonade and Gatorade. So fun!

 Statue of Liberty made out of jelly beans!

 New York, New York

 MGM

Creepy snakes on the strip...eek!

The Venetian

 Inside the Cosmopolitan which is totally where we are going to stay next time...this place is beautiful!

The Bellagio (I think)

Dentist

Today Zeland had a dentist appointment. Actually this is his 3 or 4th checkup. He LOVES the dentist! He sits perfectly still for xrays and his cleaning. The office we go to is ridiculously fun they have video games, movies playing and stuffed animals galore which if you know Zeland you know he LOVES animals. Anyway...back to the important part..his teeth are in perfect condition. The only thing we need to add is a fluoride rinse. We have been flossing since our last check up or fossiling if you ask Zeland :) the dentist said he is glad all his patients aren't like Zeland or he would be out of business!

Hello again.

I have the urge to blog so I am going to blog. I am sure I will stop again and start again 50 more times. I am wishy washy like that. :) I have had a challenging few months and just didn't feel like I could pretend to be positive and happy when I wasn't really feeling that way but it's a new year and a new me! A happy positive new me. So...what's new in my world you ask?
I have two beautiful new nephews. Azik and Maddox whom I am completely madly in love with and actually will be spend lots of time with Maddox babysitting him on some of my days off when Caroline goes back to work which I am super excited about! I already have the pack n play set up for him to sleep in. Also in other baby news my sister in law Amber is pregnant! There is a lot of baby business going on around here and I love it!
Cameron was here for about 2 weeks for Christmas and we had fun while he was here. He is happy in Connecticut and doing well in school. He just started playing basketball and is of course loving it. Last game he played he scored 20 points! I miss that kid like crazy. I wish I could say he hated living there and wanted to come home but alas that's not the case. Michael is really doing a great job with him and I am happy they are getting to spend this time together and I think that this has been a positive change for Cameron. Me being sad isn't what's important and I am willing to put that fact aside if he is happy and healthy. I am really looking forward to summer with him.
Zeland is awesome. Or crazy depending on who you ask :) I cannot imagine life without him. He makes us laugh and he make us want to toss him out a window! Terrible 3's are no joke!
Keep on the look out for more Zeland posts.

Wasn't Father's Day last month??

My name is Julia and I am a procrastinator. Poor Andrew just got his Father's day presents. Thank goodness he is low maintenance.

Yay!! Father's day presents 2 weeks late!




New running shoes! The back story on this is that we have a treadmill (a clothes rack) in our room that takes up a lot of space that I have been dying to sell because we do not use it and I would rather go to the gym but Andrew refuses to sell so we made a deal that he has to start using it or I am selling!


If you have ever had a child who is difficult at bedtime this book is freaking hilarious unless of course you are easily offended then I would say don't read otherwise please do it's so very funny.

Mission Escaping Heat!

It was (is) freaking hot in Phoenix. I really don't like Phoenix in the summer. All weekend we tried to avoid going outside as much as possible. We spent the weekend swimming in the morning, library, eating out, and watching lots of movies. The boys are on their own today for the 4th since I am working but I know they are trying to stay cool and are planning on BBQ'ing with Uncle Matt and Caroline. Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing dads I know expecially to my dad and to Andrew for being a great dad to my boys.

California

We got back from California on Tuesday. We had an amazing time! Seriously it was the most relaxing vacation ever. Zeland did a great job on the long car ride aside from getting sick on the drive home which I blame not on being car sick but missing California. I am not happy to be back in reality but I am so very happy to be home with Andrew we missed him very much.


Zeland's favorite things about California

1. Walking everywhere. Every time we would leave the house he would say that he wanted to walk and not take the car. I have to say this is my favorite thing too. Parking is a nightmare and being able to walk in the lovely weather is awesome.

2. Aunt Kira's cat Frankie. He loved playing with Frankie. Kira happened to be dog sitting the first day we were there and Zeland loved the Dog(Emma)too.

3. The city bus. He loved riding the bus!

4. The Aquarium which he called a fish museum :)

5.Jordan and Anthony...2 of the big kids we hung out with in California. He loves his big brother so he really loved being able to hang out with big kids and honestly it was nice to not have to entertain him for a little while.

6. The Beach although he wasn't thrilled about getting in the water which is fine with me since I do not go in the ocean and I would prefer my kids did not and in fact the only reason why I allowed him in at all is because we actually just went to the bay in Long Beach which means no sharks!!!

Zeland's Least Favorite Things.

1. Bedtime...I let him stay up every night WAY past bedtime which ended up catching up with us the last 2 days we were there cause he was pretty cranky.

2. Kira's cat Frankie. Yes I know this is also listed in Zelands favorite things but he did spend a lot of time telling Kira to spank Frankie because he was touching his toys or doing something else to annoy him.

3. Leaving..He wasn't happy to leave. He did miss Daddy but he wanted Daddy to come to California. I have know Kira for 18 years (how am I that old!!!) and I am sad every time I have to say goodbye to her and as I was driving away crying Zeland say "its ok mama Aunt Kira will be back soon" so cute.


Scenes from California....

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