California Bound!

While Daddy is in Texas, Ariyana and I are taking some time to visit some family in California. We will get to see Great-Great Aunt Nancy and Uncle Jack, Pam and Rolf and their boys, and Pam Johnson among other friends. Today, is the day we get up super early - and we fly to California. For the first time in a while, Ariyana slept straight through the night and I had to wake her up to go to the airport. I'd be lying if I didn't say that I wasn't nervous about this plane trip, but over-all, Ariyana did remarkably well! She slept almost the whole way on the planes, and we are so thankful that Aunt Nancy upgraded our seats to First Class! That extra room was so valuable!

Will update as the vacation continues!

Happy Easter!

It's a tough first Easter for us, with Daddy being gone to Texas for the Army. But we certainly tried to make the best of it! It was fairly low key. Ariyana and I enjoyed the quiet day together at home and Uncle Sol came by later in the evening where we went and picked up some last minute dinner over at Wegman's. Low key, quiet and we missed Daddy lots.

Custom easter bow

Mommy, why am I in a basket?

Pretty eyelet Easter dress.

Grandma & Grandpa's Easter Card

Ariyana got her Easter card in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa today.
It played music when you opened it and it had lots of bright colors.
She liked it quite a bit!

Car Ride!

Ariyana is not much of a fan of her carseat. I don't think she likes being restrained too much. No matter all the promises of fun places we may go. This is a rare happy baby girl in her car seat!

Angel bear

Grandma and Grandpa got Ariyana a Vermont Teddy Bear - Angel for her first Easter. It's embroidered with her name on it and it's very well made. I hope she will keep it for a very long time. THIS bear she will not be playing with much!

Sleeping on Daddy

Ariayana falls asleep on Daddy a lot. It's one of her fave places to nap for sure. It's amazing watching this happen over time though. She grows so fast. One day, she won't want to take naps on us, so I cherish these moments because they may end quickly.

A 2-year old birthday!

Today, we went to celebrate little Maverick's second birthday. Mav is the son of Daisy and Mike - great couple! Ariyana had a blast... except while watching hockey, Sabres scored and Daddy, who was holding Ariyana at the time, screamed and jumped. Scared the tears out of her and she let him know she was unhappy. Was kinda funny though.