I'm a sucker

We were supposed to go to Phoenix this weekend, but my sister ended up having to get some surgery unexpectedly, so we decided it would be best to stay back and make sure she was doing well. And, she is. Surgery went great and she seems to be healing fantastically. Now, we just hope it all goes well from here.

Sunday was my birthday, and since we didn't go to Phoenix, we decided to go to Disneyland and take advantage of my getting in free. I seriously had so much fun despite the fact that i can't ride any of the thrill rides.

First we went to see the princesses. Carmen met her favs:







Toward the end of the day, Me and Carmen hung out riding the carousel and various fantasyland rides while Shay and my brother rode Space mountain and such. At one point, Carmen was in no mood to wait in anymore lines, so I decided to check out the Bippity Boppity Boutique with her. And, oh my. It is so fantastic. I highly recommend treating your daughter to this princess treatment. The Bippity Boppity Boutique, for those who don't know, transforms your little girls into Princesses with hair, make up, nails, princess attire and pictures - should you get suckered into all of it, which i did. I couldn't help myself. I first just signed up for the hair, makeup and nails. But Carmen got so excited getting the princess treatment and it was so thrilling to see her loving it, that well, I went all the way. And I think these pictures speak for themselves:














It was a blast. I think I may have had more fun watching her than she had being made into a princess. And it totally shocked me because I am not the "get my daughter dolled up" type. But watching her totally get excited about getting made up, just put a big huge smile on my face. It was ridiculous fun. And as we walked out of the park that day, tons of people stopped us to say how cute Carmen was, total strangers took pictures of her (which is a little creeepy) and she just beamed with every step.

Until of course, she got tired.



She didn't even make it to the car.



I think it may have been my best birthday yet.

In other news. My belly is getting huge. It is almost as big now, at 22 weeks, as I was at 36 weeks with carmen. It's both depressing and scary. Even thought I've heard, your belly gets bigger faster after your first, I'm still freaked.

Me, now, at 22 weeks:


Me, two years ago, at 36 weeks:

Beach Diva

For the past few days Carmen has been asking to go to the ocean. She has also been obsessed with this sand bucket and shovel that she has been playing with, bathing with and sleeping with for the past few days as well. So, what perfect a place to play with a sand bucket than at the beach! Today was a beautiful warm and sunny day, so we decided to go to the beach.

Instead of going to the beach closest to us, we decided to trek down to Huntington Beach instead. (We are just trying experience every beach and decide what we like best). While Huntington Beach is only about 30 minutes away, when we got there, it was overcast, breezy and a little chilly. We were bummed, but went to the beach and enjoyed it digging in the sand for a little while. We also captured this sweet picture of our little beach diva. So stylish, that one.

It's a......

GIRL!

Most of you know this by now. But, Carmen will be getting a little sister come September.
The ultrasound went great. The baby is almost a pound, she has long legs and wouldn't stop moving the entire time.
We are very excited, although Shay was secretly hoping for a boy to somewhat even out the estrogen. But we are very happy that we'll have a couple of ladies on our hands.

California Adventures

Yesterday we went to California Adventures. It was part of a 2fer deal when we had went to Disneyland last month, so we got to go for free. California Adventures is no Disneyland, but we had fun. Here are some cute pictures of Carmen.

Carmen on a ladybug ride. She totally looks like her Grandma Carlie in this picture:



Carmen having fun on a flying ride:



Carmen, unsure about the caterpillar chu chu train ride:

More Pictures

So, as promised, I downloaded the pictures on my other camera and now bring you MANY more pictures.

First, back in march, my parents came to visit and we went to the Cabrillo Aquarium in San Pedro. Carmen really had fun looking at all the fishies and taking pictures with sharks.







April 4th, we went to Disneyland to celebrate Shay's birthday. Carmen was much more into Disneyland this time around. Instead of being TERRIFIED by the characters, she LOVED them and was so happy and giddy to meet them. It was a lot of fun.





















Carmen was most excited to meet Mickey Mouse:



But, by the end of the day, the little miss was DONE:



The following weekend we went to Vegas for Easter and to be around our families. My aunt Teri was also there visiting with her family and so needless to say, Carmen was busy dying eggs, finding eggs and being showered with attention.

















Making breakfast with Papo:



Easter afternoon, we went to the petting zoo at Bonnie Springs. My camera died there, so I didn't get very many shots, but this cute one managed to get captured:



Ahhhh....that's a lot of pictures. Sorry for the swarm of them. We've been having a lot of fun with Carmen. She is talking and singing more and more everyday and she is so wonderful. It's going to be a lot of fun when her brother or sister gets here.

picture update

So, it's been a long time since I downloaded my cameras. My apologies. Here are some pictures from the last few months. More are coming, but i have to charge the other camera to get the pictures off. ah well.

From February in her favorite hat:



From March, we were playing dress up one day and this is the result. A gorgeous fashion model:





Carmen watching one of her favorite movies, Mama Mia!:



From today, just took some sun shiney pictures of the fabulous Carmen Azar:









Pictures to come: Easter! and an aquarium visit and possibly some other gems.