A very, very, very fine house.

Yesterday was a big day, as we lifted all of the contingencies on our home offer. So, as if it wasn’t already officially official, we’re going to be homeowners (again) in 25 days!

We’re excited and still a little nervous. We’ve been lucky in that we haven’t had to stress too much about eating out or clothes shopping here and there, but this house is going to make our budget tighter for awhile. It will be worth it! It’s a great house!

I will put up pictures eventually. I am excited to share it with those who haven’t seen it yet, but still a little shy about posting the pictures in a public place.

Another iPhone Blog

Just testing out the WordPress app. Here is a picture of the girls that I took yesterday. My little fashionista, AJ, had dressed herself in Cara’s bootcut pants and was wearing one of C’s skirts as a long, flowy, strapless tank top. The pants (three sizes too big) fell off when she climbed up on the couch.

Here she is doing her best Zoolander impression:

Blogging, 3GS Style

I thought I was very clever. I ordered a new iPhone 3GS right after they announced it, hoping to avoid the long lines. I have been waiting for this phone for awhile, as I never upgraded to the 3G and desperately wanted 32 GB of storage.

I was quite pleased with the UPS man at 9:30 am yesterday when he handed me the box, but not so pleased when my efforts left Todd’s phone activated, but mine dead. After 2.5 hours on the phone with Apple, then AT&T, then Apple…then Apple again, then both concurrently, I made a disastrous trip to the AT&T store that left me no closer to a working phone than I had been when I started. There was a lot of anger, a lot of frustration, and-I won’t lie-a tear or two.

I left it to the man of the house to deal with the AT&T store today, and he returned less than 15 minutes after leaving the house with my phone in full working order. So, here you have my first blog post from my new 32GB 3GS, which is much faster and far easier to blog from than the old one. Yay!

Gah, I’m such a slacker!

I know I have been terrible about updating the blog, but there have been a ton of things going on!

First and foremost, we are in escrow on our first California house! I am almost afraid to give any details until escrow closes, but if all goes well, we’ll be living in Long Beach at the end of July!

The girls are doing really well. They’ve both been having a lot of fun at their friends Matteo & Maleah’s house for a mini-preschool their mom, Rebecca, is hosting. AJ will continue on throughout July, while Cara starts summer camp next week! I promise to update with new pictures of them soon!

A Big Day for Dad!

Yesterday marked the first time that the girls have watched Daddy on TV! (Although, honestly, I did have to fastforward through the bulk of it for them. They aren’t allowed to watch Daddy’s game yet!)

Todd represented his new game at Sony’s E3 press conference yesterday and we are very proud of him. He played the game in front of thousands (and when you count the number of people watching on TV and the internet, much more than that!).

Here is the link to his appearance!

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-god-of-war/50267

Ice Cream for Dinner

I am a GREAT mom.

Todd has been working late, so last night the girls and I skipped dinner and just picked up some ice cream instead. I know it’s probably not a precedent I should set, but you have to live a little, right?

Needless to say, they loved it. I won’t give in to their pleas of ice cream for dinner too often, but I don’t suppose it will hurt every now and then!

Here they are (with jackets over their jammies) to walk down to the store for sundae supplies. As you can see, even the anticipation of such an event was enough to get camera-worthy smiles out of them at once! (No small feat, I assure you.)

Almost Summer!

Cara had her last day of preschool yesterday, and today we celebrated by filling up AJ’s new elephant pool for the first time. It was a birthday present from Grandma & Grandaddy, and it’s soooooooo cute. I can run the hose to the “nose,” and by adding the included cap, it sprays like a little fountain. The girls LOVE it. AJ screamed bloody murder when I had to take her out to pick up Todd.

IHOP

A few weeks ago, Todd took the girls on an excursion that did not include mom. (By choice.) He was craving pancakes.

Yesterday, Cara told me that she wanted waffles. She said, “Mama, can we go to the interFASHIONal pancake house?” (She’s such a girl.)

I said, “IHOP?”

She said, “Yes, you can hop there, too.”

Happy Birthday, Baby!

Two years ago today, my baby was born!

AJ is now a big girl who loves Go Diego Go, food, and sucking anyone’s thumbs other than her own. Here she is at the little party we had on Saturday. Such a big girl!

Yes, I am from LA.

Need I say more?

(Except, technically, she’s from Texas. That’s sort of the family secret. Shhhhhhhh.)