Locking myself out of the house this morning....

Ok so the morning started out pretty rough and then got rougher. Julia was in and out of time out for not listening. Finally got my 2 minutes out of her. We kept having to go back and forth to try and get the car started because it had to go to Toyota this morning to hopefully get this car fixed! Toyota still has no clue but at this point they are still looking at it for free so what can I say it's the right price. So I finally get the car started and Julia and I go back in the house to get our bag, keys etc. and a hand full of change...I wanted to go to the store and buy water since I knew I wouldn't have a car for the next few days. Well it turns out that what I thought were keys in my pocket was actually change and I locked us out! Luckily the window to our room was partially opened and somewhat locked with one of those "locks". Yeah those are pretty much useless! I took off the screen and put Julia in the window then climbed in myself, you can only imagine how bad that looked as I was half in and half out. But I made it! Julia loved it! When I set her in though the window she said "doing Mama?" It was so cute! I think she is hoping that it will be the new way of getting in the house. So back out the front door we go, this time with keys in hand. =) We head to the grocery store for water and french bread, for dinner tonight of course. Ummm yummy Lasagna. We bring that stuff back and drop it off then we are off to Toyota. We get there and the guy that we have been dealing with must be on break. They page him with no response so some other guy took over after about 15 mins of trying to find him. Usually we do this drop off pick up thing with Luke so it isn't usually a big deal. But I have to say I felt today that because he wasn't with me things defiantly didn't go as smooth as I think they should. We were waiting for a shuttle for about a half hour and Julia had had it! She was screaming and crying and it was taking forever. It was SO hot and it defiantly was nap time!! So when the shuttle came I loaded her and our things up and off we went. She fell asleep in the shuttle and I just carried her in to the house still in the car seat. If you know Julia this never happens! I was able to lay her down and she is still napping as I write. Yay!! So today has been just one of those busy "Mom days" Here are some recent pictures of Julia....Enjoy!

Well there is still no completely fixed car to report....LOL...Yesterday morning after Luke tried starting it with no luck I went out an hour later and guess what it started right up. I am so confused. It is like "Christine"! We did drop it off at Toyota last night for them to look at today. Still waiting to hear back from them. Today Julia and I went for a walk to the bank and then came home to get the Santa sack full of laundry, ok maybe just 3 loads full. Then hoofed it down the street to the laundromat to do. Luckily Julia does really well when we do laundry. She is "my helper" when it comes to putting it in the machine anyway. Unfortunately while we were their waiting for the dryer to finish her diaper decided to give out and I had to change her clean her and then leave her in only a diaper and her pink crocks. Though she did look cute! Oops I forgot to replace the just in case outfit. I swear though when we were walking home I sure was wishin for some AC. It was close to 80!! Auggh I sure hope they fix this car once and for all!! Also a couple of days ago my Cousin her kids and Julia and I took a walk to South Park just to check it out. It was really fun!! We stopped and had some ice cream at a cool parlor. My Parents coming to San Diego in Oct to celebrate 40 years. So the last picture is of Julia and a note that we emailed to "Mema" at work. She loved it! We can't wait to see you guys!!!

Julia is growing up before my eyes!!

I can't believe all the changes that have taken place in the last couple of weeks. Last night as we were having dinner we taught Julia how to do "thumbs up" it was the cutest thing ever and Tonight as I was reading her "Goodnight Moon"...our nightly story, she said the words "the cow jumping over the moon" without missing a beat! It surprised me!! She is so dang smart and growing everyday. We had fun on our bike ride yesterday. Julia has now decided that she likes it for more than 10 mins...she can usually make it for about 30 before she wants out!

On a bad note we have been having car troubles for the last 2 months and today Julia was out there helping Luke change the fuel filter...unfortunately that too was not the problem and the car is still broke. I have been saying that we now have a Johnny Cash car...one piece at a time. I don't know what else we can replace we have replaced the starter, plugs, cap, roater, battery, wires, fuel pump, fuel filter, relay circuit...you name it and it has been replaced. Aughh I am so frustrated!!! Tomorrow we are going to try to get it started and take it to another shop. Wish us luck! =)

I am blogging!

Well I have been wanting to start this for quite some time. So after I saw that my friend had started her blog, I had to do it. So here it is! I hope to keep you all updated with the fun and interesting things that happen with our family. Life with a 2 year old is never dull! Enjoy...