Mommy's Secret

While watching TV a few nights ago with Cali, a commercial for Victoria's Secret comes on. You know, the one where they are promoting sexy bras/panties while wearing angel wings and walking aimlessly with music in the background.

As I was quickly motioning to change the channel to locate some level of wholesome programming, Cali pipes in with: "Mommy?"

Of course, mommy wasn't home at the time to witness/hear this. Oh, how I wish she was. At first I chuckled at such an odd question by Cali. Why does Cali instantly think a scantily clad woman is mommy? Does mommy walk around in this attire while I am away? Does Cali believe any blonde woman is her mommy? What was I to do...how do I respond?

Do I agree with her and allow her to think mommy (and possibly all mommy's) is a lingerie supermodel? Do I tell her no and have her cry because she is heart broken and decides to boycott Victoria's Secret forever? Ugh! Such a dilemma for a Thursday evening. Doesn't Cali understand I had a difficult enough time figuring out what to have for dinner earlier that evening?! Damn you VS, damn you!

How did I actually respond? I will have to leave that up to speculation. Let's just say Cali (and daddy) is coping with the truth.

Oh, but on a brighter note, Cali apparently thinks I resemble Terrence Howard:

 I think it's the eyes...

Who needs Cali when you are going to Cali

Our first trip without our baby girl was to LA/San Diego, CA. We went down to visit our friends, Celia & Sean, and to hang out with their 7 month old boy, Caeden. Here are some photos of what we did:

SEA-WORLD!

 Caeden's "pacifier" - yes, that is a soft drink cup; it was adorable

 Sleepy baby

 Big blues

 "I love physics, just like my mommy & daddy"

SAN DIEGO FARMER'S MARKET

 

BAY CRUISE

TORREY PINES HIKE

 

DEPARTURE DAY / SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

McCONNON's ABODE

Oh, and John was in San Francisco a weekends ago to visit his old coworkers and to see some good friends - he jammed a lot into his trip but he only managed to come away with a few photos, here is one:

Christmas

Did we tell you the xmas tree fiasco?  We decided to go BIG since this was the first Christmas in our new home and we were ecstatic to have enough room to fit a tree larger than 3ft.  Picture a scene right out of "A Christmas Story" (the one where the kid gets bundled up so much that he can't put his arms down).  In our case, it was Cali awaking from a nap that wasn't long enough followed by being immediately shoved into too many layers and squooshed into a car seat....we only got to the end of the subdivision before we had to turn back due to our screaming toddler.  On our second attempt, we got lost, I had a coughing fit, and by the time we arrived it was almost dark.  The owner took us on a 4wheeler into the boonies where we were supposed to look at a 30ft tree from the ground and decide if the top 10ft looked good enough for him to cut down.  On the way home, our tree fell OFF my dad's trailer and we proceeded to RUN IT OVER.  When we got it home, we then had to use all our might to shove it through the sliding door and then attempt to get it in the tree stand and decorate it with a large ladder.  But don't you just LOVE real trees! :)

 This year we had a xmas cookie making day with both of our families.  Cali is more excited here by uncle Nick being goofy than the cookies, but she had lots of fun decorating for the first time.  She couldn't quite figure out how to shake the sprinkles on without jamming the shaker into the frosting each time though.  We had some PRETTY cookies this year!

 We saw this face quite a few times xmas morning!

 Baby's second xmas

 Cousins.  I'm guessing these boys are going to get my little one in some trouble in the next few years....

 The Kinsey annual cookie contest:  do you think we made enough?  The winners this year:  Dylan, Brooke, and my dad

 Kinsey xmas at Bill and Al's house

Grammie and Cali doing the newest dance move--the fist punch

I've Taught Myself to Type (although I can barely say my ABC's)...

....incredible, I know!

So here's the story.

My mommy and daddy brought me to my great-grandma's house on the lake for the Kinsey family New Year's Eve holiday weekend -- a mouth full, to say the least. Anyway, I got to hang out with my cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and a bunch of other people who were all so very nice to me. We did all sorts of cool things like puzzles, read books, took naps, drank milk, had our diapers changed, ate a bunch of good food, and a bunch of outdoorsy stuff. We went on a long magical walk where 1/58th of the trip I was in a mommy-drawn sled and the rest of the time my sherpas carried me. I was sure glad when we got to the destination, a bar, where I could relax and have a drink. All in all, it was a fun trip. What can I say, people love me!

Oh, you were serious...you are going to pull me...in this THING?

Okay, we're moving...

It's getting pretty fast...

Hold on tight...but seriously folks, I liked it. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Can you believe they carried me the entire way like this?

Me and my pops chillin' on the ice. My first time playing hockey. Aren't we cute?

And then there's these guys

The whole family, including me in the middle, on New Years Eve!

Our Angel

The perfect mix of John and I....our brown-eyed blonde.