Update

So when we woke up Wednesday morning I decided to check Cami's nose. I tipped her upside down and saw the bead up her nose! Thanks a lot ER. So I went to a ENT Dr. to get it out. BTW, most of the Drs in the area were already out of town...lame. So we were in his office for like 5 minutes and he pulls the bead out. He then checked both nostrils with a microscope to make sure she hadn't shoved more up there! That is one expensive bead I might add. :)
Then today during lunch she says "Look mom." And what do you know she has two pretzels shoved up her nose (one in each nostril). For real girl?!? What am I going to do?

The ER

The full story: if my blurb on FB wasn't enough (and Kevin may have to fill in some details later)
So last night Camilla sticks two beads up her nose. She comes to me crying saying she has a booger. So I get one of the beads out and ask her if that is better. She points to the other nostril and says "booger." I can't even see this one. So after trying ourselves to get it out with no success, we decide to take her to an insta care. Kevin walks across the street to one to find it closed at 5. (BTW, what kind of insta care closes at 5, that is sooooo lame!)
So Kev then loads her up in the car and takes her to the ER. They wait for two hours before they can get in. They try to find the bead and can't. By this time her nose is so swollen from all the proding. So they spray up her nose with something to reduce the swelling and come and check 25 minutes later. They check again and no bead.
So the Dr. says it either came out on its own, she swallowed it or it is still up there and she will begin to get a terrible sinus infection within the next few days. We are all hoping that it is the first two! :)
Three hours after leaving for the ER, Kevin and Camilla get home. Whew! What an eventful night.
Come to find out, it is probably my fault. Kevin never put anything up his nose, I remember getting 6 peas up my nose!

The Zoo

We bought a zoo pass for the summer so I am sure this will be the first of many outings. :) The Oakland zoo is really cool with interactive things for the kiddos to play on. Here the girls were leaping on different lilly pads, playing frogs. (They were both a little scared Kevin left them for the pic, so they are holding on to each other...so cute!) Here is the fam in front of the elephants. A family fav!

Here they had turtle shells you could sit on. They are both screaming 'help' because they thought they were falling off.

I can't remember ever seeing a turtle this big so close. He was massive! The fam with the turtle.

The kid has no fear! She had climbed up the fence and was leaning over and yelling "Hi giraffes!" It was pretty cute (and I was close by to catch her if she fell),

The below video is Camilla in the Reptile house. She was having so much fun opening and shutting doors and running away from Kevin.

Loved it all, minus the lady who called me EVERY swear word in the book because Emma accidentally stepped on her toe. Rude lady pushing in front of little kids, who is the zoo for? Oh well, what do you do?

Emma's Birthday

Emma turned four on April 25th, which was a Sunday. It would have been just fine, but we came home from church to see this out our front window. It was the little girl's birthday that lives next door to us. Emma was devistated. We tried really hard to hide it, but she found it. :( Try explaining to a four-year-old about keeping the Sabbath day holy. Thanks a lot neighbor for making MY birthday girl feel like her birthday wasn't as special. :( Here is the birthday girl! She informed me the next morning that she can pour her own cereal because she is four!

We had the girls cover their eyes for more birthday surprises. I thought it was so cute!

The 'hit' of the party was my old toys! I brought a few of my toys home with me from my parents house. This is a Rainbow Bright set. Do you remember those? My kiddos love them!

Here is the 'princess' cake that was requested. It may have been a bit of a train wreck (it is supposed to be a castle if you couldn't tell :) but our little princess didn't seem to mind.

Attacking the cake! The girls just ate the cones off the top. They loved it.

Below is a video of blowing out the candles. If you can sit through our singing it is hilarious because Cami blows out Emma's cake. Followed by a meltdown! It is hard when it is not your birthday.

This video is of Camilla singing Happy Birthday to Emma. It is really cute!

Date Night

We went out on a date Friday night to an Oakland A's game. We won 10-0! It was a fun game and a fun date! One more thing we love about living here, pro baseball games!

Happy Birthday Emma!

Today Emma is 4 years old! What a ride it has been. We love her cute smiles, her dimple, her fun personality and her excitement for life. What would we do without our Emma? I know it sounds cliche, but I really can't believe how much time has gone by. We have had so many fun memories with Emma. We love you, Emma and hope you have a wonderful day! Here's to 4 wonderful years!

A Great Big Shout-out!

So I was in desperate need of a swimming suit. (Usually I don't blog about this) Anyway, I have always heard that Modbod swimming suits are awesome. So I went to their website and found this adorable swimsuit. Come to find out, this amazing friend of mine designed the swimming suit! Isn't she so talented?!? Someday when I grow up, I hope to be as awesome as her. And yes, I bought the swimming suit. Just a side note, they are much cheaper when they do their roadshows(I got mine at Costco). So if you are close to one, go get it!