California winter

The year is already flying by fast. I can't believe my baby is going to be two in two and a half short months. We have been talking about her birthday party the last couple of days. I would like to do something fun for her since I think she will understand what is going on this year. Since we have a house and a yard we could just have it here but there are so many cute venues that host fun parties it is tempting to go that route, unfortunately they are a little pricey. Please feel free to comment on this post and give me some ideas. I know I say this in every post but I swear Caralin is changing by the second! She has a whole new arsenal of words that literally keeps us on our toes. She has mastered the following words and phases and uses them often: "Cummar" come here, "oer dher" over there, "oer her" over here, "uh dher" up there, "ou-si" outside and "dance daddy". Oh yeah and my favorite new word "helper" which she uses anytime she falls down and needs help up (most of the time she falls on purpose complete with "wwwwhoa!"). It is pretty funny. She has also proven to the world that the Hastings family likes to watch TV with her newest "du du du du du Dora". She sings it all the time, also pretty cute (in my opinion). We have been enjoying our unusually warm January weather by venturing outdoors. We had a playdate the other day and Caralin got to play with a water table for the first time (for those of you who don't know a water table is a kid size table with wells to fill with water). Her friends water table had a tower with a water wheel and they had so much fun playing! That is now on her list of birthday gifts! Kevin had two days off in a row this week so we were able to spend some good family time together. Here are some pictures playing outside.

New Year, new look????

Well it has been awhile since my last post because I have been spending countless hours trying to make my blog better. Unfortunately my efforts were to no avail because I have been unable, up to this point, to complete my "project". So I will continue to post my weekly updates and in my free time keep working on the blog "facelift". Hopefully I will have it all figured out soon. The new year has been good to us so far. We are counting down to Caralin's 2nd birthday on March 29th. She is constantly changing and amazing us. Her language is developing quickly - you can almost have a full conversation with her. Here is a fun video of her singing and "playing" the yukalayle. Enjoy!