Jillian
Petting Zoo
We took a quick trip to visit the petting zoo. The girls were a little hesitant to touch the guinea pigs and rabbits but they warmed up to the idea. Jillian did enjoy feeding the bunnies, but they weren’t that hungry haha those animal must get fed so much throughout the day.
The petting zoo put in a sand pit full of reclaimed corn. The girls had a great time playing in there, it was hard to get them to leave. I think the corn was a great idea, sand gets everywhere!
Disneyland Trip
Here are some photos from a recent Disneyland trip. Jillian enjoys making funny faces so I was glad that I was able to capture them 🙂
We arrived at the princess area just in time to dance with Cinderella and Aurora! 
Camping at the Beach
To ease my way into camping, I wanted to camp at the beach with the girls. It was an item on my 3o before Thirty list 🙂
We decided to camp at Doheny State Beach. It turned out to be a perfect weekend. The weather was beautiful and clear, not the rain that was predicted.
When we arrived, Olivia continued to nap in her car seat while Adrian, Jillian, and I put up the tent. Jillian had fun helping daddy bang the stakes into the ground with a big rock she found. Doheny Beach is full of rocks so Jillian was in heaven! We always tend to leave somewhere with a pocket full of rocks. Anyways, Jillian was so excited about the tent! This particular tent had a doggy door that Jillian just had to test out 🙂 Once the tent was up we moved Olivia into the tent to sleep, Jillian had to test out her sleeping bag too.
After Olivia’s nap, the girls played in the sand for a while. Adrian and I decided to take the girls for a walk down the beach. It was a warm day, so naturally we drove over to the harbor to visit the Scoop Deck. We stopped in to visit our friend Natalia, Jillian was happy 🙂
For dinner we cooked hot-dogs over the bonfire and then had smores for dessert. The girls didn’t fight us during bed time which was a blessing! I think they were both very excited at the fact that they were in princess sleeping bags.
We only camped out for one night but we had so much fun! I am now confident that our next camping adventure will be successful.
The many faces of Jillian
Photo shoot at sunset
The following morning
Pumpkin Patch
Here are photos from our visit to the pumpkin patch. I was able to get a bunch of coupons for Pumpkin City this year. Every time we go we get 14 free ride tickets! It’s been great this year because Jillian has more ride options, unfortunately Olivia only has one. On this particular trip the train Olivia could ride was broken, so we quickly took some pumpkin pictures and left. Which was ok by me because it was a really hot day and I wanted to get back to our cool home! We still have a week left to return and ride the train 🙂
September Wedding
My dad’s cousin married his bride this past September. I always have fun dressing the girls for large family get togethers. This time I went with matching tutu style dresses. I also took this opportunity to take some fantastic photos of the girls =)
The wedding was very beautiful and the girls had a great time, especially Jillian. There were many cousins around to play with the girls, Olivia of course, stuck by me. Jillian loved playing with cousin Gianna. On the way home she asked if she could play with her the next day.
Cousin Gianna
My Parents 🙂 
Trying to get Sam to take a picture.
Mattress Mountain Climbing
Here are two videos Adrian took before we put the girls big bed together.
Jillian’s First Day of Preschool!!!
I can’t believe this day has come already. Jillian is so excited, and so am I. I’m looking forward to hearing all the new songs she’s going to learn and seeing all of the little projects she will be bringing home.
Adrian and I got to go with Jillian in the morning for a meet and greet with the parents. haha for some reason I was thinking it was going to be like Kindergarten where the teacher gives a back to school spiel on the first day of school. It was simply a look around the class and meet the teacher. Jillian is very confident so Adrian and I decided we could leave early. We told Jillian that we were going to leave and she got a sad look on her face. We explained that we had to go to work and she knew what that meant, so she was happy joining the other kids playing in the block area. We said goodbye and she was fine 🙂 No tears from anyone!!
When I got home from work Jillian told me all about preschool. They sang wheels on the bus and colored. I think she’s super happy about going to school!
This is the artwork she brought home.
Swimming Lessons
My mom has been taking Jillian to swimming lessons this summer. Jillian has good days and bad days. It sounds like it switches each week. Last week (when this picture was taken) was her best day yet. She listened to directions and swam like a champ. This week however, she cried from the minute she touched the water to the second she got out. Who knows what’s going on in her little head, she doesn’t tell us what’s wrong.
This week we’ve also been having nigh time issues. She’s been having a tantrum every night, not wanting to go to sleep. Then she wakes up multiple times during the night, I just don’t know what’s going on with her this week, hopefully next week will be better.