Macie and her new best friend.....

Macie's new best friend has arrived. Macie has to wear a brace on her right foot due to the bones on the top of her foot are shaped like the folowing symbol...) . All of the bones on the top of Macie's right foot are pushed over to the side and look like a closed parenthesis. It has not stopped her from learning to walk seeing that she is a very detrmined and stubborn little one. The brace came on Monday and she isrequired to wear it 23 hours a day. I take it off an hour a day so that she can play on the slide and walk up and down it as she likes to do. She really has been so great about the whole thing and is such a trooper. She took to the brace immediatly and began walking around which, the doctor said she probably would not be able to do. She got right on her toys at Ahma's house like nothing was there. She has however figured out how to take it off so I have to keep a sock over it. Other than that it has been great thus far and I hope that it continue. We go back to the doctor in two months to see her progress.

Her tiny little brace. It is hard plastic on the bottom and up the back of her ankle with velcro closures.

Nothing's gonna keep her down!

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Preschool! '10

It seems like yesterday when I brought Kaylee home from the hospital. She was so tiny and such a good baby who slept, ate, and loved. Friday, September 10th was Kaylee's "official" first day of preschool. How did we get to this point when we are getting ready for school days and Mom and Dad are scrambling for a babysitter in order to get to Back to School Night?

We started the morning off with Kaylee's favorite breakfast of pancakes then we had a discussion about what she was wearing, her new nickname is Punky Brewster. Kaylee ended up having a great first day and actually looks forward to school days! YAY for Kaylee.

Punky was very colorful for her first day especially when she added her turquois sweater to the mix

I couldn't help myself I just LOVE this picture of her!

Very happy that Daddy was able to come to the first day of school!!

Jackson playing with Kaylee's hair. She has informed me that he gets in trouble....LOL!

Got the last half of Kaylee singing her favorite, God Bless America with the rest of the school after the Flag salute!

Summer '10

Summer definatly did come and go with a BANG this year. It seems that every year goes quicker than the next. Summer is always a favorite time of the year here in the Bloeser house. What could be better than 3 whole months filled with days of sun and fun! Too bad though that this summer there was little sun around Long Beach. The lack of sun did not stop us from having our usual summer fun! Days at the beach, pool fun, road trips, first day of summer school, and much more.

We kicked off summer this year with Macies 1st birthday! Looks like this will be the annual "kick off" to summer in the Bloeser house!

First road trip of the summer was to Palm Springs to spend the weekend with Ahma and Papa. A great time was had by all especially Kaylee who swam ALL day in the pool!

Just one of many days that are spent in our backyard with Kaylee AKA: our lil fish jumps, swims, and dives.

It was time for our annual 4th of July breakfast at Schooner or Later. This is just one of many group get togethers we have at schooners. We try to make it there as a group once a month. Schooner's usually proves to be a 3 hour ordeal and lucky for us our girls are great about it!

Concerts in the park are something that we look forward to every year. We are lucky enough to live walking distance from one of the parks and also able to attend one of the concerts in the park at Ranco Los Cerritos where we got married. That is where we are in this picture here with John and Paula.

One of the Whaley concerts in the Park! It is always fun to pack up dinner into the wagon and head down to the park to meet friends.

Our second trip this summer was up to Grandma and Bobo's house in Hollister. Kaylee had a blast getting toplay with her cousins and her cousin Annie who she doesn't get to see very often. The kids had a great time but Kaylee said we can't go up there anymore because it is too far in the car. She then piped in and said, "well if we go back to the rollercoaster it is ok."

While we were at Grandma and Bobo's we headed to Santa Cruz to go and play at the Boardwalk. Kaylee had a BLAST! Here she and Annie, her cousin, are cruisin in the boats!

Kaylee on the kids Free Fall at Santa Cruz Boardwalk. She is hilarious! She had to go on this and went all by herself laughing the whole time.

Nothing like a nice lunch picnic in the front yard on a great summer's day!

Kaylee and Macie playing in the front yard in Macie's little pool! They both actually loved playing in that.

Many days were spent playing in the sand at the bay rain or shine. Macie wasn't too sure about the whole sand thing but quickly got used to it.

Macie wanted to go on Kaylee's board so bad.........maybe next summer

Many holes where dug into the sand down at the Penninsula this summer.

A small reunion was organized for all of old Fish Tale girls! It was great to see everyone!

There is nothing better than an afternoon at Olvera Street. A favorite hangout for us and about time we got Macie on the Burro!

Birthday parties were in abundance this summer and Kaylee had a great time celebrating her friends!

Kaylee started Preschool this summer in Bethany's summer school program and there were many field trips that we went on. This is a picture of her and her classmates at The Nature Center for one of 5 field trips.

We kicked off the end of our summer with a week long trip to Catalina. Days filled with sitting on the beach, running around in the golf cart, and hangin out. We LOVE Catalina!

26 miles across the sea......

Catalina means something to everyone who has ever been, but for me it is like home. I have so many wonderful, and at the same time, interesting chidhood memories of being over there every summer that the minute I step off the boat it is like I am at home. I am so lucky that my husband shares the same love of Catalina as I do and maybe even more seeing that the Bloesers have had a home on the island since 1880. Thanks to the Bloeser family home, we get to spend time on the island and make new memories with our babies like our parents did with and for us.

To me Catalina is a seaplane landing and taking off in the water, golf carts that move so slow you could walk faster, spending rediculous amounts of money on shells and sunglasses, nice dinners with dad then darting off to the arcade, chili cheese fries and watching the seaplanes come in at Buffalo Head Nickel, my all time favorite...Flying Fish Boat, the Casino, Descanso Beach club, Olaf's, VW Buses as the Taxi, Coney Island fries, mornings at The Busy Bee, afternoons at the Mole just watching the quiet, and beliving that since I saw Top Gun at the Casino when it came out that Maverick aka: Tom Cruise would one day find me there..LOL!!
Of course as an adult those things have changed and through teenage years they also changed but these are the memories that stick with me and why I love the island so much!

Awesome kitchen view from the house

Macie was beyond excited everytime we got in the cart and she was quite the hit around the island as we drove through

My adorable buggy!

She loved this tube so much, it kept her entertained for hours on the beach

Sisters having fun in the sand

If you look hard you can see that Jace made Kaylee into a Mermaid

My backseat buddy!

Loving the ocean breeze on her face

Waiting for the boat home :(

Macie saying "bye bye" to Catalina

Kaylee a little excited to go home......

Party of 5!

That's right we are now going to be a Party of 5!!! JC and I just found out last night that we are going to be having another baby in April! We have always wanted 3 lil ones but weren't really planning on getting pregnant until after christmas. Well someone had other plans for us. I can't believe that I am pregnant again, it seems like I was just pregnant a couple of months ago. When Kaylee was this age it felt like it had been forever since I was pregnant but for some reason this time around I feel like I was just there. So here we go again and we couldn't be more thrilled that we are going to have another to care for, share with our family, and most of all shower with plenty of hugs and kisses.

When we told Kaylee that Mommy has a baby growing inside her her repsponse was...."AGAIN?!" Kaylee is good with it as long as she gets another sister. Not sure if she will get her wish but either way we are going to be so excited!! :)

Congratulations to Bobo, Grandma, Nonna, Papa Chad, Ahma, Papa, Auntie Dohey, Auntie Ali, and the rest of our family!!