I'm Sailing!

have you ever seen the movie what about bob? hilarious - starring bill murray and richard dreyfuss. go rent it, you won't be sorry. the title is a quote from the movie and the first thing i thought of when i heard we were going to be sailing in california. unlike the movie though, no one on our crew had to be tied to the mast. pictures from the boat:
after we found shawn and neesha's home in culver city everyone loaded up into the cars and went to the pier where shawn had rented a cute sailboat for several hours. i volunteered for the short ride and shawn took us out around the pier while teaching us sailing terminology and how to's. i loved taking pictures of the docks and was surprised at how fast you can go without a motor. kyle's father taking a turn at steering and (below) maeli helping daddy sail.after my short ride, i traded with kyle and went back to the house with addison who never went sailing because she was afraid to wear a life vest. silly girl.

Finally Here

we made it into culver city around 1:00 pm friday afternoon and we are loving it here. i want to move. neesha told me no one has a/c here because it hardly ever gets hot enough to need it! can you imagine?! they just leave their doors and windows open for a cool breeze when they need it. kyle thinks it's cold, but i love it. being here has made me so happy and reminds me of memories when i lived in santa clara as a young girl. i would move here in a heartbeat if housing wasn't so ridiculous. shawn and neesha will probably live here for at least five years which means we will be vacationing here at least once a year... hopefully. above: shawn and neesha's home with cameron playing out front. below pictures: we took a walk in the neighborhood to enjoy the weather and look around.

addison had never seen anything like this tree (above) and seemed to be very awed by it. so cute.above: each street is lined with trees, at least one in front of each home. doesn't it just make you happy? this blue flower (below) is one i associate with my memories of california. these and vines grow everywhere. beautiful.

kyle's parents are leaving tomorrow afternoon, but we will wait to leave until monday so we can take addison to the beach. oh i can't wait!

Impromptu Vacation to Cali

this picture has nothing to do with the post, i just wanted to show you how much i am already popping out with sweet baby girl #2. i am 20 weeks 6 days here. finally i can wear maternity clothes! yeah!

yesterday kyle's parents left to california with colin, heather, and jennifer to visit his oldest brother shawn and his family. shawn and neesha moved to culber, california (near santa monica) in january of this year, and grandma and grandpa have already visited i think fives times. it is so nice to have them closer than indiana! it happens that kyle has a two week break from school right now and kirt is driving from florida all at the same time. so when kirt is rested -either late tonight or early tomorrow - the four of us will drive together to join the rest of the family in california! woohoo! today is cleaning, shopping, and packing day all rolled into one. can't wait for the beach!

We're Growing... By Two Feet!

get the title? i thought it was clever. this pregnancy is a surprise to most people, although some family could tell my tummy has been taking on a new shape for a couple of weeks - no matter how hard i tried to suck it in. two people that didn't notice, kinda funny, were both of our dads. they had to be clued in by our moms! so while kyle's family was quietly suspecting for two/three weeks, my family was calling at 12:30 am, constantly asking me many questions, and grilling me about if i was pregnant. so i lied. a lot. and i'm not sorry. i stopped going to my parents to avoid the questions, and then i got calls about that. but kyle and i like to wait for three months before telling anyone. it's fun to have a secret for a while. we found out back in april - while we were staying at my parents for a babysitting job down the street. at first i wanted to surprise kyle and tell him in some cute way. but, the minute he came home to me smiling, kissing him and telling me i loved him, he looked at me and said, "are you pregnant?". should i have been offended that he thought i was acting like that only because he suspected i was pregnant? don't i treat him like that everyday? maybe if i would've stopped to think about it, but i was in dreamland, having wanted to get pregnant since november of last year. i had begged and pleaded, cried, refused to talk to him, promised rewards, and anything else i could think of to no avail. all kyle could think of was how much we were spending weekly on formula and diapers. he told me that as soon as jesse and michelle got pregnant we could too. we had heard them say they wanted to wait until summer of 2011 - a year and half away.

i don't really know what changed his mind just four months later. maybe he was fed up with my whining, but boy am i thankful! my pregnancy with addison was, for the most part, a breeze. i got sick for three weeks early in the first trimester and for the duration had to be careful of what and how much i ate and drank. i only threw up four times. my mom said it wasn't fair. this time around it's even easier. no nausea or sickness at all - just tired. i know others who get really sick and have horrible pregnancies, and i am so blessed to have it this easy.

i am 20 weeks along - that's four and a half months based on a ten month pregnancy (how ob/gyns measure it) but not looking as a doctor, i'm five months. halfway there! and because i wasn't pestered at their house, kyle and i have been spending these last weeks at his parents house to avoid suspicion from my family. (funny since kyle's parents were also suspecting - at least they were quiet about it.)

we told kyle's parents saturday night so they could let everyone know on their weekly sunday calls to the rest of the family not in town. we told the whole mccleve family last night during brag time for FHE. last wednesday we had our ultrasound and sealed up the gender pics. i took them to the bakery and had a cake made with either blue or pink icing inside. (kyle and i didn't peek at the gender). so after we told my family at brag time, we announced that not only were we pregnant, but we were going to find out the sex of the baby for dessert! usually when someone announces they are expecting, you have to wait for months to find out boy or girl. it was so fun to have two surprises in one night.

we let my dad cut the cake and what do you know? the mccleve family curse is STILL alive. (six girls - no boys - in my immediate family and many girl cousins) we call it the mccleve curse although i know kyle is really to blame, the father always determines the sex. even though i have had dreams of blue icing, i really wanted a little sister for addison and i couldn't be more excited!! having all girls really isn't a curse and i hope they will be really close. two girls to dress up!

**edit: we only took video, but jenell sent me these pics from that night.

ok a vote right before my dad cut the cake to see what everyone thought we were having. a little more than half screamed "girl!" in the pic below, watermelon is being cut and eaten while people are waiting to find out. watermelon to me says mccleve family.the evidence:we are so happy to be welcoming another little girl soon!

TV Land

for the first two months that kyle and i were married, we lived in an apartment in north mesa with no tv. kyle comes from a family where tv was only allowed on weekends for a couple hours by his mom and never by his dad. i love to listen to him tell stories about watching saturday morning cartoons while his mom slept in and his dad was attending a scouting activity. that was their favorite saturday because if dad was home, he would turn off the tv and tell the kids they had chores waiting. kyle recalls how awful it was to be home, sick from school, on a thursday - his dad's day off. dad thought being sick meant not moving from your bed, and of course no cartoons. it felt a lot better to be sick any other school day when mom allowed you to watch all the cartoons your heart desired.

my family is glued to the televison set. they cancelled dish for six months. so far, there has been no change of habbits since they bought a WWD (i can't remember what the device is called) that connects to the internet and allows them to watch hulu or netflix on the tv. very nice, but problem of sisters being addicted really not solved. argh.

kyle and i had cable/dish at our home with the brown's and still here at grandma mccleve's. we love having the option of tv and watch for an hour or so about three nights a week - more than kyle did growing up, but less than me. addison has always loved the tv since before she could even sit up. i remember feeding her at my parents (around three months old) when all of the sudden she turns her heard at an awkward angle to see what all the noise was on the tv. she watched for a minute or two and then was tired of it and looked away. at the time, it was funny to see her interested in the tv, but now it's annoying to have her scream when we turn it off.

being a lot more tired starting at the beginning of the summer kyle would get up with her and let me sleep. when summer school started, addison used to sleep until he got home, but recently her clock is getting her up a few hours earlier. so kyle would let me sleep, turn on nick jr. for addison, and slip out the door. every week she is content by herself for longer and longer periods of time. it's horrible, but i just can't pull myself out of bed. so tired.

Surprise!

we all know how much addison loves the water and wet n' wild just made that a little more clear. so daddy surprised addison and mommy when he came home from the grocery store with this:what a great daddy huh? we put her down for a nap, turn on one of the last episodes of prison break, and blew the whole pool up. i did the whale. man it took forever and i was really light headed! kyle put it on the back porch and we grabbed addison. bubbles, toys, the hose - she was a happy camper!

since that first day swimming in it, she has used it three times and loves it. we pass it every day to go out in the car. she sees it and tries to get in the dry pool with her clothes. she's so funny. i love my baby girl!

Wet n' Wild McCleves

On Saturday, the entire McCleve clan went to Wet N' Wild together. The water park was pretty awesome with their fun slides, kiddie area, and wave pool. We had so much fun and Addioson loved playing with her aunts, uncles, and cousins. We took many pictures and videos, here are some.Above: Brittney and Addison in line for the wave pool. Addison loved the pool until we put the lifesaver on her and then she was terrified. I think it made her feel like she had no control with that huge thing on her. Below: Aunt Kenna showing Addison around the kiddie playground. She loved it.
Above: Addison fell asleep on Brittney while taking a break to drink a bob. Brittney laid her down to take a nap while we went on some slides together. Great Grandma McCleve watched her for us until she woke up about a half an hour later. Below: Taking a quick rest from the sun. Doesn't Addison looks so cute?!


A few hours of swiming really wipes out your energy and makes you super hungry, so the whole family trekked out to the parking lot for lunch - three three-foot subs, potatoe salad, chips and veggies, and sodas!


Below: L-R. Kerstyn, Kasey, Aunt Jenell, Aunt Connie, Grandma McCleve and others enjoying the good eats.

Busy eating is Jesse, Michelle, and Jalee.All the food was gone when everyone went back inside the park. It was a great time to chat and fill up!

Below: L-R. Chealyn, Chad (Fiancee to Chantell), Chantell, Caden, Uncle Loren, and Aunt Brookie.