...southern california trip!

here are the pics from our trip a couple weeks ago...

we had the wonderful opportunity of introducing paige to my mom's whole family. the schopeck clan gets together once a year and this year it was for katie & pat's wedding! it was so great because most of them won't get the chance to see her again for a year!

my beautiful cousin kate...what a gorgeous bride! check out this link for more photos of her amazing wedding day: feather love photo

great grandma rosalyn

four generations

i was lucky to be escorted by my cousin ben, kate's brother

paige slept like this with daddy the whole ceremony!

cousin cory

cousin annjanette
katie, aunt chris, uncle nick and carolyn were so excited to meet baby paige...
carolyn (age 3) went from saying "i want to hold her..."
to saying "um...i don't want it anymore"
so we made her smile really quick!

paige finally got to meet the trempers!

paige & carson- these girls are only six months a part in age!

elsie (age 3) and paige

auntie mishawn (mishawma)

she doesn't know what to think of uncle matt- daddy warned her about him!

paige elizabeth - 5 weeks & carson michelle - 7 months

...traveling girls

so here they are...some of the latest pictures from the last few weeks. we have been so busy! aaron has been working a few extra shifts and i have traveled to pleasanton a few times for my baby shower, alicia & dustin's wedding, melissa's baby shower and to help aunt fifi...so many fun things. my baby shower was really fun and it was great to see old friends and let people just hold paige and love on her. i saw a few family friends that i had not seen since our wedding. thanks to everyone who came and showered paige with love and presents. alicia & dustin got married in the barn where we had our wedding reception five years ago...it was beautiful and they looked so happy and in love! check out some of the photos taken by the always talented joel & cara flory! melissa & dan will be having their baby boy in four short weeks...we cannot wait for paige's little boyfriend to arrive! this weekend i needed some help from grammy because paige had a tough week. for two days she was either eating, crying or wanting to be rocked. let's just say thursday night when aaron called to check in i was crying from frustration, exhaustion and simply not knowing what to do to make it better. i think she was going through a growth spurt. aaron was wonderful and watched her the next morning while i went to "moms n more" at church. i even snuck in a trip to target! anyways... it is such a blessing to have my parents and sister so close by for help when aaron is working 48 hour shifts! it is an added bonus that i still have so many wonderful friends from high school and church here in pleasanton. i will be adding pictures from our visit to southern california in the next few days. we had so much fun at my cousin kate's wedding (check out my cousin kim's blog for pictures) and seeing friends. plus paige got to meet elsie & carson...a much anticipated event! she also got to meet my friends at fullmer, the christian's, the meadows, some of aaron's friends from santa ana fire academy and of course my mom's entire family who we usually only see once a year! it was great! paige is a great little traveler!

one of my new gifts...mr. elephant got jealous

gigi & aunt cathy sent this cute hat


daddy took this one!

oh does grammy love paige...we call her the baby snatcher

she is getting chubby...boy does she like to eat

uncle drew loves paige

allison loves to play games & sing songs to her

we arrived at our destination and realized her hood had fallen...sorry girl

makenna loves her new "sister" (as she refers to her)...she is very curoius about her and always wants to hold baby paige.

...small update!

we have a lot to post....but for now here is the latest paige pic!