Summer time and the livin's easy!!!

Before summer started things were a little stressful here in our home mainly because Danny was preparing to take is Ph.d qualifying exam and he was super nervous about that so there were many early mornings and late nights.  Which meant we didn't see him much, plus it didn't help that there were days were I didn't feel good at all and just wanted to stay in bed!  June 18th was the big day for Danny! he got up super early to get to school with enough time to settle in before his rigorous, 3 hour verbal, comprehensive exam began.  the professors on his committee tested him not only on his research or the classes he took at UC Davis, but ALL his soil/chemistry classes, dating back to when he was an undergrad at BYU, talk about comprehensive being the worst kind of exam!  But, I am proud to say, that YES, he passed and I knew he would, so hopefully he will be Dr. Daniel Bair by the end of summer 2013.  Since then Danny hasn't felt as stressed which has been nice.  We took a little vacation to L.A for our friends daughters 1st birthday, spend time with the in-laws and my sister and her family were vacationing in Anaheim so we met up and went to Disneyland/ California adventure..... which was soo much fun, las primas had a blast together.  (there are too many pictures to upload to the blog so if you would like to see them check out Fb)

                                                         I loved, loved Cars Land!!

                                            my little minnie mouse!  She loved her minnie ears

Summer for Elia and I has been fun.  Now that she is walking and is old enough to entertain herself for a while, we play outside kicking the soccer ball and relax in her kiddy pool on hot days.

                                     I am amazed on how much Elia loves the water, she has no fear

Danny's Fathers day gift-

 I saw this idea online and thought it would be perfect for Danny since he likes super hero stuff

 3 bottles were filled with IBC rootbeer and the other 3 with his favorite candies

it looks ghetto because we don't have a color printer, so I tired my best to add color.

So the reason I hadn't been feeling good around the time Danny was preparing for this test was because on Mother's day, we found out that Baby Bair #2 is on it's way- Jan. 2013

                                                 Baby at 10 weeks and 1 day

We are super excited!  this pregnancy has taken me for a ride!  I feel like I have felt more nauseous with this pregnancy and we actually had a little scare 2 days ago when I went to the E.R.  but after having another Ultrasound done, the baby is doing good, normal heartbeat and everything on my end to house the baby for the next couple months looks good. This experience has been a testimony to me of how precious life is and how much I and my family rely on the Lord.... and I am so so thankful for priesthood blessings! 

Mormon helping hands

Every year around spring/summer time here in CA the church does something called Mormon Helping Hands, the first time I ever heard of it was when we first moved out to Davis so I'm not sure if it's done elsewhere.  The stakes/wards split up and do a day of service in the community.  It can range from, cleaning up a park, painting/cleaning a public school or in our case food drive.. Our ward was in charge of passing out fliers and collecting food.  Danny, Elia and I stood/sat in front of Raley's grocery store asking for donations... I am going to be honest, When Danny told me there was a shift change and we had to go help out for a couple hours I was kind of hesitant, because I am the type of person who when walking into a store would avoid eye contact or even walk to the door on the other side of the store so I wouldn't be asked to donate money for fill in the blank cause.  I know, I'm such a horrible person. oh but don't you worry, I was humbled by our 3 hour experience sitting outside Raley's and I am committed to change my ways!!!  I was impressed and humbled by how many people would donate food, even if it was one can or box, I was also surprised how many people trusted us by giving us cash and doing the shopping for them.  and let me tell you it sure was fun spending $250 of someone elses money! But the one thing I wont forget, was a family (parents and one child) came up to Danny and said "oh great we were planning on doing something like this, what type of food do you need)  Danny gave them a flier with a list and then about 30 min later they walked out with a cart FULL of groceries, and I was thinking they were going to hand us one bag out of the many, but instead the pushed the whole cart towards us and said "here you go!" Danny and I looked at each other in amazement.  what a great example of service but not only to us but to their son too.  So like I said I have changed my ways!! This last week walking into our ghetto wal-mart there was a guy asking for donations and instead of walking to the other door I pulled out some extra change, which wasn't much and gave it to him, and it made me feel good inside  (:

Here is a little update on our garden-  Danny sure loves his garden and has been working hard outside to set it all up for this year.  We have 3 different types of tomatoes, bell peppers, green onions, cucumber, spaghetti squash, lettuces, strawberries and 5 different herbs.....

Elia loves being outside kicking the soccer ball, picking (more like yanking the strawberries to eat them) and she loves, loves her otter pops to help cool down on a hot day

                              she loves keeping papa company while he is working outside

Elia wearing her dress from Paraguay that Tio Malcolm brought, the same color as the one mami wore when she danced Paraguay in Living Legends.