Sea World

We had so much fun at Sea World but we were completely exhausted by the end of the night. I think Daphne and I fell asleep on the couch while the guys watched the Olympics! The kids loved seeing all of the animals and we had beautiful weather. It was even warm enough for Drew to wear shorts :) Unfortunately the Shamu show was closed as well as the dolphin show, but we still had fun watching the dog & cat show and the sea lions, otters, and walrus show.

Chloe and Andrew waiting to go to Sea World. Andrew was totally obsessed with Ella's Barbie car that is sitting next to him. Thank you Ella for letting him play with it! He always wanted to race the Barbie car and the bus, haha!

Andrew loved watching the dolphins

The guys having fun with the kids

My best friend Daphne....love her!

2.26.10-28 weeks pregnant

Andrew 2 years old

Seaport Village

Since Nate had to work for a bit in the morning, Daphne, Ella, Chloe, Andrew and myself decided to go downtown to Seaport Village. It was such a beautiful day and we had fun walking around near the water. The highlight of the day was probably the fire truck. Andrew spotted it right away and couldn't wait to go and see it. The guys were so nice and let the kids take turns "driving" the fire truck. Nate met up with us a bit later and we had lunch. The kids enjoyed watching the birds while they ate :) Then back to the house for naps!

Andrew and Ella

The kids!

Our attempt at trying to get a family picture. You can tell that Andrew was not happy about it :)

Going on an Aiplane

Andrew loves to fly! We told him for several days that we were going to go on a plane and see Chloe and Ella. We also told him that we were going to see animals (Sea World). So he would tell us every day that he wanted to go on a plane and see animals or go on a plane to see Chloe/Ella (yes, he thought it was one world). This was the 1st time he had his own seat and he thought he was such a big boy. Of course we didn't have a window in our row (just our luck) but he did great and loved getting to wear ear phones while he watched his movie. He did such a great job on the plane, to and from San Diego. He fell asleep as soon as we got on the road to our hotel in La Jolla, he was so tired! We spent the afternoon/evening shopping around La Jolla's outdoor mall and driving around the waterfront. We got out for a few minutes to take a quick beach picture but it was a bit windy. We ordered room service that night because Nate was not feeling well. Unfortunately he had a cold the entire week, poor guy! Andrew loved getting room service :)

Vacation in San Diego

We spent a week in San Diego with our best friends the Riedels. We had great weather for all of 1 day where it poured down rain and spent our time eating lots of Golden Spoon, watching the Olympics, visiting Sea World, The Wild Animal Park, Del Mar beach and eating lots of food. Nate had a trade show down there so Andrew and I tagged along and we made it a vacation! Daphne's sister, Simone, was gracious enough to let us stay in her house for most of time which gave the adults a little bit of time to hang out kid free at night. The next several blog entries I will recap our trip.

Grocery shopping

Tonight we went out to dinner at Oswego Grill (yes, I know we go there often) and Andrew had a huge success in potty training. I had him wear big boy underwear instead of a pull up and when we were at the restaurant I told him that we needed to go use the big boy potty. So we went in the bathroom and he actually went....at the restaurant! I was so excited. This was definitely a first for him and of course we made a big deal about it. After dinner we ran to Trader Joe's to grab a few things. The have miniature grocery carts there! Andrew was so excited and so were we. Grocery shopping is never easy with him and this made it so much better. He had so much fun putting things in his cart, driving the cart around and giving all the groceries to the lady at the checkout. He is such a big helper! I really wish every grocery store had miniature grocery carts.

2.18.10-Andrew 2 years

It feels like Spring

What a beautiful day! It actually feels like Spring is just around the corner. Andrew has been wanting to go outside and play but the weather hasn't been that great until today. So after Gymboree class we spent the rest of the morning outside. Grandma took him to Gymboree class while I was at my doctor appointment so Andrew of course wanted Grandma to play with him the whole time. They raced trucks, swept the patio, played with his bouncy ball and had fun running around. He is very into racing right now so he'd say "pama, race" and then he'd give her the truck he wanted her to have and say "1, 2, 3, go!!!" I'm so glad that we are going to have a sunny rest of the week!

Taking a break from playing

Riding his bike

Racing with Grandma

2.17.10-Andrew 2 years

Happy ♥ Day

Happy Valentines Day! Spending the day at church, lunch at Oswego Grill with my family, and a relaxing afternoon and evening at home. Nate and I went out on our Valentines date last night and saw the movie Valentines Day.....so cute! I ♥ my family!

2.14.10