Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
vacation pics!
This is Day 1 of our trip at the Knott's Berry Farm Resort Hotel. Gavin got a special night time visit from Snoopy
This is Day 2 of our trip - visit to Knotts Berry Farm theme park.
Gavin was pulled on stage to participate in the Charlie Brown stage show:
This was by far Gavin's favorite ride (not Chad's)!
This was within 7 minutes of getting in the car after the day at the amusement park:
Day 3 spent at the beach:
This was so neat - Gavin sat in this seat and pulled himself up on the pulley system - even on the hardest one, he made it all the way to the top!
Day 5 - we spent at the Santa Monica Pier. This is by far the best deal in LA. For $11 you can buy a kids wrist band to ride all the kiddie rides on the boardwalk, and there were no lines! For the money, this was way better than an amusement park any day. Afterwards we picked up my cousin Heston and brought him back to Grandpa Rui's for dinner.
By far the best thing about Santa Monica Pier was that they had a special toddler bumper cars section, so Gav could ride (and drive!) the bumper cars all by himself. This may have been the highlight of the whole trip.
Day 6 we spent at the LA Zoo, but unfortunately my camera decided to take a vacation for the day so we didn't get any pics. Day 7 was spent at a water park, and this is the only picture we took there. Waiting for the shuttle from the parking lot to pick us up.
And here are just random pics of Gavin being silly at Grandpa Rui's house:
This is Day 2 of our trip - visit to Knotts Berry Farm theme park.
Gavin was pulled on stage to participate in the Charlie Brown stage show:
This was by far Gavin's favorite ride (not Chad's)! This was within 7 minutes of getting in the car after the day at the amusement park:Day 3 spent at the beach:
Day 4: Grandpa Rui had to work, so we went to the Discovery Science Museum - bonus - it was FREE since we are members at the science center here in DM.
This was so neat - Gavin sat in this seat and pulled himself up on the pulley system - even on the hardest one, he made it all the way to the top! Day 5 - we spent at the Santa Monica Pier. This is by far the best deal in LA. For $11 you can buy a kids wrist band to ride all the kiddie rides on the boardwalk, and there were no lines! For the money, this was way better than an amusement park any day. Afterwards we picked up my cousin Heston and brought him back to Grandpa Rui's for dinner. By far the best thing about Santa Monica Pier was that they had a special toddler bumper cars section, so Gav could ride (and drive!) the bumper cars all by himself. This may have been the highlight of the whole trip. Day 6 we spent at the LA Zoo, but unfortunately my camera decided to take a vacation for the day so we didn't get any pics. Day 7 was spent at a water park, and this is the only picture we took there. Waiting for the shuttle from the parking lot to pick us up.And here are just random pics of Gavin being silly at Grandpa Rui's house:
Friday, August 8, 2008
Week #8 and counting
Yes, yes, I know, we STILL haven't posted vacation pics. Believe me, I will try this weekend, otherwise it will get done on the 15th when Gav spends the weekend in Anita.
We are past week #8 in the baby growing business and we had our first doctor's appt on Monday. Everything looked good, and we even did an ultrasound and saw what looked like a peanut with 4 stubs, and a little beating heart. We still haven't told Gavin, but we remind him often of his friends with new babies and he wants "a girl kind". We probably won't be able to tell that for a while. Our next doctor's visit is to the high risk specialists on the 19th and we will know more about how limited Bridie's activities will be.
Gavin has had a busy week. Last Saturday he had a couple friends over to play in the pool, then went out to lunch. That afternoon he came down with a stomach bug, so we had a gross couple days after that. Sunday we just relaxed and then went to Gamma's for dinner. Tuesday after work we went to the Aquatic center with his best friend Donavin, and Wednesday they had quite an adventure! Donavin's mom picked him up from school and then they all rode a city bus downtown to meet up with Bridie for the IA State Fair parade. There was no candy which was a disappointment, but lots of neat horses and cars. Tonight Uncle Zach is coming over to celebrate his birthday and to watch the Olympics, and then the next couple weekends is going to be filled with birthday celebrations!
We are past week #8 in the baby growing business and we had our first doctor's appt on Monday. Everything looked good, and we even did an ultrasound and saw what looked like a peanut with 4 stubs, and a little beating heart. We still haven't told Gavin, but we remind him often of his friends with new babies and he wants "a girl kind". We probably won't be able to tell that for a while. Our next doctor's visit is to the high risk specialists on the 19th and we will know more about how limited Bridie's activities will be.
Gavin has had a busy week. Last Saturday he had a couple friends over to play in the pool, then went out to lunch. That afternoon he came down with a stomach bug, so we had a gross couple days after that. Sunday we just relaxed and then went to Gamma's for dinner. Tuesday after work we went to the Aquatic center with his best friend Donavin, and Wednesday they had quite an adventure! Donavin's mom picked him up from school and then they all rode a city bus downtown to meet up with Bridie for the IA State Fair parade. There was no candy which was a disappointment, but lots of neat horses and cars. Tonight Uncle Zach is coming over to celebrate his birthday and to watch the Olympics, and then the next couple weekends is going to be filled with birthday celebrations!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Vacation Recap
Ok, I know, I have been bad at keeping this updated. Here is a recap of our vacation, although I haven't had time to get our pictures uploaded yet.
Gavin did very well on the plane on the way out, he slept the better part of both flights. That afternoon we drove to the Knott's Berry Resort Hotel and played in the pool and then went to dinner. Gavin got a special surprise when Snoopy came to our room that night to tuck him in!
Wednesday we walked over to Knott's Berry Farm and Chad pretty much rode rides with Gavin for hours. There were a lot of kids rides in the Camp Snoopy area, but not much else he could ride, even with an adult. He was a little disappointed by that after being able to go on so many things at Adventureland. Right as we were leaving, we passed a stage show with the Peanuts characters. Linus came and got Gav out of the audience and pulled him on stage! After Knotts, we drove to my Dad's house near LA.
Thursday we went to the beach. The guys made a trip to get beach toys and came home with a boogie board. Gavin was not afraid of the ocean (odd since he's afraid of the pool) and hopped on the boogie board a few times.
Friday my Dad went in to work, so we drove about an hour to a science museum that had a Bob the Builder exhibit (it was free since we are members at the Science Center here - bonus!). There were all sorts of hands on exhibits. After, we went to the mall across the street for lunch, and let Gav run loose in the play area.
Saturday we took Gavin to the Santa Monica pier. They have a boardwalk with rides, and for anyone with small kids, this is the BEST DEAL EVER. We paid $10 for parking, but it didn't cost anything to get into the boardwalk. There were rides, and the Kid Zone had probably 7 or 8 rides that Gavin could ride by himself without an adult. A wristband for unlimited rides was just $11! And there were little to no lines. So he pretty much had just as good a time as at Knott's, at a fraction of the cost, since we weren't paying any adult prices, since we weren't riding any rides. Then we picked up Heston (Bridie's cousin who is interning for Adam Sandler's production company) and had him over for dinner. Adam Sandler was unavailable.
Sunday we went to the LA Zoo and then to my Dad's friends house for a BBQ. There ended up being 4 boys around the age of 4 there and Gavin had a blast being around kids again! They were too funny, the energy level just kept escalating. In the house you could just hear "hey look what I can do" coming from all of them as they tried to one-up each other in gymnastics/break dancing moves in the living room.
Monday we spent the day at the water park where Gavin had a blast. Still deathly afraid of pools, but at least they had a nice kiddie area, and free life jackets (which he actually wore willingly).
Tuesday we flew home. He slept again, which was great. His little internal clock finally returned to Central time on Saturday!
Gavin did very well on the plane on the way out, he slept the better part of both flights. That afternoon we drove to the Knott's Berry Resort Hotel and played in the pool and then went to dinner. Gavin got a special surprise when Snoopy came to our room that night to tuck him in!
Wednesday we walked over to Knott's Berry Farm and Chad pretty much rode rides with Gavin for hours. There were a lot of kids rides in the Camp Snoopy area, but not much else he could ride, even with an adult. He was a little disappointed by that after being able to go on so many things at Adventureland. Right as we were leaving, we passed a stage show with the Peanuts characters. Linus came and got Gav out of the audience and pulled him on stage! After Knotts, we drove to my Dad's house near LA.
Thursday we went to the beach. The guys made a trip to get beach toys and came home with a boogie board. Gavin was not afraid of the ocean (odd since he's afraid of the pool) and hopped on the boogie board a few times.
Friday my Dad went in to work, so we drove about an hour to a science museum that had a Bob the Builder exhibit (it was free since we are members at the Science Center here - bonus!). There were all sorts of hands on exhibits. After, we went to the mall across the street for lunch, and let Gav run loose in the play area.
Saturday we took Gavin to the Santa Monica pier. They have a boardwalk with rides, and for anyone with small kids, this is the BEST DEAL EVER. We paid $10 for parking, but it didn't cost anything to get into the boardwalk. There were rides, and the Kid Zone had probably 7 or 8 rides that Gavin could ride by himself without an adult. A wristband for unlimited rides was just $11! And there were little to no lines. So he pretty much had just as good a time as at Knott's, at a fraction of the cost, since we weren't paying any adult prices, since we weren't riding any rides. Then we picked up Heston (Bridie's cousin who is interning for Adam Sandler's production company) and had him over for dinner. Adam Sandler was unavailable.
Sunday we went to the LA Zoo and then to my Dad's friends house for a BBQ. There ended up being 4 boys around the age of 4 there and Gavin had a blast being around kids again! They were too funny, the energy level just kept escalating. In the house you could just hear "hey look what I can do" coming from all of them as they tried to one-up each other in gymnastics/break dancing moves in the living room.
Monday we spent the day at the water park where Gavin had a blast. Still deathly afraid of pools, but at least they had a nice kiddie area, and free life jackets (which he actually wore willingly).
Tuesday we flew home. He slept again, which was great. His little internal clock finally returned to Central time on Saturday!
Monday, July 7, 2008
4th of July Weekend
We had a great 4th! Thursday night we watched the WDM parade with Grandma Betsy and the "kids" that live below us. Gavin was so excited to go to Anita that we ended up just letting him go with her Thursday night instead of waiting until Saturday. He came home tired Saturday evening. Sunday we stayed home and played outside with the kids for about 2 1/2 hours. After a bath, he crashed around 7 pm from all the playing and no nap. Usually that means he is up in the middle of the night, but fortunately about 10:30 he wanted something to drink and went back to sleep. He was still out at 6 this morning, so he'll be bouncing off the walls today!
Here are some pictures taken at the mall the previous weekend:
If this outfit looks familiar, yes, it is the only one he wants to wear. We remedied this during the trip to the mall this day. He now only wears Nike & Adidas! (Do you hear me Nike & Adidas? We are available if you need toddler spokesmodels......)
Here are some pictures taken at the mall the previous weekend:
If this outfit looks familiar, yes, it is the only one he wants to wear. We remedied this during the trip to the mall this day. He now only wears Nike & Adidas! (Do you hear me Nike & Adidas? We are available if you need toddler spokesmodels......)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Sassy Toddlers
So a couple days ago, Gavin didn't like that Chad said no to him, or something, so he told him "You can't come to the new house Daddy!". Don't let that gorgeous smile fool you - this one can have quite an attitude! It was pretty funny. We have been SO super busy. Last weekend we had a parade, bday party, Menace game, trip to Ames, and dinner at Gamma's. Thurs night we went to a baseball game . This weekend we actually have no plans! So we are going to the zoo to see the elephants one last time before they leave and we're making dinner for Janet & Dan for their anniversary tomorrow night.
Here is Gavin in a race care at the Beaverdale Car Show a couple weeks ago:
All that climbing and racing makes a 3 yr old hungry:
Friday, June 20, 2008
Welcome!
Welcome to our new site! We have a BUSY weekend planned - Green Days parade, birtday party, Menace soccer game, trip to Ames and family night. I'll slowly be adding all our old pics to this sight, but here's a couple to get us started:
Our little architect. He was SO proud of this creation.
Cheese! Enjoying the playground
Our little architect. He was SO proud of this creation.
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