Memorial Day Weekend

Nathan and I were well taken care of this weekend. Our friends made sure that we were never lonely or bored since Daddy is away right now. We started with a playdate with our friends Meg and Tobin on Saturday morning. After nap we went to Aki, Laura and Kory's for a BBQ and swim. Nathan and Kory had a blast running around and rolling in the grass. Sunday we spent the morning at home watching Thomas and playing, then went to my friend Kristin's grad school graduation party and hung out with other work friends. Today Nathan and I went to the zoo to see the new Elephant Odyssey elephant exhibit and walked around and rode the train. Then after a nice long (score) nap, we were invited to join Danielle and Craig and some of their friends for an afternoon at the splash park and BBQing. Nathan was in heaven running around at the water park and playing on the playground. He was even more stoked to find out that Tracy's girls had a train table and tons of Thomas and Friends in their playroom. Thank you so much to all of our wonderful friends who took care to see that we were never bored while Brian was gone.

Parent's New Dog

Julie put this picture together of Mom and original "Penny" as well as the new "Penny"they just got.

Classic!

Mother's Day Weekend in San Simeon

We spent Mother's Day weekend up on the central coast with my family to celebrate my parent's 35th wedding anniversary at their favorite spot (San Simeon). We stayed at a water front resort with incredible views from our hotel window. It was a relaxing weekend that included playing on the beach, swimming, hiking, a relaxing massage and nightly gatherings around the hotel's beachfront firepits. Definitely a relaxing way to spend Mother's Day. Despite horrible traffic, we managed to get back to San Diego in time for Dinner with Brian's side of the family. Unfortunately bot Brian and I were feeling under the weather, so we weren't much for company that evening.

Potty Progress

So we made a little progress on the potty front today. After an accident on the living room floor the other morning and the trauma that went with it, Nathan has decided that he can tolerate sitting on the potty and reading books for a few minutes longer than he previously could. So long today in fact that he pooped in the potty...after flushing that down he said that he wanted to go again, so I got him another handful of books and sure enough a few minutes later he peed. We all made a BIG deal out of it and handed him 2 jelly beans for 2 successful potty adventures (bribery is the only trick I've got here). So it looks like we are slowly on our way. Small steps, right?

Butterfly Exhibit at the Wild Animal Park

Went to the Wild Animal Park to see the Butterfly Exhibit. The line was really long, mostly due to the fact that the park was the most crowded I've ever seen. It was worth it though, there were tons of butterflies that would land on you. Nathan had a good time and I got to stop by Stone brewery on the way home. Score!

Easter Fun

We spent Easter afternoon at Bill and Becky's house. The kids went on an Easter egg hunt. Everyone, especially Jared, took extra care to make sure Nathan got plenty of eggs, but he surprised us all by being able to locate some of the harder ones on his own. Then the kids followed the clues left by the Easter Bunny to find the baskets he had hidden. Nathan got some very cool things from the Easter Bunny including his new favorite book Green and Ham, a coloring book, some candy, a new Thomas and Friends that came with an Engine that the bunny scored of Amazon for 7.50, which is unheard of and some new Thomas big boy underwear, which after Nathan tried on for about 5 seconds he promptly said to put his diaper on. He is totally aware of when he is going to the bathroom, but he just cannot get himself to be ok on the potty. Oh well, he is still young. Anyway, Easter is fun when you are two

Fresno Fun

For spring break Nathan and I traveled to Fresno to visit my side of the family. When we got there Aunt Vivian came over for a visit. She and Nathan spent the afternoon putting puzzles together. We then went to visit my grandparents for dinner. On Wednesday we spent the day with my brothers kids. We went to Roeding Park to play at Storyland and Playland. Nathan rode a train, paddled in the paddle boats, drove the race cars and rode on the merry-go-round. He also enjoyed running around Storyland with his cousins listening to all of the old fairytales. After dinner we colored Easter eggs. This morning before heading home we went to Oso De Oro park near grandma and grandpa's house to play on the very cool playgrounds and feed the ducks. It was a quick trip, but everyone enjoyed spending time with Nathan.


Coloring Eggs with the cousins



Race car driver



Riding the ladybugs with Annemarie



Making pankcakes with grandma