Cuteness

I took this picture for Avery's God-mother's birthday gift, but I thought it was too cute not to share with everyone. Is she not the most adorable thing you've ever seen??

Long Weekend in Oregon

Our family just got back from spending a long weekend in Oregon. It was wonderful to have some time with Nate's parents and just relax. We went for walks, got Avery's haircut, Nate spend one day fishing with his dad while us girls had a play date with the little one from down the way. Nate and I spend a day in downtown Portland  and even squeezed a date night in there. We're very excited to go back in September for a whole week! Here are some pictures from the trip.

Going for a walk with Nana

Avery loved feeding and "mooing" at the cows

Walking the property around the house

Picking wild blackberries on our walk

Avery LOVED the firetruck

McKenna's not so sure about Ave's kisses

Checking each other out

Not a bad view, huh?

ummm, yes please!

Got to love Mexican coke

One of the best sandwiches ever

We waited 30 minutes in line to get donuts--it was worth it.

Yes, that's a maple bar with bacon on it

This pretty much sums up our day downtown.

The view from Nate's front yard.

April's Maternity Session

Yesterday I was lucky to have the opportunity to take some maternity pictures for a good friend of mine. With her permission, I wanted to share some of the photos. I'll just say that taking good pictures is easy when you have a beautiful subject.

It's been too long

Hey everyone, sorry for the long delay in updating. We've been busy playing in the pool, celebrating Nate and my sister's birthday, and Nate went to Denver to celebrate his brother's bachelor party. Avery is saying new words everyday, with her current favorites being "yellow, green, blue and shoe". We leave for Oregon on Wednesday to spend four days with Nate's parents. We're so excited to get out of town and the heat. I promise we'll have lots of pictures when we get back on Sunday!

Adventures at the Splash Pad

Today was sweltering, but instead of hanging out in the pool, we went to the splash pad at the park. It's great because it's pretty much a contained area and Avery can just run around and go crazy. Here's a few photos of our day (the last one is showing off her pretty toe polish):

Sea World & The San Deigo Zoo

This past weekend we all went down to San Diego to go to Sea World and the Zoo. Auntie Cilla even drove up from LA to meet us, which was really great. On Friday we got up early and headed to Sea World.

The weather was great and the park was really sparse in the morning. Avery loved looking at all the animals and really enjoyed holding the starfish at the tide pool. 

We had reservations for Lunch with Shamu, however Avery wasn't really interested. Even though Shamu was only a few yards away, she was much more excited about the helicopter flying overhead. Go figure. 

The highlight of the day (and maybe the weekend) was meeting Elmo at the Sesame Street Bay of Play. I was afraid she was going to be scared of him, but boy was I wrong. She gave him hugs and kisses and had a fit when we had to give the next kid his turn. 

Avery loved her souvenir from the day, a Shamu stuffy.

On Saturday we decided to lay low and go to breakfast at Seaport Village, which was just behind the hotel.

After Avery's morning nap, we drove across the bridge to Coronado to play on the beach. Avery was a little hesitant about the cold water at first, but she's always braver with daddy. 

After playing on the beach for a while we walked up to the Hotel Del for some ice cream. 

After Avery took her afternoon nap, we headed down to the fire pit and roasted some s'mores. Avery wasn't too interested. 

On Sunday we got up early to head out to the Zoo. 

Avery spent a lot of the day pointing and "ooohhhhing".

We saw all of the different animals and Avery came face to face with a lion. 

He walked back and forth staring at her for a few minutes, probably thinking about what a tasty appetizer she would be. She wasn't scared at all. Another highlight was the petting zoo. She liked one goat in particular and even tried to give it a kiss and feed it sticks from the ground. 

Avery was all tuckered out by late afternoon.

It was a fantastic weekend and thanks to Grammy for making it all possible! Here are some more pictures...