Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Balboa Island

So all of these years growing up in So Cal and I had never actually been on Balboa Island. My neighbor used to live there and grew up in the area and goes often with her little boy Ian. So a couple of weeks ago we packed it up and went. I really didn't figure there would be too much to do there but it was a great way to spend a Friday morning. We were there at least 4 hours.

We started out with a walk around the island. Well half of the island. Emma and Ian needed out of the strollers so we let them go for it. Aren't they so cute?
We rode the Ferry Boat. We just went back and forth. They loved it.
Stopped and rode the horse at the General Store. This little store is pretty cool. It's really more of a toy store with lots of cool stuff.




We had to stop and look at the fire truck. Emma doesn't know too much about princesses but she sure can tell you about fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and tractors. She hangs out with Ian way too much:)



Lastly, we hit the beach for some water play. As you can see we just let them go for it. Ian is a fish. Emma is a little hesitant. She kept asking Ian to fill her bucket up.





Cameron loves the sand. As you can see he is being held back. He almost rolled into the water a couple of times. I think he'll be a fish soon enough.

We had a great time on the island. So if you're lookin for something to do for a few hours, you should check it out. Oh ya I forgot, we packed our lunches and ate at crab point. I think I was too busy feeding the kids to take pictures of the crabs.

Our little man

It's amazing how quickly time flies. Cameron is already 10 months old and has just started moving.

This is the first time he pulled himself up to standing. Of course I've been waiting for this for months now because Emma did it at 8 months old but it's been nice not having to chase him too much yet.
He was so proud.
He does these cheesy little faces all the time. We love it!!!
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His shirt says "I get my good looks from my dad" What a good look:)

Pool fun

We like to get the little pool out occasionally for some water play.

These two love it and it's a great activity before nap time.
I just love this picture.
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Of course Cameron had to join in. He loves to splash!!!

Just a box

So we got a new car seat and kept the box around for a few days. It's amazing how entertaining a large cardboard box can be.



This is Emma's friend/neighbor Ian. They're total buds. This was their garage.
We had cousins Emily and Sadie over and they had a blast too. Don't the faces say it all.
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Getting Dressed

So Emmalyn is becoming quite the independent 2 year old. A few weeks back she told me she was going to go get dressed. I gave it a few minutes then went to check on here and found this...

She did surprisingly well for jeans, I think:)

The above picture actually looks pretty good right?
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Only you'll notice the ties on her shorts on her behind and her shirt was backwards too. When I went to fix her shorts and put the ties in front she told me I was wrong and that the ties go in back.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Sleepy Cameron

Here are a couple video clips from my cell phone. One second, Cameron was happy as could be cruising around in the cart at Target. The next second, he was nodding off. It was pretty entertaining.





Happy Birthday Jeff & Emmalyn!

Here are a few pictures from Jeff's and Emma's Birthday...



Here's the happy 2-year-old


Jeff & Emma with their complimentary sundaes at Lucille's Steakhouse--Emma was very excited to blow out the candles


Just standing around on top of the car--good times with Grandpa


I'm not sure what this surprise was, but it must have been good



Emma gets her artistic ability from her mom and dad--here she is with one of her finger paint masterpieces


Emma's friend Jack came by to wish her a happy birthday


She scored a baseball bat from Kevin and Amy



We made our first trip to Chuck E. Cheese--I have a feeling we'll be going back a time or two...thousand


Here's a shot of the family getting our picture drawn at Chuck E. Cheese


This is how it turned out



Emma loved playing air hockey


She also had a great time climbing around in the jungle gym