Aquarium of the Pacific

Last weekend we packed up and headed to Ojai for a stay with the Haley's. Weston and Aiden are only 5 months apart and have a great time together. We were going to stay there for the night and then get up and head down to Long Beach to check out the Aquarium of the Pacific. We had talk about Monterey a million times, but decided it was too big for the boys. We made a great choice! It only took about an hour to get there from their house, the boys slept the whole way. Once we were there they were off and running, I mean running! At this point we were not thinking is was such a good choice ;) Once we got them under "control", whatever that means, we were able to actually look at all the animals.

Aiden was overwhelmed, to say the least. He LOVED it. Didn't know where or what to look at first. He wanted to be sure we looked at everything, but only when he told us to, and were done and off to the next, only when he told us to. One of the first things we got to do was "pet" the Bat rays. So cool. I wasn't sure how Aiden would do, but he loved them. Probably wanted to get in the pool with them and go swimming, a boy after my own heart!

The boys lasted about 4 hours and then it was time to go. We packed up the car, the boys passed out, and we were back to Ojai in no time. Jeff and I didn't want to put Aiden back in the car so we hung out, went to Sushi and then headed home. What a weekend, thanks Haley's!

Look!

Tanning

WHOA!

Petting the Bat rays

Hey, come back HERE!

He really did have a great time, just refused to stop and SMILE!

I want YOU, new and improved...

For Christmas Nona and Moepa got Aiden his first Craftsman truck to drive around the house. He's loved it! He thinks it's fantastic that he can chase Duke (the dog), and all the adults around the house. As you can see, he was coming to get ME!

New I WANT YOU posters...coming soon

Good Habits Start Young

Ever since Aiden was born we have been "brushing" his gums, teeth, anything. It's really been more of getting him use to the concept. A few weeks ago, he was over us helping and wanted to do it himself! Pushed the stool to the counter, tried to open the drawer (child locks) and grabbed the tooth brush and toothpaste. He copied everything we did down to rinsing his mouth with water at the end and wiping the counter down with a towel.

Tippy Toes

Stretch

Scrubbing the pearly whites

Big Boy

Zoo Days with the Haleys

We took the boys to the zoo and met the Haley's for a picnic lunch a few weeks ago. It was one of the nice days we've had lately and we were so thankful for that. Aiden and Weston had a great time with the animals and each other. They played tag, fed the "farm" animals, fed the birds their leftover lunch, played on the hill and brought home half of the sandbox with them. They both crashed before we left the parking lot but had a great time.

Playing tag on the way to feed the sheep.

The boys riding the hill.

Riding the turtle

Rainy days...

With all the rainy days we've been having, Aiden and I have both been going stir crazy. He wakes up, goes straight to the window and just gets cranky if it's raining because he knows we wont be outside that much. I wake up, go straight to the window and get cranky because I know it's going to be a long day! So we decided to make cookies. Aiden was a great helper, stirring the mix, eating the chocolate chips, feeding the dogs chocolate chips, watching the cookies bake and most importantly, eating the warm cookies straight from the oven! Needless to say it was bath time after the cookies.

Look, Cookies!

Yummy, Cookies!

Happy Shower Gavin and Andrea!

A few weeks ago we had a Los Alamos Baby Shower for Andrea and Gavin. Amy arranged a great lunch at Dos Carlitos for us, YUMMY! It was so great, lots of good food, great presents and baby talk. Thanks girls, and Britton, for a great day and good luck to the Babcocks...Gavin will be here soon!

The LA crew

Personalized menu

Super Bowl, sneaks!

Have we got our hands full! We went to a friends house for Super Bowl Sunday with some couples who had kids as well. All the kids had a great time together, watching the game, "sharing" food with one another and playing. We were trying to give them some space to roam, but it got a little too quite and we began "looking" for them. Not to worry, they were around the corner attempting to steel beer from the cooler! High School is going to be fun!

Aiden and Bennett attempting to steal the beer!