Family Christmas Party!!

We were all invited to have a yummy Christmas dinner at Brian's Uncle's home where Gavin got to meet some family for the first time!

Alyssa pulled the bow out of her hair, but i think she just likes to go for the crazy curl look!!

Alyssa was running around outside by her Great Grandpa!!

Gavin strutting his stuff!

Grandma and Lyss being funny!

Gavin met his Great Uncle Clyde for the first time yesterday! He really enjoyed holding him!! Gavin is finally starting to be okay with someone other than Mommy holding him 24/7!

Just the 4 of us...

We ended up having the kids open up their Christmas presents on Sunday morning because this year we are going up to Fresno to spend the holiday with my family and it was just going to be too much stuff to bring!!! But i know the kids did not mind opening them up a few days early... :)

This was our Christmas tree... we normally get a real tree, but with Gavin being 11 months now and walking we really didn't want all the trouble that comes along with a big tree and children... so we downsized it to fit on the table!

Alyssa wanted to cook us some breakfast... hotdogs... mmm lol!!

Yah, score!!! Already getting him conditioned for multiple sports!!

Aquarium of the Pacific

Our friends Sylvie and Nadine had a free pass to the aquarium so they were so kind to invite us to join them along with our friends Jenny and Mattie!! We all had such a good time! Alyssa was amazed by all the seals that kept swimming right by us.

Gavin was in his stroller the whole time, but he enjoyed having so many things to look at!! Thankfully it kept him pretty occupied! :)

The girls playing on the boat!


We love sea turtles!!!!

San Diego Zoo

Over the weekend and on a whim we decided to take the kids to the Zoo!! It was a blast!!!!! The elephants were the first animals we went to visit and Alyssa was in awe of them. She did not want to leave them and actually wanted to try and climb the fence to be with them! Gavin was looking around like "where the heck am i?" But he did so well with having to stay in the stroller as long as he did!! Alyssa also found a new love for hippos! She was amazed at how big these creatures are!!! We had to tell her the hippos and elephants were taking naps so we could go look at the other animals... by the end of the day we had a few more animals to visit but had to leave because it started to rain like cats and dogs!! Luckily for Alyssa and Gavin we bought the membership so we can have fun any day we choose!! :)

Play Time!!

Even though it was cold on Friday we had a play date with our friends Mattie and Jenny! We decided to go for a walk and play at the park!!

Alyssa and Mattie were having fun chasing one another. The only bummer was the slides were wet, but i didn't notice because i was pushing Gavin in the swing... so when Alyssa went down her butt was drenched in water! lol

Of course when i get a good pic of Alyssa smiling it doesnt come out clear! lol :)

Walking!!

If you haven't already heard the news... Gavin started taking steps here and there about a month ago, but for the past week and a half he has been walking... A LOT! Not 100% mastered, but he's not far from it!! Our little man is growing up so fast! Thinking back to January, when he was born, he has changed so much!!! I am very excited that he is walking, but at the same time a little part of me misses both of my babies being so small! Enjoy the clips!! :)

Aaron's 1st Birthday Party

I forgot to take my camera out earlier, but i was able to get a good picture of Aaron munching on his cupcake!! Such a cutie!!!

This monkey cake was so delicious!! Thank you Aaron for inviting us to your 1st birthday party!!! We had a blast!! :)

Elephants!

Just wanted to share... as I am sure most of you already know, but as soon as Alyssa watched Dumbo for the first time she became in love with elephants!! When we were dining at the Rainforest Cafe the other day our friend felt compelled to buy this for Alyssa, which was so sweet of her!! You should have seen the look on Alyssa's face when she saw it... priceless!!

~Rainforest Cafe~

We were all invited to celebrate our friend Brooke's birthday at the Rainforest Cafe!! Alyssa and Gavin had so much fun looking at all the beautiful scenery!! They had tons of tropical fish, a Gorilla that came to life and also thundershowers!! They really enjoyed it!!

Although Alyssa may not look happy here she really loved the Gorilla! She sat on him a couple times with Alley while we waited to be seated.

Brooke and Alyssa enjoying the fishies! It was really hard to get her attention away from them so i could get a decent picture. lol

This was the only pic i got of Gavin :( But he really loved the restaurant too!!