Bathtime!

Poor little one is a very long baby and has been outgrowing her baby bathtub quite quickly so we finally went and got her a bath seat that she can use in the bathtub. She loved it as soon as we put her in it. Splashing around and having a great time.. the only time she got upset was when it was time to come out of the tub!

YUMMY!

The time has come for rice cereal! Little one has been so ready for a while.. staring at us while we eat... we have felt pretty bad for her! :-) But, the time is here and her sisters are so excited she gets to sit in the high chair and eat with us!

Time to start it up.. rice cereal was a hit.. we have moved past oatmeal as well which she LOVED! Now we are into the mixed cereals.. next week will get interesting with veggies!

All done and a happy baby... Hopefully now she will be able to gain some weight.. we are still barely at 15 pounds at 6+ months... Her sisters were already 17-18 pounds at this size... She seems to love her solids though and is really getting the hang of the spoon and keeping the food in her mouth!

Back to the Beach

Of course.. when in California we always have to play a day at the beach... we had a blast... got our usual place set up and the big kids had a good time digging, and building a "kingdom". All was well until someone trampled Miss A's kingdom.. she went on to chase after them yelling, "How dare you! You ruin my kingdom"... I can laugh about it now, but in the moment it was horrifying...

Little One had a great time... she sat in the wonderful Bumbo for a while... just taking it all in and watching everything.. she is such an easy and happy baby...

Little One also decided to put her toes in the Pacific... This is her second time at the beach, but the first time was a lot colder. So, we walked her down and let her stand in the water.. she seemed to really like it!

Finally, it was time to head to our usual lunch spot... RUBYS! So, we got all our sandy kids together and called it a day at the beach.... Seriously though.. you have never seen so much sand on 2 little kids!

We left our hearts in San Francisco!

San Francisco is one of our favorite cities... we have spent so much time there and had so many special moments there... So, we decided to head to some of our favorite spots... Going across the Golden Gate bridge was beautiful.. but so foggy and so COLD! It was 56 degrees! We were freezing.. but had to get some shots!

The kids loved seeing the boats and all the fog... they thought it was neat.. even though it was cold!

Picture perfect!

No trip is complete for us without a visit to the Wharf and Pier 39.... We took the kids to the Acquarium on the Bay... it was a very small scale acquarium but perfect for them.... There were 2 glass tunnels the kids could walk through... very neat.. the first one was of all different kinds of fish. The second was sharks and stingrays. Miss M was not thrilled about that one... But, she made it through with her sister urging her on saying "get over it... it is not scary!" :-) We moved on down the pier and got our sourdough bread bowl with chowder, saw the seals and Alcatraz... and ofcourse hitting the merry-go-round on the pier.. it was a great day!

A visit with old friends...

Our vacation continued with a trip to Northern California... Such fun to see all of our old friends... the weather was beautiful and we had a great time. The first few days in town we kept very busy hitting alot of our favorites places with alot of our favorite people.. We went to a great little park and zoo called Happy Hollow and we tried our hand at bowling.. the kids had never been but they did great... Miss M even came in 1st place. Our friends also had a very fun get together so we could see everyone at once.. sorry, no pictures for this one... We do not post pics of our friends without permission! :-)

A Visit to California

We looked forward to our vacation to California all summer... We love going to the beach, and seeing our family and friends. The weather was fantastic as well... Many times I heard.. "Mom, it's cold!" We had a great time.. starting with our adventure in Orange County... The kids kept very busy.. the big girls seemed to love swimming the best... and Little One loved just hangin out in her Bumbo with Mum and watching everything around her... I swear that Bumbo is the best invention of all time... I wish I had thought to invent it! :-) Here is Little One Playing her new favorite game with Mum... Peek-A-Boo!

The big kids loved having the pool in the backyard and had a great time jumping in, swimming with Dadddy and Pa and the dogs... Seemed everytime we opened the back door a dog was in the pool before we knew it...

Miss A "flying" into the pool!

Miss M has become quite the swimmer this summer... practicing strokes, diving and doing flips in the water.. she loves to swim... She also had some fun trying to get Pa wet with her new trick... blowing water through the noodle...

We had a great time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

getting caught up...

Ok, so I know I know... I go on saying I am going to keep up a blog and it just did not happen... The summer totally got away from us. But, I am up for the challenge now.. and it helps that we have a new digital camera and it is easier to upload some shots.

As I said the summer kept us busy... We started out with our first official photoshoot of the 3 kids. Miss A has not been to a photo shoot since she was 18 months old... she was such a pill trying to get her picture taken that I could never muster the strength or patience to deal with it again... I figured being 4 years old now she could handle it. Little one also got her first picture taken and she was so good... smiling the whole time. Miss M felt like a "glamour girl" and was so excited to pick out a "big girl" outfit for her picture.

Little One... 5 months old!

Miss A... 4 years old

Miss M.... 6 years old