A Day in the Life...: July 2008

Monday, July 21, 2008

New Bed for Avery

So a little while back we got Avery a toddler bed since her current bed would soon be occupied by the squirt. Along with that we ended up getting all new bedroom furniture for the girls. The old stuff was great, but unfortunately 4 moves didn't do it justice. Avery loves her new bed and will not even recognize her old crib when Matt is done with it. It looks great and will match the cherry furniture we got. On to the reason for the post...for some reason, several months back Avery decided that it would be fun to take her naps on the floor. I believe I was at the point where I didn't care where she slept, just as long as she slept! We were going through a "no nap" phase and I was at my wits end. So I decided to just go ahead and let her. I thought once we got her new bed this habit might stop. As you'll see from the picture, it did not! Ha Ha

I'm sure you can tell from this picture, but she is sleeping so soundly that she is literally underneath her bed. She didn't even wake up when we came in to take the picture.

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These next sets of pictures are partly showing off her new bed and partly showing off her new hair cut. I've been trying to get her hair all one length forever. The back grows extremely faster than the front, so in order to avoid the "mullet" look my hairdresser cut her hair up to match the length of her bangs. I think it looks pretty cute, and maybe one day she'll have long hair!

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Saturday, July 19, 2008

San Diego Zoo

We didn't take as many pictures here as we did Legoland. I think it was because we were so overwhelmed with the size of the zoo. It was huge! And trying to see everything in one day is next to impossible. We did see a ton of animals and Avery really had a great time. We were all completely pooped by day's end but we still managed to make it to the gift shop for a small souvenir. The San Diego Zoo also opened a safari near Carlsbad which we would love to take advantage of before we leave CA.

Mommy & Avery posing in front of the giraffes. The giraffes and elephants were up close and personal as you can see in some of the pictures.

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Daddy & Avery with the elephants. Thank goodness they got out of the way because a few seconds later the elephant behind them decided to pee, and I don't know if any of you have ever seen this event, but it was crazy! Obviously elephants are huge and as you can guess, their pee matches their size!! Ha Ha I think if anyone was standing too close they would have gotten an unpleasant shower. :)

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Avery and the gorillas. Some of the exhibits had life size statues of the animals that the kiddos could play on and get more of an "up close" look at what the animals look like.

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Avery showing off her souvenir in front of the sign...a beanie panda bear. For some reason, Sammi has grown quite fond of this panda bear, out of all the other stuffed animals Avery has! Sometimes well just find it drug out in the middle of the hall or in the dog's kennel. She's strange!

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Well that's it from our little "mini" vacation! Next, I'll be posting some random pictures and videos of what we've been up to lately. Enjoy the weekend!!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Last of Legoland

Avery and Daddy on the ferry boat tour. It takes you a little closer to some of the creations on the water and the guide was able to give you more information as to how long each one took and how many legos were in each one. Of course I don't remember anything now, but it's insane how long some the pieces took.

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This one is of course the Sydney opera house and if you look really close you can actually see a little lego man hanging down fixing the roof. I do believe she said this one took a couple of years to build. Keep in mind these are exact replicas!

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Saying good bye to Darth Vader. This wraps up our day at Legoland. We had a blast and can't wait to take both girls when Squirt is older.

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More Legoland Shots

Cheeeeeeeeese! Sticking her head in a lion's mouth.

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Luckily this shark was just made out of Legos. :)

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Avery's favorite part was the water park. I think we stayed there for almost 3 hours! It's really cool because it's interactive as you'll see in the following video. The kiddos have to actually learn how to make the water come up.

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Legoland!

Once again, I'm behind on posting. I was doing pretty well for a bit, but as usual fell behind. I'm trying really hard to get caught up with some of the fun things we've been doing before Baby Squirt is born!!! Only 4 more weeks to go and now we're going to the doc weekly for checkups. She's still very active and healthy so we are just anxiously awaiting her arrival. We've been working really hard pulling out Avery's old things and getting things washed and ready for her arrival. Matt has taken on a pretty big project with our old crib. Since we got new furniture for the girls' room, he's painting the crib to match the cherry finish on the rest of the furniture. It looks great so far and hopefully he'll be able to put that project aside soon. July 4th weekend was spent preparing for Squirt and spending time together as a family of 3. Matt took some time off to get things checked off the "honey-do" list and so far so good! What a great husband I have! He even did work on his birthday. I'll be trying to post daily for awhile until I'm caught up so please check back regularly.

After Matt's parents left, we took a family trip down to San Diego. We went to Legoland and the San Diego Zoo. Avery had a blast and sure was one exhausted little girl by the time we got home. Enjoy the pictures and as usual, I'll try to keep them to a minimum. However, I do have to show off some of the amazing Lego creations we saw while at Legoland. It was a really great, family oriented park and we'll definitely be taking advantage of its location while we're here.

Daddy and Avery at the entrance. I tried to get a good shot, but with a toddler, it's next to impossible!