100th post and California

This will be my 100th post!

Aside from that we went to Idaho to visit Mike's family two weeks ago and then flew to San Diego to stay in a condo with my parents for a week. Here are some pictures of California. No pictures of Idaho.... I didn't take my camera with me.






All these pictures are on a beach. Ryan didn't want to get in the water. He's developed a fear for whatever reason so we had to hold him when we got close to the ocean. Silly boy.




Scripps Aquarium. Very cool place.
Sorry it's a little blurry... it was dark.

Jaxson(my nephew) had his birthday while we were there. Ryan slept through the whole birthday party. He took a 3 1/2 hour nap that day and I ended up waking him up.
On the last day we were there we went down to the harbor. Ryan ended up feeding the pigeons and really enjoyed himself.


Thanks mom and dad for letting Ryan and I come vacation with you! We had such a great time.

Recent Pictures

Before Mike's Dad left to go back home we had him take a few quick pictures of us. Here are some of my favorites.

I included the one below so ya'll could get a feel about how big I'm getting. I feel huge but maybe it's just the summer heat!
And another one of my boys!

Mike's sister, Christine and her family came into town just before we left to Yellowstone. We had a great time hanging out for a few hours and here are some highlights. Ryan had a really great time playing with his cousins. We just wish they lived closer!

Family Time

So we took our first real family vacation together this last week and had a blast! We went to Island Park, which is about 20 minutes from West Yellowstone.
Ryan and Mike at Mesa Falls.
Edpa and Alex happened to be in the area so we got to hang out with them for a day and go into Yellowstone with them.
It was windy at the geysers but they were very beautiful.

Ryan loves to be in his hiking backpack and it gave cousin Alex a good workout.
The next day we tried our luck at fishing. NO FISH in a kid's fishing pond but Ryan had fun anyways! Below: Edpa fishing with Ryan.

Above: Ryan and Daddy fishing.
Ryan trying his luck all by himself.
Then of course, we just did a doing things outside. Mostly playing in the dirt.

And throwing rocks into the lake while daddy fished.
We also did a lot of swimming since our resort had a kids swimming area. Ryan said that was his favorite thing, but no pictures of that.

We had a blast and would love it even more if there weren't so many mosquitoes!

It's a Girl!

Enough said. We are super excited! I guess Ryan was right all along. We've been asking if he wants a sister or brother. Without fail, he said sister. Once we found out, we told Ryan, "It's a girl, you were right! You are having a sister." Then he replied, "It's a boy." I guess he was confused on what a sister is!

We are excited. I am finally feeling totally better...minus the extreme tiredness and the feeling of already being huge. I'll post a belly shot later but I am as big now as I was with Ryan when I was about 7 months pregnant.

Watch Out Mom!

Ryan loves playing in the water! And YES, I have gotten sprayed one too many times which he thinks is hilarious.

Tulip Festival with Edpa

WOW! We had a blast at Thanksgiving Point last month with Edpa.

Feeding the fish!

It's hard to get pictures of Ryan anymore. He runs everywhere!

Smelling the flowers!