Travelers

Hola! Well thats the extent of my spanish for cinco di mayo. We've been gone for the past 5 days in Palm Springs visiting Justin's parents. Can I just say now how much I LOVE the sun! You hear that weatherman, SUN, not rain!

Our trip was awesome, even more so since dad joined us this time. The man was due a vacation! We arrived in Ontario, CA after having to switch planes in Portland before we even left. Jack was a great little flier and slept cuddled next to daddy on take-off. I randomly ran into a friend from college who was on our flight, loved that too, and we arrived in CA to lots and lots of sun, for about 30 min before the sun set! :) Here are a ton of pics from our trip for your viewing pleasure.

Jack and daddy

Anxious to see gramma and grampa

Our first outing to Whitewater, a fish reserve with tons of beautiful pools full of trout. Jack shared his cheerios with them which resulted in much entertainment.

Jean and I found this quote and LOVED it!

Jack and his favorite color of flower, YELLOW, which he happened to say for the first time.

Jack and I showing grampa and gramma our "dolphin swim" underwater. We had just done this in swimming a few days before and Jack did AWESOME!

Jack was quite the little underwater swimmer this trip, such a change from his first swimming experience here at 10 months!

Jack and daddy at Whitewater, can you see his "OOOOOO" face?

This is our favorite Mexican restaurant in Palm Springs

Jack got his vitamin C for the day as he ate almost an entire orange!

Jack and gramma watching the dancers

Which happened to be a cute couple

Our men

Next day we went to the Living Desert Zoo, a camel ride was first on our agenda. Which incidently was a first for all of us.

Almost like being on safari

He was trying it out for a new home, too small

Jack wasn't too sure about the goats, despite dads reassurances

Eventually tho he got more comfortable

I have no words for this guy

Not quite sure what he is doing here, basking?

Olympia the golden eagle, who refused to go back to her handler and eventually flew off to be chased while the crowd waited.

And last but not least an African porcupine

Ahhhhhh....lounging in the pool with grampa

Sunbathing with gramma

Sun baby

We arrived home to clouds but a bit of sun, then yesterday was sunny as well. At least it wasn't a total weather shocker! Jack is happy to be back playing with his chickens, we moved them outside for a day and fed them grubs and worms, and to be hanging out with his Henry dog. Dad is once again immersed in his store, while I am nursing a cold and trying to catch up on laundry. If only vacations could last indefinitely. Oh well, hope you enjoyed our trip as we most assuredly did. Loves!

Jack turns water baby

Hello, hello! So it seems that October has passed us by and my have we been busy. Jack and I just got back from a trip to visit family in California and what a great vacation it was! I love doing trips with family, because of all the extra help with Jack, it really DOES feel like a vacation. We went down to Palm Springs and enjoyed checking out the Living Desert Zoo, the local street fair, resteraunts, and of course hanging out in the pool.

Pretty much felt like we were on safari!

Note to self...DO NOT wear a straw hat in goat pen!

I swear he had fun!

When not out exploring Palm Springs, Jacks next favorite place was the hot tub. He earned himself a new nickname "Tadpole" as he loved the water and literally threw a fit each time we took him out. I've never seen anything like it. Jack liked that yellow floaty for about 20 minutes then decided he needed some freedom. The seat in the hot tub was just his height so he could stand with his head above water and walk around. Of course he had to push his luck and walk off the edge, when he went under I pulled him up and we waited to see how he would react. You would never guess what he did. He looked at me and SMILED! Is that normal? Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining but I would have expected some tears and crying. Same exact thing happened every time. If I didn't know better I would say he was part fish. Justin was very bummed to have missed out on all these fun things but I plan on bringing him next time. Nice of me I know~

Now we are home and Jack was so happy to see his dada, did I tell you he started to say that? Justin of course loves it, I keep pushing for Mama, however Jack just looks at me and makes his motorboat noise! Figures. :)

Jack has been very busy since we got home, rediscovering his toys, playing with the new stuffed doggy his dada got him, and watching the birds on the back porch. His great-gramma has a bird feeder at her house and Jack loves watching the birds when he's over there. So I thought it would be nice to have one at our house too. I was bummed though when no birds showed up... great-gramma said to give it a couple of days and then they would come. She was right, we have blue jays, a flicker, sparrows, and finches that visit our feeder. And as much as Jack loves watching them, I have to admit I love it too.

Next up on our agenda, pumpkin carving, roasting pumpkin seeds, and maybe a costume!