Of course I have to update and say yay for Donnie's summer job! This summer Donnie gets to work as an Engine Captain at the Bieber Helitack Base! (Bieber Fever, easy to remember :) ) 3 1/2 hours away from us; good thing we're closer than Napa. But, one of Donnie's ultimate station choices is to be at a Helitack station, so we're excited! Jackson, the baby, and I will be sure to visit to get some pictures. He starts in 3 weeks, after going to Mexico for the second annual fire-something-or-other!
Baby brother comes in about 7 weeks :) Pregnancy really should only be 8 months. I'm to the point where I don't know how I am going to get any bigger without popping, and Tums are my BFF. I'm missing 2 graduations this year since they're too close to my due date. But Nicole and Blair, we'll be able to celebrate come 4th of July! And I will definitely not be missing Nicole's Banana Slug graduation in 4 years (go UCSC!) or Blair's Nursing School graduation when it comes.
And we have something living and burrowing in the waterslide hill in the backyard. Gross. Hopefully we'll catch it soon, and I can see about taking some pictures of whatever that is!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Pre-Easter
We're headed down to celebrate Easter! This year we're coming with the cutest little gifts. Aren't they adorable?
Jackson got his annual Easter basket from Nana, thank you!
And of course dyed eggs, love how Jackson can help this year!
Jackson got his annual Easter basket from Nana, thank you!
And of course dyed eggs, love how Jackson can help this year!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Happy Earth Day!
We celebrated by planting a lemon tree :) Donnie caught Jackson a lizard for him to torture for about 5 minutes before letting go.
This is how Donnie caught the lizard. We have a couple spots in our yard where the lizards hang out every day. When Donnie showed me this branch lasso, I seriously laughed and told him to have fun trying for the next few days. Of course Macgyver caught one in a few minutes.
This is how Donnie caught the lizard. We have a couple spots in our yard where the lizards hang out every day. When Donnie showed me this branch lasso, I seriously laughed and told him to have fun trying for the next few days. Of course Macgyver caught one in a few minutes.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
More Disney
Small World,
The Pirate Ship,
For Blair. And one of Jackson's favorites. Who knew a 2 year old does not know the difference in coolness between Pirates of the Caribbean or the Carousel.
Our Disney room was nicer than our honeymoon room in Jamaica :) The fireworks lit up at night like a nice nightlight.
The one time Dumbo did not have a line,
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Waterslide
One of Jackson's favorite parts of the trip was the waterslide. Each day we would take a break from Disneyland to go to the pool and nap. Day one we napped, day two we went to our pool at the Disneyland Hotel, and day three we decided to head over to Paradise Pier since staying at the hotels allows you to go to any of their pools. Paradise Pier had a waterslide we could see from our room.
We weren't sure Jackson would be allowed on it since it looked like this,
But he wanted to go on it so badly and the lifeguards said as long as he could ride all by himself, there was no height requirement.
First time up, we all went so Donnie could go first to catch Jackson at the bottom, and I could sit Jackson down and tell him when to go at the top. Jackson watched Donnie go and got right in after him, not scared a bit! Jackson loved it and after the first ride, Donnie had to take him up those stairs about 40 times, I took him up about 10, and he definitely went down that thing around 50 times.
Every time he would go first, the lifeguard at the top would tell the lifeguard at the bottom that "the little guy" was coming, so they could help him up. He would just sit at the bottom waiting for help to get up and out. Then when one of us would come after him, he would go to the bottom of the stairs again, squealing, "Let's do it again!"
The lifeguards just loved him, he was the smallest they'd seen on it. While I was sitting at the pool watching them slide, all of the other moms were asking me if he ever slowed down. Nope!
We weren't sure Jackson would be allowed on it since it looked like this,
But he wanted to go on it so badly and the lifeguards said as long as he could ride all by himself, there was no height requirement.
First time up, we all went so Donnie could go first to catch Jackson at the bottom, and I could sit Jackson down and tell him when to go at the top. Jackson watched Donnie go and got right in after him, not scared a bit! Jackson loved it and after the first ride, Donnie had to take him up those stairs about 40 times, I took him up about 10, and he definitely went down that thing around 50 times.
Every time he would go first, the lifeguard at the top would tell the lifeguard at the bottom that "the little guy" was coming, so they could help him up. He would just sit at the bottom waiting for help to get up and out. Then when one of us would come after him, he would go to the bottom of the stairs again, squealing, "Let's do it again!"
The lifeguards just loved him, he was the smallest they'd seen on it. While I was sitting at the pool watching them slide, all of the other moms were asking me if he ever slowed down. Nope!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
The Happiest Place On Earth
We just got back from a wonderful trip to Disneyland! Of course it was Jackson's first :) We had so much fun and I am sorting through a ton of pictures. More to come!
On the Monorail,
Teacups, which Jackson loved.
This is just the beginning of many pictures, but I know I haven't posted in a while and didn't want to wait any longer!
On the Monorail,
Teacups, which Jackson loved.
This is just the beginning of many pictures, but I know I haven't posted in a while and didn't want to wait any longer!
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