Easter 2010- Part 1

For Easter and Conference we were lucky enough to visit San Diego! It is one of our favorite places and this time it was a blast b/c Tray was old enough to really love it! Tray is really into airplanes now so he thought it was the neatest thing to take a ride on one. Here is our plane...

Getting on the plane. Tray even got to meet the pilot. This was Trayden's sixth plane ride and this one went a WHOLE lot smoother :)

We were lucky to get an extra seat so Tray had his very own window seat. He thought he was such a big boy and loved looking out the window. He kept saying, "whoa"

Mom and Tray.

What a big boy! He was SO good on the plane. We were both a little nervous considering our past experiences. It was a sigh of relief. For the most part he was perfect, we had a little trouble keeping his seat belt on but other than that he was great! We were talking about all our past flights with Tray and couldn't help but laugh. Yikes, those were quite the adventures. Blowouts with no change of clothes, trying to nurse a baby with a protein allergy b/c I forgot formula with him screaming at the top of his lungs, Tray falling of the xray table, Angry men yelling at us...I think this was the first plane ride with Tray I didn't cry on :) LOL.

My boys on the beautiful beach in Coronado, CA

The view from our condo.

Trayden exploring the new place. He loved it! Every time we came home he would say, "new house."

Dad and Tray watching conference...kinda.

Goofing off.

The view was beautiful. We loved eating breakfast every morning overlooking the bay.

hmm, more goofing around... Imagine that.

One of our favorite things to do there is go for walks. You can get anywhere on foot. You can't beat the scenery either.

Another one of our favorite things was eating out. We of course went down with a tight food budget but the temptation was just too much. We love the food down there and lets be honest eating out is just more fun!

Tray in his favorite chair for some reason.

Playing on the beach.

Tray had a blast in the sand, he could have stayed out there all day.

Building sandcastles.

Dad and Tray having fun in the sun.

We even got to do an Easter Egg hunt at the community center. They had all sorts of fun things to do.

Tray even got to meet the Easter Bunny in person. We had been telling him that we were going on a airplane to meet the Easter Bunny so he was really excited when the time came. He kept saying "E bunny airplane"

Followed by a Easter Egg hunt/obstacle course. Tray was not even interested in the eggs but wanted to climb and play on everything. We kept having to remind him of all the eggs.

Enjoying his eggs. He indulged in a lot of sweets this trip thanks to the Easter holiday. He loved it! Who am I kidding, he was not the only one that indulged.

Mom and Tray.

BIG NEWS...

Yep, you guessed it...we are PREGO!! I am 16 weeks along and growing daily. Baby number 2 will be making it's debut this coming October and we are SO excited!

Here I am around 13 weeks.

Daddy and Big brother Tray.

Our first doctors appt at 8 weeks.

Our precious little baby.

Tray is so excited and is always pointing to my tummy and saying "baby mommy's tummy". We have a DVD with both of my ultra sounds so far and he asks to watch "Baby heart beat moomie" about 6 times a day. Not exaggerating. He is going to be a great big brother. He is so tender and cute with his stuft animals so I know he will be very sweet to his little sister or brother. We are so excited to become a family of 4 and I am SO baby hungry :) My little Tray is a big boy now! We feel so blessed to have a healthy little baby so far and can't wait to meet it!

An update...

This is a very overdue update. For some reason I have not been in the blogging mood but have been feeling very guilty and very behind. Sigh, so here we go.

Tray is growing at an alarming rate. Well, I don't know about physically but mentally he has made leaps and bounds. It is such a FUN phase. He is like his own little person. He has figured out that he can express himself very loudly and dramatically. He is such a talker and it is SO nice. Being able to communicate is awesome and a breath of fresh air. He says the cutest things and always cracks us up. Like yesterday we were in sacrament and he was on the floor playing when he stopped and noticed the lady sitting in front of us in a chair. Pointing he said loudly, "bum" and he was anatomically correct. James and I were cracking up. I could go on and on. He has some phrases that he really enjoys. He loves to fix things and say "fix it" he thinks Daddy is the ultimate handy-man, which he is so if he notices something not looking right he will insist that Daddy fixes it. We have been doing some work around the house and so when sinks were out and countertops undone he would say "Mommy broke it" Of course I was always the one breaking things while Daddy was the fixer :) He loves to cuddle on the couch before bedtime so he is always pleading with me "cuddle couch". Which really means maybe watching a movie of reading books. Another phrase he loves is "Trayden fall down" or "I fall down" he uses this one frequently since he is always falling down.

Ever since Tray was about 6 months old or so I have been putting him in his zippy. I was terrified of blankets and suffocation so this seemed like the perfect solution. He is so adorable in his zippy and has grown very attached to it. He loves to hang out in it as long as he can and about lunch time I finally insist in him getting dressed. He loves to grab the bottom of it with his hands and wrap his index finger in it and sooth with his mouth. It is so funny. We were like, where did he come up with that. I have to admit I am attached to it too. It is just so darn cute. It is almost in rags but still adorable. We just went and bought another one for fear of him someday growing out of this one. I don't know what I am going to do when he does grow out of it. I hope I won't have a 8 year old who still wants his zippy ;) Here he is sporting his favorite sleepwear.

Tray loves to take baths in the "Big boy tub" and I bet he could spend a whole hour in there. What a cutie.

Tray and his cousin, Brykin. They are such cute friends. They struggle when it comes to sharing but love to chase one another around.

I had a birthday...BOO! JK. It was a lot of fun!

Went to the ZOO with my cute friend, Ali.

A little chili but so fun. I can't wait to go again when it is warmer. Tray loved the animals.

Tray loves to get dressed like a big boy but has a little trouble putting them on the right way.

He is also my little helper. He loves to help me unload the dishwasher and sweep and wipe things up with the towel. He basically does all my house work ;)