Buried at the beach

During our last couple of month in California, Nolan and I soaked up as much beach time as we could. We would often head to the beach after his morning nap and go for walk and play in the sand. He loves playing with the sand and especially likes when he can dig his feet into the sand. So I decided to bury the bottom half of him and he loved it!

San Diego Zoo

In my continued attempt to catch up...

Realizing we were leaving California in just a couple of weeks we decided to squeeze in a trip to San Diego and go to the zoo! My dad came down for the day to join us and we headed down to SD. The zoo was great! We saw all the animals we read about to Nolan all the time and he seemed to enjoy it. He especially liked all the birds and was constantly pointing them out!

Daddy and Nolan; He's probably pointing at birds

Being silly

Grandpa Rick came and joined us for the day

Our future scientist

Where's Nolan?

Splash Park

One hot day Nolan and I headed out in search of a splash park. There are quite a few in the greater Seattle area, so we didn't have to drive too far before we got to one. It was a bit crowded and he didn't know what to think of it at first, but soon he was having a great time! We look forward to finding more of them this coming summer.

Doing the chicken dance??

Nolan's 1st Birthday!

Here are just a few pics from the little man's big day! We held the party at Valley Park in Hermosa Beach, CA on May 1st. Nate's parents were able to come out from Texas and a lot of family and friends from Southern California were there with us to celebrate the big day!

The party favors

Cupcake toppers

Not quite sure about the singing

Cleaning up after the cake

It's been awhile...AGAIN!

Clearly I have not done a good job keeping up with my blogging. I'm sure my three readers are very disappointed! With the packing, move, unpacking, and figuring out life in Washington I have fallen out of my already sporadic habit of blogging. I am going to try and play catch up over the next few days. So be prepared to see a glimpse of our new life in Gig Harbor.

An Afternoon at the Park

We spent a lot of time this summer exploring our new surroundings and that included going to a lot of parks in the area. Summer is beautiful up here and we knew we needed to take advantage because we were pretty sure we would be spending a lot more inside during winter than we were used to. Nate was able to get off work a little early one day, so we headed out to play!

Walking up the steps with Daddy's help

Loves going down slides, especially on his belly!

Following Daddy around

Loves to pick everything up off the ground!

Another trip to Oregon

At the end of July, Nolan and I took another trip to Oregon to see the girls. We met them in Newport, Oregon and spent the weekend on the coast. Then we headed to Bend for the rest of the trip. It was a lot of fun, but we were away from Daddy for 9 days, which is just way too long. As much fun as we had, we were tired and ready to head home!

Beach baby!

Jenny, Callie & Nolan

Sarah dressing up Nolan as baby Carlos!

Hanging out in the fridge...a favorite!