Josh's Mommy Date

For Josh's date I decided to take him to Jambo, an indoor amusement park. They have games, small rides and mini golf which is Josh's favorite. We woke up on a Saturday morning and Josh was so excited to go on a special date his face was just beaming. We even brought special cookies for just us to eat in the car.

We had fun for a couple of hours and then my poor Joshua was playing in a jump house type area and face planted on one of the sides. When he came up he screaming and gushing blood everywhere. His tooth had split open his lip. After cleaning him up I knew he needed a few stitches to keep it closed so it would heal. I called Michael and had him tell me where the nearest urgent care that took our insurance was. We went to a Nextcare which I never have good experiences with, but went anyways since they advertise that they do stitches. I waited 1 hour in the waiting room with Joshua crying and bleeding and everyone just looking at me "can't you shut your kid up." When we finally got back to the room the doctor came back and instantly told me he didn't do stitches on pediatric patients. Really no one could have told me that when I checked in or waited for an hour. So we got back in our car and drove to Mendy's Place at John C. Lincoln. The experience was wonderful, we got back into a room right away and doctor came to see us within 10 minutes. Josh was more brave than I've seen any 4 year old be. He didn't even need to be wrapped or held down, he layed perfectly still and only whimpered once when they stitching the lip.

Well now his lip is healed and I need to find a day to take him back to Jambo so we can finish using his tokens.

Ethan's Daddy Date

I'm a few weeks behind on here since we've been sooooo busy lately. Ethan and Michael had a date about a month ago. They went to Big Surf with some passes I bought on a Groupon. I thought it would be perfect for them since Ethan is tall enough for all of the slides, and it was they had a blast. Ethan loves roller coasters and now loves big slides, which is odd because in a lot of other things he's kind of wimpy : )
They went in the wave pool and it wasn't very busy so they were able to go down the slides multiple times too.

Avery 5 month old

Our sweet girl is another month older. At 5 months old she rolls over from her back to her belly and then starts crying because she hates her belly. She sits pretty well with just a little bit of support. She grabs her toys to play with now and loves to laugh at her brothers and Daddy. She started eating some oatmeal and is doing better with it. We tried one veggie, avocados and sadly she hated them. She wears her 6 month old clothes and Mom wishes she would stop getting so big!

Brothers are reading her some stories and Avery is sucking on her fingers. She loves to suck on anything that comes close to her mouth, including her new found toes.

Take me out to the ball game...

Grandpa Bob had extra tickets to a Diamondbacks Games last Saturday and invited Michael and the boys to go. They had a blast. They had really good seats just behind the dugout and it was an awesome game. Best of all Ethan got selected to go out and sing for the 7th inning stretch and was on the jumbo tron! The boys came home buzzing about baseball.

Avery 4 months

I still don't have a camera so I wasn't able to take a picture of Avery at 4 months. Here is a picture of her with her Daddy the week before. Avery at her 4 month appointment weighed 13 lbs. 4 oz and was 25 inches long. She is wearing her 6 month clothes which is bigger than her brothers were at this age. Avery sure melts our hearts when she smiles and laughs. Her only issue is that she never sleeps. She doesn't sleep through the night and she doesn't take naps during the day well. I hope this is just a phase that she grows out of soon! She rolls on to her side but not quite all the way over yet. She is starting to grab toys and we just started a little rice cereal. We can't wait to see what she learns next.

Day 3 San Diego Trip

Day 3 of our trip we slept in a little bit to recover from the day before. Avery and I walked across the street to the outlet mall and did a bit of shopping, while Michael got stuff ready for the beach. Usually we play on Mission Beach since we are familiar with it and there are lots of services available, but this day we decided to try Oceanside since it was close to where we were staying.

Michael got to wear his new wet suit and then he rented some for the boys in hopes of keeping them a little bit warmer. They weren't quite tight on the boys so they still got a little bit cold.

Michael also got a body board and took the boys out to ride the waves for a few hours.

Our friends the Pobsts live up in Huntington Beach and drove down to hang out with us. Michael had a good time playing in the water with Matt.

And this is where the pictures end! Just a few minutes later a huge wave came up to where we were sitting and submerged my bag that had our cameras and Michael's droid phone. We were set up about 10 feet from the highest point of the tide, I assumed the if the tide was coming up it would give us a little bit of warning. Well it didn't, it came up with full force past where we were sitting. Our electronics got drenched with salt water and were actually filled with sand when we took them apart. Even though this was very unfortunate, we have a lot to be thankful for. I was holding Avery where as before she was laying on a towel by herself. I didn't see the wave coming but I was able to hold her up and at least keep her head above water. She would have gotten really hurt if she had been by herself, so in the end all is well we will just replace our electronics and move on.

San Diego Trip Day 2

Day 2 of our trip, we woke and headed out for Legoland. We went to the Sea Life aquarium first. I love aquariums and this is pretty nice, although the Sea Life at AZ Mills is actually a little bigger.

My sweet boys exploring under water life.

Our family in the shark tunnel (Avery was asleep in the stroller).

Michael and I sneaking a hug.

After Sea Life we headed over to Legoland and rode a few rides and let the kids play for a bit.

We also went into the Legoland Water park for a bit. It was not sunny out but the water was a bit heated. The boys had fun on the slides until they got a little too cold.

After a long day, we still wanted to party a little more. We headed down to Mission Beach. We always eat at Joe's Crab Shack. I love the atmosphere and looking out at the ocean while we eat. The boys had a good time and liked the crab even though they thought they wouldn't. This was probably the best night of our vacation. After dinner we headed down on the beach. It was dark but we had fun walking around and the boys did races along the shore.