29 April 2009

California Trip!!

So we have been back from Anaheim for a little while and I figure it's time to blog about our trip. We had so much fun!! The end.

Ha ha! Just teasing..well we did have so much fun but kidding about the "the end" part. We flew to LA and I was scared that Zoe would be a menace on the airplane. Where she is under 2 we were able to have her sit on our laps which saved us some dinero but we were a little nervous to see if we would have another person sharing our seats who would be mean or grumpy about the baby. Luckily the plane wasn't full and the guy who was supposed to sit by us was able to move to another seat. Zoe was pretty good just a little fussy because she had limited space to move around. I really wanted her to take a nap and she finally fell asleep..when we landed. So she snoozed until we got to the rental car place. We got the car and rode to Anaheim..a funny story about the rental car. We shared a mini van with my sister and her family which meant we were good and squished in. Cory and I sat in the back seat and when I was all situated I noticed that the previous individual who sat in that seat had used the back of the headrest in front of them as a place to wipe boogers!! It was so gross! They had also colored all over the cup holder/arm rest space with crayon. So as we checked out we told the car rental people and they basically told us that they are only worried about dents so no problem with boogers! So gross!

Our first park to visit was California Adventure Park and we loved it so much!! We went to the super cute Bugs Life section and had a blast going on rides with Zoe. She loved all the rides and just giggled and had a blast. Then Cory and I went on Tower of Terror with my brother Matt while everyone else watched the kids. That ride was lots and lots of fun!! Cory was very scared and me, I just loved it all. The story was neat, the ride was scary/ awesome, and the employees were fun. Good ride!My Aunt Sherrie Meeting and loving Woody!
She was so excited to meet him!

Then we found a little play spot and spent most of the day there. Zoe went on slides and played all around. It was the perfect place to let her get down and just play off some energy. I think in all we went on 3 adult rides (Tower of Terror, Soarin over California, and a swing ride in an orange) but we had lots of fun.

The next day we went to Disneyland and loved it! Before going to the park we ate breakfast at Goofy's kitchen at the Disneyland Hotel. There were a few characters roaming around and they did some fun things where kids could come up and bang pots with Goofy. Zoe had fun meeting the characters..and Goofy even enjoyed a sip from her sippy cup! Very fun.
Pammy and Zoe in their adorable matching Minnie dresses.



Then we went to the park and had a day full of fun. Zoe loved every ride she went on. We went on Pirates of the Carribean several times and she wasn't scared at all. I got Cory a really cute Peter Pan hat that came with a cute red feather. He looked very dapper in the hat. One sad thing about Disneyland is that Disney characters don't roam around to meet people! You have to stand in line at a designated spot to get a picture with any of them. We wanted some princess pictures but the line was over 2 hours long!! But we did get a picture of Zoe in her cute Minnie Mouse dress with Miss Minnie!
Zoe fell asleep like this!! What a funny girl!


The next day we went to the Beach with my brother and Zoe LOVED the beach!!! She is such a little beach bum..and she was so darn cute in her alligator swimsuit. She is such a riot! It was a warm day but the water was pretty cold. Despite the water being chilly Zoe just wanted to play play play. It was so much fun watching her laugh and frolic on the beach.

Our last day we went back to Disneyland and played in Fantasyland a lot more. Zoe got to go on more rides this day but it was the hottest day of the trip. We had to go sit in the saloon for an hour and a half which was good cause we got to see the funny Billy Hill and the Hillbillies. We decided to wait in the princess picture line while Zoe was napping which was okay because it was in the shade and by the time we got to the front Zoe had a pretty decent nap. We met Cinderella, Aurora, and Ariel. I really wanted to see Snow White but we didn't get that lucky. It was a fun last day in Cali.

The flight home was really good..Zoe fell asleep about the time the flight took off and woke up just after we landed. Talk about an easy breezy flight.

All in all it was such a great trip!! We can't wait for our next family Vacation!!


22 April 2009

Easter Adventures


I know it's a little late to be posting about Easter..but we've had a busy couple weeks. Easter was so much fun! Zoe is such a cute, fun little girl. She has taken her first steps by the way..she hasn't moved beyond a couple steps and standing on her own yet but I feel like it will happen soon! Back to Easter..after church we had a nice brunch with my sister's family and my parents. Zoe loves playing at her Auntie Ho Ho's house, so eating brunch there was even better than usual. We had some tasty food and we all ate way too much.


After brunch we had an Easter egg hunt for Zoe with eggs full of mini Nilla wafers, Bee graham cookies, mini fig newtons, and froot loops cereal. Zoe didn't really get a chance to search for the eggs because her trusty sidekick Pamela ran around and scooped them all up. But Zoe still enjoyed the eggs and being outside. Pamela got a slide and I helped Zoe go down and she just loved that! She was giggling and having so much fun. It was such a great Easter!Us with my Dad's dog, Kona.



These last pictures are of Zoe terorizing my office..she pretty much trashes the room each day before her nap while I work. She loves it so I don't mind at all..plus it keeps her happy and busy so I can get some work done.

01 April 2009

Blog Slacker


So I have been a big time blog slacker. Life gets busy with baby, work, husband, cooking, pretending to clean, sleeping, and watching tv. It's hard to find time to blog. But I am here now and hoping you will all forgive me.

Not much has been going on in our neck of the woods. No exciting news or adventures in the past month or so. We are gearing up to go on vacation later this month..Disneyland here we come!! We are pretty excited little monkeys. Zoe doesn't even know the fun we have in store for her. I just hope she has fun..being as young as she is I'm not sure that she'll truly appreciate all the princess glory that So Cal has in store for her. Cory is darn excited because Disneyland doesn't have any scary rides that I'll make him go on with me. One time we went to an amusement park called "Great America " and Cory had his friend Brandon come be my ride partner so Cory didn't have to go on the scary rides. Cory is a super ride chicken..he gets scared going on the trolley ride at Lagoon that takes you from one side of the park to the next. So with rides like "It's a Small World" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" Cory will be safe.

Last month Zoe was a sick little lady. We had to go to the Doctors a few times which made me sad. She had a pretty nasty cold and we went to the Doctor and it turns out she had an ear infection also. So we got her on an antibiotic and things were looking up...

Until one morning we woke up to a Polka Dot baby!! Zoe had a rash all over and of course it was a Sunday morning! So I called my Doctors office and talked to an on call nurse who said not to worry about it just to stop the antibiotic and come in the next morning. Well easy for her to say.. she didn't have to watch a miserable baby all day. She was so upset and miserable that I called again and they had us come in to a special Sunday night clinic where they have an on call Doctor come in and see all patients that are terribly ill that day. Well we get in to the Doctor and it turns out that Zoe is allergic to the Penicillin. We had already stopped giving her the drugs so we now just had to wait while the rash cleared up.

It was a rough few days...Poor Zoe was so miserable, fussy, and upset. I gave her some itching medicine and a special oatmeal bath to try and help her. It ended up taking 3 days to clear up so at least it didn't last TOO long. Heather was sure it was a horrible, incurable rash that would spread to her house and children so she wouldn't let us visit for a whole week after the rash cleared up. But now she's back to her happy self again and we know next time no penicillin for Zoe.



Oh...another thing that happened was that my favorite singer and gem sweater lover, Leslie and the Ly's came to town for a concert. It was excellent. I read on a website that it started at 10:00 pm so I wasn't worried about time. The singer really does love gem sweaters so Heather and I sat and bedazzled sweaters for me and Cory (Heather made a really sweet one for herself with a horse on it) for three hours. Well while I was bedazzling I got a message from my friend who was coming along saying that the show started at 7 not 10:00!!! It was 7:30 and I freaked out. I was sure we were going to miss the show. So we threw on our sweaters and hustled it to the show and ended up making it just in time for Leslies lady jams. It was a great show!!! After the show we got to visit with Leslie and she loved the sweaters. It was an excellent night!