Palm Desert

This past weekend we took a trip out to Palm Desert with my mom and Renny's parents.  It was Teagan's 3rd time out there and August's 1st!  Teagan was SO excited about swimming in the pool and going to The Living Desert.  It was a cool 105 degrees outside, which we expected, but what we weren't expecting was the humidity! That made the hot seem much hotter!  We got out there in time for dinner at Roy's, then came back to the house for some swimming! Teagan was nervous about the pool for all of about 30 seconds, then it was near impossible to drag her out :) On Saturday morning, we got to The Living Desert right when it opened to try and avoid the intense heat.  We saw so many animals and walked around for almost 2 hours before I thought it was getting to hot for little August.  We went home from there and played at the house for a couple of hours before leaving again to grab lunch.  After lunch, there was no stopping Teagan from some pool time! She was nonstop...Jumping into the deep end, climbing onto rafts and then throwing herself off, trying to touch the bottom, and racing back and forth between all of us was all she wanted to do! I didn't think she would ever get out and after going like that for a couple hours straight, only the promise of a popsicle did the trick. We came inside and watched Sleeping Beauty, hoping Teagan would fall asleep, but that didn't happen...she was still up and ready to play! When little August woke up from him nap, Renny and Teagan came with me to get him out of bed. I walked out of the room with him, but Renny and Teagan stayed in the room to play some more. After just a little bit, it seemed all too quiet. I walked back to the room to find Renny asleep on the bed with Teagan cuddled right up against him...so precious!!! Renny woke up about 2 hours later, but Teagan slept until the next morning! I guess all that swimming and being out in the sun caught up to her :) Here are some cute pictures from the weekend:

 The Giraffes at the Living Desert

 We just couldn't get both Teagan and the giraffes to look at the camera at the same time :)

 Striped Hyenas!

 Leopards!

 This leopard thought Teagan looked like breakfast

 Zebras

 August wasn't very impressed :)

 Back at the house!

 Sleepyhead

 Flowers in the front yard..so beautiful!

Aquarium Fun!

A couple of weeks back, Teagan, August and I joined Mamma Cora and Auntie Steph for a morning at the Aquarium of the Pacific.  It wasn't Teagan's first trip, but she really loves it.  We followed her all around while she touched Moon Jellies, Sting Rays, Sharks, and Starfish.  It was fun to see her so excited...she can't wait to go back! Here are some pics:

August is 2 Months Old!

August is changing so quickly... I cannot believe he's already 2 months old! He is so alert and always looking around. He smiles ALL the time.. I love it :) Teagan adores him and he can't get enough of her, it melts my heart! August is still a very mellow baby and is sleeping thru the night most of the time.  He weighed in at 13 pounds, 9 ounces!!! Chunky! He is 23 1/2 inches long.  That puts him in the 82nd percentile for weight and 51st for height. Here are some cute pictures from the last month:

 August had so much fun in the jumper for about 5 minutes...then I left the room to grab the camera and came back to this:

July 4th, 2011 (yes, I know I'm a little late)

This is the 2nd year that we had some family and friends over for a bbq and fireworks down at the beach to celebrate the 4th. We had a great time! I took some pictures before everyone came over, but then set the camera down to just enjoy the time with family & friends. Teagan had a BLAST with her friends...she definitely thought it was her party :) She even asked daddy to clean up the house before "her friends" came! That girl can always make me laugh. Here are some pictures from the day...Brenna took some really cute ones of all the kids, but I still need to get them from her.

When it got dark, we all walked down to the beach to watch the Queen Mary fireworks. The kids all had  so much fun and Teagan decided it should be the 4th of July everyday :)