SeaWorld Trick or Treat

Since Julia and Mason will be busy in Meagan and Cory's wedding for Halloween, I decided to take them Trick or Treating at Sea World. Julia wore her Snow White dress that Nathan's mom, Laurie,made for her and she looked to beautiful!

Julia with, what I can assume is, a Princess.

Dawson and Julia looking super excited...
Waiting for the spooky show to start...
and there's the Julia I know!

Mason and Julia giving Elmo loves.

Disneyland Scares!

We were so excited to go to Disneyland in October for their Halloween specials! There were plenty of scary additions! It was a bummer we picked a rainy day, but good for short lines!

Julia and Mason love Snow White. Mason even got a big kiss on the cheek. And Julia started to strip to show her her Snow White panties. Now that scared Snow White a little...

Playing on the Halloween stage at Cali Adv.


They had a good time climbing on this in New Orleans Square.



Mason loved the Queen of Hearts, but wouldn't get near the evil Queen. Can you blame him?

Riding the Carousel all by them self! (With me standing nearby, of course)

Standing in the rain for a photo with the Mickey Pumpkin. Too bad the photographer chopped Mickey's head off...

The girls love the Wishing Well!
We LOVE Disneyland during Halloween! Wish I could have made it back a second time!

They even made a scary addition to Space Mountain to make it even scarier! It totally freaked me out!

Visit from the Griffiths

This past week was Nathan's first vacation (He gets 3 one week vacations a year). Our good friends, Zac and Catherine Griffith, and their two little girls, Isabelle and Ava, came for a visit. The first couple of days we just kinda chilled. Wednesday and Thursday were a little busier. We drove up to Anaheim Wednesday morning to go to Disneyland! Wednesday was a little stressful for me. Before we went to the park, we checked into our hotel that we would be staying in that night. Then Nathan walked to the gas station next door to put air in our stroller tires. Well, it turns out one of the tires had a thorn in it, which caused a small leak, so by the time we walked over to the park, in what seemed like blazing heat, it was flat again. Nathan was able to borrow a pump from the stroller rental place, but it was flat again in a couple hours, so we just pushed it on a flat. So, by the time we'd gone on a couple rides, I was stressed about the stroller, super hot, (I wore jeans. Not smart.) and in pain. I had wore a new pair of shoes and in return received a huge blister on both pinky toes. At about six we were totally wiped, and as a joke I told the guys they should take the kids to McDonalds, and let Catherine and I play. They went for it, and Catherine and I enjoyed the park for about an hour and a half longer before we headed back to the hotel. That was very nice.

Mason and Minnie, very cute

Mason was trying to take off Jasmine's straps! Naughty, naughty!

Our second day was less stressful. Nathan was able to fix the tire Wednesday night with a patch kit, and I wore shorts and different shoes.

Daddy's so mean while Julia was sleeping.

All of us after a long day at the Happiest Place on Earth!

At dinner, there was this guy making balloon characters. He was really good, so we had him make something for the girls. He made them crowns. Aren't they cool?

Cupcake boy

Last Saturday we went to a friend's little girl's first birthday party. It was so cute! She had swimming, toys, good food, but best of all...CUPCAKES! They were sooo yummy! And Mason really like them too.

His first cupcake. Look at him dig into that thing! Yummy!
Mason started cutting his first tooth about two weeks ago. Now he has gotten his first tooth and is cutting his second. Mason is such a good baby, and even though he has been teething, he has only been mildly fussy. What an angel! I'm so blessed to have this sweet little guy!

Chipmunks and Dinosaurs, oh my!

On Wednesday we finally made it back to Disneyland. We hadn't been since we moved to San Diego and I was having withdrawals. It was more crowded than I'm used to, but still fun. Mason LOVED it! In just two and a half months, he has developed so much more, and totally got a kick out of all the rides and parades. It was so cute! When we'd get on a ride, he would giggle and bounce on my lap with excitement. My new friend, Kristi, and her daughter, Ella, came with us. We had a blast!

We saw Chip (or is that Dale?) in Frontierland, and he was showing the girls where we should go next. Guess where? Chip n Dales house in Toontown!

We also made our first trip to San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park. It is VERY big and we didn't see the whole thing. But we made sure to go to their new exhibit Dino Mountain. The first time through, Julia was soooo scared. She got a little braver the second time around, but still terrified of the carnivores. The dinosaurs where so lifelike. They moved and made sounds. Very cool.

These were one of the only dinos Julia was brave enough to turn her back on.
Mason liked the view from the stroller. He's such a good baby! Julia was terrified of the T-Rex. We couldn't get her to turn around for the photo. She felt safer with her eyes on him. At the front of the exhibit they were given little dino passports so that they could stamp for each dinosaur they saw. She really liked to get her stamps.
She didn't feel these were as threatening either.

But more of the scary ones...

This one shot water out of it's nose. We didn't know that at first and totally got sprayed. Pretty funny

Shamu Rocks!

Last night Nathan got off work early. Hooray! (Well, 6:00) So we decided to go down to Sea World and catch their Shamu night show. It's called Shamu Rocks. It's pretty cool, and Julia loves it! Since we weren't going to be there long, and were planning on going home right after the show, we decided to be brave for once and sit in the soak zone. We were on the second row dead center. Well, Shamu did a good job and we got soaked! Totally worth it to be up close and personal, though.

Waiting for the show to start

I think my camera got a little wet, too

Mason was in between a laugh and a cry for this picture. I think he was having fun, but not sure if he liked the cold water. I think Julia was a little cranky, though. After he soaked her she kept saying she's going to spank Shamu's bum for getting her wet!

Good thing hair grows back...

Mason had not had a hair cut yet, and his hair was growing in all wispy and uneven, so I thought I'd give him a little haircut. Well, apparently I had the clippers on too short of a setting because I pretty much gave him a buzz! I'm so sad I want to cry! His face is a mess because I had to feed him while I cut, to distract him.

Believe it or not I cut off over an inch.