End of July and Early August Update

Here are some photos of Zoey at about 3-months-old. She is such a good baby and so smiley all the time. She is getting really cute. The only thing with Zoey is that she still wakes up a lot during the night. But she's just so sweet and cute, I can't really complain about it. 

Zoey in the bumbo. 

We've been wanting to visit the San Francisco Zoo ever since we moved here so one Saturday we decided to finally go. It is a really nice zoo and the kids had a great time visiting some of the bigger animals. They loved the rhino the best.

Dad and Paige at the zoo.

Paul feeding a meal worm to the lemurs.

So special!

Paul brushing a goat

Paige as a beautiful butterfly

The kids love dad

Paul with antlers.

Paul sitting on an elephant and Paige running circles around him

Riding on a lion

Paul's sister, Shayna, moved in with us at the end of July. Her husband just finished his masters degree in Vermont and she is starting her masters in design up in San Francisco. Eric joined us after spending a month with his family in Utah. They just found a place to live in SF so we helped them move in last weekend. We loved having them with us and it was really sad to see them go even though they are only an hour away. It's not the same as living together. Shayna and I had a lot of fun together mostly eating and watching trashy tv. We got addicted to rice crispy treats and would often eat a whole pan of them in one night. Eric and Little Paul became really good buddies. I realized how great Eric is after Paul and I played a matching game with Little Paul. I won the first game. My husband can't stand to have me win at things so he started getting really competitive and won the second game. Little Paul said "You guys are really good at this game. Eric isn't very good. I'm a lot better than he is. I always win." Thank you Eric for being so nice and letting our son feel good about himself by letting him win. We could learn a thing or two from you. They are both so great with our kids. Paige still asks where "Cayna" is and Paul tells me almost everyday he misses Eric. 

We got to go to the Garlic Festival in Gilroy with Shayna the first weekend she was here. There was a lot of hype about the festival and I don't know if we missed some things but it was just ok for us. Maybe it was because it was crazy hot? Who knows. The highlight for us was probably the garlic ice cream cones and then rinsing our mouths with scope afterwards. We are glad we went and got to experience it but we probably won't go again next year. 

Garlic Ice Cream

Garlic Ice Cream under the misters

It's been about 3 months and the kids still obsess over Zoey. They still fight over whose turn it is to hold her. It's cute how much these kids love her. 

Brother sister love

We also got to celebrate Shayna's Dirty Thirty Birthday while she was with us. Chong and Clarysa came up for the weekend as well which is always a treat. We had the traditional Proctor crepes in the morning and then headed to Point Lobos for our favorite hike. It was beautiful as always. We ended the night with cake and ice cream and the new Harry Potter movie. 

Dad and Paige

Dad and Paul. They both love to ride on his shoulders. 

Chong and Clarysa walking with the kids

Lunch break

Lunch break

Paul found a little hide out

Paul loves Uncle Chong

Happy Birthday Shayna! I asked Little Paul what kind of cake we should make Shayna. He wanted to make one with gummy worms. I said "gummy worms it is".

Us with the birthday girl

Birthday girl with Chong and Clarysa

A friend told me about a guy from our church that taught private swim lessons in his backyard so I signed up Little Paul. I had him doing 30 minute lessons Monday-Friday the last 2 weeks of summer. At the end of lessons Paul could dive off the diving board into the water and swim to the opposite side of the pool unassisted. He loves to dive for things in the water and spent most of class time diving for things. Paul can now swim and doesn't need to wear a life vest in the pool anymore. Yay!

Paige at Paul's swim lesson

Zoey at Paul's lesson

Zoey

Paige hanging out at the pool

Paul at his lesson

Here are some cute photos of Zoey I took one afternoon at home. She is getting so big and had to photograph her chub before it's no longer there. Here she is at 3 months.

She is getting cuter and cuter!

Chong's Wedding and Parent's Visit

Right after Zoey's Baby Blessing, we took off for Manhattan Beach for Chong and Clarysa's wedding. They got married Monday, the 18th of July, at the Belamar Hotel in Manhattan. Chong has known Paul's family from the time Paul and I started dating in 2002 so naturally they are family to him as well. Paul's family followed us down to L.A. for the wedding. Paul was a groomsman, I was a bridesmaid, Little Paul was the ring bearer and Paige was a flower girl. I didn't think Paige would walk down the aisle alone so we had Brooklyn hold her hand and walk down with her. It worked out perfectly and everyone made it down nicely without any mishaps. The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was so much fun. Lots of great dancing by Chong and his fellow friends. Unfortunately, I didn't take any photos. Photos to come...

After the wedding, we drove back to San Jose. My parents wanted to tour the area around where we live before they headed back to Michigan. The next day we went to Carmel, the hike at Point Lobos and did the 17 Mile drive in Pebble Beach. The following day was spent in downtown Palo Alto and Stanford University. The last day of their visit we drove up to Napa Valley for the morning, San Francisco for the afternoon and had dinner at Brother's Korean Restaurant in SF where we met up with Paul and Chong and Clarysa. Chong and Clarysa were on their honeymoon but took some time to have dinner with us. They spent the night at our house on the way back down to LA. It was so nice to spend time with both the Proctor and Park families in July! We really miss everyone and wish we could be together more often. 

My mom with Zoey on the hike at Point Lobos in Carmel. 

Paul on the hike. 

Point Lobos hike. 

Beautiful views. 

Point Lobos. This is now our favorite hike. 

My dad at Point Lobos. 

Paul and Paige at Point Lobos 

Paul and Paige holding hands while hiking. So cute!

Paul at Carmel Beach.

My parents with the girls at Stanford University in Palo Alto.

Walking around the campus. 

Stanford.

Castello De Amorosa Winery in Nappa Valley. The kids loved the sheep outside the castle. 

Castle entrance. 

The great room of the castle. 

Paul at the castle. 

Paige and empty wine bottles:)

Going down to the tasting room. They had the most amazing grape juice made from the grapes they grow.  The kids loved it.

Paul also loved eating the sour grapes off the vines. 

They were so sour but they liked them.

Union Square in San Francisco. 

Cable cars. 

Kids on the cable car.

Dinner with the newlyweds at Brothers. 

Korea BBQ with the parents. 

Uncle Chong and Aunt Clarysa!

Paige loves Korean food!

Saying goodbye to mom and dad. 

Chong with Paul and Paige at our house before they headed back to LA