More updates, Labor Day in Chico and Beach Day

Little Paul started soccer and Paul is the coach. It's really funny to watch him play because he jumps and prances around a lot. There isn't a whole lot of contact with the ball yet:) He gets out of the other players way when they have the ball instead of trying to get it himself. It's fun to have Dad coaching this year. 

We drove up to Chico for Labor Day Weekend with Eric and Shayna to celebrate my brother-in-law's birthday and also to just hang out. It was hot but we found fun ways to keep cool. The first day we went to Alligator Hole and played in the water. The second day we went to church and then celebrated Brandon's birthday. Labor Day we walked to a nearby park in the morning and then went swimming in the afternoon. It was so fun to all be together.

Walking down to Alligator Hole. 

Paul and Brooklyn at Alligator Hole.

Dad and Paige

Mom with sleeping Zoey. 

Hanging out at the big rock.

Brooklyn swimming to shallow waters

Uncle Eric and Paul

Little Paul

Shayna and Edee with the two girls

The girls LOVED playing in the sand together

At the park

Spider swinging

Races

Paul had a day off of work so we went to Santa Cruz to hang out at the beach.  We went to Natural Bridges State Park in the morning to see if we could find anything cool in the tide pools. Unfortunately, there wasn't much going on there. We then went to Capitola Beach for the rest of the afternoon. The waves are pretty chill there so it was great for the kids. I also got to meet up with one of friends from college who lives in Santa Cruz. It was fun to catch up with him and his prego wife. Hopefully, we can visit again soon.

Natural Bridges

Paul found a hole he wanted to hang out in

walking to the tide pools

tide pools

My boys in their wetsuits at Capitola

Paige got cold and hung out with me and zo

Zoey enjoying the beach

Zoey at the beach

In the water with Dad

Playing in the sand

Paige threw sand at Paul's face and he seemed to like it

In the water with Dad

Here are a couple of pictures of Zoey taken a couple of days ago. She is now 4-months-old.

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!