Visiting with family

We had the chance to spend some time with family the last couple of weekends. A couple of weekends ago, Paul's sister came to visit us. We had a lot of fun hanging out with her except for the fact that Little Paul was sick while she was around. Unfortunately, he started feeling better the day she left. We still had fun going to the park, visiting the Santa Anita Race Track and just hanging out. Thanks for visiting us Shayna. Below is a picture at the race track. 

While Shayna and I escaped to the mall for a couple of hours, Paul decided to trim Little Paul's hair. Below is the end result. We now have an Asian version of Mr. T. This is the third time now that Paul has cut his hair while I have been out. I think I am going to take the clippers with me when I leave the house from now on.

This past weekend we made a trip to St. George to visit Paul's parents. We had a really fun, relaxing time. We visited the park, fed the ducks, did some shopping and went hiking in Snow Canyon. Here are some pictures from our trip. Thanks for such a fun weekend. It was really sad for us to leave. 

Feeding the ducks at a local pond.

Paul doing chin ups at the park. He has amazing upper body strength and can hold himself up for over a minute. 

Here is Paul swinging all by himself. He loves the swings and spent over 30 minutes swinging. We kept asking him if he wanted to get down and he just shook his head no. 

Hiking in Snow Canyon.

Our family at Snow Canyon.

Paul with his Grandpa and Grandma.

Paul with Grandma.

Here is our fam again at Snow Canyon. I am 23 weeks pregnant here. 

Paul and dad.

It's a girl!

Looks like this little guy is getting a baby sister! We had our ultrasound appointment this morning and found out we are having a girl. I am 21 weeks along now so we have been waiting in anticipation for quite awhile. My doctor told me that if it ends up being a boy he will pay for the delivery. So, I'm pretty sure it's a girl. I'm not going to lie, I really wanted a girl and couldn't be more thrilled. Little Paul will be a great older brother. He is becoming the sweetest kid.  A couple weeks ago at play group, I saw him put a baby doll in a toy stroller. He then proceeded to cover the baby with blanket and then pushed the baby around the whole apartment. 

Here is a picture of the ultrasound. 

Here is Little Paul with his dad celebrating with a vanilla shake after our appointment. As a side note, Little Paul no longer has his hawk. We were trying to trim his hair and the kid would not sit still. In the end, the hawk had to come off. We still think he looks really cute. 

The Holidays

We were able to spend Christmas this year with my family in Michigan. We went from sunny California weather to the bitter cold. The night we arrived in Michigan, it snowed 10 inches and another 5 or 6 inches in the days to come. I don't think we left my parents house at all the next day. It also didn't help that our airline lost both of our bags for the first 2 days of our trip.  Little Paul loved the snow but being a California boy, he never wanted to wear his coat, hat, mittens or boots. We could not keep him out of the snow but as soon as we got him outside he started stripping his clothes. I don't think he liked the restriction of movement that came with warm clothes. Being the only grandchild on the Park side of the family, Paul was spoiled rotten with attention as well as gifts. This Christmas was all about him and I think he immensely enjoyed every minute of it. We weren't able to spend a ton of time outdoors due to the cold weather but we still managed to find some fun things to do with Little Paul. We were able to visit the Detroit Zoo, the Henry Ford Museum and story time at the local library. The rest of the time was spent visiting with family and friends. We had a really fun 10 days in Michigan but it was really hard to say goodbye when our time was up. 

Here is Paul getting ready to face the cold weather. 

Paul and his dad in the butterfly room at the zoo. 

Paul and mom with the polar bears at the zoo.

Happy Paul on Christmas morning. 

New front loader. 

New vacuum. 

New jack hammer. Looks like he is getting ready to do some damage with that thing.

Paul loved the new trains he got from Grandma and Grandpa.

Karaoke on Christmas Day (a Park Family Tradition). 

Dad showing off his mad singing skills.

Playing with the toys at the library.

Dad playing with the puppets. 

The holiday trains at the Ford Museum.

Paul with mom at the Ford Museum.

Paul with dad at the Ford Museum.

Family photo in front of Paul's favorite train.

Paul with his Grandma and Grandpa.

When we got back to California it was in the 80's and Little Paul went right back to playing outside all day long. Paul had 3 weeks off of work so we were able to continue our vacation at home. We received annual passes to Disneyland for Christmas so we renewed our passes on New Year's Day. It was a lot of fun to spend the day there. We also did some hiking as well as visiting all the nearby parks. It was really sad when dad had to go back to work. It was especially hard on Little Paul who was starting to get use to having his dad around all the time. We miss him but still enjoy the time we get to spend with him on the weekends. 

Paul with dad on the carousel. 

Paul on It's a Small World (it finally opened again).

Paul with mom on the train.

Playing in a field of rocks while hiking.

Paul's "special" face.

Here is a video of my brother and Paul singing Karaoke on Christmas Day. Hopefully, most of you will be able to see this video before either one of them finds out I posted it and makes me take it off.  I think it's funny but they might think differently about it.

Thanksgiving

We got to spend a week in St. George with the Proctor Family for the Thanksgiving holiday. We kicked off the week with a day trip to the Sand Dunes in Snow Canyon. Little Paul absolutely loved it and it was painful trying to get him to leave. We took turns running down the Sand Dunes with Little Paul. He would have done it all day if we let him. 

Paul had such a great time with all of his cousins. He was so busy having fun that he only took two naps the entire week and to make up for the lack of sleep, he has been taking extra long naps every day this week. 

To give all the ladies a break, the guys took all the kids to a nearby park and after to a pond where they got to feed ducks and swans. 

Thanksgiving Day was very busy trying to prepare all of the food. I am still hurting from all of the food we ate that day.

The Proctor's have a family tradition of making gingerbread houses for Thanksgiving. This year was no exception. Here are some pictures of the decorating. 

Before everyone left, we had a mini Christmas celebration since we will not be together for Christmas this year. 

Family photos:

Thank you Proctors for a wonderful week! Miss you all already!