Other Fun Things in April and May

I wanted to post some pictures from other things that have happened the last couple of months. The first picture is of Hallie and Nyah "dancing". They were so cute dancing together. Aaron, Lisa, Jordan and Hallie came the beginning of April. This was the first time Hallie and Nyah actually played together independently for blocks of time. It made it super nice because we could actually play games while they had their own fun. :)

Then there are some pictures of Nyah at tumble time. She still loves it. She just finished her first session of classes when she goes without parents and it sounds like it went okay so we have her signed up again in July. We are taking a break for the month of June since there are enough other things going on right now....

Then there are some pictures of Nyah with Grandma Marilyn and Grandpa Grandpa when they came the first part of May. In the first one Nyah talked Grandma Marilyn into letting her put on the new doll clothes Grandma bought at the American Girl store. Nyah has one pony tail in and one out because Grandma wanted to see how long they were.

Next some pictures of Nyah at the park (Grandpa Grandpa and Grandma Marilyn were there too but not in the pictures). Nyah is making some good progress on the monkey bars these days and has decided she likes the toys where she can climb.

Nyah talked Ryan into laying down by her and this is how I found them an hour or so later. :)

Jana was the next to come visit in May and here is a picture of us at the airport. I did not do well taking pictures that weekend. I always think I'm going to do better and then don't. Maybe I just need to constantly where my camera around with me. And yes, Nyah is in her jammies after her Sunday nap (and they are snowman pajamas because that's what she wanted to wear). Gotta love the independence of a three-year old!

This last one is the new spot Toby has chosen to take a nap in the back yard. What a silly dog.

San Diego Vacation

We decided to have one last vacation before this baby boy comes. We don't go on very many vacations that aren't trips to Idaho or Utah to see family so we decided to change it up and go on a vacation with just the three of us to a "vacation destination". :)

San Diego sounded like the perfect place to go with Sea World, San Diego Zoo, etc because Nyah absolutely loves animals. We weren't disappointed. It was a great vacation, and Nyah tells us at least once a week that she wants to go back to San Diego!

We were gone for 6 days so we had lots of time to do the things we wanted to do and still have time to relax. The weather was great although there were a few times that Nyah wanted to go swimming that it would have been nice to have a little warmer weather. It's a good thing Ryan is such a trooper. There was one evening Nyah wanted to go swimming at the hotel pool (which was heated but that can only help so much) and I was sitting by the side of the pool in a jacket and pants and was still chilly. She loves playing in the water and she definitely gets that from Ryan. There was a water slide that she absolutely loved to go down.

Sea World was our favorite. We spent two full days there and just loved it. We loved going to all the shows and Nyah loved the play area as well. We figured out after the first day that we could just recline Nyah's stroller and suggest that she take a nap and she would. The result was a much happier girl at the end of a long day and we were able to see whatever we wanted (at the speed we wanted) for a couple of hours. We enjoyed the zoo and the wild animal park as well but I have to admit, I like to be entertained and Sea World definitely had the best shows. :)

We also went to the beach but the water was freezing so we went back to the heated pool at the hotel. We spent the rest of the day at the pool and got a lot of sun. Based on Ryan's sun burn and uncomfortable sleeping situation the next couple of nights, he probably got a bit too much.

Our trip was great and we look forward to going back some day. :)

Easter

Here are pictures finally from Easter. We decorated eggs and we didn't end up with very many because quite a few of them were cracked in the decorating process. :) We hid the decorated eggs as well as plastic eggs with candy for Easter morning. It was funny because if she found one of the "real" eggs, she would just leave it there and go look for one of the ones with candy. It was fun to see her excitement.

Birthday Celebration #2

So we decided to have another birthday celebration for Nyah and her friends from school a few days after her birthday. One of the other kids had one at Monkey Bizness a few months before, and it worked so well we decided to do the same thing. Nyah absolutely loves Monkey Bizness. She has so much fun and can just run around like a crazy. It's fun to watch them play. Adonia and Valerie came a few days before so they were there for the event as well. I really appreciated their help with everything (especially the little gift bags they took care of).

This picture is just of Nyah going down one of the slides. Later in the evening she stood on the top of this slide and decided it would be a good idea to jump to the bottom. She figured out it was a long way down...


After the kids play for a while then they go in and have pizza and cake. It was fun to watch them as they interacted with each other.

Here are some pictures of the cake Nyah chose. She told me she wanted a pink princess cake so here it is. She wanted cupcakes so we ordered a "cupcake cake". She loved it every time we sang her "Happy Birthday" and she just loved being in the "spotlight".

After we finished up at Monkey Bizness we came back to our house and then opened presents. Here is a quilt Valerie made for Nyah.

Here is a picture of Nyah, Valerie, and Adonia.


This is just a cute picture I took of her that night. Happy birthday Nyah! We love you.