Family Vacation 2013 -- Mission Bay

This year we decided to embark on our first annual family vacation! We went "camping" (stayed in my parents' motorhome) at Campland on the Bay in Mission Bay.  Overall: success!  The campsite was very small and not private which was kind of weird, but still we had a great time.

We went down to the beach

 played at the pool, rented bikes, went to Sea World,

went to Birch Aquarium,

went to a park....and, of course, just hung out at the campsite. :)

 



My big worry going into the trip was how were all going to sleep.  Claire slept in a pack n play and Savannah & I shared a bed (her first time sleeping in a  bed, not crib).  Aaron slept up top.   They actually both did great!  Claire took good naps and mostly slept through the night.  Luckily she slept through us going in and out of the motorhome.  Savannah was very squirmy and kicked me many times, but she loved sleeping in a big bed.  She actually asked to go to bed earlier than we had planned a few times.

I was also a little worried, because we started potty training Savannah less than a week before this trip.  But she actually did really well.  Just a few accidents (only #1...) so I was pretty happy with that. :)

After three nights of camping, we decided to go home on Sunday afternoon instead of Monday morning.  Since the sites weren't private, Aaron & I didn't really get to enjoy the evening all that much and the girls seemed like they were done with the whole camping thing after three nights anyways.  So we headed home Sunday night, enjoyed the night at home, and went to Birch Aquarium on Monday morning.

All in all, we had a great time and the girls were troopers.  Makes me excited for our other trips this summer (family trip to SB and beach camping with the Jacksons) and our family vacation next summer!

Savannah: 2 years
Claire: 6 months

May 2013/Mother's Day

I just celebrated my first Mother's Day as a mother of two!  Aaron and Savannah made me crepes with nutella and strawberries for breakfast and they gave me a beautiful photo book as a gift. :)

Savannah is talking up a storm and saying some pretty hilarious things these days.  We just got her a playhouse for the yard and she loves to play pretend -- washing her hands, making dinner, calling her friends.  Oh, and she loves to climb out the side window which is pretty interesting to watch.

Claire just started eating rice cereal a few weeks ago.  She makes an awful face once I get a spoonful in her mouth, but she keeps opening her mouth and doesn't spit it out.  She continues to be an amazingly happy and smiley baby.  Sleeping is still somewhat inconsistent and I'm still feeding her in the middle of the night, but her sweet smiling face makes up for it everytime!

Savannah: 2 years
Claire: 4 months