Gig Harbor, Wa Visit

Two weekends ago made it up to WA to visit Craig's Grandma Mary and Uncle Bill+Family in Gig Harbor.

Grandma had recently moved there from Ocean Shores, Wa after Grandpa Ernie passed away in January. She is doing very well and loves living closer to Bill (her youngest son). We had a great visit. We ate dinner with her and she was pretty tickled at the energy pouring out from the boys. Of course, having raised four boys, she wasn't shocked. We teased her, saying that she would have to rest for a week to recover!

The next day, we went to Sehmel Park with Uncle Bill, Aunt Julie and cousins Jessica and Jonathan. Gabe was a bit loopy from not getting proper nap, but he can pretty much hang out with folks all night even if he's about to fall asleep, :) Zach napped in the Ergo. We had a lot of fun and the park was great. One of Gabe's favorite things to do is walk in the "woods".

Bill+Julie

Trying to catch falling leaves

Jessica, Jonathan, their mama

This week, Craig is off. Today we went to Lewisville Park in Battle Ground, Wa, about an hour drive from us. I'll post pics of that tomorrow.

Lincoln City

We just got back from Lincoln City yesterday. We had a lot of fun. It's a two hour drive and the boys did great. We spent lots of time on the beach (we bought a tent for shade, but that was a huge fail because it was very, very windy and the tent was very, very, um, cheap I guess), visited a neat playground, ate at some cool places.

My birthday was Friday, too! I'm right smack, dab in the middle of my thirties now, woot!

Here are some photos:

Our first day there

Gabe let the tide push him over, then got mad because he was soaked

Eleanor's Undertow

Eleanor's Undertow had a mermaid theme

THE best hot chocolate: dark+white chocolate, whip cream, and cayenne pepper.

Playing Mrs. Pac-Man on my birthday.

Regatta Playground at Devil's Lake

What is Yo Gabba Gabba?

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Party Pics

Here are some pics from Gabe's Yo Gabba Gabba party in June. We took a lot so I am just posting a few. I think the kids had a lot of fun.

In other news, Gabe is now completely potty trained. He's been totally trained in #1 since January. The last month or so, we've been really, really pushing to get this thing to the finish line. There have some been some messes (ick). But I think his resolve was wearing thin, he wanted more and more to be a big boy, and Yo Gabba Gabba beanie babies from Fred Meyer (and chocolate. Yeah, chocolate) helped a lot. He got one of each character after each success (5). After that, he had to keep going on his own, without incentives, and he did. 

So, yay for Gabe! I think it took him twice as long as the average kid to train, but I'm ok with that. Amazingly, he has no nighttime accidents. No pull-ups at night.

Soccer game and Nike campus visit

Sorry, it's been a while again. Gabe had his birthday party earlier in the month and I will post pics of that today or tomorrow. This past weekend, one of Craig's uncles, Mark, and his daughter Alamea, came down from WA for a visit. She had a soccer game here and they stayed with us. We attended all the games and there was a playground and trail for Gabe to walk and run when he got restless. Alamea also injured her pinky finger at Saturday's afternoon game. It was not broken, just sprained. The doctor said she'd have to have it wrapped up for 4-6 weeks, but I think she'll heal up pretty quick.

We also visited the Nike campus, which is 10 min. from our house. Here are some pics. Enjoy!

Gabe+Uncle Mark in the DJ Lance hat

Gabe+Alamea at Nike campus

Soccer game. Wish I had more game pics, sorry! :)