Gabe's Birthday Weekend- Part 1

We had a great birthday weekend!  Friday, Gabe's school had a fieldtrip to the zoo.  I took off work to go and  of course see the monkeys, they are my fav!  I want to go back and ride a camel- I wonder if G would do that....hmmm.  Anywho- we had a great time.  I was ready for a nap afterwards, but Gabe was full force all day.  I then spent the remainder of Friday getting things together for Gabe's birthday party.

Zoo Pics

Train Ride!

G and Price (Gabe wishes he had curly hair like Price)

Huge Turtle!

Lunch Time

And then we met Brooke and Millie for Sno Biz

Saturday- Happy Birthday G-man!

I woke Gabe up by singing Happy Birthday in the most obnoxious way imaginable and then asked him if he was ready to go birthday potty and brush his birthday teeth.  This theme carried throughout the day as we ate birthday breakfast at IHOP and then got back in the birthday car to go pick up the birthday cake :)  We then went to Olivia's (Gabe's friend/classmate's) birthday party at a gymnastics gym.  Gabe was a little shy at first, but he eventually warmed up to the idea and was running and jumping with all the other kids in no time.  It was cool watching to see his "gymnastics" skills.  I definitely see the benefit in developing these.  He had to crisscross jump over a white line on a inflatable mat, climb a wall, zig zag through a tunnel, walk on a balance beam (on the floor) and then run and jump into a foam pit.  All the kiddos looked so cute doing this.  We then picked up Uncle Adam at the Summit and grabbed birthday snow cones, which are our fav thing to do lateley.  Gabe chose pink and blue bubblegum, I got Mai Tai with cream and Adam chose Homemade Ice Cream- yum yum.  I normally get Frog in a blender with Cream- Try it, if you haven't.  I think my ideal job would be to own and work at one of these huts.  No lie....

After Sno Biz we went to dinner at Costas.  Gabe and I shared spaghetti and meatballs and then we went to the Dollar Theater to see Alvin and the Chipmunks.  Gabe enjoyed it, he got a little restless at the end, but I wanted to see the ending so we got through it.  Of course he had a popcorn and sprite for the full experience.

Pics from Saturday

Birthday Breakfast!

Olivia's Bday Party

Foam Pit

Birthday Sno Bizzzzzzzzzzzzz

Movies!

My Curious George is ready for his party on Sunday!!!!!!!!!

May 2011- A Trip to the Zoo

Gabe had a "field trip" to the zoo in early May.  I took off of work so I could go with him and my brother, Adam, drove up to join in on the fun as well. 

Gabe and his friend Cole

They hear something.....

What?? Music coming out of a rock?

Elephants- (new at the zoo)

December 2010 Travels- San Diego

I went back to San Diego after Christmas, and this time took the little man with me.  This was his second time to fly...and it was interesting to say the least.  We actually missed our flight out of Birmingham, because they decided to pull everything out of my carry on since I was traveling with a nebulizer- ugh.  I was super paranoid we would miss our connecting flight, but we made it with few seconds to spare.  No time for potty break or food- but at least we were on the plane.  Gabe again traveled as a lap baby- aka- FREE.  Our assigned seat was next to an elderly lady, and I honestly didn't know how we were going to squeeze in with my carry on, purse, his stuff, etc....  The flight attendant approached me and said they had a row of extra seats in the back if I was interested.  HECK YEA.  So Gabe and I spread out across 3 seats in the very last row of the plane.  It was perfect.  He threw a few fits here and there, but overall the 4 hour flight was managable.  Each headrest had tv screens on the back so that helped too.  Check out the pics below-

Ready for our flight to the West Coast

Getting ready to take a walk around the neighborhood- Can't you just tell the weather is perfect??

San Diego Zoo

And, we are off!  ha, This pic makes me laugh

Checking out the waterfall

Come on boys!

Can you tell it was a long day??

Del Mar

All Smiles!

Boys will be Boys.....(throwing rocks)

Gabe's first time to see the ocean

They had a playground right on the beach

New Year's Eve

We enjoyed a yummy dinner at Outback Steakhouse.....mmm, mouth watering just thinking of it.  Then we enjoyed the remainder of 2010 with good company and wine. 

Happy New Year!

Cheers (Don't worry, he has milk)