Yet another beach...

I swear it is so nice in February to be able to go to the beach or even to just be outside without puffy coats and all bundled up! We spend so much time at all the different beaches in the area! This time we are at Pismo Beach! We had a great lunch, walked the boardwalk and taunted the seagulls!

Sun, sand & water- Jameson's 3 favorite things

We took Jameson to Grover beach... the only beach in CA where it is legal for you to drive right on the sand! He had so much fun playing in the sand and running into the water with Grammie and Auntie Laur! Grammie was so nervous about him getting his feet wet but Jameson loved it!

Hanging out at the car... which was right on the beach!

Disney Ice Cream Shop in LA

We had to stop and have a cold treat after our long hot day walking around LA! We stopped at the Disney Ice Cream shop across from the Kodak Theater. The ice cream was delicious and the way that it looked was even cooler!

Lauren's pepermint chocolate ice cream float!

My black and white sundae! Oh yea that's real marshmallow sauce! It was even better to eat! Jameson can attest for that!

A day with Oscar

While in LA they were having a cool event called Meet the Oscars. We got to in and see all the Oscars that they were going to hand out on February 23! They weren't engraved yet so we didn't know who the winners were but I can tell you that the Oscar weighs 8 pounds and it pretty cool to see!

A visit from Grammie, Grampie and Auntie Laur

My parents and sister came to visit in the middle of February. They couldn't have picked a better week. The weather was in the high 70s to low 80s! We spent so much time at the beaches and outside! Here is our trip down to LA! We stopped so my mom could take some pictures but we had fun just walking around too!

Lauren surfing!!!

The coastal highway (Highway 1) view!

My mom with her camera!

My father checking out the temperature of the water!

A day at the park

The weather here has been so nice! Jameson and I took a trip to the park with our friends Rachel and Henry! Jameson loved the ducks and has since taken to a duck stuff animal! He wanted to swim with them so bad!

I see you!

Henry hanging out on the motorcycle!

Crawling through the tunnel! It took him forever because the tunnel was so slippery!!!

What they do when they are quiet

So there have been a couple of times when Jameson has crawled off to his room and is normally quiet because he is pulling down all of his books and looking at the pictures. It was quiet so I took a down to his room to see him and the mess he always makes! To my surprise he wasn't in his room. Instead he was in my room...

Way cooler than a fork

The other day we couldn't get Jameson to eat anything. I love those days... he screams because he is hungry but he won't eat anything that I try to give him!! Peyton and I were eating sushi and Jameson kept eyeing my chopsticks! I grabbed a clean pair and tried to feed him with those. He ate his whole hotdog!

Grampie's new toy

I have to show everyone pictures of my father's new toy! My dad has been waiting for this car for a very long time! I think he called just about everyday to say where it was in its journey up from North Carolina!

He made sure to read the information about child car seats and found out that he could take Jameson with him! Both couldn't be more excited!

The Beach

Auntie A introduced Jameson to sand and you would think that it was candy! We take him to the beach as often as we can and he just sits and plays in the sand. I can't get over how cute he is when we take him there! He screams when we pick him up to take him home!

Crawling through the sand so that we wouldn't pick him up!

the waves were so strong!

Building a sandcastle. I don't know who had more fun, me or him!

Wine time

Peyton and I were able to get a baby-sitter on Thursday and we headed to Solvang. Solvang is in Santa Ynez wine country! We were able to go to 5 different wine rooms all within walking distance. We had so much fun and the wine was amazing!

Some of the vineyards.

Peyton holding all the wine we bought!

A great time!

My favorite wine!

Jameson's favorite past time

Jameson's new favorite past time is to play in the kitchen drawers. He pulls out everything that he possible can and I normally trip over something while trying to make dinner.

Santa Barbara Zoo

We took Jameson to the zoo for the first time this past week since Peyton had the week off before class started. Although he liked looking at anything... the penguins were his favorites. They would swim right up to the side and try to nibble on Jameson's fingers! He couldn't stop laughing!

Jameson and his penguins!

The elephants were too big for him! He wasn't really excited about them!

Jameson tried to share his milk with the meerkat.

Jameson and Daddy hanging around the Gorilla and Monkey cages!