Disneyland with the Gimps

Wednesday we went to Disneyland....and since we had to rent a wheelchair for the girls since they are gimps we got to go to the front of a lot of lines! It was awesome! It was pretty crowded since Spring Breaks are starting, but the wheelchair let us get in a lot more rides than we could have otherwise.

We saw Buzz after we went on his ride and Cooper killed us with her score. Although, I think I had a disadvantage since Eden was "helping" me.

The girls first ride on the teacups. Courtney and I went in one with the babies and didn't spin. Mom, Cooper, and Cymbre were next to us spinning like crazy!

Eden and Ava having a best friends loving moment.

Grandma and Eden met the Fairy Godmother while the rest of us went to ride the Matterhorn.

We stood in line to meet Tinkerbell.....

And Sleeping Beauty.

In California Adventure the Monster's Inc. ride is great. It's so real to the movie and makes you feel like you are part of it.

And I got the girls to go on Big Thunder Mountain with me....and they liked it! They wanted to go again, but we had so much other stuff we wanted to do.

Overall....it was a great day at Disney.

La Brea Tar Pits

On Tuesday of their visit, my Dad took us all up to the La Brea Tar Pits. It was a really neat place with all the fossils of animals that were stuck in the Tar Pits. And...you could watch workers clean fossils that were newly found in the pits. They are working on a Columbian Mammoth named Zed right now.

Eden showing her muscles pulling a heavy weight out of the tar.

The pelvic bone of a mammoth. All I can say is it would have been a lot easier to give birth with a pelvis that big!

A really big mammoth.

A Condor.

Eeek! That Sabertooth tiger is about to eat Eden.

A Tar Pit that they've been working on since like 1915. The flags mark where things are that they've found and are working on getting out.

Grandpa making Eden a penny for her collection.

Cooper, Eden, and Cymbre waiting while Dad and I re-parked the cars in the right parking lot.

And on the way home we stopped at the L.A. Temple since it was just down the road.

Aunts are Fun

Eden had a great time playing with her Aunts.

Eden and Aunt Cymbre playing with the giraffe Aunt Cymbre made for her at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

Trying on Aunt Cooper's hat.

Kisses!

Whale-Watching

On Monday Mom, Cooper, Eden, and I went Whale-Watching in Dana Point while Dad and Cymbre went down to feed the Rhinos in San Diego. We didn't end up seeing any whales, but being on the boat was fun and we did see some other sea life.

Waiting to get on the boat.

A crazy house on a cliff.

A buoy of sea lions.

Some dolphins coming up for air.

A House Invaded

My whole family was in town last week for the girls spring break and we had tons of fun.

Playing Uno Moo. Eden made Daddy draw two and then draw two and then draw two!

Stomp matched Cooper's outfit!

Loving Aunt Cooper.

A Grandma and Grandpa!

We went down to the San Clemente Pier and there was a surfing contest going on.

And a crazy big pelican posing for pictures!

The family at the pier (I was taking the picture and Grandpa was down the pier looking at something).

Coming out to ROAR at Grandpa after a bath.

Bathtime Evolves

Eden has loved bath time since she was about 3 weeks old. As soon as we turn the water on she gets so excited. The other night I though she would like it if she could sit up in the bath, but since we're not quite to sitting up on our own, I got the Bumbo for her to sit in. Turns out though, the Bumbo floats and turned into a motorboat once Daddy got home in the middle of her bath.




Then we just let her lay down and she figured out how to splash. She loved being all the way in the water and splashed and splashed and splashed!





And now we have to splash during EVERY bath.

4 Months

Eden turned four months on March 2nd and we went for her checkup. Here are her stats:

• 13lbs 5oz - 50th percentile
• 25in - 75th percentile
• 41cm head - 50th percentile

So really, she's just your average kid, but not to us. She can roll over front to back and is almost to back to front. Just the other day she figured out that Peek-a-boo is funny....especially when Daddy plays. She can sit up on her own for a few seconds.....we are soooo close. I think she will love playing even more when she can sit up. She is generally a happy kid, talking all the time. She especially loves to see her Daddy in the mornings or when he comes home from work. She sees him and just smiles and smiles.

Things she doesn't like? The carseat. Ugh....I don't know what happened but we have to scream and scream now in the car. I think mostly it's just that she's usually all alone back there and doesn't have anyone to pay attention to her.

11am Torture

Have I mentioned that I hate 11am church? Eden usually does fine during Sacrament, but then I end up walking the halls for 2 hours because she needs to go to sleep but won't go to sleep. Ugh. This Sunday finally got her to go to sleep, but this is how she was!

After about ten minutes my arm was KILLING me, but as soon as I moved her guess what? She woke up! I made it into Relief Society long enough to play the opening song, but then back to walking the halls.

Sewing a Watermelon

I made Eden this cute summery outfit a couple weeks ago. Well...Courtney and I worked on it together. The top got quite frustrating, but we did it. And...we even figured out how to do buttonholes! It's a little big because it's a 6 month size, but it won't be long till it fits. However, the pants are supposed to be capris! Haha. Oh well.


Next we are going to make a dress for Ava!

Laundry?

We found a little extra something in our laundry this week!

A Welcome Visit

Holly and Jack were down visiting her family a couple weekends ago and they came down to spend Monday with us before heading back to Utah. We had fun just hanging out at home. I ran around with Jack and Holly loved holding Eden.

It was nice outside and I opened the door so Jack could go out on the patio....and that he did. In and out, in and out. He loved it!

Eden and Aunt Holly having a good time. Too bad about the glare on Holly's glasses.

Jack loved to try Uncle Russell's mouse.

Jack also loved swinging backwards in the swing.

And...Uncle Russell let Jack hold a game! I couldn't believe it!

We loved seeing them and miss living by them a ton. Wish Caleb could have come, but we will see him over Spring Break.

Dinosaur Lover?

This picture makes it look like Eden is not a fan of dinosaurs at all....but in fact she loves that Stomp more than any giraffe I try and give her. He's found a new home in her crib and a lot of times if she's still awake when I put her down she looks around till she can see him before settling in to go to sleep. Seems as if Daddy might have lost his snuggly dinosaur.

Eden Watching the Olympics

I hate to say it, but Eden and I did a lot of watching the Olympics the last couple of weeks. However, Eden absolutely loved it! She ignores the t.v. any other time it's on, but when the Olympics were all she always got soooooo excited!