What you get when your 2 year old takes your camera

Gavin took my camera from me while we were waiting in line at Disneyland. I tried to teach him how to properly use the camera, but it didn't work out so well. This is what we got:

Cars Land!

On July 5th we went to Disneyland with Annette, Margaret, Josh, Hillary and JJ! It was a pretty warm day and it was very crowded, but we still had a great time!

Our first stop was to go check our the new Cars Land! Gavin was in absolute heaven! He had this look on his face like "hey! I've seen this place before!"

The tractors (or dump trucks, as Gavin calls them) are definitely the favorite.

Disney did a great job, as expected. You definitely felt like you were walking right through Radiator Springs.

We took a little break from Cars Land and went in to A Bugs Life to ride some of the less crowded rides.

While Gavin and I were waiting in line for the bumper cars, we had fun posing for the camera.

Gavin found a friend in line that had some great sunglasses. He then wanted to try mine on.

Margaret took Gavin on the train there.

Avery had a fun time and did pretty well just hanging out in her stroller.

Margaret took good care of Avery and helped us out all day by holding her.

Gavin joined Hillary and JJ for Luigi's tire ride. I think they had a fun time!

The definite highlight of Cars Land is the Mater/Tractor ride.

I wasn't on the ride with him, but it looks like Gavin had an amazing time!

Annette had double hip surgery in May so she rented a wheel chair for the day. It helped us to bypass some of the lines on the rides.

Hillary was also a big help with Avery throughout the day. It is so nice when there are others around to help us watch the kids!

After stopping for a delicious dinner at the Penguin cafe, we called it a night. We were all exhausted and had a really fun day! 

Avery's Adventures: Month 5

Avery just keeps getting bigger and more fun!

She is definitely starting to move around a lot more. It made this photo shoot a little bit more difficult!

Gavin, of course, wanted in on the action.

There really isn't a lot of new things that Avery did this month. But here are a few:

• Rolling over. She started rolling over from her back to her stomach. She then figured out how to go back on to her back.

• She is happier on her stomach then she used to be. She will hang out there for awhile before getting upset.

• She is only eating one time in the night now. She will now go about 8 hours without a feeding in the night.

• I think we have finally figured out the whole feeding thing. There are times when she just doesn't eat that much but she is happy and seems to get enough. Otherwise she is a really fast eater, which is nice.

• Still dislikes the car seat. A lot.

• She is getting very good at grabbing things. If you give her a toy she will hold on to it pretty well.

• We can put her down awake and she will do a pretty good job of falling asleep on her own. She does really well at night, but struggles a little during the day.

• Her eyes are definitely changing color. I'm not sure if they will go dark brown like Gavin's, but they are not going to be blue.

I feel like the 3, 4 and 5 month pictures all look the same. I guess she isn't changing too much!

Happy 4th of July!

The 4th of July is my favorite holiday! Love everything about it!!  The last 6 years we have spent most of our 4th of July's in Santa Barbara with swim team. This year, since it was earlier in the week, we were able to be home!! 

We met up with our friends the Petersens, Munsons and Riches for a yummy breakfast. We then went to the Sierra Madre parade. 

Here we are all walking down the road trying to find a place to sit. I love seeing everyone in their red, white and blue!

I decided to make Avery a matching headband for the holiday. She wasn't too happy in this picture.

All the little ones lined up on the sidewalk waiting for the parade.

It is impossible to try and get a good picture of these two kids.

Our cute family at the parade.

The jeeps made me think of my dad who was driving his jeep in the Provo parade that morning!

This is the float that the city of Sierra Madre will have in the Rose Parade next year. It's interesting to see what it looks like without all of the roses!

This is what I love about small town parades ...

Gavin was not so much interested in the parade as he was in these fun toys that Coulson brought.

Again ... small town parades ...

The only time that Gavin paid attention was when the big tractors drove by.

Avery enjoyed the parade!

After the parade we went home and packed up our stuff and headed down to meet the Jarvis family in Laguna. I tried to get some good pictures of all of us in our 4th of July patriotic colors!

Did I mention that it is impossible to get a good picture of the two kids together?

The best family picture we could get.

And another attempt outside. (Not too shabby of a view, huh?!)

We spent some time at the beach house just relaxing. We then went to dinner at Ruby's Diner. We were going to walk down to the beach to watch the fireworks, but we never made it. I think we were all completely worn out and so we just hung out at the house and went to bed. I guess that's what happens when you have kids!!

Happy Independence Day!!