Carter is not quite ready for Jumpin Jammin

Carter and I went to Jumpin Jammin yesterday with the Milosevich family. We sat around forever trying to figure out something to do on a rainy day and we really couldn't come up with much else. We wanted to go to the Santa Ana zoo but it closed too early. So, off we went to the Jumpin place. He had a pretty good time but I don't plan on taking him back there anytime soon - it is definitely a place for bigger kids! There is a dinky little toddler zone which Carter ignored so I spent an hour following him in circles as he roamed through the play zone. I kept waiting for him to get knocked out by one of the dozens of big kids zooming past him but luckily he managed to just barely avoid collision. The biggest problem was that it was super crowded and it smells like a sweaty locker room in there! So, I think we will wait for a while before we visit this place again!

Hmmmm, what should I do first?



Only Madi could sleep through all the noise at this place!

Carlsbad oulets trip....or should I say toddler fun?

So, Monday night Carter and I went to the Carlsbad outlets with Jess and Will. We had good intentions of shopping but mostly it was just a lot of chasing toddlers and letting them play on the shopping center rides. The funny thing was that we never even paid to actually use the rides but the boys still thought it was great fun. Who needs the ride to actually turn on? Apparently one year old boys do not care! They also enjoyed the fountains and walking in and out of stores where they got plenty of attention from store employees since the outlets were pretty empty. It was a lot of fun and the boys were very well behaved while we ate dinner at Ruby's. I was very surprised - should have taken a picture of that too - they were super cute in their booster seats, watching each other eat! Next playdate is this Sunday - Carter is looking forward to chasing Will around our house!

Once again....I'm waaayyyy behind on this blog!

The holidays have flown right by and now January is here and I haven't blogged in so long! Carter was very sick for a lot of our holiday season so I wasn't keeping up too well with things. But I have no excuse for the past couple weeks except that things still seem to be so busy. Probably because life with a one year old is always busy! He sure does tire me out every day. We've been out a lot lately...on a visit to Sea World, a play date with Will, Tiffany's house on New Year's Eve and plenty of other fun times. My dad came to visit last week too so Carter and I had a great three days with Grandpa. I've been trying to get out of the house most days because Carter gets very bored with our living room. We play a lot outside in the garage and go on the swings most days.
Dave update...he is still doing well and flying every single day over there right now. He's living in the dirt these days and loving every minute. Definitely using all that training so that's a good thing. He's usually cheerful when I speak to him but he's definitely missing his little guy here at home. To all of you who have been sending him care packages, he has asked me to send you his thanks and let you know that he REALLY appreciates it! Dave doesn't have great food where he is now so he basically lives off snacks that we're sending over!
Ok, well here's a few recent pictures....blog again soon...no really, I promise!