More San Diego Photos

Here are a few animal pics from the trip (we went to the Birch Aquarium).

San Diego Beach

Chase sure did love the beach! He couldn't get enough shell collecting and he loved walking on the beach and playing in the surf. We even got an adorable mini kite for him to fly in the ocean breeze.

Vacations

B and I typically don't have much interest in travel in general but for some reason I can't stop thinking about it lately - I have an itch to go places. The list of things I want to do is growing (unfortunately Chase isn't exactly at the ideal international travel age yet so a few of the vacations may have to wait awhile).

Here is what I am starting to ponder as future vacations:
2012: Michigan
2013: Disneyland or San Diego
2014: NYC (maybe this will have to be our first "no kid" vacation)
Ireland
Mediterranean cruise
Australia

Retail Therapy

 
While I was at the Coach outlet store the Madison Shantung Chainlink Maggie Shoulder Bag and a matching wallet may have found their way into my life. The best thing about the purse is that it has two side compartments and a center zip compartment. Perfect for someone like me who carries a ton of stuff in their purse!

Our Mountain Trip

 
We just returned home from a few days in the mountains. I didn't take many pictures because we spent most of the time lounging and doing very non-picture worthy things.



We played games, had water fights, played with bubbles, ran, took hot tubs, ate tons of good food, shopped, read, the usual vacation things.

The house we stayed at was on a golf course and Chase enjoyed hunting for golf balls.




He even tried hitting a few himself.



It's kind of sad to be home already (Chase keeps walking around saying that he is sad because doesn't want to be home he wants to be on vacation). Maybe we will have to go back next year.
 

Vacation Photos

 
Here are a few more vacation pictures. This is the house we stayed out.







Chase does love his cousin Leah.



PS. I finished knitting Ingenue, I just have to block it! Pictures coming soon,
 

Home Sweet Home

 
We are back from vacation, it was great but we are happy to be home. We spent a lot of time relaxing, hot tubbing, watching Superhero Squad, hanging with family, playing games, etc. I enjoyed some amazing private Yoga lessons and we ate a lot of great food. What could be better...



Funniest vacation moment:
There is a game that we like to play called "Ubongo" and Chase wanted to play...
Chase: "Daddy get Bongo"
Daddy: "No, it's U - bongo"
Chase: "No, you're a Bongo!"



Now the question is, do we go somewhere else next year or back to Breckenridge?


 

My Wild Swimming Boy

 
Last summer when we tried to take Chase swimming he was so timid that it took us half an hour to even get the kid to sit in the water. This year when we went back to the same pool I was expecting a similar situation since we hadn't done any pool time since last summer. Boy was I wrong! Chase was a wild boy in the pool, he walked right in and started putting his face in the water and blowing bubbles. He very quickly upgraded to sliding down the kid slide into the water and leaping off the side of the pool.





Chase has enjoyed splashing around in the hot tub.




He has also been very interested in trying out "big kid" games.



And the funniest thing of all....Chase has a new obsession with super heros. We have watched the same episodes of Super Hero Squad over and over and over. This is Chase pretending to be the Hulk with his Pops (every morning he greets Pops by doing a Hulk fist smash).



 

Chase's New Sweater

We are back from Breckenridge and although I am bummed to be finished with vacation I am very excited about the crafting that I got done there! If you want to check out vacation photos go to our family page.


I knit Chase a sweater from a pattern I found on Ravelry, it is similar to the Cobblestone sweater I have seen. Details are on my Ravelry page. The only thing I am disappointed in is how big the sweater is! Maybe it will fit him when he is 3... I am in the process of re-knitting this sweater in a smaller size and different color. (BTW my husband doesn't like the sweater - he thinks it looks like a girl sweater - but I love it anyways).





Here are the knit soakers I finished for a friend that just had a baby. I am thrilled with how these turned out. They are a bit smaller than I wanted (apparently I suck at sizing things) but I think they will work well for a newborn.

Family Vacation Highlights

I love vacationing with the entire family (including built in Grammy and Aunt Kathy babysitting). We are currently wrapping up a week in Breckenridge.

Some of the highlights of the trip have been:
- We took Chase swimming for the first time. It was like we took two different kids...for the first half an hour Chase was terrified. He clung to me as tight as he could screaming "scary scary scary NO MOMMY NO MOMMY" and he clutched his side so hard he had a red hand print on his side. After carrying the kid around the pool (making sure not to get ANY SCARY WATER on him) for thirty minutes I finally took him to the shallow water with Grammy and we sat down in the water and forced Chase to sit in my lap. He tolerated this at best. At that point one of my cousins started blowing bubbles in the water and Chase's water twin suddenly appeared. Chase started dunking his head in the water and blowing bubbles, he kicked around and splashed, he floated on both his back and his stomach, it was like we had been to the pool a million times. I hope next time we go (which will probably be later today) the swimming twin is in town.
- I have had a ton of crafting time and I am about 90% done with a pair of knit soakers and I am 80% done with my first sweater (a little brown sweater for Chase that is similar to the Cobblestone sweater I have seen on the web). I got the pattern on Raverlry.
- The crepes here are amazing! I swear I would drive up just to eat them!
- Having enough babysitting time that I have been able to sunbath, knit, see movies, go on dinner dates, shop, take walks, nap, etc.
- Listening to Chase "read" Little Beauty, a really cute book my dad bought him.
- Taking hot tubs on the deck with a mountain view.
- My new Pandora charm bracelet.

Not so amazing vacationing moments:
- Getting up EVERYDAY at 5am. Apparently that is Chase's new wake up time.
- Cleaning up projectile vomit after Chase got carsick. We were driving back to the house we rented after a day at the marina and Chase started saying "Car too hot, Car is hot, Hot car, Hot Car!!!" to which I replied "Chase the air conditioning is at 65 and it is NOT HOT IN THE CAR." As we pulled up to the house my cousin squealed in disgust because Chase had urped up a bit on himself. As I went to pull him out of the car, holy projectile vomit, all over my car, and his car seat, and himself, it was quite the disaster. I hate the smell of fruit snack scented vomit.
- Having sleep battles with an almost 2 year old who refuses to go to sleep.
- Thinking about how this is my last day of vacation...