San Jose-Natural Bridges Beach

July 6 & 7

My dad has a business training in San Jose for a week. He flew in early on Sunday so that we could meet up with him and hang out for the day before he had his training on Monday. 

..Nixon was a little leery of Grandpa at first, but warmed up to him after awhile..

..Nixon had to sleep in the little hallway of the hotel room, so he couldn't see us and would take a much needed nap..

..Nixon hanging out with Grandpa at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz..

We just hung out at the beach for awhile. There were pelicans all over the rock bridge in the water.  Nixon was not sure about the cold water. Whenever we would go to have his feet touch the water, he would lift his feet up. He got tired after a bit, so we headed out. We ate dinner at an Italian restaurant called Buca di Beppo for dinner and then headed back to the hotel to swim at the pool. 

On Monday, we met up with my dad for lunch at a local burger joint. Then we headed out for our three hour drive home. We stopped at the outlets in Gilbert on our way home. They have about a bazillion stores. We were so glad we were able to spend a little time with my dad while he was here in California.

Happy Independence Day 2014!

Travis had to work on the 4th of July for the third time in a row, which was a total bummer, but we had a great time with some of our friends that night. Becky and Tim had us over for an awesome BBQ. We had burgers with all the fixins, corn on the cob, fruit, green salad and topped it off with root beer floats during the fireworks. (We bought a gallon of A&W Root Beer straight from the tap so it was delicious)

We watched some of the Visalia Firework show and also saw many of the neighbors fireworks taht were huge and quite up close, and then we lit some of our own little fireworks. Nixon wasn't scared at all, which I was surprised. He really like watching the fireworks.

We are so grateful for wonderful friends here in Visalia!!

June Happenings

Nixon 10-11 Months

..He rolls the front of his tongue under and can also fold his tongue in half..

..He enjoys watching Baby Einstein and it is the only way I can get him to hold still enough to cute his hair.. (which grows like crazy)

..He loves to make his cheezer face taht you can see in the photo above..

..He is starting to climb up on things and pull himself up to the couch, dryer door, and activity table..

..He starting jabbering a lot more and says da da da a lot..

..He likes to yell loud in our house that is being built because he wants to hear it echo..

.. He notices shadows and can't figure out how to grab them..

..He know the sound of skype calls and facetime calls and gets really excited..

..When Travis calls home at lunch, he talks to Nixon and Nixon smiles..

..He got his first tooth, then second, then third.. (Upper front and the one next to it. One on the bottom middle..

Utah Fun

..Skyping with my brother on his LDS mission on Mother's Day..

..Family Dinner..

I was so glad that Travis was able to come for the first part of our trip.

..Nixon loved all the attention..

From: Grandma Tidwell, Grandpa Tidwell, Brooke, Amanda, Great G&G Ford, Shannon

..Nixon was playing and laughing all day long..

-Being fed by Grandma

-Chewing on the Puffs from Great G&G

-Early morning reading with mom

-Patty-cake with Grandpa

-Skyping daddy

 -Playing with his cousin Mckenna

-Sliding down in the high chair

-Playing peek-a-boo with his blanket

..Nixon got lots of love and attention from his cousins..

Nixon and I headed down to South Jordan to meet up with G&G Guymon, Uncle Mark, Aunt Ashlee, Aunt Jaime and the boys. They were all so excited to see Nixon and we were excited to see them. We had a wonderful time at lunch eating at Chili's. Then we headed back to Jaime's to chat and catch up. 

..Hogle Zoo..

Nixon usually loves being outside, but this zoo trip didn't work out as I would have predicted. I got him sunscreened up and I think he may have rubbed it in his eyes after a few minutes of walking. Maybe he was getting tired too. It was all crying from there.  He was not very happy and I mostly had to hold him the whole time around the zoo. It was quite the workout to say the least. Not the enjoyable stroll I was expecting, but still fun and we made it work.

..Smoot Park..

Nixon loved the slide and the swings. He also love playing on the blanket with Grandma and his water bottle.