Mother's Day!!!

For Mother's Day Dave took the kids and I to one of my favorite places....SEA WORLD! He bought us season passes, so we can go the remainder of the year too.

Beluga Whale...next visit to Sea World I may get to get in the water with them :)
Of course you know I love my dolphins
I mean they naturally smile
I loved the birds hair...yes...I'm taking a picture of the birds :p

Now that both kids are a little older they can appreciate the different aspects Sea World has to offer. We had a lot of fun looking at all of the sea creatures. The kids loved the eels, and of course the Garibaldi fish was a favorite of Caiden's...after all it happens to be his favorite color.

Caiden, Kiya and I looking at the eels
The kids were fascinated with the eels
Caiden loved the Garibaldi fish
And then we walked out and saw this vibrant orange bird (it must have been Caiden's lucky day)
The kids were so intrigued.

Kiya had NO fear. She was willing to feed the bat rays, although Caiden was more comfortable to look at them this year. He did attempt to feed them a few times. He had a blast in the touch tank though with Dave.

Feeding the bat rays
Kiya has no fear...she was eager to feed them
Touch pools are a favorite with Dave and Caiden
Starfish
Dave showing Caiden some sea life
Caiden touching the sea life
Hmmm....what do we touch first?
Kiya wants to get down and explore some more
Kiya loved the pelicans :)
Kiya talking to the bird

So happy to be at Sea World

This was also the first year that Caiden was tall enough to go on the ride through the Artic (that is like Star Tours at Disneyland). I haven't been on it yet, because the kids were not old enough before. Dave was able to take Caiden on his first go at it, and he loved it!!

Kiya thinking "Oh, teddy beaaaarrrrrr"
Manatee at lunch time
In the Shark Encounter pointing out the sharks
So cool
Kiya pointing out her favorites
Peaceful....
Sea Turtle eating lettuce
Dave couldn't help but feed the flamingos
Big turtle

The Shamu show was a big hit for both kids, and of course we sat in the splash zone...I mean, is there any OTHER place to sit??

Orcas!!!
I think he's now completely accustomed to me taking pictures...doesn't even faze him
So cute...Dave and Caiden waiting for the show to start
My self portrait of Kiya and I
Someone felt bad that I kept trying to take pictures myself so they offered to take one of us
My angels and my reason for living :)
Me trying to take a family picture...I BARELY made it in there

We had a lot of fun. I LOVE Sea World :) I can't wait to go back.

Happy Birthday Gigi!!

We all went over to Aunt Stephanie's house early in May to celebrate both Gigi's birthday as well as mother's day.

The kids had fun playing with their swing set, and each other (all the cousins get along well), and we learned that both kids are just like me...they love cake, but they only eat the frosting.

Kiya got along well with Kyle. She followed him around a lot.
Always on the move
Grandpa Phil watches Caiden swing on the swing set
I got to push Caiden on the swing :)

After we had some yummy food and played our little hearts out, Gigi opened her gifts.

I was teaching the kids how to not to waste frosting...you must lick all the frosting off all the candles...Lindsay very much liked this idea :)
Kiya LOVED the cake and frosting, so she would gravitate towards anyone who had one. Here she is cake stalking Kyle.
Kiya and Caiden eating their dinner
And making faces at each other
Lindsay helping Gigi open her gift
Caiden helping Gigi read her card
And open the grandmother's gift
He showed Gigi how he made it and how his hand fit perfectly
Kiya is pointing to her name :) She was proud of her contribution
And FINALLY a picture of everyone looking at the camera.

Thank you Steph and Dave for hosting.

Introducing Jack William Davis!!!!

On the same day as the service to remember Merrill Hart, Jack William Davis made his appearance to parents Heather and Danny.

Dave, and the kids and I went to Hoag to visit the new parents to be. Jack gave his mama a run for her money, eventually debuting at 9.58pm at 12lbs 0unces....that's right. I said 12 LBS!!!! Way to go Heather. Little Jack was even written up in the Orange County Register for his weighty debut!

Jack taking his first looks around....
Wow...that was exhausting. I need some shut eye
So peaceful
Aunt Nicole and Jack :)

He is absolutely adorable, and such a lucky little fellow to be born to such wonderful people as Danny and Heather.

Congratulations Danny, Heather, Aspen and Gracie. Happy Birthday Jack!!!

Caiden's 1st Swim Party

Caiden was invited to his first swimming party for one of his friend in his class. He was really excited to go, and I was a little apprehensive since Caiden is not exactly an expert swimmer, and Dave was supposed to work. However, I had nothing to fear as Dave ended up joining us, as he was injured at work and so he was off.

We put Caiden's swim vest on him and all was well. He had a blast. We have decided that this summer we are going to wean Caiden off the vest and make him an expert swimmer by the end of the summer :)

I wasn't the only one that was worried. One of the older kids who cannot swim decided that he wanted to go into the water without his floatation device, which caused one of the mom's to run into the pool in full clothes. :) It was quite entertaining, especially considering her husband was a fireman that just sat there looking on like "he'll be fine". He thought his wife was overreacting. Are you kidding me? I would have done the same thing. You don't take chances with your kids!!!

Caiden had fun with this water blaster
He played with his friends
And enjoyed squirting water at the girls...

Anyway, Kiya quite enjoyed herself as well. :) She enjoyed playing in the water at the reef step.

Kiya enjoyed playing in the water too
So cute :)
She looks a little confused here.
But quickly warmed up :)
My angel...this was her right before she decided she had had enough pictures and was ready to play again.

Thank you for the invite...we had a lot of fun.