Santa Ana Zoo

What a FUN day!!  It's not that big of a Zoo, but was perfect for all the babies!  

{and we all know how much Nick LOVES Zoo's!}

Group Shot
{Kids: Beau, Aiden and Nick}
{Adults: Amanda, Mia, Janette, Me, Mom, Dad and Elise}

<3 Sisters ...and Amanda :)

Cutest little nephew Aiden!

Nick LOVED the bald eagle!

Eagle Nest

Me and my BOY!

Trying to make a break for it ....lol

The Gang

Aren't my parents that cutest!

Sleepy Beau

Aunt Elise

Eating Aunt J's food

Running from Grandma lol
(he was NOT happy she caught him!)

Amanda and Mia

LOVE LOVE this pic!!!  Nick sure loves his Grandparents!

Mia and Aiden

It's feeding time lol

Elise ....just gorgeous!

Nette and Dad

HI-FIVE!

Grandpa's turn :)

LOVED riding on Gpa's shoulders

Mom and Me

Love these two!

Silly kids lol

Eating race ...

Amanda and Beau

Watch out ...Mom's driving lol

Uh-oh!  Now Nick is driving!

My little Munchkin!

Hanging with the frog
{have I mentioned Nick is OBSESSED with frogs lol}

Aiden

Me

Nick was laughing at Grandma ...so cute!

Gotcha little guy!

Me with little Aiden!

He ditched me for Elise!

Amanda and her son Beau

Janette, Aiden and Mia on the turtle

Shocker, shocker ...Nick's CLIMBING the lizard!!

We seriously had such a good time!!  I have an AMAZING family! <3

Chuck E Cheese ...

Where a kid can be a kid!! :)

My family decided we should all go to Chuck E Cheese and eat dinner and let Nick have some FUN!  Its right around the corner from my parents ..so off we went!  But not without Nick's two best buds .....Aiden and Mason (also their first time!)  It was a BLAST!  It was so much fun seeing the boys all playing together!  And of course, it was great to catch up with my friends!

Here are just a few pics!

Mamas and our boys!
{Angie, Rebecca, Mason, Me, Nick, Mia and Aiden}

Some of us!
{Nick, Janette, Angie, Rebecca, Me, Nick, Elise, Mom and Dad}

LOVE that face!  He was enjoying his pizza lol

Cousins!
{Nick wanted to play "his" game some more!}

Dancing with Grandma

Cousins in a big truck!

Bec, Mia, Ang and Tim eating pizza!

James and Mase

Nick playing "his" game with Grandma and Becks

Nick showing Mason how to play

We seriously took sooo many pics (and they are all so cute)
but I'm so behind in blogging I'm just posting a few :)

Pictures...

Since my parents were going to have ALL of their {existing so far} grandchildren in CA for once, they decided they wanted to do pictures with them!  I had come across a good deal on Groupon, so off to Sears we went!  I have to say, I'm not really a huge fan of Sears Portraits, but given all the babies, they did a great job!

Here are a few:

Boy cousins!

Twins

ALL of the cousins!
{Aiden and Nick}
{Alice and Colette}

Nick 16 Months

Aiden 6 Months

Grandpa and Grandsons

Grandpa and Granddaughters

Mom and Grandsons

My sister was nice enough to send me those on a disk ....but I am missing the one of my parents with all of the grandchildren and one of my Mom and the twins ....so check back later for the update!! :)

New England Aquarium

I love the NE Aquarium because of the Penguins!!  I have only been once before {prior to living in MA} during one of my visits with Kris to see his Mom.  So with the weather being wonderful, Kris and I and his Mom decided we should take Nick!  Plus, we {Nick and I} are leaving for CA in a few days and we wanted to do something FUN with Daddy before we go! :)

Waiting for Dad and Nana to get the tickets

He LOVED this stingray outside ...still waiting for tickets (it was PACKED!)

Boston Harbor is behind Nick ...see that boat Codzilla ..oh yes, we will be tackling that SOON!

{ Codzilla is Boston's first and only high-speed thrill boat ride!}

Looking at some fishes

Loved them

LOVE my lil family!

haha LOVE drooly smiles :)

Daddy Nick and Nana

Nana and her bug at the top of the tank

WOW ...was his word as he saw the BIG turtle

PENGUINS!

Nick saying HI to the Penguins

Nick and Daddy at the touch tank ....didn't last long as he tried grabbing EVERYTHING  lol

I can't WAIT to take him to the Long Beach Aquarium in CA!  Although NE has the BEST Penguin exhibit, its really dark inside {as it can't be an outside aquarium due to snow in winter months} and Nick was not as interested in the exhibits that were not bright colored.  Plus, it was sooo crowded and they didn't have the sharks and stingrays out in the big tank (I forget why ...some bacteria I think) so the only sharks were in the touch tank :(  So I definitely think he will enjoy the LB one more!

But nonetheless, we had a GREAT day and enjoyed lunch at Legal Seafood's on the Harbor afterwards :)

Family Pics

My friend Heather from Cirasphotography {she did Nick's 1yr photos!} did a mini family photo shoot at Marshfield Beach for us a few weeks back!  What a FUN day we all had :)

Here are just a few (of many!)

Mama and her BOY

Our Little Family <3

LOVE this boys laugh!

LOVE my man!!

My FAVORITE!!!
{I love how she blurred out Kris and I so Nick is the focus :)}

 I realized the last time we had a family photo shoot done, Nick was 6 months old!!  I'm such a slacker ...he is now 15 months!! haha  

THANK YOU HEATHER!!

XOXO

Borderland Park

For those who have seen Shutter Island with Leonardo DiCaprio, this place might look familiar ...its where they filmed part of it! {the house where he lived with his wife and the pond where the children died}  Its acutally a HUGE park and a great place to walk/hike!  It is right up the street from where we live now, so we decided to take Nick!  There is also a huge old mansion you can tour, but it was closed for renovations when we got there, so we will go back again!  Its also a great park for birthday parties, however Nick was born in Winter months, so maybe the next kid?

The Old Mansion

Nick and Daddy

In front of the house from Shutter Island

Inside the house

The lake where the kids died
(and I think thats the exact spot Leo walks into the water at)

Looking at the Pond with Daddy
(he is DEFINITELY Daddys Mini-Me)

Different view of the house

Nick following Daddy in the woods ...but HAD to stop for a stick :)

I just LOVE...

this tired little face in the morning!!  Best start to EVERYDAY!

I swear he hears me wake up in the morning because as soon as I get out of the shower this boy is up in his crib waiting for me lol  He loves just hanging out while I do my makeup and hair.  And I love EVERY second of EVERY day that I get to spend with my little man <3

I have lots and lots of things to blog about but it is becoming so time consuming and there just aren't enough hours in the day :/  Soon...I hope!