Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine!

We took Jacob to see Thomas and boy was he thrilled!! As we were driving into the lot, he spotted Thomas the Tank Engine and he went W-I-L-D! We could hardly unbuckle him from his carseat. It was worth the drive (Taylor crying like crazy). At the park, they had several stations for kids to either paint, blow bubbles, play in the jumphouse, get tattoos, and even play with trains and tracks. It was such a beautiful day and everything was just PERFECT. It was a great family outting.

Getting his first tattoo...

It was so hard to explain to him why it had to be washed off a few days after while bathing. He just could not understand that it was not permanent.

They had other trains running that day and it just added to the fun!

The souvenir store which we were gladly able to escape with just spending $30...lots of bribing to try to get outta there. My only regret...we bought him a CD with songs from the series and it is about the ONLY track he will let us listen to in the car. It has been over 6 months and we are STILL listening to all the songs on that CD.

Jeremiah has to be one of the coolest dads out there. He is so involved and hands-on with Jacob. I love watching them play...and quite honestly, very jealous as well. I wish I could do all of that with the both of them, but Taylor slept and wanted to be carried the entire time. We spent a couple of hundred dollars on a double stroller and uhhh..yeah...not happening with the lil man.

Finally on the train and he is ready to go! While on the ride they played one of the songs from the series and Jacob just stood up and started tapping his hand on the train. It was so cute. Jeremiah caught it on video. Unfortunately, because uploading videos take forever, we can't put it on the blog...we can, but I just don't have the patience.

Sir Topham Hatt!! He wasn't even scared! And of course a picture with Thomas the Tank Engine himself! I thought this was the best picture, but apparently not.

When we were there, we stayed in Capitola and it was not what we expected. It's nothing compared to Monterey! Anyway, while there we enjoyed Pizza My Heart and was able to pay a visit to the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. Now, tell me why he chose the pink truck? I was disappointed.

Sonoma in July '11

Jacob is a huge fan of trains, if you didn't know already. Well, his excitement is so contagious that we took every and any opportunity we had this summer to bring him to places with trains. We decided to take a day trip to Sonoma to a train park and he was probably the happiest kid there. It puts a big smile on our face to see how happy he is. On top of that, he is so grateful and expresses it so often, it just melts our hearts. We had a feeling then that Taylor would be in to trains and believe it or not, he is NOW. If you remember a while back of how excited Jacob would get when the soundtrack to Thomas and Friends came on, then just picture Taylor just as excited, but just bouncing up and down on his bum. It's so cute.

When going over a bridge or under a tunnel, he always puts up his arms.

4th of July in Monterey, CA

For Fourth of July this year, we decided to take a trip to Monterey, one of our most favorite places to be! We spent time on the beach, the aquarium, did some shopping, and lots of eating! Most importantly, we found out 3 months after this trip that I was expecting again. The whole summer I wasn't feeling too well. I was always light-headed, nauseaus, and plain SICK! I didn't realize I was pregnant until August. This trip was when we expanded our family...I guess. :)

He has got the wildest hair ever. We started on rice cereal, but it didn't last very long because it seemed like he was allergic to it or something. He had bad eczema, so we didn't feed him baby food until September.
Jacob totally acting like a big bro.

Of course when you are visiting Monterey, you CAN NOT not go to the Dennis the Menace Park. It just screams FUN for kids, especially Jacob!

Trains...totally in love with trains.

Our first day visit to the aquarium.

Our favorite beach.

Jacob has some sensory issues, so it was trying to get him to play in the sand. He wanted to play so much, but wanted to be carried. Daddy wouldn't do it, so he eventually did it all by himself because he wanted to play. I couldn't help but laugh from afar. You can tell Jeremiah was getting frustrated because Jacob kept screaming and crying if he wasn't carried to and from the water.

Day 2

Riding the train at Casa de Fruita. We always stop there before heading home to Tracy.

Isn't he just so adorable?