Our Family trip to San Diego

So we went to San Diego a couple of weeks ago, but I am just getting to posting pictures. I seem to have little motivation lately when it comes to the computer. It's nice to have something to blame stuff on like pregnancy... :)

We had such a fabulous time.....thanks to my sister Alison and her husband Mike. They were such gracious hosts and made us feel right at home. Jackson absolutely loved their kids and I loved having someone else to play trains or trucks with Jackson. I think Jackson forgot I was there half the time. Here are lots of pictures....to hard to choose just a few.

All the kids in Old town San Diego. Jackson loved being outside with his cousins.
At Seaport Village there was a merry-go-round and Jackson LOVED it. He wouldn't sit on the horse so we sat on the bench instead. He loved waving to dad each time we came around. The tantrum was pretty big once he realized it was over and he had to get off.
We went to the Wild Animal Park and Jackson started out scared of the animals in the petting zoo and tried hiding under dad's legs.

But after a few more attempts he loved giving food to the deer. He was sad once the food was all gone.

Jackson watching the ducks in the pond. We captured him while saying "Quack, Quack".

We had a kid-free night and went to La Jolla to eat at the Burger Lounge (which was fabulous) and came home to this sweet photo-op. :) He has such sweet cousins....thanks Xani for taking such good care of him!

We went to eat brunch at a cool little surfer's cafe called Pipes cafe and then hit the beach after. Jackson was a little weary of the sand and wouldn't quite relax if he was touching the sand. It was hilarious to watch... He wouldn't touch it with his hands and tried to make as little contanct as possible with his feet while sitting. We definitely need to get to the beach more often so this kid isn't so afraid of the water and sand.

Our family photo at Disneyland. It was so much fun, and Jackson had the time of his life.
Jackson loves Mickey Mouse and so we were curious as to how he would react seeing him. He liked seeing him, but only from afar, and only if dad was with him.

This time Jackson got on the horse and loved the merry-go-round again. This was probably his favorite ride!

On the teacups with my brother Jeff and his daughter Gracie. Man I am ghostly white...almost didn't post pictures of me, but oh well the kids and Jeff are cute! :)

Jackson with his cute cousin Gracie obviously not wanting to sit still for a picture on Minnie Mouse's couch.

Jackson and dad on the rocket ride. Jackson loves this place!!!

Jackson clapping for the parade and watching in amazement at all the characters going by.

Jackson and and his cousin Lance smelling the flowers at the San Diego temple. We showed them how to smell the flowers and not pick them, and so they kept squatting down and doing this.....it was so cute!

Our family at the beautiful San Diego temple grounds. We wished we could have had more time to go inside, but just seeing the grounds was fun.

We had such a great time and were sad to come home. We love California so much and kept wishing we could live there. The weather was perfect and I especially loved having Jeremy to hang out with every day and not have him go to work.

I felt like a little kid going to Disneyland...

For the last week or so I have been so excited for Tuesday to arrive. Tuesday was the scheduled day for my ultrasound and I couldn't be more excited. On Monday that's all I thought about and even Monday night I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep because I was so excited. I felt like I was a little girl and I knew I was going to lagoon the next day......I could hardly wait for that day to arrive. So Tuesday finally came and we had a great doctor's appt. The baby looked very healthy and everything looked good. I measured a few days ahead of my due date (which is always nice)..................and we saw a little something and Jeremy and I didn't even have to ask what the sex was. We told the nurse, "now that's a boy right". Oh yes without a doubt you are having another little boy.

I had been feeling like we were going to have a girl so I was a little shocked but so excited and so happy to see my little baby inside my tummy. It made everything so much more real. I know Jackson is going to be a great big brother. When we went to pick up Jackson from his grandma's I said "Jackson you are going to have a little brother" and he said "girl". Even now I say mom has a little boy in my tummy, and he replies "girl". Who knows if he even knows what it means, but he seemed to have wanted a sister or just liked that word better than boy. :)

We are so excited to have another little boy and can't wait for him to come by August 30th.....hopefully.