Our California Adventures Part 5

I'm almost done with these California posts.  Like I said there were lots and lots of pictures to sort through which means we had a great time.  I miss it so much.  Vacation can never get to me fast enough but the days while on vacation always seem to fly by.  Its never long enough. 

In other news...I can't believe that Sully is already nine months old.  NINE months!  I know I need to do a post about that.  He is just developing his personality like crazy.  He's been drinking water from a straw and eating bits of food here and there.  He still loves baths and any type of water.  He is so curious and explores every inch of my parents home(since we are in AZ this summer visiting).  Arty and I have been able to get out just the two of us and it has been awesome.  We also went fishing in the lake with my parents and I caught three fish, Arty caught two.  I won that competition :).  I hope you enjoy these pictures! There are lots!

Arty took this one of me on the beach.

 

Classic stop along PCH on the way to Huntington Beach.  A cute older couple run it and they make with out a doubt the best breakfast burrito.

 

Inside the burrito is strips of bacon, crispy hash-browns, eggs, and cheese.  I eat mine with hot sauce.

Here he is leaning on this cute yellow wall barefoot.  My mom made those cute seersucker pants.  Shoes won't stay on him.  I keep trying though...I have the cutest gray TOMS for him :)

Our little family.  I am wearing a moo moo type cover up from Goodwill.  Pretty comfy and only a couple bucks.

 

Handsome

 

My boys.

 

Love love love!

 

I love Sully's hair all wavy and blowing in the wind.

Hahaha pulling Arty's hair.

~Megan

Our California Adventures Part 4

 

I can't even say enough about how cute this boy is!  I know I am his mom and am supposed to think that but he is just so adorable.

 

Love this one...crawling away from a random boat on the sand.

 

Here he is reaching into the boat. Love those fingers.

My big boy

Hahaha cute one of him standing in a diaper and t-shirt.  I took his pant off because I didn't want them to get wet.

Great times were had!

~Megan

Our California Adventures Part 3

 

 There is something inspiring about beach towns in the morning.  They are always bustling with fisherman and people looking to stake out a prime location on the sand, and of course there are the regulars who meet up at the same spot every day to have coffee and catch up on gossip.  I have always loved getting to the beach as early as possible and when I lived in Newport (when I was 21) I would walk along the boardwalk and get the same donut every day.  The girls in my favorite shop still remember me and they adored Sullivan. 

 

On the pier again happily screaming :)

 Sweet boy.

 

 Hahaha....two things you can count on when you bring your child to the beach 

1) constantly re-applying sunscreen carefully to every exposed surface of their body

2) wiping the sand off their face and hands etc.

Its an endless cycle :)

 Wiped out under our half tent thing.  Definitely a nice thing to have on the beach with babies.  That day was breezy so I layered our clothes over him for warmth.

So beautiful!

~Megan

Our California Adventures Part 2

See those tiny sailboats.  I love them.  One day during a bike ride we saw about twenty little sailboats in the bay and in each of those boats there was one small child in a life jacket.  They were being coached by a person in another boat.  I nearly died by the sheer cuteness.  Sailing lessons?? Sounds amazing.

  Sully loved the pier in Newport. I can't help but think that he looks like such a big boy here.  Crazy how he's growing so fast.

Oh my goodness I love that face.  He is such a blessing...totally and completely in love.

~Megan

Embrace the Camera-Huntington Beach Edition

 Here we are out on the pier in Huntington Beach on Tuesday.

The weather was perfect and had such a nice breeze.

 We were both happy to be there.  Sully looks so content.

Ahhh we love California...never goodbye, always so long for now.

~Megan

1st picture of Sully standing up alone

Here he is standing up all alone with some seaweed on the beach.  Its only fitting that this "first" took place near the sea!

~ Megan

Our California Adventures

Almost to the beach!!  This street called Jamboree is always a signal to me that we are close to the ocean.  We couldn't wait to get out of the car! After the IHOP incident and the six hour drive we were all a little stir crazy!

Smiling with those teeth!

 This is the first time his fingers and toes have touched sand.  He totally loved it.  I don't know what I expected but I am so happy he is a beach baby all the way!

Sandy toes! It really doesn't get much better than this!

Testing out the Pacific.  He ended up crawling all over the sand and splashing in the water.  It was so fun to watch.

Napping baby under a palm tree near the boardwalk.

I will have to do this in parts because I am a little overwhelmed by the amount of pictures I took.  I wanted to say that I loved reading all of your comments on the IHOP craziness and it truly made me feel better with each comment I read.  Also, I already sold one of the diaper covers on Etsy!  It happened while on vacation and is going to be shipped out tomorrow!  I will be back with more from our fun trip manana.




~Megan

California here we come

Last night I Had to laugh because though we will only be in California for five nights, the large suitcase I packed for Sullivan and I was stuffed, really truly overly stuffed. I am not sure that bag has ever been so full. Of course I have to take responsibility for taking up most of the space, but in the bag there is a special section that has fifteen or so neatly folded t-shirts,several onesies, 6 pairs of shorts, two little pairs of board shorts, little jeans, a pair of tiny grey TOMS, and 3 little sweatpants. I'm probably forgetting to mention a couple of Sullivan's things. Did I over do it? Maybe, but one thing I've learned is that it's better to be over prepared than under. And honestly, I love these moments of clarity. Yes, even when packing a bag like I've done a thousand times before only to be reminded as I struggled to zip it up, that this time is special because I have a baby boy to consider and this will be his first trip to a place that holds a special place in my heart. A place where Arty and I were married with our toes in the sand and a salty breeze in our hair. A true piece of heaven in my eyes and I can't wait to share "our place" with him.

~megan

I just know tomorrow is going to be a great day for two reasons

Tomorrow is our two year anniversary(I love you Arty!!) and my sweet cousin Kaysie is being induced early in the morning!!!  I am so excited!

That means that July 18th is one very SPECIAL day!

This is what I did last July 18th!  See that baby bump?  I was about six months pregnant there...looking forward to being in Newport Beach on Thursday and picking up Arty from the airport Friday!!!

~Megan