Last trip as a family of 4! San Diego adventures...

We woke up Saturday morning to a message from the Petchenick's saying "lets go to San Diego!". So we booked a room and got on the road! We of course packed a lot into 2 days but it was well worth it! Saturday we went to Sea World and both kids LOVED the Shamu show. Sophia kept yelling "THIS IS SOOOO AWESOME!!". The Petchenick's are even more ambitious than us and want to see everything which we LOVE!! We saw so many exibits, the walrus, the polar bears, the penguins, and the white beluga whales! We didn't get the kids to bed until after 9 so they slept like logs. Sunday after we all hit up Starbucks of course, we were off to the zoo! Preston is at a much better age than the last trip to SD and really loved seeing the animals but his favorite thing the entire trip was watching the double decker tour bus at the zoo! He was in awe! We also fed the giraffes this time at the zoo which was awesome. Again, we saw soooo many animals and Phia has a new pose that can be seen below in many pictures:)

Who do you ask for help when you don't know which way to go? SOPHIA!!

Miss Sophia requests braids in her hair everyday now. Thankfully I know how to do them or I'd be in trouble:)

This was the highlight for Preston. He was SOOO excited to see Elmo. He calls him "Melmo". His eyes lit up!

No bribing here for smiles...the kids were so giddy!

Time to watch Shamu! Our enthusiastic Sophia couldn't stop saying how amazing she thought it was:)



Phia cheered like she was at a sporting event with lots of "wohoooo's"!

Hi handsome:)

Cotton candy love

Ally takes the best family pictures!

The white beluga whales were so cool and we just made it in time for their feeding:)

Our little snow princess in her white puffer!

Annnnndddd here's "the pose"! This was her signature pose the entire trip!

I heart this picture:) xo

Yay for the mommy's!!

Phia with the "twin boys" as she calls them. Literally she'll yell out "hey twin boys!"

There's daddy!

Another variation of "the pose"

Hugest turtle EVER!!

And yet another variation ha!

This girl loves to get her picture taken:)

After a very long day at Sea World, the kids were messy messy so they took baths! Presto loves him some bath time!


And we packed up the luggage and headed out! We LOVED our hotel and had a huge suite so the kiddies had their own room:)

Even at the zoo, "the pose" was not forgotten. Phia with the meerkat:)

Presto beating on the drum in the playground...


The kiddies loved the petting zoo at the Children's Zoo.

Mommy and her monkey's!

Presto's new obsession is cars. He has one(or multiple) in his hands a LOT of the time:)

Preston loved the sea otters and was chasing them back and forth!

I love this picture. Preston loved this bus so much and daddy was so patient and let him explore the bus for at least an hour. Such an amazing daddy:)!!

Preston staring at the bus:)

We had no idea you could feed the giraffe's but we do now thanks to Jason and Ally:) We got our 3 cookies and held them out. The kids weren't scared and seemed to love it!





The boys and their munchkins...

Presto did so well without a nap. Poor guy finally gave it and put his head down:)

Sophia's new princess bed!

In order to avoid buying a 3rd crib we decided to transition Phia into a princess bed before the baby comes. She was asking us about it for a few days leading up so she was VERY excited. Daddy spent all Sunday afternoon building the bed and sent mommy to the spa(love the hubs!). Leyla took the kids to Gymboree and the park so they were all worn out but not too worn out for the big reveal! Wish i could say the first night was easy. Mommy and Phia cried together in her bed. She said "I LOVE my princess bed mommy but not THAT much, can you please have Daddy move my crib back in?". The past 3 years came flooding back and it hit me that she's a big girl. She's lost her "baby fat" and is now requesting "privacy" when she goes potty. Ay yay yay. Too much for mommy but we're sooo proud of her and we're happy to say that the next 2 nights she was amazing. I bribed her with a "special treat" in her lunch at school and that was the magic bullet! She LOVES school so much that just mentioning it makes her super excited! The BEST part of it all is that she wanted NO diaper on and takes herself potty. It's so sweet to hear her littl door creek open in the middle of the night when she heads to the bathroom. She then puts herself back to bed!!! We're still in awe over the whole thing and she continues to amaze us:)
Our big girl!!

Phia's face when she saw the bed for the first time:)


We also got her new bedding but it's being made so it'll take a few weeks!! So excited for it to come:)


Of course Presto had to get in on the action and gave us one of our favorite "ohhhhhh woooooooooow" when he saw it!

Fun with paint for baby B-O-Y at 33 weeks!

We thought this would be a fun way engage the kiddies with the new baby in mommy's belly! The kids LOVED getting messy and we let them go crazy after we were done with pictures. Just this morning I was sitting on the couch and Preston lifted my shirt and said "baby" and then took his racecar and rolled it all over my tummy saying "vroom vroom". He only "kind of" understands but Phia is REALLY into it and can't wait for her baby brother(and either can we!!!)


I love Presto's messy "Y"!



And let the silliness begin!



"I can't believe mommy is letting me paint my body!" Wohooo!!!

And then Presto got very serious about his painting...

Ice-cream social

Friday night we had an ice cream social at Sophia's school. We took our blankets and chairs, the kids ran around like crazy, and we all enjoyed ice cream! Sophia was super excited to see her teachers and ran up and gave Miss Adele a HUGE hug(teacher's pet!) Phia LOVES her school and it helps that the Petchenick twins are in her class which means we get to do lots of volunteering with Jason and Allie(i.e next week we're all bagging groceries at Fresh and Easy...ha!)



Daddy joined in on the fun!

I love this picture b/c Sophia sandwiched herself in between the boys when I told her I wanted to take a picture. Then she asked them "do you want to chase me?". So the kids started running all over the field with Presto not far behind:)

Silly "preggy" babies!

This morning both kids ran around the house with little balloons under their shirts "like mommy". Presto DEF does not understand that there's a baby in mommy's belly but he knows it's big and likes to kiss it!! Phia, on the otherhand, will tell everyone who will listen "there's a baby in my mommy's tummy" and that she's going to have "two baby brothers". She's very proud and excited and this is the result!

Labor Day weekend part 3: Swimming and bath time!

A rare moment: Presto chilaxing by the pool. Usually he can be found darting around it wich daddy chasing behind!

Bath pictures have always been my absolute favorite! Leyla baths the kids everyday so we don't get too many pictures anymore but I absolutely love bath time so I try and sneak a few in on the weekends with the kids:) They have started to play pretty well together(for the most part) and I love seeing them frolic in the bubbles together:) We spent the afternoon at the pool(where Presto loves to run around the pool instead of actually swim in it!) and the kids too a long bath after!!

Presto doing what he does best, NOT swimming!!

More Presto running around the pool:

Daddy hoisting Presto out so he can run freeeee!!!

Peek-a-boo...I'm in the pool(not for long!)!

We saw a huge difference in Phia this summer at the pool. She wants to jump into the deep end by herself and float all over the pool alone! So crazy. She's for sure our dare devil and loves to be in the water!! She uses her feet and kicks her way around!

Look how deep it is!!! Ahhhh...


BATH TIME!!!
Presto spends most of his time with his face in the water blowing bubbles like this(which is a perfect time to get a bum shot!!)



Moments like this make it all worth it. They love each other so much although at times you wouldn't think so. First thing Presto says in the morning is "Tia?"(wondering where she is).The first thing Sophia said when we told her she was going to school was "Can Presto come too?". We hope that part lasts forever:)



We hope they remember how much fun they had together when they were little. And if they don't, we have PLENTY of pictures to remind them!!



And last but not least, the double bum shot! Baby bums are only cute for so long, sorry kids, mommy and daddy can't get enough:)

A little subliminal print for the baby's room!

I found this owl print on Etsy and had the artist match the colors to his bedspread. Hopefully, just having this in his room will help him remember how much mommy and daddy need their sleep!!! All the boxes are finally arriving so we can't wait to start putting the room together!! We are keeping the Fed Ex man very busy:)
A little health update, a few first trimester symptoms have come back! I've been REALLY nauseous the past 2 days and nothing seems to help:( Woke up in the middle of he night(hello insomnia) feeling really sick to my stomach last night and it continued all day today. I hope this is just for a couple days. All and all I cannot complain one bit though. This baby has been so good to me!!