family visit part II and update

After spending time in Sacramento, we headed back to my parents house. We're really fortunate to have kids who will pretty much sleep anywhere. I think all this traveling has been messing with Noah's sleep pattern though. He's started waking up at 5:30 in the morning. Thankfully, he has willing grandparents who are more than happy to play with him that early. He's also started to become really interested in the big boy potty this week. I've been letting him direct whether or not he's ready, and he's decided he is! As of yesterday, he's exclusively been in his 'big boy pants' (that's what he calls them), and has not had any accidents!
Emme is just miss congeniality. If you make eye contact with her, you can pretty much guarantee that she'll flash you a smile. She is becoming more mobile, and will roll or scoot her way around. A big motivation for her to move is her brother's hair. She just loves trying to grab a fistful of his curly locks! Actually, she just loves being around her brother...she'll just gaze at him and smile or laugh at everything he does. She even finds his tantrums amusing!

Trying to stay cool in the heat


Whatever Noah is doing, she's interested! In this case, my phone...

My brother and his girlfriend came up for the weekend and we spent the day in Mendocino. The weather was perfect and we had such a great time walking around and tidepooling.




Splashing around a little fountain before we headed for the aiport.

nothing beats family

After celebrating our anniversary, we spent some time with Matt's family in the Sacramento area. Every time we visit, we always have such a good time, and it felt good knowing that we will soon be in the area so that the visits can happen more frequently!

Emme getting lots of snuggle time in with Aunties and cousins


Rylan introduced Noah to computer games....it was so cute hearing Noah cheer Rylan on one minute, then sympathize with him the next.

Noah is still talking about the train museum that we visited. I couldn't get him to stand still for one picture. He spend the entire time running from one display to the next.

He convinced Grandad for one last round of car racing before we left!

Happy Father's Day/Happy Anniversary

This past Sunday was a double blessing for the Sanders family...not only was it Father's day, it was our 6th anniversary as well. After we had breakfast with my parents, Matt and I were lucky enough to spend a night in the beautiful Napa Valley with only Emme in tow. My parents graciously offered to watch Noah for the night, and before they dared change their minds, we got out of the house quickly! One of my favorite parts of the trip was revisiting Meadowood, which is where we got married. We really had the best time, but we sure missed Noah...everything seemed eerily quiet without him.

Enjoying a peaceful lunch



The very lawn where we exchanged our vows 6 years ago



Emme has been busy as well....yesterday I noticed that she has her two bottom incisors in already!

Legoland

What a fun trip! We weren't sure how Noah would respond to Legoland because of how Disneyland went, but we all had SO much fun!!! He was running from one place to another, yelling at all the different things to look at, having the time of his life. We spend the first day at Legoland, and then went to Legoland's Sealife aquarium the following day.


He went on this train ride at least 5 times!



He was so exhausted mid day, he took a quick nap in the stroller...

Eating dinner out on the balcony of our room


The walls and ceiling of this room was all fish...So cool!



Playing on the slide



Having so much fun looking at all the lego cities

sing song

Noah loves to sing...when he's playing with his toys, he's always singing a little ditty to himself. His favorite songs are "Sabbath is a Happy Day", "The Wheels on the Bus", "ABC Song", and "Row Row Row Your Boat". Whenever I've taken out the camera to record him, he always stops, but this morning, he was quite cooperative! I'm so excited to have gotten this on camera, I know it's one of those things I'll watch when he's a teenager to remind me of what a sweet boy he is!

emme rolls over

Emme has rolled over a few times now, but I finally caught it on camera...Gooooo baby Emme!

So proud of you!

Matt graduated this past weekend!!! He's such a hard working and dedicated person, I hope he knows how proud we all are of this major accomplishment. He's juggled being an amazing father, wonderful husband, all while being an awesome student :)! The end is finally in sight, and we were lucky enough to celebrate it with family.



We set up a picnic on the nearby grass to watch the ceremony. It was so much fun!

Trenton is the best babysitter!