Summer in Tahoe - Part Deux

Every year we take a week vacation to West Shore Tahoe with Johnny's family and this would be Baby Johnny's first time participating in our annual trip, sans umbilical cord and amniotic fluid. We had such a great time with the family, rafting, drinking wine, eating, laughing, playing games, drinking wine, chatting, hiking, laying out, drinking wine, swimming.....

We cracked up over Apples to Apples. If you've never played this game, get some wine and your friends or family over ASAP!!

Each couple took turns making dinner for each night over the weekend which worked out perfect! The night that we made dinner I chose to make salad and 4 different pizzas: BBQ Chicken, Arugula & Prosciutto, Margherita, Turkey Pepperoni.  I don't know if they would've been as delicious as they were without Lisa's homemade dough and the help of my lovely assistants (Lisa and Shayna) helping to put them all together. Dang....I was too busy to take a pic.  The other meals were filet and chicken. Talk about spoiled! That's what vacation is for. I came back with a "Vacation 5".

Something that I did capture on film though was Baby J's obsession with climbing stairs lately. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OqXPjf_vgs

Lexie and Joey came up the last few days of our trip and Joey is learning to share with a "baby" and Baby Johnny is learning to toughen up from Joey. Wait til they're bigger and both walking. They'll be partners in crime. Watch out!! We took them to the park and Johnny went in his first park swing (once he got going, he liked it, I swear!).

 

This trip is always so relaxing and it is such a fantastic tradition that I'm so grateful our son gets to grow up with!! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Shebl for the cherished tradition.

Summer in Tahoe

This summer we were lucky enough to have two trips to West Lake Tahoe with the baby. On our first trip, he got to spend some time with his cousins from San Diego and Great Aunt and Uncle. The lake house that they rent is UH-MAZING and the company was pretty fantastic too!!! This was the first time they had met him. This was also his first trip to Tahoe, externa-belly. 

I thought for sure the older boys would see him as a brief novelty and move on, but they were so great with him. When we were there last year, I was almost 8 months pregnant and remember dragging myself around town trying to get in some much needed exercise and trying to avoid the "beached whale" look in my swimsuit on the dock.  Funny how this time I wasn't pregnant and found myself being lazy, with beer and snacks in hand as we hung out on the dock. Oh, what a difference a year can make! ;0) 

Thanks AT and UJ! We had such a great time and the weekend went so fast. We can't wait for next year. 

 

Beach Bound

So....since I haven't posted to this blog in SSOO long I may be posting out of order. I just want to share stuff as I come across it. Let's start with Baby J's trip to the Carmel Beach with his cousin Rosie. They loved it!!  I couldn't have imagined my grandparents living 20 minutes from the Carmel Beach. Poor little Johnny boy. Ha!!

Baby J was obsessed with playing in and eating the sand (everything in the mouth still) while Rosie could not leave this discarded coffee cup out of her sight. Everytime we turned around, she was on a mission to go get it.  I think she was worried about it ending up in the ocean. So thoughtful!

It was a great visit for the kids. We're hoping to get the cuz's together once a month at least. It's hard with them in San Jose and us in Cameron Park, but we are going to try. When did we all get SO busy?!

Baby Johnny's First Camping Trip

For the July 4th holiday weekend, we decided to escape the Sacto heat and head to the mountains for some camping! This is my first camping trip pregnant, so one thing did change. I invested in an air mattress! Best decision EVER!! Kylie, Grandma Donna and Maxx went with us to Caples Lake for some R&R, fishing and lots of good eats. Here's the view from our camp spot.

Johnny and Grandma fished one day and while Johnny was gone I caught the biggest fish out of everyone (on his line)! Here it is. Pregnant chicks rock at fishing!!

Here's Grandma and Johnny with my fish and her first catch of the day!

We had a great time and see MANY camping trips in my son's future!