Lots going on this past week. Brady had his first day at his new school and he LOVED it. Not one tear. They have a train table and water toys so the kid was in preschool heaven =). We are still watching the cheerleaders more than I would care to admit, I am still hoping that it's just a phase.

Kendall is cooing and smiling a lot now - she'll carry on a "conversation" with you now. She is quite the fashionista - our neighbor made her a really cute outfit and we found that Kendall's waist size is the same as the two-year-old's next door! She is starting to sit up in the Bumbo seat and enjoys facing out in the sling so she can see the world. Grammy tried to give her a bottle and Kendall reacted as if Grammy was trying to poison her - that is something we will be working on for the next few weeks prior to my return to work.

We went to Santa Barbara with the kids for a romantic (ha!) anniversary weekend. Brady loved the hotel room and wasn't really impressed with the beach, the pier or anything else - he just wanted to hang out in "his room'. It was hysterical how he investigated every nook and cranny in the room.

We went to the zoo, of course, and this gorilla came right up to the window and did not take his (her?) eyes off of Brady - I think that in his yellow shirt the gorilla thought that Brady looked like a tasty little banana. It was a little scary, and made me wonder how thick the glass was separating us and the gorilla. Do I have an unnatural fear of gorillas? Possibly. I felt much more comfortable with the fake gorilla "goosing" him =).

In keeping with the nature theme we seem to have going, I wanted to show the giraffe that has the most awesome view in California.

Sports class is now over, sadly I will need to find another way to wear him out before nap every Wednesday. Brady received an award that he is proudly displaying on his bulletin board.

More fun this week. We went to the petting zoo with the neighbors and the picture with Isabella looks like a prom picture to me :)! Brady continues to enjoy sports class and is an enthusiastic participant. It seems to wear him right out. I love that he had his cat (Orange Mimi) right on top of him during his nap. I couldn't resist taking a picture - totally a picture I'll bust out to show his future girlfriends. We took a train ride to San Juan Capistrano with Isabella and Marie today. Before the train ride we took a walk and saw this pelican that Brady fell in love with. Who knew that I would end up including nature pictures two weeks in a row? Kendall got her first shots and now weighs 12 lbs 6 oz. What a porker! The baby is smiling more now and she really enjoyed the train ride. The conductor spoke to Brady and I thought that he would pass out from sheer joy.