Happy 2nd Birthday!!

Our little angel turned 2 years old March 26th! This past year flew by!! Ada-Grace has grown so much in so many ways. We are so lucky to be her parents! Enjoy the pictures!

Wearing one of the many birthday outfits!

It wouldn't be a birthday celebration without Gymboree class!

The morning of her birthday. Look at all those presents! That's right - she got a basketball goal.

And a Little People barn with animals. It matched her birthday party theme this year...

Nanny & Papa gave her an easel.

Me-A & Ranger gave her a stick horse.

Petting a goat! She was in heaven when the animals were being unloaded. She just kept running around and petting all of them. So cute!

Riding Little Bucky! She loved him too!

Ada-Grace and Mattie checking out the goats.

Ada-Grace is glad to see Elise!

The roller coaster was a big hit! Thanks Casey! Brighton is helping AG while she talks with Abby.

A good shot of the petting zoo.

AG and Kendell pet a goat. There were a lot of goats!

Ada-Grace and Mallory enjoy a break and some juice.

All the kids - this was the best shot I could get ...

Enjoying some bites after the animals went home.

I love this picture! See her cupcake with the 2 candle!

Blowing out the candle!

Present time - this was a little crazy!

Her favorite gift - a cow stool from Blake & Casey!

After the guest left, she tried out another gift. A watering can from Greatie.

Love this shot too!

I'd say this party was a slam dunk!

San Diego Trip - Sea World

Our mornings in San Diego started pretty early. Ada-Grace was still on Texas time, so when her body clock was telling her it was 7:30 it was really 5:30 in California! We really didn't mind too much though. So the first picture is of Ada-Grace and Sonya. Sonya is Brian's dog from college. He got her as a puppy in Louisiana where he and Jason went to school. So Jason got to live with Sonya for a while too. Jason was so excited to learn that Sonya was still alive! She had a fondness for jumping out of moving cars when she was younger, so Jason had just assumed she was in dog Heaven. She old now and pretty much just lays around, but she did not mind Ada-Grace loving on her every morning!
We went to Brian's church Sunday morning. It was a lovely service, but sorry, no pictures. Then we headed off to Sea World. The Parcel family joined us this day and AG loved having Landon and Izzy push her in the stroller! It was so much colder on sunday - that's why we're bundled up! We even had to buy a blanket for Ada-Grace.

We started with watching a dog show. Of course, Ada-Grace loved it!

She's waiting her turn to pet one of the dogs...

Here we are at the Beluga Whale tank. AG just loved it. She kept singing the Raffi song - "Baby Beluga".

I just love this picture. She's in total awe.

We're watching the penguins here. Penguins are some of my favorite animals!

There was a Sesame Street play land at Sea World, so we spent some serious time at this part of the park. Below AG is giving her "cheese" smile.

She loved running and jumping in the soft mats.

We waited in line to have our picture taken with Elmo and Zoe, but when it came time to get close, Ada-Grace said "no thank you". She loves those characters from afar, but never wants to get close up. So this was our best picture.

And then we had a go for a spin on the Abby ride. She loved it!

Landon and Ada-Grace by the sea lions.

We ended out day with the Shamu show. We could never get a pictures with the whale and AG, they both move too fast! We had a great time in San Diego!

The San Diego Zoo - Day 2

Day 2 of our San Diego trip was zoo day! We started the morning off with little playground time. Actually, Mommy stayed back at the house and got ready for the day while Ada-Grace and Daddy played at the neighborhood playground.

She just loves to slide! She can do it by herself now, but sometimes still asks for our hand. So sweet!

So after playground time, we headed off to the zoo. Luckily(?) we were all still on Texas time, so our morning started early and we got to the zoo right when it opened. We decided to take the guided bus tour first to get a lay of the land. The next few pictures are taken from the bus.

Ada-Grace riding the bus...she loved it!

This polar bear was hilarious! When we drove up, he was doing this little dance - moving his head from one side to the other keeping perfect time. Now we ask AG to do the polar bear and she moves her head back and forth just like him - so cute.

And now we're on foot! We loved seeing all the animals! The zoo is only 100 acres but felt so huge. It's so well taken care of and clean. I never got that stinky animal smell. Enjoy the pictures!

There's a panda bear in the back she's looking at. He sat there eating bamboo.

Hippo mommy and baby. The baby had been born in January. The first hippo to be born at the zoo in 30 years!

Family picture at the polar bear play area.

We took a break to eat lunch (which was very good for zoo food) and rest for a bit. Ada-Grace is showing off her new hat.

It's a "George Monkey"

These next few pictures are of the best souvenir I have ever seen! The zoo had these art booths where they were doing handprint art. They make a print of your child's hand and turn it into an animal. So stinkin' cute! We asked Ada-Grace which animal she wanted and she picked a monkey.

Painting the hand...

Making a print....

The finished product! I totally love it. They would mat and frame them too. We only got it matted because we didn't want to deal with a frame on the plane.

We found another slide...this one is at the playground in the zoo. We ended the day petting goats in the petting zoo. Ada-Grace had a great time (and we did too)!

Tomorrow's post = Sea World!