Happy New Year!
My break from technology was great and I highly recommend it!! I didn’t do much baking and the baking I did do sent Eric to the doctor’s office. I made some Rice Krispy Treats and one went down Eric’s throat the wrong way causing a scratch that then got infected. The poor guy was in A LOT of pain. Thankfully, the doctor gave him pain meds and an antibiotic to get rid of the infection. It’s just more confirmation that I should stay away from baking! I had more success reading. I was able to read several books with my favorites being the new Baldacci novel and
Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Ted Tripp. Both were great reads. I also read countless children’s books with EJ. He loves to look at books and “read” them.
We brought in the New Year in San Diego. The best part was the warm weather! It was a nice break from winter in the Midwest. We were able to visit the San Diego Zoo (for free thanks to a nice man who gave us free tickets outside the entrance! Yay!), Sea World and a Cal State Fullerton Basketball game to see Uncle Andy in action. We also got some great time with Andy, who changed his first EJ diaper! We had more In-n-Out Burgers than we should have but they were so good. We have converted EJ to and In-n-Out fan and he ate an entire cheeseburger by himself.
Sea World opened up a whole new world to EJ and he really enjoyed all the animals. When we got to the Shamu pavilion it was already full so we had to sit in the “soak zone.” There was enough time for Eric to get some ponchos which were well worth the investment. Previous to the trip we had been talking to EJ about Shamu but nothing prepares you for the enormity of killer whales. They are a spectacular part of God's creation.
It was really cool to walk under the shark exhibit. Eric put EJ on his shoulders so he was even closer to the great whites. Our favorite show ended up being the sea lions. They had so much personality and the show was well produced. Wouldn’t you know that the family sitting behind us at the sea lion show was from Lincoln and they work at UNL. Such a small world!
We made it to the last daily feeding of the dolphins. I loved petting and feeding them. They have such sweet personalities. EJ didn't know what to make of the dolphins. He kept pointing at them saying "fish" which comes out like a well known four-letter word that starts with "s." We laugh every time he says it and we just hope people standing near us don't think we trained our kid to have a "potty" mouth.
Another highlight of our trip was spending time with Uncle Andy. As you can tell from all the pictures, we got some great time with him. We are thankful for all the time we got with him because he is in the middle of the basketball season right now.
We had dinner with Andy and Kelly at the famous Croce's in the Gaslamp District and then we had ice cream sundaes at the Ghiradelli store!
There was lots of lovin going on. EJ is great at giving kisses now and every once in a while he will cuddle.
We got to see Andy's team play UC Irvine. EJ got to go on the court during warm up. You can see him and Andy sizing up the competition and EJ trying to get his hands on a ball.
It was a fun trip all around and a great break before baseball season starts up. You can see the 2009 schedule at http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&KEY=&SPID=33&SPSID=103.
