San Diego Zoo

A must see for us is the San Diego Zoo.  I have heard so much about this zoo and really wanted to check it out right away.  We now have a yearly pass and I plan on taking the girls a lot when we have free time.  It is an amazing zoo and huge!  They have the best animals.  And the best part is we will be living about 15 minutes from it!

 O wanted to get on every animal statue she came across.

 Oh look.  Another helicopter (see post below).

 Where do we go next?

 The first time I have ever seen a panda bear in person.  Such a cool experience.

Heading up to see the tigers.  The zoo is really hilly and you have to take an escalator up to get to certain parts.

USS Midway

A few weekends ago, Papa, Justin and O took the ferry across from Coronado and went to see the USS Midway, a retired aircraft carrier which is now a museum, in San Diego Harbor.  My mom, me and Charley went to the outlet mall as we had zero desire to see the carrier.  Justin said O loved touring the carrier and played in and out of the helicopters for the majority of the visit.

Olivia loving the ferry across to San Diego.

The helicopter Olivia played in for a very long time.  She loves them.

 Justin and O walking the deck of the carrier.

Yet another helicopter that Olivia had to play in.

A helicopter mock-up that she loved as well.  Pilot as her future career???

Spreckles Park

I would be remiss if I did not discuss Coronado Island.  It is just off San Diego harbor and is what I term "Pleasantville." Everything is perfect on this island.  Everything.  The weather, the people, the houses, the lawns, the shops, the cars,  etc...It's almost creepy how perfect it is here.  Justin has been stationed at the Special Warfare Center here on Coronado where prospective students try out to be Navy SEALS.  We are currently staying in a condo on the island while we get settled in.  We would have loved to live on Coronado but we would have had to take out a loan just to afford the rent on a home smaller than what I lived in Rota.  I was not about to move into a place like that again so we opted to move out in the burbs of San Diego instead.  

Spreckles Park-aka "Fairytale Land" according to Olivia-is a popular park in the center of town.  Olivia loves to come here and play, find new friends and most importantly, swing on the swings.

 Papa swings Olivia very high.  Much higher than I would.  She, of course, loves when he pushes her.

 Me and Nana relaxing on the park bench with Charley.

Time for me to push.  Olivia is telling me to push her higher.  I refused.

Charlotte-7 weeks

These were taken shortly after we arrived in San Diego.  Charley was almost 7 weeks here.  I gave her  a bath and her hair was so fuzzy after.  She looked so cute.

Easter Egg Decorating

We arrived in San Diego over Easter weekend and so did not have a chance to properly celebrate it with Olivia until her Nana and Papa arrived.  The Easter bunny visited her a week late and we waited to color eggs until her grandparents were here and we had some down time.  The good thing is that she is so young and doesn't realize when Easter actually is.  She was happy with the bunny visiting and coloring eggs.  Too bad she did not like to eat the eggs after they were colored.

 Nana and O watch over the eggs to see how they look dyed.

 Hangin out waiting for eggs to be dyed.

O was a pro at dropping them in and lifting them out with minimal cracking.