Our Mini Vacation

Here's what we did during our little vacation to Vacaville.

Tuesday:

• Marisa, Kyle, Elio, Nico and I drove to Vacaville- Both kids slept all the way!

• Dinner- In & Out Burgers...Yum!

Wednesday:

• Kyle went to his class for Ace Hardware - He was learning how to mix paint.

• Shopping- I finally was able to do some Christmas and Birthday shopping (i love gift cards!)

• Went to Sac to meet baby Bennet! Kyle met us after class at Stef and Johns house in Sac. Michela also came over, we ordered in dinner and got to hang out with the babies. They are so cute!

Thursday:

• Kyle had his last day of class.

• Marisa, the boys and I all went out to breakfast- Country Waffles, one of my old fav's from Chico.

• Grocery Shopping- Nugget is such a great store.

• Took the boys to the park in the Nut Tree Shopping Center- Elio and Nonna took a train ride while we waited for Kyle to get out of class.
  

• Kyle came home early!

• Nonno drove over from Fort Bragg.

• Uncle Mike and Auntie Raquel came over for dinner- MMM...Spaghetti.

Friday:

• Kyle and Elio took a hot tub together- Elio now dunks under water, and he LOVES it!

• I got to drive to Sac and do a little more shopping...ALL BY MYSELF it was great!

• Kyle and I had a much needed Date Night- Thai Food and our first IMAX movie. We saw Alice in Wonderland and loved it. I can't even tell you how nice it was to have some alone time.

Saturday:

• Hot tubing again

• Took naps

• Drove to Santa Rosa to have dinner with Uncle Richie and Auntie Corinne.

• Got home at about 11pm. I could hardly keep my eyes open.

I'm exhausted and have a ton of laundry but overall it was a great trip out of town.

Here are a few pic's:

I brought home my 3D glasses for Elio, he put them on upside down of course.

After four different doctors, being on medication for nearly a month, Nico being on medication for a week, and having horrible pain almost every time after I nurse, I have decided to call it quits. Since the doctors have no idea what is wrong with me and I'm tired of being in pain, I think it's best stop nursing. As much as I would like to continue, I just can't. I'm trying to look on the bright side. I've given Nico a great start, I can have my body back, oh and maybe get a little help from Kyle on the night shift (the weekends of course).

They're getting so big!

At Nicole's birthday party last weekend Elio had so much fun playing with his cousin's and the other kids. Camryn and Elio were sharing a cupcake and I snapped this cute picture of them.

Precious.

Elio loves going to swim lessons, this is him right before we left. I love the rain boots with shorts!

Nico sleeping through swim lessons.

Elio and Daddy before getting in the pool.

Elio's having a ton of fun.

Smile!

Elio loves spaghetti, this was his third plate that night.

Nico has dimples!

This seems to have become our typical trip to town now days. Elio with an arm full of toys. This day it was a baby, a snuggie, and bucket filled with a dinosaur and a sippy cup. Luckily I was able to leave the star at home. Sometimes I have to hide some of toys when I take him out of the car to avoid bringing all of them in the store with us.

Nico and Elio now have matching hats. I need to get a picture of them together, but I thought this one was so cute.

I don't think Elio could decide between golfing, the bike or baseball.

Nico wearing his Baby Legs. (Thanks Auntie Meggie)

Elio eating waffles.

More Baby Legs, I can't get enough of the them!

WOOHOO

I did it! I lost all the weight I gained, a total of 26.5 lbs. Now my next goal is to be at the weight I was when Kyle and I got married. So if I lose another 10lbs, I'll be there. I'm trying to give myself small goals, just do a little at a time. I'm hoping I'll be more successful that way.

Brothers

We are LOVING our new camera. All I want to do is take pictures all day!

Elio likes to put his own shoes on.

I was trying to get a picture of Nico Smiling, this was as close as I could get.

Camera

Kyle and I have been saving for a while and we finally got a new camera! Since both boys are young, we thought it couldn't have been a better time to invest. I can't wait to learn how to use it and start taking some pictures.

Thanks to everyone who gave us advice on cameras.