Mexico 10'

Christmas 09'

Costa Rica 09'

With a couple free tickets and some extremely generous baby/dogsitting help from our parents, we ventured back to Costa Rica the week before Christmas. A wonderful week was found while exploring jungle trails and deserted beaches. We learned some of our old haunts had been found by the masses and lost to development (ex. Esterillos now has lifeguards and breakfast cost $15) but found new no-where's deserving of exploration and safe from all but the most devoted escape artists. Suggestions as well as an incredible amount of photos are available upon request......

SEA WORLD!!!!

Twice in one week... I know. That is why I love vacation, and specifically, San Diego. I feel like I can breathe here.

Mimi, Addy and I went to Sea World today. We missed the Shamu show unfortunately, but I don't think Addy was a big fan of the huge killer whale anyway. Her favorite by far was the sea lion pool. They were being fed so they were really playful and swimming. Mimi's favorite by far was the Beluga Whale exhibit. If anyone knows anything about Beluga Whales, can you talk to mom? She is really curious.

Here are some photos!

So Tardy

To all who have asked, I do apologize that I haven't posted any new pictures. In fact... I haven't even taken any new photos! Actually, I did take a few, but they are naked bathtub pics, and I don't want to be accused of child porn.

A few updates from the Hayes house...

1) Mimi, Addy and I are taking a super spontaneous trip to San Diego tomorrow!

2) Leigh Ann is having a baby girl!!! Yeah! Congrats to Chloe on her new big sister status! They also sold and bought a house. We couldn't be more excited for them.

3) I haven't returned anyone's phone calls, so don't take it personal, it isn't just you.

4) Grandma is coming in to town for Halloween! She will see Addy get all dressed up as a Tree Frog!

5) Eric got to see Kirk, Alli and James last week. So jealous.

6) I miss the Jehle's. The whole lot of them.

A few pics that others have sent me!

New Beck House!

Cute Baby James

Addy at the Pumpkin Festival. She looks like she is casing the joint.

We went to the next door neighbors 2nd birthday. She played with necklaces (big surprise!) and did 100 laps on the slide.

We're back!!

Whereas my natural instinct is to whine and complain about my post-vacation depression, instead I am going to post the picture that depicts our trip...

This one you can almost hear Addy's growl...

Chloe and Addy ran around so cute together. Chloe is so cute and friendly, and Addy just watched in amazement and copied everything she did. Addy taught Chloe something too... how to use your voice during a meltdown. By the time we left, Chloe was screaming the way Addy does! I was so proud. But felt a little bad for Leigh and Jeff.

What an amazing time we had. It is too bad we live in vacation world for like 2 weeks a year, instead of 50 weeks a year. I wish we could just visit the real world for a couple of weeks and then head back to the beach club.