Splash Pad at the Aquarium

The new Splash Pad at the Texas State Aquarium recently opened and is a huge hit with Kaede! There is so much to do PLUS it is all water PLUS he can run around free!!

New York/ New Jersey - Part 2

We were very excited to get to tour New York during the day and with everyone! We took a train from New Jersey to New York. It was Kaede's first train ride and he had fun...after he got over being startled from a few trains that flew by. He had so much fun on the train and was passed back and forth with family to keep him entertained. Our first stop was Yankee stadium even though they were closed.

Macy's

Time Square at night was so fun...it was about 10pm if not later and was packed with people!!!

Kaede made time for a short nap...until the subway woke him.
Although we didn't go to the top of The Empire State building, it was very beautiful inside.

I let Kaede out of the stroller for 30 seconds and he was happy to be free from the stroller and carrier but thought he could run around...wrong!

The next day we spent the WHOLE day in New York and started off with a ferry ride.

It was so cool to see the statue of liberty in person.

The boat ride was so calm that it put Kaede to sleep.After the ferry we headed to Tony's cousins' restaurant so Kaede had his first taxi ride (not so much fun with no carseat) Kaede thought it was funny to try and climb thru the hole between the driver and backseat.

After lunch some of Tony's family showed us around Little Italy, China town, and Soho.

We found the Dash store!

Kaede figured out by throwing his crackers birds would come visit..before we knew it we had a whole family of birds next to us.

The top of Rockefeller Center was very cool.

Kaede's first subway ride.

Before we left New York we stopped by Ground Zero. All we could see was this new building that they were building, everything else was fenced off.

New York was an amazing experience, and Tony's family is awesome! I am so glad I had the opportunity to meet everyone and get to take a vacation away from Texas for a bit!

New York/ New Jersey - Part 1

We drove to San Antonio to catch a 6:20 am flight to New Jersey for a wedding! One of Tony's cousins was getting married and he wouldn't miss it for anything. I was excited to meet the rest of Tony's family as well as take a vacation to New Jersey/New York!! This was the first time that Kaede would be in an airplane and I was nervous for 2 reasons. 1. because I didn't want him to be that screaming child the whole plane ride and 2. because if anyone one knows Kaede they know he has our sleeping habits...sleeping in until at least 9 am or else he is in a terrible mood! Definitely not a morning person.

So we headed to the San Antonio airport at 5:30 am and he was no were near falling back asleep. Once on the plane he pulled all the magazines out of all 3 seats and opened and closed the window a million times before we even took off! This made me even more nervous! He fell asleep as soon as the plane took off with his milk and was sleeping great...until they came around asking what people wanted to drink and woke him up! So we had 3 more hours in a plane with a non sleeping baby! He did pretty good though!!! Kaede couldn't go to the wedding since the wedding was at a house that was on a lake but he did get to go to the rehearsal dinner the night before!

Tony's Aunt Nina (the brides mom) provided an amazing babysitter to watch Kaede while we attended the wedding. I was very nervous since Kaede had only been watched by close friends and family but Kaede took right to her and did great! - The wedding was amazing! They added their own twist and danced down the isle!! - Here is the link to the wedding video to see it! - http://vimeo.com/24487794

After the wedding and the reception there was an after party. Tony's mom went back to the hotel to relieve the babysitter so Tony and I could go to the after party. The party was in New York at Xan's bar (the bride). They provided a bus and we had a fun ride into the city!
The bar was closed to the guests only and it was complete open bar and karaoke! It normally doesn't close until 4am but the bus brought us back to New Jersey at 2! It was a complete blast and I was very excited to for the upcoming days to tour New York in the day time!

I have been meaning to post these for a while but keep forgetting!!

Kaede is 15 Months old in the video... Needless to say, I was very excited when he started saying Momma!!!!

I have to give my mom credit for this one! While staying with her one evening she taught him to show how old he is! We ask him so much becasue we are so proud that he does it sometimes without us asking!

1st Beach trip of the summer.

The end of May is the perfect time of the year to start heading out to the beach! I was a little unsure on how Kaede would react but to my surprise he loved every minute and did not want to come home!! He was doing a great job digging a sand hole until the water came up filled his hole! But he didn't let that stop him!

Kaede's favorite part by far was being able to run free!!!

We will definatley have many more beach trips this summer!

Wedding Time!

I met Valerie and her cousin Melanie in middle school. We remained friends thru high school and I attended their big graduation bash in 2006! Now 2011 has come around and I have a baby and Valerie got married!!
Kaede had an absolute blast at the wedding. I was a bit apprehensive about bringing him but there were tons of kids and he got to run free at the reception!
They had a cool photo booth at the reception that printed out a copy for you to keep and also one got printed and put into a memory book for the bride and groom! Too fun!
Kaede had a blast and was a trooper thru the ceremony and all!