My 10th Week in Droid Pics!

Sunday

We drove through Sequoia National Park and headed to Yosemite.

We saw A LOT of big trees!

Taking a quick walk around the lodge at Yosemite.

JD loves the ergo!  Or maybe he just loves being close to his daddy.

Monday

Took the most gorgeous drive from Yosemite to San Francisco.  It was unreal!  I was working the video camera and the regular camera, so unfortunately I didn't get as many pics on my phone as I would have liked. 

Tuesday

Spent the morning at the Exploratorium. (It would take days to see everything!)  It was raining in San Fran, so we did a little shopping, eating, and played in the pool at the hotel a bit before calling it an early night.

My son loves museum exhibits where he can make a lot of noise.

Hubby and I got fancy new running shoes.

Wednesday

Woke up super early and headed home  :(

O slept for most of both flights.  We were lucky that the flights weren't full, so we could get him his own seat!

Although he didn't nap, JD was remarkably good on the plane.

Thursday

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Even though he will be 5 months next week, O had his 4 month well visit today.  After, we avoided unpacking and brought out all our outside toys!

This was taken AFTER his shot.  The kid really is always this happy!

We had to pry JD away from the toys.

The playhouse is finally out of my living room and outside where it belongs!  Well- not really where it belongs.  It's in the middle of hubby's basketball court.  We haven't figured out where it's real home is yet.

Friday

I avoided unpacking again by starting a huge re-caulk the master bathroom project.

JD "helped"

After the boys were in bed, I finished it up.  Notice shiny, new, not-mildewy caulk!  Super fun Friday night, right?!  (And yes, I did it all by myself!  Hubby is not handy.  I did call him in to clean up all the yucky old caulk in the tub though.  It's only fair.)

And I rewarded myself with a Spring Blonde  :)

Saturday

My parents picked up JD for the day so I could start spring cleaning!

He can't wait for them to get here!

They brought back my totally-not-loyal dog, Ava, who has been crying by the front door since they left.  (They watched her while we were on vacation.) When I texted my mom to tell her, she responded that JD wasn't crying.  Great.  I have a dog and a son who don't miss me  :(

Amy at a good life is having a tough week.  Please click over to her blog and leave her some love!  If you took phone pics this week, you can link up with her here.

Friday Favorite: My Boy is Growing Up

Usually thinking about JD growing up makes me sad, but during our trip I was able to really appreciate and enjoy it.  He spent a lot of quality time with his dad which led to him doing more "big boy" things.  It was amazing to see it all through his eyes.  He wants to be like his daddy, and it melts my heart  <3

He was determined to get his hat on backwards.

So independent!

He always wanted to help.

I love the tough guy face here!

showing his muscles

taking a break

He did it at every hotel where there wasn't bell service.

It won't be long before he really is driving.

We took 10 gazillion pictures on this trip, and I look forward to re-savoring all of these little moments.  

O better stay a baby for a long time!  Or we may have to start talking about having another one  ;)

I can't believe how big he looks in this pic!  Where is my baby?!?!

Family Travel Kits Review & Giveaway

The kind people at Family Travel Kits sent me some ingenious products to try out during our trip.  Their product line combines safety with convenience and entertainment for all aspects of traveling with children.  Their commitment to customer happiness is to be commended, and the speed of their communications and order processing was outstanding.  

Along with their products, they shared a lot of important information with me. 

"The US National Transportation Safety Board – the “watchdog” of safety for all forms of travel - is focusing in 2011 on CHILD SAFETY IN AVIATION. They are spreading the word about the importance of small children to have more upper body support than just the airplane seatbelt supplies. They showed off CARES [a safety restraint for flying with infants or toddlers] at their major conference in Washington DC last month."  Check out their website for more details about CARES.

The "Around the Town Kit" comes with all of this! JD loves drinking out of the big boy water bottle. (We totally used it as a bribe. I'm not going to lie.)

The "Around the Town Kit" for a toddler contains an insulated lunch bag, books, sports bottle, activity poster, "fun crayon", sunglasses, a snack, child ID kit, disposable placemats, potty toppers, bibsters, and more all inside a convenient drawstring bag! For under $25, you can't beat the value and convenience.  (They have similar kits for other age groups and specifically for road trips, air travel, and hotel safety.)

This crayon is so fun.  Hubby played with it more than JD did!

There was plenty to keep him busy on the plane, in the car, and at restaurants!

The Safety Tat is a write-on safety tattoo.   We put it on at the airport before we left, and didn't take it off until the day after we got home!  If I had a dollar for every mom who stopped me to ask about it, I could have paid for our trip!  Thankfully we never got to test out whether or not somebody would actually see it and call us, but JD is sneaky and fast, so there were more a couple close calls!

Right after we put it on (which was super easy) before I wrote our number on it.  He was interested in it for a couple minutes and then totally forgot about it.  

The tat in action at Disneyland.  As soon as someone let him down, he was running to "find Mickey".

Still going strong 10 days later.  When I peeled it off, it came off easier than a band-aid and didn't seem to bother him at all!

Family Travel Kits is offering TryItMom readers 10% off at their online store with the coupon code: TRYITMOM.  

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