We have grass! And a TREE! Our backyard is usable now :)

Lately...

We've had a nice summer, if a bit hectic. Dom came home and got a few weeks off to hang out, and then had to go off for some training this month. He should be back in a few weeks, but in the meantime, I'm back to blogging!
Here's a few shots from the last trip to the zoo. We went with friends who have two adorable little girls and Danny loved showing the girls his zoo.

He's HOME!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow is July 1st and that means the countdown is ON!!!! Dom will be home in just a few days and we are so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!! So here's one last self portrait of Danny and I-the next family photo will be a complete family :)

More from the zoo

This oragutan was by far Danny's favorite part of the zoo. We had to check and make sure he was still sleeping every so often, and he insisted on whispering so the monkey didn't wake up!

There is a big wooden orangutan nearby and the only way I could convince Danny to let me take a picture in front of it was to take mine first...
It worked and he let me take the picture, but he's still not too sure about it :)

Back to the zoon

I didn't get to the zoo as often as I wanted to while Dom was gone, but we finally got back there bright and early this morning and Danny had SUCH a good time! He recognizes a lot of the animals now, and was so excited to see the orangutans sleeping. We had to go check on Mr. Orangutan three times before we could leave to make sure he was still asleep.
The baby tiger cub was also out and about, but not good pictures of her I'm afraid-we did come home with a cuddly version of the cub from the gift store though :)
We took lots of pictures, so more to come over the next few days! We can't wait to go back when Daddy gets home!!

Somewhere along the line, my to be read list got a wee bit out of control. There's at least 4 things sitting on my kindle too! Looks like I'll be spending lots of time curled up with a cup of tea and a book this week while I wait for Dom to come home!!!!!!

We stayed home from work and school on Monday but turns out Danny was feeling pretty good for most of the day! He even felt up to giving the dogs a vocab lesson...you can see how excited they are :)

There are two reasons that Danny still eats in his highchair despite the fact that he's too big for it...note exhibit A and B standing at attention during snacktime yesterday. One more thing to figure out once Dom gets home.

Danny got sick this weekend, so no pretty pictures today I'm afraid...will take more later this week.
However, I wanted to say:

Happy Fathers Day to the three wonderful fathers in my life! I wish I could have spent today with at least one of you but one of these years we'll all be together for holidays like this! Thank you for all the love and support past, present and future-I can't describe how much it means to me.

I'll get to celebrate a belated Father's day with the love of my life in just a few weeks-the countdown is ON!

Think they've been practicing this look?

I know it's blurry, but yes that is a dog bowl on his head. He's also dancing and as kind of gross as it is to have a dog food bowl on his head, it was sooooo cute.

Almost one year ago...

A few more weeks and we will have been in California for a whole year! I can't believe it. I was going through pictures on my phone today and came across this one which was taken our first weekend at Travis. We had gone to the Vacaville Farmers Market and a great Mexican place for lunch...this is Danny developing his love for guacamole. Just like his Dad! Can you believe how grown up he looks now compared to this picture?!?!

Congratulations!!!

Just imagine Pomp and Circumstance playing on your computer right now. Dom's hard-earned Masters diploma arrived today. Congratulations sweetheart!!!!!!!!! I'm so proud of you. And now, I suppose I'm either going to have to get another masters or a PhD so I can be smarter than you again :)

Pool time

It was warm all weekend, so by Sunday afternoon it was time to pull out Danny's new pool. We put his slide into it so he could slide into the water, but he wasn't a fan of that! He did enjoy splashing around and playing with his toy boats though! Our goal this summer is to get him comfortable and happy in bodies of water that are bigger than his bathtub :)

For some reason blogger is refusing to load this picture properly...hmm. I'll attempt to figure this issue out later when I don't have a two year old climbing all over me. In the meantime, enjoy the sideways drooling baby! That's right, he's drooling and putting everything in his mouth again-there is NO WAY he has any teeth left to come in, but he's sure acting like it!

Bubbles!!!!!!!!

This is pretty much how we spent Memorial Day Weekend...

Best Buds