Saturday at Home

After a couple of busy days (Thanksgiving Day on Thursday and "Sweatpants Thanksgiving" on Friday), the boys just needed a lazy Saturday at home.  Owen spent literally just about every moment playing with the marbles he got last Christmas and running around in the leaves outside.  Meanwhile, Logan tagged along with the marbles, grabbing at the tower and inadvertently almost destroying it multiple times, and outside he played with a leaf for like an hour.*
So for those who keep asking what the boys want for Christmas, here is what made them happy today: 1. furniture (see below), 2. last year's Christmas present, or 3. a leaf.  There, shopping done.

 

 Logan playing peek-a-boo behind a dining room chair 

This marble tower started out innocently enough...

...but it quickly became serious stuff.

In every one of these pictures, Logan is holding a leaf.  When it comes to his "toys," it isn't hard to please him.  I finally had to take away his leaf once we were back inside and he started to eat it.

Owen probably would have run around on this hill anyway, but the leaves made it much more fun.

 
*...and then he had a massive poop that wins the award for "worst poop" I've ever had to clean up.

A Real Smile

Owen does NOT like having his picture taken.  (Lucky me.)  So it's rare that I get a photo of him where he looks happy, let alone natural.  If I tell him to smile, he does weird, cheesy things with his face (eyes closed, teeth clenched, etc.).  And if I try to catch him by surprise, I usually end up with a photo of the back of his head.  This is one of the few pictures that shows his real smile.

Little Logan

And to conclude our SoCal weekend...

Logan, happy in his hotel crib (aka his holding tank while we packed up to go home)

Jeremy and Logan during one of our many stops on the 8 hour drive home on I-5.
Traveling with a baby: good times.

Spencer & Leah's Vintage Hollywood Glam Wedding

We Salibas clean up alright

The whole family

Matt & Robin, vintage style

Me & Robin...

...and once again (being photobombed by Blair)

There was a pants-ripping incident

So, no pictures of actual wedding stuff?  Owen was being extra "special" that night, meaning not much time behind the camera.

Pillow Play

We call Logan "Morning Bird" because he wakes up in the morning so happy and ready to play.  Mornings at our hotel were no exception.  Despite waking up every few hours at night, Logan woke up bright eyed each morning like usual.

Disneyland

Back in January when I was six months pregnant, we took Owen to Disneyland as kind of a last trip as a family of three.  I had high hopes--Owen loved Disneyland at age one--but I was completely let down.  Owen was afraid of everything, he thought it was too loud, he didn't want to go on any rides or do anything really, except "go back to the hotel."  How could I have given birth to a child who hates Disneyland?  So when the opportunity came up to give it another try (like I could go to Orange County and NOT go to Disneyland?) we decided to go for it.  And what a relief to be able to say that we had a really great day.

Waiting, waiting, waiting...for It's a Small World

While we ate lunch, Owen got to see "the real" Darth Vader at the Jedi Training Academy

Auntie Robin and Uncle Matt met up with us

Owen could have spent the whole day at the Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island.  Thanks Grandpa, for helping him search for pirates.

Dinner at Cafe Orleans

Light painting with Dumbo the Flying Elephant

Riding Dumbo the Flying Elephant with Owen was special because it's the only ride we went on together, just the two of us.  In line we got to talk about our day, and as it got closer to our turn, he just stared at the elephants, trying to pick which color elephant he wanted to ride.