visiting oma and opa

The beginning of the month we took a trip to Green Valley, Arizona to visit Oma and Opa. Even though it wasn't sunny most of the time, it was warm and so nice to wear shorts and flip flops! While we were there we played bocci ball, went to the zoo, and celebrated Oma's birthday. Emma has kind of learned how to say Oma (mo-ma) and Opa (bo-pa).

Here she is sleeping in her own seat on the plane. You know, the entire 15 minutes she probably slept, while we taxied on the runway after landing. Emma is an excellent passenger. Her ears don't bother her and she enjoys watching Elmo on my computer, but she just won't sleep!

She got to go for a couple of rides in the golf cart. Or "little car" as she calls it.

She saw giraffes, a lion, monkeys, turtles, peacocks, elephants, and rhinos at the zoo.



Who knows what she is doing here. She gets silly when she is tired.

We went to Tubac, a cute artsy town near GV. Emma kept herself busy reading a brochure while we shopped.

Daddy and Opa thought it was so cute they would take a picture. As soon as she noticed the cameras where on her, she jumped up and said "CHEESE!". She has NEVER done this on command.

baby stroller

One of Emma's favorite past times is pushing her babies in her stroller. Seriously the best $10 I ever spent on her. She gets a kick out of pushing it in circles inside the house, outside, around the block. As you will notice, baby also has one of Emma's diapers per Emma's request. Sometimes this is the dialogue I hear when Emma wakes up (she is alone in her room in her crib): "5, 6, 7, 8 yay! ... baby? ... stroller? ... outside?"

Monterey Bay Aquarium

We had a fun weekend visit from our friends Sara and Joey and their daughter Addison. This year we joined the aquarium as members and have been trying to enjoy it once a month. As members, we are able to invite a couple of guests along with us for the day. The girls had fun checking out all the fish (Dory and Nemo included), birds, rays and otters.