Trevino Family: A visit to Southern California

We had so much fun visiting our friends Aaron, Anna & Waylon in Southern California. It was tough to come back, especially since it won't stop raining at home! They were gracious hosts to us for 6 days and tour guides for several of those days as well. Matt got to play with Waylon a lot and began to learn the evil words "share" and "taking turns". It was good training for both of them who will be big brothers instantly in December!

Matt's first time to the beach!

Matt was hesitant at first with the whole beach, sand, ocean, loud noises, etc. He eventually warmed up to the whole thing, but it took some coaxing.

Matt's trying to act interested in the sand toys, but he's watching some older kids play on the swing set that was right by where we set up camp for the morning.

Here's Aaron trying to intervene and get the two boys to play together and "share" the toys. Such an evil word when you are 16 and 19 months old!

Matt's first trip down to the water. There was lots of screaming, pointing toward me, and crying at first. Once he got into the water and we jumped up and down as the waves rolled in, he settled into the idea of having fun.

Matt decided snack time meant eating the sand! Click on the picture and you'll see what I mean. Meanwhile, Waylon was having a blast with his parents running in and out of the water. Maybe next time for Matt.

A Walk to the Park

Aaron and Anna have a great park in their neighborhood, so we loaded Matt up in the stroller and took him for a walk. The park was fun for Matt. The ground was sand and rubber. You can't beat that! He loved crawling and walking all over the structure.

Here he is cautiously crawling/walking over the bridge.

Learning to drive!

A Trip to Newport Beach

We took a drive up to Newport Beach and Anna & Aaron showed us how the other half live! We saw some beautiful houses and rode the ferry out to Balboa Island for some walking around.

Matt was overly cautious on this playground, but managed to make a friend while we were there.

Here's the one shot I got of Waylon. He was off running around and exploring the playground, while Matt slowly crawled around and sat.

Matt's peaking through his new safe haven on the play structure.

Our pensive little Matt. Wonder what he's thinking about!

Here we are taking a walk over to the climbing structure where all the bigger kids were hanging out. Matt tried to climb on the ropes, but ended up having more fun just shaking them. I had to tear him away before he shook it too hard and made someone fall!

Running around on the beach!

After the ferry ride back to Newport, the boys stop to do some talking. Well, Matt apparently thought someone needed to "shhhh" and Waylon looks like he thinks Matt is a bit of a loon! He's right!

Uh oh, the boys are telling secrets!

4th of July Parade

The neighborhood had 4th of July festivities, and we joined in on the parade and potluck.

Here are the boys in their wagon, hand-crafted decorations by Anna herself! Their 2 beagles, Thelma and Louise came along for the parade.

This was the best shot I could get of the boys. Matt did fine and seemed happy until he saw me and then he would start screaming "all done". So, I stayed back!