On August 2nd, 2009, we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary by leaving Mackenna with her grandparents and taking a weekend vacation to Coronado Island. We stayed at the Leows Coronado Resort and it was fabulous. We got to shop at my favorite mall, eat at our favorite places, lay out by the pool and drink strawberry daquiries (virgin of course), and go to the horse races.
This is the lobby of the hotel, there were a lot of weddings going on that weekend and it was so fun to see all of the wedding parties all dressed up:
Steven posing with a mannequin in the lobby-don't really know why:
Steven posing with a mannequin in the lobby-don't really know why:The only picture of the two of us together. I'm not one of those people who are comfortable asking complete strangers to take photos of us, so this is all we have:
Leaving for the Del Mar races then the Brigantine (best fish tacos ever, although every time we go there, I'm pregnant and can't eat them!):
Leaving for the Del Mar races then the Brigantine (best fish tacos ever, although every time we go there, I'm pregnant and can't eat them!):
View from our hotel balcony:
Coronado Bridge. I think we went over that bridge about 8 times in 2 days, so I've pretty much gotten over my terrible fear of heights:
One of my favorite places (Del Mar Racetrack). AAaaahhh...the memories:
After our relaxing vacation, it was time to focus on getting ready for Mackenna's 2nd birthday. I had her pictures taken in her new outfit. Here are a couple that I shot with my own camera. I'll be posting the real photos as soon as the cd comes in the mail:
Nana's still trying to help Mackenna get used to holding a baby and being gentle. Poor little Colton endured the abuse, but not happily:
I did something I swore I would never do: let my child ride in one of those car-attached-to-the-shopping-cart things. She LOVED it and I've never had such a pleasant grocery shopping experience! In my defense, they were brand new to the store and I wiped the whole thing down before she got in:
Summertime playdates are the best. Mackenna's friends Samantha and Audree were so nice to have her come play in their backyard and eat popsicles:
We also got to have Mackenna's friend Ryan over to play a couple of times. When I take those 2 places, people always ask me if they are twins, then they look at my belly and think I'm crazy:
My wonderful sister and my friend Krista threw me a gorgeous (family) baby shower. It was so fun and so beautiful and of course I'm terrible at taking pictures and only have a couple. The theme was "Girls Only, No Boys Allowed" because I'm having another girl. So cute! 
Coronado Bridge. I think we went over that bridge about 8 times in 2 days, so I've pretty much gotten over my terrible fear of heights:
One of my favorite places (Del Mar Racetrack). AAaaahhh...the memories:
After our relaxing vacation, it was time to focus on getting ready for Mackenna's 2nd birthday. I had her pictures taken in her new outfit. Here are a couple that I shot with my own camera. I'll be posting the real photos as soon as the cd comes in the mail:
Nana's still trying to help Mackenna get used to holding a baby and being gentle. Poor little Colton endured the abuse, but not happily:I did something I swore I would never do: let my child ride in one of those car-attached-to-the-shopping-cart things. She LOVED it and I've never had such a pleasant grocery shopping experience! In my defense, they were brand new to the store and I wiped the whole thing down before she got in:
Summertime playdates are the best. Mackenna's friends Samantha and Audree were so nice to have her come play in their backyard and eat popsicles:
We also got to have Mackenna's friend Ryan over to play a couple of times. When I take those 2 places, people always ask me if they are twins, then they look at my belly and think I'm crazy:
My wonderful sister and my friend Krista threw me a gorgeous (family) baby shower. It was so fun and so beautiful and of course I'm terrible at taking pictures and only have a couple. The theme was "Girls Only, No Boys Allowed" because I'm having another girl. So cute! My sister made the darling diaper cake on the left and my talented mother made the darling "real" cake on the right:
That night, we went out to Ruth's Chris with Jason and Chrissi to (once again) celebrate our anniversary:
Here's Mackenna a few days before she turned 2. (I'll be posting her birthday party pics. in the next post):
Here's Mackenna a few days before she turned 2. (I'll be posting her birthday party pics. in the next post):
4 comments:
What a cake! I can't believe this girl is two. I remember looking at her 1 year pics last year and thinking "I can't believe she's one."
HAHAHA - I put P in one of those car-shopping-cart thingies the other day too. She always lunges for them, I too obsessively wiped them down and...she loved it. I felt like an idiot with this HUGE shopping cart that was hard to maneuver though.
Sounds like you guys have been having a ton of fun this summer! And I totally laughed at your comment about asking other people to take pictures. Jason is the exact same!
happy anniversary! I thought you were afraid of that hotel... I am proud of you for going there! fun party on saturday! best idea ever!
you're such a good blogger! wow! it's fun to see all the neat things your up to and pictures of cute "kenna" as coleman affectionateley calls her. we miss you guys! we'll have to hang out soon!
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