Mother’s Day at the Zoo :)

Posted by Jay in Seattle

So Mommy’s first true Mother’s Day was spent on a beautiful Seattle spring day afternoon at the Zoo. We were definitely not the only ones with the same idea so it was pretty crowded. But we had fun nonetheless and got see some cute animals before calling it a day. Mateo had a ball and was laughing and smiling at anyone who looked his way – I think he loves the attention just like his momma :)

There weren’t very many animals as this was a small zoo – but we packed in as much we could for the few hours there. With our move to Columbus though we get to visit Jack Hanna’s world famous Columbus Zoo so that will be a treat and maybe next time Mateo will be a little older to appreciate the animals.

The rest of the pictures here in the gallery.

Easter Visit from Sunny So Cal…

Posted by Jay in Seattle

Alicia and Keith came to visit us this weekend from So. Cal. The weather cooperated on Saurday for our quick tour of Seattle and for the Seattle Sounders game they came to see that evening. Unfortunately, Saturday was the only day without rain! Sunday and Monday were very, very wet.. but then it wouldn’t be Spring in Seattle if it didn’t rain. We took a ferry ride to Kingston and went to Pikes Place Market (a must for visitors). We hope you visit again soon.. or better yet, maybe you’ll be our future neighbors?

The rest of the pictures will be posted to the gallery soon..

Tulip Festival = No Tulips??

Posted by Jay in Seattle

So we took a nice drive up to the Skagit Valley today to go see the world famous Washington Tulip Festival. There were supposed to be rows and rows of beautiful colored tulips that make Holland look like a small garden.  After 2hours of cruisin, all we found were a small patch of dafodils. I guess the cold-snap for the past few weeks has made the tulips not wanna come out. Dafodils not = tulips.

But we got a couple of nice pictures anyway.

Family Sedans Rock!

Posted by Jay in Car, Seattle

So I picked up a new hobby last year. Mommy thought it would be something cute like badminton, golf, mountain biking, competitive chess, or stamp collecting – no no, it had to be drag racing. Well not exactly like professional drag racing, just taking the family sedan out to the local drag strip every once in a while to humilate all those middle-aged men in supposed sports cars to kick some butt and do it with an empty baby seat in the back.

Just doing it once, I can see how the need for speed is definitely addicting. I did feel bad a guy with a brand new Dodge SRT8 Challenger loss to the family car. Same with the new Pontiac GTO, various Mustangs and other sports cars. To be fair, I wasn’t really driving a mini-van but to say they didn’t see it coming would be an understatement. Corvette speed on the way to the supermarket never gets old :) Video of my weekend fun:

Seattle Aquarium

Posted by Jay in Seattle

Took our Valentines Day date to head over to the Seattle Aquarium in downtown. We thought we’d escape the crowds but I guess we weren’t only the ones with the idea for a low-cost cheap date :). The Aquarium isn’t very big at all unfortunately, I think we opened the front door and hit the back exit by accident it was so small. Unlike San Diego’s Seaworld or the Monterrey Bay Aquarium, this just had some small coastal fish and some sea lions.

But it was fun nonetheless and Mateo had a blast and was talking up a storm as we were walking through. That couldn’t be said for the ride home since he was kinda grouchy. Maybe he realized he didn’t have a Valentine’s sweetie for today :(

More Pictures here in the gallery.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by Jay in Seattle

Our first Christmas as an extended family – so we were home, snowed-in and celebrating the good fortune we’ve received this year and hoping next year brings us just as much joy. Mateo opened all his gifts that came from Santa, Family and Friends (thank you all for your genorousity). It was quiet and fun and we’re excited for Auntie and cousins to arrive tomorrow to visit for the holidays.