Spoiled

Since James has been born, I have been quite spoiled.  He is six weeks old today, and yet I have spent a total of 3 1/2 days with all three boys without help (besides my wonderful spouse, of course!).  My mom came for the first two weeks, she took Landon and Davis for the next week, and then my wonderful mother-in-law Christie came for the next two weeks!  I think I am going to plan the next baby for the summer also when our moms are not teaching!

Christie was a great help when she was here, and the boys loved having her!  She took them to the zoo, on walks, to the park, and played and ran with them when at home.  She let me run a bunch of errands and cleaned my kitchen and bathroom better than they had been in a long time! 

Shane took us to this park that he rides by on his bike ride to work.  It was such a great park.  We’ll have to go there again.

     

Shane and Christie also took Landon and Davis to big truck day one Saturday.  It was a warm day, but they seemed to have a great time as always!

And finally, here are a few miscellaneous ones from around the house while Christie was here.  James was still a popular boy with his two brothers, especially since he now is smiling.  They love to make him smile, and they seem to be the best at making him to smile too!  Davis fell asleep a few times while Christie was there with a book in his hand.  He and Landon love to sit in bed and look at books before going to sleep!

Thanks again for coming to stay with us Grandma Malan!  It was a great visit!

Annual Morris Family Coast Trip – Camping and At the Beach

This year, Shane and I didn’t camp with everyone else since James was only three weeks old.  We got a hotel close to the campground and went over there to sleep, but we spent the rest of our time with everyone at the campground.  Saturday morning, Landon woke up and climbed into bed with David in the back of his truck, and somehow the two of them decided they needed breakfast in bed.  Landon thought it was pretty cool to eat breakfast in bed!

My mom gave each of the grandkids a little backpack with some fun things for the trip, including a book.  Davis got a Lightning McQueen book that he rarely set down from that point on (including when he went to bed). 

I always wonder how we need make it down to the beach with so much stuff!  It’s always quite a trek from our campsite down the path to the beach with everything.  We always seem to use it all!  This year, David had the inspiration to bring this HUGE tarp up with him, and his entire forever-long drive from San Jose Friday afternoon/evening to meet us at the coast, he planned out how to put the tarp up against the rock to help block the wind.  They set it up by one rock, then ended up moving it by another rock, but it was great!

Setup #1:

Setup #2 and the finished product:

    

Everyone loved playing in the sand, as always.  I would say especially the kids, but you can see, many adults are building a huge sandcastle and burying each other in the sand along with the kids.

     

It’s always interesting trying to balance a full day at the beach without easy access back to our campsite with young kids, especially babies!  The babies did great though!

I love the picture of Landon in the tent with James, and look at cute Ethan!!!  He has the best little smile!

And of course, we had fun playing in the water.  Davis was impossible to get out of the water.  Even after being soaked by a wave, he told us, with teeth chattering and blue lips, “Go water again!”

I love this shot of Davis jumping into the water!

  

Jacob and David were almost as bad as Davis.  They always love the big waves!  It was a great day at the beach!