Baby Lions

Lately, December has been begging to go to the Wild Animal Park nearly every day. The last time we went, it was a sunny and hot day, so we decided that December should get some sunglasses (aka "baby gasses," according to December). She picked them out and thinks they're pretty neato!

Here's one of the baby lions born at the Animal Park. There is one dad lion, two moms, and six babies between the two of them. They are such fun to watch, and they make me want to snatch one up and take him home!

There's some kids' sprinklers at the park that December always wants to play in, and since this day was so incredibly hot, we let her play.

She didn't find these quite as enjoyable as she thought, though. Showers, in general, scare her (she thinks there's something freaky about falling water), and these little "showers" made her nervous, too. Despite that, I still think she had fun, though...

Cannonball

We've been going down the the pool more recently as the weather gets more and more warm. December is ALWAYS game to go down and swim with us...

To the Swimming Pool!

Here's December hanging out in the hot tub, her favorite place to be.

This has got to be one of my all-time favorite pictures of December

Brad and December sitting together

December is slowly growing more brave in getting her head deeper under water. This is about her current depth limit.

The joys of splashing!

One of the reasons she loves to go to the pool is because she enjoys scampering around the pool deck, exploring everything.

Going to the Ocean

Yesterday, we went to the ocean with some of our friends, three other seminary couples. We ALL wanted to go to the ocean because it's been so warm here lately (in the 90's Fahrenheit / 30's Celsius). But Della (Samuel's mom) and I really wanted to go there because we're both in the throes of morning sickness (or, more accurately, all-day sickness). Our babies are due only one day apart, which makes it kinda fun! Della said that going to the ocean always helped her sickness when she had been pregnant with Samuel, so we thought we'd give it a try!

Here's Christopher (Samuel's dad) playing in the sand with Samuel and December

A sailboat on the ocean

Ryan (one of Brad's seminary friends who also lives in our apartment complex) brought a kite, and he and Brad spent a looong time flying it! They had great fun.

Here is Jennifer (Ryan's pregnant wife) flying the kite, with December REALLY wanting to fly it, too!

Brad helping December fly the kite

I even got a chance to do it, too! I thoroughly enjoyed that.

Then December and I tried to touch the kite while Brad brought it very close to us.

We stayed at the beach all day and brought along a picnic supper. The fresh ocean air really did help both Della and I. This is at the end of our little excursion, where December is getting tired and wanted to lay on the towels.

We didn't end up leaving until 7:30pm, which is December's bedtime, so it wasn't too surprising that she was so tired!

Our precious little 'Cember.