Tuesday, February 16, 2010

San Diego Wild Animal Park


Joy, Tatum, and Ty invited Mattie and I to the WAP on Monday, and we were thrilled to go! Mattie got to see lots of cool animals up-close, like giraffes, monkeys, elephants, and lions!

We had a lot of fun, but notice the red cheeks on Tatum and Ty?... it was HOT!

The BFFs

A fantastic carousel! Mattie wanted to ride the giraffe, but it did not go up and down, so she chose the gorilla instead ;)

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Road Trip to AZ!


We got the call early Friday morning that Auntie Amy was finally heading to the hospital to have that baby we had been waiting on for weeks! Ryan and Mattie had fun playing around the house while we waited to meet little Samantha...And she came home Saturday night, just before bedtime, so the girls got to meet her when she was just 24 hours old! Look at that precious little girl!

Mattie was jealous of all the baby attention, so she coerced Uncle Jason into holding her like a baby....

Mattie got quite a few opportunities to hold baby Samantha, and she did a very good job being gentle. But each time, the baby had to go back to mommy or daddy, Mattie sobbed very sad tears because she did not want to give her back! Looks like someone wants to be a big sister!

For now, cousin Ryan gets to hold that title.... but hopefully it will happen for Mattie soon enough :)