CA Adventure

Today was my dear friend Alison's birthday. We joined her and our friend Aja at CA Adventure. It was such a perfect day...the weather was amazing and it wasn't crowded at all!!! Here a quite a few pictures from our lovely day.

N for Nichole!

Birthday Girl Alison
Hugs for Goofy

All of us with Goofy
Our time with Donald Duck

The Gang

Mommy and Ethan with the pretty flowers

Loving Mommy

Fireman Ethan

Nichole, Sleepy Ethan, & Alison

Silly Girls waiting in line for Toy Story

Riding in the box of raisins

Can you tell how much I love this little guy?

A ride in the ladybug ends our wonderful day!

We hope you had a marvelous birthday Alison!

A Day at the Beach

Today Ethan and I went to the beach with my sister, Jennifer, and her hubby Travis. It was such a gorgeous day! It wasn't crowded, the temperature was perfect, we saw dolphins, we watched seals ride the waves, and Ethan had such a fun time rolling in the sand. Thanks guys for a nice, relaxing day.

Ethan arriving at the beach, excited

that his ball came with him.

Jenn, Ethan, and me staying out of the sun.
A helicopter went by so Ethan made
his classic surprised face.
My future surfer dude!
Mommy and Ethan
Loving the sand

Building sand castles...Uncle Travis showed

Ethan how to do it once and he then made

a bunch of his own. He loved it!

Ethan also loved rolling all over the sand...
he also did summersalts all over the beach.

Throwing the ball in the air

I think Ethan had a very fun day!

Photos of Ethan

My lovely friend, Karen, took some fabulous photos of Ethan about a week ago. Please enjoy them.

www.lofgrenphotography.com/children

then click on Ethan

Make sure you check out number 20...it's the BEST!

My Birthday Brunch

Today I celebrated my birthday with my girlfriends. We went to my favorite little coffee shop, Aroma, in Studio City. Lisa, you were missed. Annie, I am so sorry I thought about taking a picture as soon as you left.

Rochelle, Jenn, Alison, Melissa, Jackie, Me, and Delaney

Me and Miss Delaney

Thanks girls for celebrating with me!!!

My Birthday at Disneyland!!!

Today I took Ethan to Disneyland for my birthday! My good friend Kelly has the same birthday as I do and her son is only 3 months older than Ethan. They have been buds since they were born. The day was fabulous! Minus the millions of people that decided to go to Disneyland on OUR birthday...how dare they! Kelly and I both got in for free since it was our birthday and Dylan and Ethan got in free because they were under 3. So all in all we spent $12 to park and $4 each on a frozen lemonade. What a great day!

Ethan annoying Dylan on the the car ride there. Me and Ethan at the front of the park with our

pins on...mine said "Happy Birthday Nichole"

and Ethan's said "1st Visit!" The 4 of us excited to start our day!

Waiting in line for Dumbo. We dressed
them the same...they looked adorable!
Still waiting in line for Dumbo 45 minutes later we were finally on the ride!
Someone is a little excited!
Time for the Tea Cups
(Ethan called them Coffee Cups)
Ethan figured out how to turn the wheel and spin them!
Having fun at the Mad Hatter
Our little Nemos
The Birthday Girls' turn to have a little fun!
On It's a Small World
Pure Cuteness!
Lunch Time!
Goofy had just walked by and they wanted to go see him.

On a circus train ride that I never knew existed! It was like a mini roller coaster.

It went quite fast but the boys loved it!

Riding a Wee Ooo in Toon Town

Pluto!!!

We didn't get any pictures of us riding the Roger Rabbit ride because it was a crazy ride. I thought it was the scariest ride we went on. When the ride was over, Ethan was very upset, and took off running back to it when I was about to put him in the stroller. He was yelling, "Rabbi! Rabbi! Hug!" I guess he LOVED the ride!

Here we are about to ride the Winnie the Pooh ride Giving Pooh a huge hug!

Us with Winnie the Pooh

Now it was Tigger's turn for his big hug from Ethan.

Waiting in line was torturous for Ethan. He held out his

arms to Tigger the entire 20 minute wait in line. Ethan was trying to give Tigger another hug. When I told Ethan to say goodbye to Tigger he gave him a kiss on his big nose. It was so cute! I need to start having people come over to our house dressed up in costumes. It would make Ethan's day! He just loves all these guys!

Our last bit of fun before...

...the boys were out!!! Is this not the CUTEST thing you

have EVER seen??? We didn't pose this photo either!

As you can see, we had a SPECTACULAR day at Disneyland! Thanks Ethan, Kelly, and Dylan for making my birthday a special one!

My birthday didn't end there! Dan organized a lovely dinner with our friends, Justin and Elaine at P.F. Changs in Pasadena. I honestly don't know how I ate lettuce wraps, an entire plate of Mongolian Beef, white rice, half a plate of fried rice, some cheesecake, and a mini chocolate cake shot dessert! The meal was amazingly delicious! After dinner we went to a very late comedy show at The Ice House. The show started at around 11:15 and we didn't end up getting home until around 2am! Thanks Dan, Justin, and Elaine for celebrating with me! I love you guys!

If you are in to comedians, definitely check out Jen Kober and Orny Adams. They are now my two favorite comedians!