LA- continued

Okay, so I posted more pictures than I had planned because I couldn’t pick my favorites…so here’s part 2!

After the beach on the first day, we walked through a little shopping center (actually…it wasn’t very little) and ate at PF Changs. YUMM my favorite!

On to day 2… Papaw brought us all doughnuts (which he did every following morning as well) and we spent the morning at J & K’s apartment while Katie and Jeremy worked. I think Brian and Kenny went running…over achievers. I showered… so I accomplished something that morning too J . After Tatum woke up from an early nap we went with Muncle to visit Kiki at work, eat lunch, visit his work, and walk around some pretty neighborhoods. Then we dropped Muncle off at a meeting (Beverly Hillbilly Style- with Sharon sitting in the trunk of her Rav….as she did every time we drove somewhere.) and went back to previously mentioned large shopping center to walk around and wait for Muncle and Kiki to meet us for dinner.

OH! How could I forget! After dinner we went to get some scrumptious cupcakes!

Sweet little TatyBear was worn out! Muncle was so sweet letting her borrow his jacket..Tatum was grateful to so she thanked him by hiding some cheerioes in it.

The following day, I believe was Saturday, so J & K both had the day off of work! Yay! Papaw started our day off with doughy goodness. Then, while Princess was taking an early nap Brian took me walking to some of the places he and Kenny had seen while running. It was fun having some hubby time to myself. After Tatum woke up we walked to lunch and then back to the shopping area to walk around some more. Afterwards, we got ready and headed down to the beach to play and watch the sun set. Have I mentioned how much Tater looooves the beach? She had so much fun getting her feet wet in the waves, even though the water was frrrreezing cold. She would squeal with excitement and then shiver from the cold. She also enjoyed walking around in the sand and chasing the birds. She kept calling them ducks and saying “cack cack”, though in her defense, they were really large seagulls.

Queen of the Muncle

This picture cracks me up. Apparently Tatum is high maintenance- Kenny pushing, Sharon and Jeremy fixing!

Playing catch on the beach.... Im sure Brian was the one who ended up with the catch :) Sorry Jerms.

Newly weds :)

While at the beach, Sharon decided that she wanted to torture Tatum...aka- take a picture with her. (and make her stop exploring)

I think the picture turned out great!

Tatum meeting Andrew...

Clearly unsure of him....might have been the hot pink shorts.

However, after doing a thorough background check via his wallet, she decided he was okay.

BIG thanks to Andrew for letting a sleepy and fussy little girl go through your wallet and keeping her smiley!

Los Angeles

A little while back (as in the end of January), Brian, Tatum and I made a trip to LA with Nana and Papaw to visit Jeremy and Katie aka Muncle and Keke (…or kiki?). We had flown with Tatum once before when she was around 9 months old and she had done very well on that trip. Still, I was a little leery of how she would do cooped up on planes and in the airport all day. Like usual, she blew me away with how all-around amazing she is. Actually, she pretty much floored me with her good behavior the entire trip. It was defiantly a ‘grown up’ trip in that we were often out and about during nap time and long past bed time, and most/all of the places we went were not places she could run around and play. Despite that, we did not have a single major melt-down. I know, impressive right? This girl just loves being around people and spending time being loved on by her family (and their was lots of that J).

Some pictures from the flights to LA:

I am obsessed with this cute and ever so cheesy grin. Apparently she was too, which is why she is doing it in every picture. Adorable!

....We woke up early.

Being a big girl in her own seat :)

We left early in the morning, plus gained two hours due to the time difference (yes, sounds like a looong day for baby; but like I said- she did WONDERFUL!) so when we got to LA it was only about 11am. Muncle had to work the first day we were there and Kiki (I like this way better) was sick so we spent the day wandering around on our own and had a great time. We walked to a yummy Mexican restaurant for lunch then went back to Muncle’s apartment for a mini-nap time before heading down to the beach. Side note- did anyone know that in LA waiters bring out kids meals first? Like, as soon as they’re ready. I have never had this happen anywhere else we’ve been, but every restaurant we went to in LA. I think that’s pretty cool.

Beach pictures-

The water was really cold! But Tatum loved getting her feet wet. She would squeal with excitement when a wave was coming. This is me running away because the wave was bigger than I anticipated and was getting my pants wet.