Our road trip to monterey this past weekend

We had a three day two night trip to SJ and Monterey.  Isabel had a great time.  here was the highlights

• Happy Hollow in SJ - Isabel love feeding the goats and trying all the kiddie rides including a rollercoaster, train ride, carousel, frog hopper, car merry go around etc...  + a huge slide structure.  It was almost 90 degrees so mama sat in air-conditioned cafe for awhile.  
• Dinner at White Shallot with old friends - Joel and Pia and their two boys - Vietnamese French food near Santana row with none of the craziness or arrogant service.  A really good meal
• Monterey Bay Aquarium - Isabel was fascinated with the big fish, sharks, and baby otters.  We got passes from friends so got in for free - yeepy.
• Stayed at Embassy Suites near Monterey - nice hotel, large room, lots to do in the hotel
• SandBar and Grill - one of the best dinner we had in awhile.  a great surprise - see pics of food below  - it's a room built on top of the water by the pier. I would give it a 5 star on yelp if I did reviews
• Dennis the menace playground - see video - huge playground - free - Isabel had so much fun with slides, swings, etc...

Happy Hollow feeding the goats


Brushing the goats


Dennis the Menace playground in Monterey


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Isabel's Munchkin Run - July 30, 2011

Isabel did the Munchkin run on July 30th with two of her friends - Ayza and Ellie. They only ran the 100 yard which was super short. I think they could have easily ran the 0.5 mile or even 1 mile. next time.

Thank you to all the sponsors: grandparents Lapena; grandparents Han; ninong Em; Ajantha, and Judy.

I am 26 weeks

went to my OB yesterday. officially gained 21 pounds and baby is kicking every day. I took my dreaded Glucose test - the one where you drank 1 big bottle of sweet drink and then take a blood test an hour later to screen for gestational diabetes.

When I was preggie with Isabel, I took this test and failed and had to take the 3 hours test - really yucky - a sweet drink every hour and blood test every hour and fasting the night before. I passed it but wasn't pleasant.

This time I just wanted to pass the first test. Well, just got the result. I PASSED!!! YEEEEPY. very happy.

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Isabel learns months of the year

Isabel speaks and learns so fast now. Here she is singing the months of the year song with and without book. She is also 39.5 inches tall - grew an whole inch in one month.





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Isabel can read letters

She can read most letters but gets tripped up by lower case vs upper case and have some trouble with b vs p vs d vs q.



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Pop in Playtime at Pump it UP

This is an indoor play area with all inflatable structures. It was more fun than we expected for everyone - not just Isabel.







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