Aquarium's and Temper Tantrums

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Friday evening we got KFC and met Nathan, Julie and Jaden at the Happy Valley Park. We took Calie with us and took her back to the dog parks that they have in the back of the park. She desperately needs some socialization with other dogs. She did pretty good, but I do think that I will take her back there often this summer. She'll learn to be with other dogs and get her energy out too. There was this little dog that came in to play with the bigger dogs and all the big dogs surrounded the little dog and he told all of the big dogs what for. He was barking like crazy like "I can take you…come on…come on…let's go…I can take you". HA it was hilarious!
It actually got pretty chilly that evening so the boy's didn't really want to play that much. At least Gabe didn't. He was pretty tired. SO we all packed up and went home. Gabe and I were heading out pretty early Saturday morning so I gave him a bath, put him to bed and got myself in bed too. Bryan was where he ALWAYS is…in the office finishing up essay's and projects.
Only...

9 days
223 hours
13437 minutes
806256 seconds (as of 8am)

…until Bryan graduates!

Saturday morning Gabe woke up at his normal time…7, so we started getting ready. I fed him breakfast and packed his diaper bag plus some extra stuff like his Pj's, another set of clothing, snacks etc. etc. Bryan left early for work, but he did get to say goodbye to both of us before leaving. Gabe and I headed to my parents around 8:15. We were wanting to get on the road by 8:30, but that didn't work out. I think we actually got on the road around 9ish. We stopped and got gas and we were off. Nathan drove first. We took my tiny car. Dad didn't want to drive the van with the Gas prices the way they are. Julie and I were squished in the back seat with Gabe. It was fine though. Gabe fell asleep immediately. I knew that was going to happen. He was on melt down mode as we were leaving. Julie and I talked the whole way pretty much. It was fun despite not having any room to move.
Nathan and I switched half way. We hit an accident just before Tacoma which made us think that we weren't going to make it to the game on time, but I dropped them off with 2 mins before started. ((thumbs up))
After I dropped them off I drove along the waterfront trying to find parking. I was meeting my friends Michael and Kara at the aquarium. They already had tickets and Gabe was free so we went right in. I haven't been there in forever! Gabe was in aw of everything. Arianna had a blast…she ran around wanting to show us everything. She touched some of the sea creatures and got her face painted. It was so cute. She had a smile on her face the whole time.
Bryan and Gabe always watch Sponge Bob together…well Gabe doesn't really pay attention that much, but Bryan loves the show! I showed Gabe the Jelly fish and told him that those are like the jelly fish on sponge bob that him and Patrick are always going out to catch. He pointed at them and said "da". hee hee
Gabe was such a good boy on Saturday. I am seriously SO proud of him. No complaining at all. He slept half way on the trip up and was stuck in his carseat all morning and then I transferred him to his stroller so he was cooped up most of the day and he did so well! There was so much for him to look at, I don't think he even knew that he was cooped up in the stroller. We saw Jelly fish, tons of different other kinds of fish, an eel, seals, birds etc. We got to see a guy feeding all the fish which was cool. The eel kept snuggling up to the guy begging for food. It was funny. The guy kept scratching it's belly. Never seen that before. Gabe just stared…it was really cool. We tried to watch them feed a couple of the seals, but yeah that didn't work cause you know that one really big/tall guy always stands right in front of you, so we just went back in for a while and eventually left. We walked up to Pike's Place. It was packed! They were having a festival there and so we could barely move. It was crazy. We were only up there for about 15 min though because I got a text from Julie saying they were at the bottom of the 8th so I needed to get ready to go pick them up. Fast game today. Mariner's won of course.
Michael and Kara walked me to my car and then we went our separate ways. I went to pick up my dad, Nathan and Julie. As I got closer to Safeco Field I started to get seriously anxious. People were filing out of the stadium…it was like a sand toy when you pull it up and you watch all the sand fall out of the holes. Seriously it was crazy. There were cars and people everywhere. I turned onto first street right in front of the stadium and started to panic. I called my dad, told him where I was and was telling them to hurry up because I didn't know how long I would be stopped there and if I missed them how long would it take me to turn around to get back to them. UGH. It actually worked out well THANK GOD. They saw my car and ran to get in. OK that was stressful!
After we got out of that mess, we met Michael, Kara and the kids at the South Center mall. Julie and I went into Nordstrom's so that I could change Gabe and then we went to dinner at the Rainforest Café. Michael and Kara had never been there so that was fun. We had a total blast. My dad really enjoys talking with Michael and Julie and I talked with Kara and Arianna entertained us too with her "model" walk and she got scared when they did the storm part. She's very dramatic, but it is so much fun to watch and she always makes me laugh. I just love her! Dinner was yummy. Gabe ate SO much. We finished off dinner with a mud pie and said our goodbye's. I changed Gabe one more time and put his Pj's on and we were off. Julie's turn to drive. Poor Julie cause all of us fell asleep so she was bored and didn't have anyone to talk to. She listened to some music and we all woke up when she stopped half way to get gas and switch with my dad (dad's turn). Gabe started melting down about an hour and a half from home. Not to bad. He was done being in the carseat. He did, however have Aunt Julie to entertain him. Julie is quite a funny gal! ;)
When we got home Gabe was very excited to get out of his carseat and see his daddy and Calie. He stayed up until around 1 walking around and playing in his room. Bryan and I were both pooped. We were both laying on Gabe's bedroom floor and Bryan, I guess was in Gabe's way because he kept crawling all over him and making these faces and talking gibberish like "Daddy get out of my way". It was pretty funny.

Sunday was a lazy day for us. I was so WIPED out from our day trip on Saturday that I decided to just stay home. Bryan was staying home and Gabe was happy not to be in his carseat I'm sure. Bryan worked on school stuff all day and Gabe and I just played, hung out, napped and played some more. It was great!
I made a yummy dinner Sunday night. Honey-mustard chicken with potatoes and cooked carrots. Gabe didn't like the chicken but he did like the potatoes and ate almost all the cooked carrots. HA

So we have now entered the temper tantrum stage. OH YES!
Monday evening after work I went home and Gabe was still sleeping. Mom left and I cleaned up and got dinner ready. Gabe woke up soon after. I changed his diaper, snuggled with him for a while and then we both ate dinner. After that I cleaned him up and set him down on the ground. He walked away fine and happy. He came into the kitchen where I was cleaning up and I asked him if he would like a cookie (I have those Gerber stages cookies). I then proceeded to get a cookie for him and he all of the sudden for NO reason screamed and threw himself on the floor crying. OK what just happened? I picked him up and he did that limp/thrashing thing so I put him down and told him that I was going to be in the living room and that I'd wait for him to finish whatever it was he was doing. I have NO clue why he was throwing this fit? I sat on the ottoman and he followed me into the living room. I put out my arms and asked him to come here and he threw himself on the floor crying again. OH MY!?!? It was sort of funny to me but NOT at the same time. I just looked away. He cried for about 5 minutes. He went into the kitchen crying and then when he came back out he looked at me and stopped. I held out my arms again and he ran into my arms like I'm sorry, mommy. Now I loved that part, but what in the heck brought on this lovely temper tantrum? One may never know...