Pomerleau Family Blog: August 2012

We got back from San Diego and then my sister had her wedding the following weekend. Sean and I had the entire week off still. We headed down to Corvallis 2 days before the wedding in time for a large family dinner at my parent’s house. We also had the Rehearsal dinner the next day, which was a lot of fun. It was at the wedding site. Brandon had a lot of fun playing with his second cousin Jamie (my cousin’s Trevor’s son) as well as my friend Katie’s son Duncan. They chased each other all around the wedding site and then would jump on each other. So cute!

Brandon and one of the many kitties at the wedding site

Brandon playing at the wedding site

Brandon and Daddy at the rehearsal dinner

Playing before the Rehearsal dinner

Playing at the Rehearsal dinner

Brandon and his Great Uncle Carl

Running with his second cousin Jamie

Relaxing on the dance floor

The boys wrestling together

On the wedding day, Tory and I got our hair done and it looked really good. Then we went to the site and helped Rachel get ready. My sister’s wedding dress was so pretty and she looked so beautiful in it! We took some photos before the wedding on my camera and then I will rely on the photos from the photographer for the ceremony shots. It was so nice again having so much of my family visiting and a part of Rachel’s special day. Brandon was supposed to be the ring bearer and walk down the aisle but he was fussy before the ceremony and never made it down! There were 11 small children at Rachel’s wedding so there was a lot of playmates for Brandon. It was also nice that my mom got 2 nannies to assist with watching some of the kids to give us a break.

The beautiful bride finding her groom

My bridesmaids flowers

Bride and Groom photos

Sister photos

Kissing the bride

Loving some time with Rachie

Bridesmaids photos

More bridesmaids photos

Family shot outside Hanson Country Inn

Brandon and I walking around the wedding site

Sean and Brandon at the wedding site

Family shot on the swing

Brandon definitely was the life of the party when the music came on! He loved dancing with especially pretty girls. He has more rhythm than both Sean and I already at 20 months. He danced the night away and ended up staying up until 11:45 PM, which is amazing! He was chatty and happy even on the way home. He amazed us as well because he was not too cranky the next day even with staying up so late. We got home happy but tired and glad to be home. It felt like we had been traveling for quite some time!

Brandon all dressed up!

Sean and I at the wedding

Brandon was the life of the party with his dancing

The dancemaster!

Brandon dancing with my cousin Lindsay

Snuggling with the flower girl

Dancing with the boys

Brandon and I at the end of the night

Tom and Tor and I at the end of the night

We went to San Diego in the beginning of August to go to my cousin’s Mailee’s wedding and to enjoy the beautiful weather in the San Diego area. Unfortunately we had to fly during Brandon’s nap time on both legs. The first leg we went was a completely full flight. Sean and I spent a miserable 2 ½ hours having Brandon squirm and worm on our laps. He was not a happy camper to sit still. It also did not help that he was tired and refused to nap. It got so bad that Sean and I both wished we had purchased the extra $400 seat for him. We finally got to San Diego and of course Brandon falls asleep in the rental car for a short 30 minute cat nap. It was nice being reunited with my family though. We found out that all of my cousins were staying in our hotel which was really fun. It was nice visiting every one and catching up as it had been 4 years since we saw each other at our last family wedding.

Playing with Gramzie at the hotel

Gramzie and Brandon "sleeping"

Brandon, Daddy, and Baba swimming at the hotel pool

Enjoying himself at the hotel pool

Mailee’s wedding was in Encinitas, which is about 30 minutes north of San Diego on the coast. We ended up staying at a Best Western near Moonlight Beach. Our hotel was about a 5 minute walk from the beach and 2 parks were conveniently close by. They also had a really nice swimming pool that Brandon enjoyed and a hot tub. Mailee’s wedding was at the San Diego Botanical Gardens. It was one of the most beautiful wedding sites I had seen and Brandon had so much fun running and tearing through the gardens. He also enjoyed playing with my cousin Trevor’s 17 month old Addie.

On his way to the wedding!

Sister love at Mailee's wedding

Family shot before the wedding

My cousin going down the aisle with my uncle

Auntie Rachel blowing bubbles

Brandon and his second cousin Addie at the wedding

Such a happy boy!

Daddy kisses

Mommy and Brandon at the wedding

My parents and sisters ended up leaving staying for only two days but we ended up staying an additional three days on our own. It was fun having a family vacation. We took Brandon to In-And-Out Burger and to the beach several times. We also took Brandon to Legoland, Legoland’s Aquarium, and their WaterPark for 2 days (I got a pass where the second day was free). Brandon was also free to Legoland which was nice.

Sean and Brandon at the opening of Legoland

Sean, Brandon, and I on the jungle safari ride

Brandon and I on the Fairy Tale Brook ride

Brandon's favorite choo-choo ride

Helicopter ride

Daddy and Brandon riding the airplanes

We took Brandon on many rides, the highlight ride was this new rollercoaster ride called Pirate’s Reef that we snuck Brandon into (he had to be 36” and he was just barely under) that went really fast into the water. Brandon loved the fast rollercoasters, he giggled as we went fast. Sean and I took turns taking him on the rides. Brandon loved the water park part of Legoland. He loves playing in the water and jumping off the edge of pools now into the water. He even doesn’t mind putting his face under the water. The water park was especially nice because it really catered to younger kids. They had a fun lazy raft pool, 2 slides that Brandon loves going down, a shallow pool area with Lego characters, and a Zoo water park area. The weather was really warm during the day we went to the Water Park which was also really nice. There was also this giant water playground that Brandon loved too.

Going down the water slide with Daddy

Brandon and Daddy swimming

Playing in the zoo at the water park

Brandon and I at the water park

Brandon at the water aquarium

Brandon enjoying the fishes

Brandon has become very advance now with his talking. He is stringing two to three words together now in sentences. He said “bye bye Daddy” and “hi mommy” and “all done mommy.” It is amazing how his language is developing so quickly. Sean and I keep looking at each other as he says numerous new words each day. Brandon also has gotten way more active in the past couple weeks. It is harder for him to stay still and he constantly wants to keep moving. This made it particularly challenging some of the time we were traveling (flying and eating dinner at a restaurant). I think he is going to be an active little boy for sure! Brandon adjusted well though to having to sleep with us in the room (although he would not fall asleep until we fell asleep often around 9:30-10:00 PM). He started sleeping in at least until 8:00-8:30 AM on the trip. He generally during the summer has been going to bed around 8:30 and getting up around 7:30 to 8:00 range. He is still taking one nap usually around 1:00 PM until 3:00 or 4:00 depending on the day.