We participate in the city Easter egg hunt today. I think that Gretta's favorite thing was actually riding one of the rides they had instead of the Easter egg hunt. She liked the hunt but was a little disappointed the eggs had toys instead of candy in them. Oh well. She also did really good when we took our picture with the Easter Bunny. That is a huge improvement from last year.
We went whale watching off Dana Point. It was the first time I have been whale watching and it was a huge success. We saw 5 grey whales, a pod of dolphins, sea lions, and seals. Twice the whales were really close. They are such amazing animals. The dolphins are also particularly amazing. They swim so fast and so gracefully.
Gretta loves having her family visit. Every morning when she woke up she would take roll call and find our where everyone was. She especially enjoys being spoiled by Nana. Nana took us to the Aquarium. Gretta had a great time seeing "Nemo" and all of the other fish.
One of the fun games we played during my families visit was Deal or No Deal. Gretta was the suitcase girl. She enjoyed opening the suitcases. My dad played Howie Mandel and the banker while Anna, Gabe, Eric and I played. Then Eric took his turn as Howie while my parents played.
Eric and I were the big winners. The prizes started at 1 cent and went up to $100. Eric and I won $39. Anna & Gabe $10 and Mom & Dad $10. It is sure a lot harder than it looks on TV.
We spent the week with my family at Newport Beach last week. We sure had a great time. One afternoon Eric and I were able to sneak off to Balboa Island to enjoy some peace and quite. We had a great time. It is such a beautiful place.
Gretta climbed out of her crib at home for the first time about two weeks ago. She is definitely growing up.
After she figured out how to climb out I figured that it was useless to keep the railing up so high so I lowered it and told her that she just needed to stay in her room during nap time. Over the first week I found her on the floor in many places passed out for her nap or bed time.
This picture is what I found one day when I went to check on her. I think she pulled out every toy that is in her room before she fell asleep.
The good news is now that I got the big bed in her room all ready for her to sleep in she once again prefers to sleep in the crib and actually will stay in it. All I had to do is give her another option.
The other day Gretta got into her hair box and got out all of her old baby bows. She strung them along her arm. It looked pretty funny so I had to take a picture.
