So the other day, we decided to go on a nice little day trip.  We heard from some friends about this drive thru farm that had crazy llamas, yaks, buffalo, deer, bunnies, lions, tigers, bears, elk, zebra, and even a rhinoceros with a six foot horn.  You get to feed them and they come right up to your car.  So we had to go.

From Seattle, if you drive, its about two hours… or you can take the Ferry over.  Thats what we did, and it was awesome.  The view of the Olympic Mountains and the whole Puget Sound and Seattle city views are amazing.  Our little girl loved the ferry and loved going outside and enjoying the sites.

The Olympic Game Farm in Sequim, Wa is super fun.  We stopped at a store and picked up some wheat bread (thats all you can feed the animals), and went to zoo.  IT WAS SUPER FUN.  All I can say is that you need to watch this video of our trip.  ENJOY

The Boy is huge.  Believe it or not, he is in six month clothing… and filling it out well…HE IS SIX WEEKS OLD!

The Girl will be two in April and is sassier than ever… her newest thing… wearing mom’s make-up when she is not looking

happy bottle times

Now that we got the little girl going to bed at a decent time… in a big girl bed, and sleeping all night long… the next thing is getting that damn bottle away form her.  For some reason, she has to have it at night and in the  morning.  I still haven’t gotten the balls to just take it away and let her cry… I am just super happy that she is going to bed without a fight.  We looked online for some super nanny 911 tricks, but so far have found no real winners.  There was one, that looked promising – give her a bottle with something that she hates in it…. and milk in her sippy cup.  I might try that tomorrow.

What do you do?  Any special tricks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15pcsZMYXE4

Last night, I had my first “real alone time” with both kids.  My wife went on a little shopping trip, and then to a movie… leaving me with little girl, and the 4 week old boy for like 6 hours.  The first few hours were pretty hectic… but then I got to feed the boy for the first time.  He has only been boob fed until now.  We have about 60-80 bags (our freezer is full of boob juice) ready for the eating.  As soon as it was time to feed the boy, I thawed out some milk and gave him his first bottle.  He drank it all up… 9 oz of it!  Then he quickly filled up a bunch of diapers before falling asleep.

With Wyatt sleeping, I was free to concentrate on getting the girl bathed and tucked in to bed.  The night went really well.  Usually the boy will want demand some food every two to three hours.  But I think that this time he got really full.  He slept from 8-1:30am.  Then mom came home and hooked him up when he got up.

I have a chance at surviving two kids after all.