Father's Day

We had such a nice Father's Day yesterday. It was filled with family and sweet moments. We started our day off at Gymboree where Elliott was a bear :)  This is Elliott playing along with the Gymbo dance at the end. I thought I was recording the whole thing, but found out I never hit record - hate that!  BUT, this is Elliott doing peak-a-boo :)
 
We then headed over to lunch where we met up with my parents and Robert and Meagan. Elliott has decided that he needs his own menu now when we go out to eat. The cute thing is that he has started reading out letters (some are right, some aren't) and I love that the reading connection is being made.




After lunch we headed over for a walk in Balboa Park. We brought Elliott's 'tricycle' along. He has a new balance bike, that he is *this* much too short to ride, on which the rule is he always has to wear his helmet.  But since he can't ride his bike, he now insists on riding his tricycle with his helmet on. And who are we to discourage good safety! (Jamee, I know you know this one well ;) I think one of my favorite moments of the day was when he came riding into the restaurant (we were finishing up, while Brad had taken Elliott to get his bike from the car), helmet and all. Needless to say, he gets quite a few chuckles and smiles when he's out riding :)

We stopped at the sculpture garden and it was such a lovely backdrop, I had to take a photo. (You can see Brad and Elliott under the sculpture.)

There was also a bit of tree climbing...

 
It was especially nice to celebrate this Father's Day knowing Brad is on the horizon to so many wonderful opportunities for him and our family. While there are still so many 'ifs' out there, the open spaces are slowly starting to fill in. This is a very exciting time for our little family and I wouldn't want anyone else by my side.  Happy Father's Day, Brad!