May was an incredibly busy month for us so I'm just now getting caught up on blogging. Lots of fun posts coming up though because May was a very busy, but very fun month!
First up is Nate turned 2 on May 10! I can't believe it! It's still weird to say that he's 2. Time is flying by. For Nate's birthday we had a really fun day celebrating with friends and family. We told Nate the birthday plans in April and he couldn't stop talking about it for the whole month. He would tell total strangers what the plan was for his birthday. And the day definitely didn't disappoint.
Luckily his birthday fell on a Saturday so we got to celebrate on his actual day. Our first activity was going to the Woodland Park Zoo! We were joined by all the family and then also the Faders (Nate's godparents), the Ridges, the Stevensons, and the Walkers. So Nate had a wonderful combo of his family and closest friends there. The weather held out and we just had a wonderful, surprisingly non-stressful day wandering around seeing the animals. The kids got along great and there were no meltdowns! They led the way to the different exhibits they wanted to see and all the adults meandered around them. We were there for 3 hours which I thought would be plenty of time to see the zoo, but we didn't even get to see 1/3 of it. No matter because we had a great time and felt like we got to the important parts. Our favorites were the giraffes, the gorillas, and the elephants.
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| Enjoying the penguin exhibit--and praying for the rain sprinkles to stop! |
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| We got to see the giraffes up close! |
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| Gotta love the zoo! |
After the zoo, we all ventured down the street to Tutta Bella--Nathan's favorite restaurant! Tutta Bella is a gourmet pizza restaurant and I used to live right by it. I probably went there 100 times when I lived in Seattle. They also have a location in Issaquah now too that we frequent and over time it's become Nathan's favorite place. I love how he says the name of the restaurant with a full on Italian accent too. It's a fun place because the food is really good, it's a nice atmosphere, but it's also great with kids and there are lots of families. We had a great meal and then Nate got to open all his presents and enjoy the yummy cake that Grampa Jay made him. What a great day celebrating our boy and being with so many loved ones!
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| Enjoying yummy pizza and salad with amazing friends and family |
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| The awesome cake made by Grampa Jay |
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| Nate opening his new Thomas the Train set with his best buddy Gavin (aka the Thomas the Train expert) |
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| Happy Birthday to our sweet boy!! |
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