Leprechauns and Baby Elephants and Mites...Oh My!

Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day!

Here are the two little McNamara Leprechauns...


A little update on Rylee's foot...the day before St. Patrick's we went to the doctor and then to get x-rays of Rylee's foot. The x-rays showed that there weren't any breaks and so the doctor said it was definitely just a bad sprain and gave us the OK to encourage Rylee to try to walk...but she really didn't want anything to do with walking.
On St. Patrick's Dayafternoon, the girls and I loaded up the car with Katie and Ava and headed down to San Diego. Katie had the week off from work due to Spring Break, so we decided to drive down and surprise Grandma with her three granddaughters. The drive started off alright...Rylee and Ava colored and found ways to keep entertained.

By the time we stopped in St. George for dinner they were VERY ready to get out of the car!

Unfortunately, after dinner we still had 6 hours in the car ahead of us. Katie had the bright idea to stop at Wal Mart to buy a DVD player before getting back on the road...which kept the girls entertained for a few hours. But around 1 or 2 AM the girls were STILL awake (the dramamine we gave them apparently didn't work!) and they lost it! They screamed and cried for about an hour (they would settle down, then one of them would start crying again and the other would join in) before they finally fell asleep for the last hour of the drive. Whew!

We arrived around 3 AM and woke their Grandma Mac up - she was very happy and surprised to see them!

The next day we all slept in (c: and then in the evening we went to the park.

Grandpa had the magic touch and was able to coax Rylee into trying to walk, so she limped around the park with his help.

Here are a few pictures of Cailyn (kind of random, but oh well...) Cailyn is getting close to rolling from her tummy to back...she likes to rock an roll back and forth!

She is also really good at blowing bubbles!

And just because this one is cute!

The San Diego Wild Animal Park

was where we spent the day on Friday. We heard that there was a brand new baby elephant there, so we decided to go check it out. Rylee and Ava talked about the "baby elephant" all the way there in the car - they were excited to see it! It was a long day with no naps, but it was worth it!

Rylee and Ava "riding" the Rhino

Cailyn cruising in the stroller

Rylee and Ava riding the Merry-Go-Round (Oh yeah, and Quinn wound up using a free flight that we had to come meet us out in San Diego!)

Rylee petting the deer at the petting zoo.

Cailyn enjoying the petting zoo, too (c:

Cailyn and Grangma riding on the tram around the park.

Me and Rylee on the tram

Watching the bird show - one of Rylee's favorite parts of the day!

This kangaroo was hopping around the park on a leash!

Measuring up against a gorilla!

This baby elephant was one week old!

Rylee got a this "Blue Snake" (that's what she calls it) at the park

Saturday was a little on the cool side, but we took the girls down to the beach anyway.

Looking at a helicopter

Seaweed

Rylee loved the waves!

Soaking up the sun

Happy to be in the water!

Cailyn enjoyed the view from her carseat on the sidelines.

We drove back home Sunday afternoon (another LONG drive...) and got in around 1:30 AM. Then on Monday, the girls' other Grandma (my mom) and Aunt Charlotte came for a quick visit since Charlotte was on Spring Break.

Cailyn and Aunt Charlotte

Grandma Heiner (who has a knack for blinking when the camera flashes) and Cailyn

Grandma and Charlotte brought some maraccas with them, which Rylee LOVES!

We didn't get around to pulling out the camera until this morning just before they headed back to the airport...Rylee was NOT in the mood for cooperating and doing anything besides eating her toast...so here is the picture.

This afternoon I took Rylee to the doctor to check on what I thought were a bunch of warts on her hand that I noticed while we were at the Wild Animal Park last week...turns out she got some mites from the petting zoo (remember the picture of her with the deer?) So now she's on an antibiotic and has a special cream...she is having quite the month with her little body!

Well, Cailyn is screaming now, so I guess I'll be done for now.