Forward facing!

Since before Christmas I've been wanting to clean Rayas car seat out.  So much snack dust and MIA goldfish were in the seat that it needed a good clean up.

Yesterday I finally had the chance to do it an I am sorry I didn't take a picture of the stuff that came falling out when I took it out and turned it upside down on the sidewalk, goldfish, dried up peas, crumbles of animal crackers, etc...

Thank goodness for our vacuum!! So Raya had been still rear facing and the law is one year and 20 pounds.  She's reached both of those but it is advised to keep kids rear facing until two.  Since Raya is now just a couple months shy of that and we thought she was ready for several reasons we decided to install her car seat facing forward when I put it back in.

Today was her first ride and I'm pretty sure she enjoyed her new view and I REALLY enjoyed how much easier it was to pass stuff to her and see her.  Raya usually falls asleep for her nap in the car seat, I was worried with so much more to look at she would stay awake but like clockwork she fell asleep on the way home from our errands and transferred to her crib with no problem, phew...yay!!

As much as this signifies she is definitely getting older it's ok I enjoy the forward facing so much better :)

Jungle Bells

With Raya sick the week and a half prior to leaving for our Christmas vacation I didn't get to take advantage of some of the holiday spirit around town that I had wanted to.  At the San Diego Zoo they stay open late and have lights and shows.

Thankfully it was still going in when we got back into town.  Tim had a wedding at the Zoo so I decided to bring Raya to night Jungle Ball Zoo to check it out.  Although Santa wasn't there anymore to visit with we saw so much more!  The giraffes were getting ready for bedtime, the elephants and rhino were eating and we even saw some monkeys hanging out.

Raya was still on east coast time so she faded pretty early, we stopped by for a quick visit over to where Tim's wedding was and then she was passed out by the time we got to the car.  Easy bedtime for me...

Not so easy waking up early because her body clock is still adjusting :(. All well worth it though!!