Alcatraz

What a big week it's been for our little girl!! First camping and then a trip to Alcatraz!! She's such a trooper. Tuesday for Matt's last day off we decided to do something we had been wanting to do since moving here and that was to visit Alcatraz. Matt bought the tickets online so we wouldn't have to wait in line once we got there and we decided to take the ferry across to avoid having to find parking. This was all good in theory but it made for an interesting adventure. We arrived at Fisherman's Wharf with plenty of time to walk down to Pier 33 to catch our ferry over to Alcatraz. Soon enough we were in line to board when Matt noticed something wrong with our tickets!! They were for Wednesday not Tuesday!!! This was not good since Matt had to work Wednesday and the tickets clearly stated no refunds or exchanges and the ferry was booked until the next day!! So we get out of line and head over to the ticket booth to try and figure out what we can do. They were kind enough to give us standby tickets but even that wasn't a guarantee we'd get on that day. As we were in the standby line we decided to come up with ideas of what to do if we didn't get to go that day. As much as I didn't want to go our first time to Alcatraz without Matt, I really didn't want to just throw away $50!! Fortunately for us we got on anyways and were very relieved!! We had so much fun on the tour and it was very interesting. I learned a lot!!
After we were through with the tour we decided we needed to get something to eat!! Unfortunately we had been craving Joe's Crab Shack and that was in the opposite direction as the Ferry Building that we needed to be at before 8:25 but we figured we had plenty of time and that it would be ok. This trip to Joe's was the most fun because there were a lot of kids there and the employees were doing more dancing than usual and Alyssa loved it!! We were having so much fun we lost track of the time and when Matt looked at the time it was 8:06!! How in the world were we going to make it to the Ferry Building when it was at least 2 miles down the road!! We made a mad dash out of the restaurant and down the sidewalk running as fast as we can and trying to spot a cab at the same time since that was the only way we were going to make it in time if it was even possible!! Matt thankfully finds and cab and we pile in as fast as we can and ask the guy if he thought we could make it before the ferry left and he sounded pretty confident!! Normally I would be scared out of my mind the driving that he did and to tell you the truth I still was since my precious daughter was in there with us!! We made it to the building with 4 minutes to spare but we still had to get to the pier that had our ferry. I was terrified we weren't going to make it but I ran with the stroller and Matt ran with Alyssa and we made it with 2 minutes to spare. Next time I think I'll drive and pay the parking just so I don't have to stress as much!! What an adventure for Alyssa though!! She was smiling the entire time!!


On the ferry to San Francisco!!

With her Daddy!!!

Don't take me to prison!! I promise I'll be good!!


On our way to Alcatraz!!

A view of Coit Tower from the back of the ferry!

Oh no!! My little girl's behind bars already!!

Walking around the island!!

Playing with Daddy on our way back to S. F.

What a sweet little girl!!

Random Pictures

Alyssa loves her new jumperoo!!

I love my sweet little angel!!

Look at those eyes!!
I love them sooo much!!!

Alyssa's First Camping Trip

Paco and Scout all wet!!

Alyssa and Mommy under the tarp!! Alyssa reading her book!!

Alyssa and Ava reading together!!

Ava and Alyssa playing with Alyssa's Moo Cow!!

Mommy and Alyssa hiding in the tent!!

Having fun in her bumbo!!

Laying with Daddy!!

Keeping warm by the fire!!

The Henry family's first camping trip!!

This past weekend we decided to take Alyssa camping with a couple of friends and their daughter Ava before they moved to Miami. We picked the same camping spot we went to last year that we had so much fun at in the sun. I packed everything I could think of and what we didn't have I bought on our way out. I was prepared for anything!! (Or so I thought) We get to our camping spot. Hooray!! Our spot is still open!! We start getting out our tents and all of a sudden it starts pouring!! Luckily for us we bought a tent that we could put up in no time considering the fact that we've done a lot of camping in bad weather and we didn't want to get stuck drenched in the rain. We didn't know that our first camping trip would be that test!! Our tent goes up quickly so we help our friends out who bought a huge family two room tent that happened to be more complicated than initially thought. Meanwhile the baby's are oblivious in their bumbo seats sitting in the cars playing with their toys. It was so cute. We managed to get the tents up before everyone was soaked and then the clouds allowed us to get everything in the tents before raining again. The rain was bad but we thought that if this was the only day of rain then we were doing good. Last year at the same time it was between 90 and 100 degrees so we weren't too worried about the rain staying. I had bought everything to sheild my baby from harmful uv rays but didn't even think to buy umbrellas for rain!! The next day the rain didn't stop so our friends headed back into town to get a tarp so we could stay dry outside and actually bring the baby's outside for their first camping trip. Alyssa did very well. The rain didn't seem to bother her at all but Mommy was worried about her getting sick but it didn't really matter if she did since I brought her whole medicine cabinet just in case!! She didn't get sick though and we ended up having a lot of fun once the tarp porch was made. The girls loved playing in the back of the durango in their bumbo seats. I'm just glad that we had spurts of dry so Alyssa could get out and enjoy the warmth of the fire and see a bit of the outdoors her Daddy is always talking about!!

Happy 4 months to Alyssa!!!

So Monday was Alyssa's 4 month birthday and we had so much fun!! I can't believe how much she has grown!! We went out and bought her a little toy cow, a bumbo seat which she feels like a queen on her thrown, and also decided to get some baby food and try it out on her. She had so much fun trying to figure out what we were feeding her. (It was turkey by the way) She's decided to stick with the homemade stuff for a little bit longer. She and I also went and picked up her daddy's Father's Day present. She (I) was so excited, she (we) had to give it to him early. It was a coffee mug that said "I LOVE DADDY" and has her footprints. I tried to get her hand prints but she was too curious about the paint on her hands that we couldn't get her to flatten out her hands!! It was a lot of fun none the less!! (Sorry no pictures) We had to keep it secret from Daddy!

How to beat the heat

Escaping the heat in the pool for the first time!!
She had a lot of fun!!


Playing in the shade with Ava! Birthday buddies!



Is she or isn't she a red head? What do you think?


Alyssa's first time at Fort Funston in San Francisco!