BTLA: Auntie & Uncle out west! (& Niall turns 20 months)

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Auntie & Uncle out west! (& Niall turns 20 months)

My sister Vanessa and her husband Marco took a trip out from Virginia to the opposite, west coast last week. They attended a friend's wedding in San Francisco and then drove the 5 hours up to our neck of the woods for their first visit to Humboldt (ever, and since we've lived here for 8 years) to stay with us for three nights.

It was a pretty mellow but nice visit! It rained about half of the time they were here. I took Wednesday off work and we hiked Trinidad Head and ate a nice seafood lunch at Seascape.

There was lots of reading time with the boys.

Niall really took to Uncle "Marto" (he is still struggling with the "k" sound) and every morning asked where he was (trying to sleep in the guest room next to the boys' room!).

Iver and Vanessa got lots of board-game-playing in. We busted out Bazaar and (Iver's favorite) Enchanted Forest from my childhood.

Nephew snuggles!

Marco and Vanessa explored some of Eureka's old town on Thursday, enjoyed more local seafood at Arcata's Salt Restaurant, and joined us for park time at monkey-bar-heavy Redwood Park.

Niall turned 20 months last week during their visit, and here are some recent photos.

Looking like such a big boy!

This little guy is quite the chatterbox, with many two-word phrases now and hundreds of words. He knows his colors, and can say red, blue, green (geen!), blue (boo!), yellow, white, black ("back"), brown, and "purple." He's thriving in the toddler room at school. He has a great appetite (his latest favorite food is salami!) and is still nursing twice a day. He has been doing some early morning waking, but sometimes makes it until 6 a.m. He is definitely throwing some more tantrums than previously, and is very mischievous, but is still more easygoing than our firstborn (currently!). He loves mimicking and playing with his brother.