The Cape May Zoo

The Cape May Zoo is an amazing free zoo and worth seeing if you are ever in the area. I am not going to post all the animal pictures, but you get so up close with the animals compared to other zoos. And the lion comes out of his den and roars. Seriously, have you ever seen a lion roar at a zoo or are they usually just sunning themselves on a rock??? There is nothing like this lion! A great zoo and a great day for us while we are on the shore.

Nick and Nate laughing while they feed the goats

Nate could not get enough of feeding!!

Nick and Nate, our two bears!

The Fine Family

The coolest lion ever!!

More Sophia....

Yes, I have been horrible lately and slacking on posts. This week, although short, has turned into a very long one. If you didn't hear about the Duck Boat crash in Philly, then I suppose you didn't hear Matt on a CNN interview Thursday morning. It has taken over our lives, and he has been working nonstop. Needless to say, Mommy has been busy with the boys. So, here are a couple of pictures of our little niece Sophia. We will see her soon and WE CAN'T WAIT!!!

Family Time

The best thing about Ocean City is all the family time we had-- lots of it!!! Matt's parents came to the beach with us, and my cousin Francesca and Baby John came for the second half of our vacation too. We even had time with Cathy and Mark. It was a bunch of fun!

Golfin' Gaga and Papa with Nick

Nate and John watching Mickey!

Nick riding next to John on his first carousel ride.

Matt telling John the secrets of life :)

Ladies before tea

The Cousins

Matt with the boys

Auntie Liz relaxing with John

How adorable is this baby?

The best way to end the day- ice cream at night!!

Sophia Brena Ochoa

Our lives have changed.

Sophia Brena Ochoa was born last night at 11:21 PM to our sister and brother. Annie and Rob have a new baby girl weighing in at 6 pounds 3 ounces. Nick and Nate are official cousins and Matt and I are officially an aunt and uncle. We have to wait 18 days more to see her. I am not sure I can stand it. I love you more than words Sophia. I can't wait to hold you and see your mommy. You have the best mom and dad a girl could ask for. We love you!

Boys and Their Toys

So we have been home from Ocean City for a week and it has been a long week of catching up. I am finally getting a chance to post some pics from our vacation, and I thought I would begin by posting the boys on the rides.

One of Nate's first rides. He rode everything and ANYTHING he could!

The Ocean City Dumbo Ride

Gaga and Nick on the carousel

Mommy and Nate

Of course Nate chose the boat with the name "MiMi" on the back.
For those of you who don't know, he can't say "Mickey" so he calls him "Mimi."

How cute are these two?

Nick's favorite- the bumper cars!

Believe it or not, this is my first ferris wheel ride
(I guess I went when I was two, but I don't remember).
It took me 32 years and my 5 year old son but I did it.

Nick never minded his little brother tagging along.

Nate on the boats all by himself!

AND NOW, THE MANY FACES OF NICK ON THE BUMPER CARS...

How much fun is this kid having?

Now he gets serious. He cracks me up!

Another one of Nick's favorite- the Nascars!

His roller coaster.

Showing Mommy they have their tickets to board!

So much fun!

Look at that smile from Nate, all seriousness from Nick since he has the controls!

We love Ocean City!

More pictures to follow...

Our Last Day-- Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom was a fun park and we were only there for half the day-- we were wiped out from all the fun on the previous days! We got to see lots of our favorite friends again and finally got to see Donald Duck, Nate's other favorite :)

The Finding Nemo show was amazing and I loved it. The safari was also incredible and we had a great time.

So, we are now off to Ocean City NJ for our family vacation. May and June have been crazy months, but we are having so much fun! Hope your summer is fun too!

This picture shows you how hot and steamy it was at 8:45 AM!

Mickey and friends arriving to open the park!

Nick on safari!

We have some fine drummers :)

Goofy bending over to hug little Nate!

The boys and their pals

Matt and Liz finally meet their Hawaiian o'hana, Lilo and Stitch!
SHAKA!

Nick has no clue who these characters but he'll smile and hug them anyway!

Nate and Donald walking to the gazebo together!

Nick loved knowing he could reach Donald's hat!

The boys attacking Mickey as if they didn't meet him yesterday :)

A FABULOUS TRIP!