On Thursday my parents and grandparents came to visit us. That night we went out to dinner with Steve and Cheryl Danforth, their son Max, and his girlfriend Julie. They are friends of ours that we have known for many years.

Grandma and Grandpa Smith, Grammy and Papa McClurg, and Uncle Tyler were all here to babysit for the weekend so Charlie and I could go to LA to celebrate our 3 year anniversary (which was on the 14th). We left Friday night, and got to LA around 8:00. We checked into our hotel and then went to Hard Rock and checked out the shops on City Walk. Saturday we went to Universal Studios, we got there when they opened and stayed until 4:00. Then drove back to San Diego, and that night we went to dinner with everyone. This morning all the grandparents left to go back to Phoenix.

This was our 1st time leaving Natalie over night, and we all did fine. I knew Natalie was in good hands with my family, and I was not worried at all. Plus, Natalie is so little still that she was fine with us leaving. She got lots of love from all of her grandparents.

We are already planning on going back to LA to celebrate our birthdays and Valentine's Day. Our tickets are good for 6 months of free entrance to Universal. Grandma and Grandpa Smith will be coming out to babysit again.

Natalie had some unusual behavior this weekend, she was afraid of the men!! Normally she is just fine with Grandpa, Papa, and Uncle Ty. She was fine with Grandma and Grammy though. She slowly warmed up to the men, but this surprised us all! Natalie did enjoy all of the attention :)

Cheryl doing her birthday shot!

Happy Birthday Cheryl!!!

Natalie, Grandma and Cheryl

Natalie and Papa

She was very sleepy, and fell asleep shortly after this picture.

Our hands dipped in wax

Outside Universal Studios

Just as we entered Universal

Charlie and Jaws

Demonstration from 2 Fast 2 Furious

The cars were "dancing"

Wisteria Lane!! My favorite part of our day!!

You can see these are the cars from the show because of the license plates (Charlie says).

Susan's house

Tree house from the Scavo's

Its very low to the ground,

but they always shoot at an upward angle so you can't tell how low it is.

The park

Mrs. McCluskey's house

Bree's house

Bate's Motel

Norman Bates carrying out a dead body,

he later chase us with his knife because we were witnesses.

War of the Worlds

Backdraft

The Simpsons

The Mummy

Beetlejuice

Shrek

Madagascar

Curious George

Madagascar

Charlie with the Universal Studios sign