Duncan: 52 Weeks Old

Monterey Bay Aquarium

We were on vacation when Duncan turned 52 weeks old on October 10th, and then we had a big old 1st birthday celebration to throw, AND we've been sick for what seems like forever, so this post is WAY late! But we are getting back on track, I promise! :)

Duncan hit 52 weeks while we were on vacation in Monterey with his Uncle Trung, Auntie Heather, and cousin Logan. We had the best time!

Monterey Bay Aquarium

On our way down to Monterey, we stopped at Phil's Fish Market & Eatery for their legendary cioppino and it was delicious! The midday heat about melted us while we devoured our steaming bowls of cioppino, but it was so worth it. :)

Phil's Fish Market & Eatery, Moss Landing

Phil's Fish Market & Eatery, Moss Landing

Phil's Fish Market & Eatery, Moss Landing

The house we rented was beautiful and just two blocks from the ocean. We took walks along the oceanside trail...

Recreational Trail, Pacific Grove

Recreational Trail, Pacific Grove

Recreational Trail, Pacific Grove

Recreational Trail, Pacific Grove

We went to the beach (where MUCH fun was had!)...

Asilomar Beach

Asilomar Beach

Asilomar Beach

Asilomar Beach

Carmel Beach

We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium...

We also went to an amazing Farmer's Market in town one evening & were in foodie heaven! We were too busy stuffing our faces to take photos, obviously, since there are none from that outing. :) All in all, we had a blast for three days in Monterey. Awesome vacation!

Balboa Beach House, Pacific Grove

Duncan just loved having Uncle, Auntie, & cousin in town. We went to the zoo, the playground, played lots of MarioKart, and ate some yummy SF food. Uncle let Duncan try all sorts of new foods (brownie cake, crab, doughnuts, lemonade, among other things. lol!) so he was always climbing up on Uncle whenever he saw him eating something. It was pretty cute!

His 1st Krispy Kreme Doughnut

Uncle giving him his 1st taste of brownie cake, SF Zoo

Auntie was the BEST to have around because she took nearly all of his mealtime feeding shifts, changed a boatload of diapers, played with him nonstop, took a million pictures, was an amazing party planner & helper & crafter, and just loved the little guy to pieces. I really enjoyed having the baby-free time that her help provided! He even got all cuddly and snuggled with her one morning in Monterey and it was SO cute. That's something he doesn't even do with his Daddy! :)

Monterey Bay Aquarium

SF Zoo

Having Logan around for an entire week is the MOST fun we've had in ages. He is a riot & I just LOVE him! So smart, so silly, such a good big cousin. He read books to Duncan, retrieved toys for Duncan when he demanded it, and they made that crazy pterodactyl scream back and forth with each other during mealtimes that was crazy entertaining to the both of them... LOL. I just loved watching the two of them play and hang out.

Duncan sure is going to have lots of fun with Logan as he gets older. I can't wait to see them again and go on another vacation. We're going to try to make it an annual tradition. Too much fun! :)

We wrapped up the Vo family week with Duncan's birthday party, which will be in the next post. We finally took 12 month onesie photos today (thank goodness, since the onesie wasn't going to fit him much longer!) so that post is coming up, too. So many photos, so little time...

Many thanks to Heather for letting me use some of her great photos in this post. Is there anything my super sis-n-law can't do?! She's the bomb, I tell ya!

Love,
Tam