Lake Balboa

Yes, there is a lake in Southern California! Lake Balboa is a man-made lake nearby. This is the first time we ever went there. Jess' friend from work, Alecia, lives near here. We went out so Summer could visit Alecia's son, Tony, the one year old boy you can see in some of these pictures.

Well, without further adieu, lets get to the pics. There are quite a few!

First off, we parked our cars and started walking. We headed towards the lake to and saw lots of ducks...


Now, I don't think you are supposed to really feed the ducks, but everyone was doing it...so we shared a few of Summer's puff snacks with the ducks. Then we headed back up to the walking path. Summer and Tony made quick friends.


As we got part way around the lake, we stopped for a second and just enjoyed the view. Summer loved being in the stroller and just looking around.


OK, back on the path and walking around the lake. Here is Jessica walking next to Alecia.


When we got around to the dock area, there were a lot of ducks which made for some good pictures.


And here are a few close up...


And the brown ducks...


OK, so near the end of the walk, there was a little "water-fall" stream type area, so we walked down there. At first Summer was interested in the water and Tony was looking after his Mommy.


But after a couple of seconds, the kids found each other again.


So, that was the trip to the park/lake. It was WINDY, and chilly. Jess wasn't feeling so well, but she made it happen for Summer, which is awesome, because Summer loved it! Well, everything except for the loud honking ducks (geese...) not really sure which were which to tell the truth. There were also some pelicans and some swan looking things. Crazy. They were all along the dock/landing area and I brought Summer close, and she got a little scared. I leaned next to her and told her it was OK, and it helped a little, but she didn't want to stick around too much. So, we went home and Summer was EXHAUSTED and had a good nights sleep!

I took a picture of her teeth coming through, a little, but it's blurry, and I think it will be better with a comparison shot, so when I get home from work tonight, I'll try taking a better picture...and it will show her teeth as they are now more fully out of the gums.