Fun with Food....

Poor white curtains....good thing they are from ikea and are washable....

Summer Fun!

We have friends in town and we have been having SO MUCH FUN! I feel like we rediscover San Diego every summer when we have visitors. 

Saturday evening we went to Swami's in Encinitas and played in the "tide pools" with Lauren and William. It was a blast and I think Andy and I repeated the same phrase over and over and over again: "why don't we take advantage of where we live more often." There is so much to do outside, literally just minutes from our house! We chased crabs, poked at the sea critters, ran from the waves and watched the sunset. 

Sunday we had a picnic in the park and tried out a new playground.

Lauren and William came over for dinner tonight and we took a pre-dinner cruise around the block in Austin's "new" hand-me-down car from Daniel and Addison. He loved it! I think we have a new evening tradition.

Much more fun to come in the next few weeks and this summer! I LOVE the summer. I love the warm weather, the long days and the playful feeling that comes with the season. If only work allowed for a full summer break like school ;)

8 Months!

You are 8 months old already! Time still continues to fly and you are so much FUN!

We didn't have a doctors appointment this month, so we don't have official height and weight stats. My guess is 18 lbs and 27 inches. People comment to me fairly often that you seem very tall. Finding clothes for you is going to be a challenge. Your waist is tiny and is probably 3 month sized, but you need 9 month size clothes for length.

For the most part you wear 6-9 month clothes and you still wear a size 3 diaper.

So, what were you up to this last month?

You cut your first two teeth. Little cuties on the bottom. I thought I would be sad when you lost your gummy baby smile, but you're 2 little teeth are pretty cute too.

You did a lot of rocking back and forth on your knees and scooting backwards, but no official crawling in the 8th month.

You are a funny little dude and you love to laugh - your personality continues to show the older you get. You're pretty happy most of the time. You like to play on the floor with your toys, banging them together, scooching them around, and studying them. You don't spend as much time in your jumperoo now that you're a little more mobile. You still like it, but we try to let you practice crawling as much as possible.

You also love to read your books. You get a huge smile on your face when you see your favorites and you love to sit and listen to them.

You still love to go for strolls in the Bob. I think you like the quiet time and you love to look around.

You really like your "brother" Dexter and smile when he walks by. Dexter puts up with you because he has to :) I think you like him more than he likes you at this point. Soon you will be best friends.

You still love bath time and I'm usually soaked by time you are done. You love to spash the water and play with you little bath cups. I think its time for some Mommy and Me swim lessons!

Your routine hasn't changed much since last month. You eat at 7, 11, 3 and 7 and have "breakfast", "lunch" and dinner in between. Thankfully, you aren't a picky eater and you like most everything we give you. We still disguise the peas a little bit with apples or sweet potatoes. You are a great night sleeper and a decent napper. You sleep from 7pm to 6am (sometimes 6:30 or 7) and nap around 9am and 1/1:30pm. You don't always take long naps, but we try, and we are just glad that you sleep well at night!

It was a great month and, as always, we are looking forward to the next. It is so fun to watch you grow and learn. Stay sweet, my little man!

Howdy Y'all

We just got back from another Texas trip on Sunday. I had a work meeting the in late May, so we decided to make it a family trip and tack on a week's vacation during the week of Memorial Day! So glad we did!

Andy, Dexter and my dad drove from San Diego to Houston and Austin and I flew. Dad flew out to drive back with Andy.  Yes, my dad is the best! They took the "scenic" route through northern Arizona (vs taking I10 the whole way). Dexter is crazy and doesn't sleep at all on the road trips. He sat in the back with his head up for 21 hours of driving.

Austin was a champ on the flight out. Thankfully, we sat next to two high school girls who thought Austin was the cutest thing they'd ever seen. Here are a few of the comments I heard from my new high school friends on the flight: "OMG! He smiled at me!", "OMG! I love babies. I'm going to have 5 babies!", "OMG! I could eat 10 burritos today - I'm so starving." I also talked one of them out of a tattoo. I told her it wouldn't look so hot after her 5 babies. It was hilarious and it made me feel so old!!! Our flight back to San Diego wasn't nearly as fun. Austin was a little fussy and our row-mates were boring.

While at my parents and in Houston we spent quality time with my parents, Austin's cousins, aunts and uncles and a few friends!

Cousins! Wish we lived closer!

I even braved the Houston traffic one day and drove down to Memorial to meet up with a few friends and their babies. Sadly, we didn't take any pictures :( But we finally got to meet sweet Rebecca Wilmoth, Andrew and Sarah Steeg and I got to visit with my friend Jacqueline who was coincidentally in town from San Francisco!

Poor Dexter...

Hanging with "Aunt" Haley!

For vacation we spent the week at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country and it was AMAZING! The hotel was built in 2010, so everything is new and clean and they have "waterpark" in the middle of the resort with a few pools, water slides and a lazy river.

Making Smores at the hotel 

View from our Cabana! 

Grandpa floating the lazy river

Austin's first swim

Hanging on the balcony 

Our friends Genevieve and Jonny came up to the hotel to meet us for dinner. They have a baby, Gray, who is 2 weeks older than Austin. Gray is so so sweet -  I'm so glad we finally got to meet him!

Gray and Austin

Vieve and Gray came back the next day to swim us too :) Its a breath of fresh air to be around such great friends.

We had a blast in TX and can't wait for our next trip in September. Its always nice to be home and not living out of a suitcase. Austin slept in the closet at my parents (a very big one - don't call CPS!) and in the hotel bathroom in a pack and play, so he is probably glad to have his crib and room back too ;) Dexter went to bed at 7 tonight - he is either exhausted or depressed to be back in his boring house.