Braedon plays the Wii

 

Play like Braedon and it might just count as a real workout!

A new facial expression

This is Braedon’s serious face.

He practices randomly throughout the day.  Even though this means serious business, I can’t help but laugh.

Wine Country

Yesterday morning we headed up to Sonoma to enjoy the day wine tasting.  Before we left, we researched some of the kid friendly wineries and they did not disappoint.  I would say that fun was had by all!
Before we could start tasting, we needed to make sure everyone had a full belly.

The first winery we went to had animals, scooters, and other games outside for the kids.



The second winery had big barrels of wine to drink…or just look at.

At the Sonoma Wine Shop Braedon had a bit of a crush on our host.  He drew her a picture and told her that "you are pretty".

After eating lunch and visiting another tasting room, we let the kids play at the park for a bit.


Then it was on to another winery.


All the wine was really good!
Maybe a little too good.

I was banned from baby duty for the rest of the trip.

I don’t understand why either.  (I had to make a quick trip into Starbucks that ended up taking way too long and I came out to Lacie helping Braedon pee on the Jeep tire in the Starbucks parking lot... - Derek)

On our way home we went over the Golden Gate Bridge.


We had a great day spent up in wine country!

Volleyball and graham crackers…

But mostly graham crackers.

Every Wednesday after work, Derek plays volleyball in a park a couple blocks from his office.  I thought it might be fun for a little change of pace to take the kids to watch him and play in the grass. 

Braedon was so excited and was asking me non stop for about 2 hours prior when we were going to go watch daddy play “bolleyball” and play “soccer ball” in the park.  We finally got to go meet up with dad and my little man was so excited that he fell and tripped on the pavement while we were walking to the volleyball game.

See his forehead?  He got a pretty good bump out of that fall.  Nothing graham crackers can’t fix.

Right Adi?

Whenever I have something planned I should never assume it will turn out the way I think it will.  Instead of cheering on daddy and happily kicking the soccer ball around with my little guy, I had to tell him 3 million times that he couldn’t play volleyball with the big guys, to stay off the volleyball court, and keep Adi from eating herself into a graham cracker coma.

I guess 2 out of 3 isn’t bad.

Derek’s team won and is playing for first place next Wednesday!  However, his team will have to play without this cheerleading squad.

It’s not like we did much cheering anyway.  Mostly eating…and then rolling around in all the leftover crumbs. 

I think they’ll be just fine.

Summer!

Nothing says summer like a big ice cream cone on a hot sunny day.

Adi was able to mooch a bite.  It took a lot of screeching and trying to look as cute as she could on her part though.

When I think of summer, I always go back to memories of being a kid…

Summer break

Camping at Banks Lake

Block parties

Sleepovers with my friend Gina

Otter Pops

Going to the neighborhood pool

Playing soccer, baseball, basketball in the yard with my dad, brother, and sister after dinner

Sun tea

Neighborhood hide and seek

Barbeques

Riding bikes and jumping rope

Corn on the cob

Staying up late and sleeping in

Ahh, those were the days!

Happy Friday!

Not much to report here.

Just another day of house hunting to look forward to, or not, tomorrow.

Wish us luck!

I took the kids to the Children’s Discovery Museum in San Jose a couple days ago and they had a blast!  Braedon’s favorite part?  The water area.

Adi’s favorite part?  Clifford’s playhouse.

Nine Months!!!

Adi turned 9 months old on the first!

Don’t you just love that hair?  I tried to put a barrette in it the other day but she pulled it out and then tried to eat it.

Today was her 9 month checkup and here are her stats:

Weight: 18.65 pounds

Height: 29 inches

Adi is now completely mobile and is on the move all the time.  She hates to cuddle and gives you the cold shoulder whenever you try to give her a kiss.  Derek hates this.  At least Braedon is still cuddly.

She loves going for her brother’s toys.  Braedon’s solution is to drag her by her ankles as far back as he can, but like I said before, she’s quick. 

She not only loves Baeo’s toys, but she loves Baeo.

 

These two crack each other up all the time and have turned into my dinnertime entertainment.

Adi still has one lonely tooth, but it looks like another one should be popping up any time now.  She is also starting to get more vocal and will say momma when she is whiney and wants to be held.  If you ask her to say something then she tries to mimic what you just said.  She has also started babbling to herself and her toys.

Her love for food is growing and if she is on the floor while someone else is eating she will scoot over and lay under the chair/table and wait for food to drop.  It’s like we have two dogs right now.  So far I haven’t come across anything she doesn’t like.  I would say her absolute favorite thing is oatmeal.

She loves music!  She will sit and listen to Derek play the guitar with the biggest grin on her face and she loves all the music toys we have.

She takes two naps during the day that last around 2 hours each and goes to bed at 6:30 and sleeps until 7.  She is such a joy to have around!

We love you baby girl!