A special Guest..

Keith's Mom's best friend came into town to visit from Memphis. She has family in Lodi, and made the trip to the bay area to see us. She has known Keith since he was born, and Keith was very excited for her to meet Darrian. She stayed the night with us, and although Darrian did not know what to make of her the first night.. by the next morning.. they were good friends. He did lots of dancing for Bernice, and lots of smiles. Hopefully she will be able to visit again soon.

No More Peas Please

We are introducing Darrian to finger foods, and on Monday we tried peas. Darrian loves peas, green beans, carrots in the puree form, so I thought this would be no different. Boy was I wrong. I guess he did not like the texture.. he refused to eat anymore.. that is a first. Usually he is throw off by texture of real food, but will continue to discover it. Not with the peas. He tried to pull his bib off as if saying "if this is what is for dinner, I will just take my bottle."

First bite..

looking at it in his hand.. with his 'ew' face.

Oh Dear these are nasty..
I am done Mama..
I gave him some green beans in puree form instead, and he was happy.

Fate?

I knew when Darrian was baptized that it would be in the same place I was, what I did not realize is that it was the same date! When I got Darrian's baptism certificate in the mail, I went to put it in a safe place .. near where mine is at. I took the two documents out and realized much to my surprise... the we were both baptized in the same place, on the same date, 27 years apart.

I don't know what that all means, maybe it was fate.. or just an odd coincidence? Whatever the reason, I find it to be pretty cool.


Mine:

Darrian's:

Sunday in Sonoma

Took Baby D to Sonoma on Sunday. Figured the weather would be nice and it was perfect. We went to Chateau St. Jean, and had a small picnic on the grass there. It is my favorite winery because it has such pretty grounds, a deli on site, and great wine. The scenery is breathtaking, and really.. so close. We are lucky to be in such a pretty place. Went to have lunch poolside at the Fairmont after, Baby D enjoyed looking at the pool, and eating his lunch.. it was a great day, in a great place, with the people I love.

Studio Grow

Grandma and I took Darrian to Studio Grow in Berkeley on Saturday Morning, I had heard about the place on my Mom's group and wanted to check it out. I have to say as excited as I was for him to enjoy it he just was not into it. He loved one thing, the ball pit. Other than that he was not very into the crawling mats, or anything else. They have a paint room, train table/Kitchen room, and some other cool things for kids that are bigger.

I managed to get a few pictures of Darrian in the ball pit and the horse...

Sex and the City Pre-Movie Party!

Saturday I invited some girlfriends over for a pre-movie party. I ordered chinese take out, made cosmo's, and we watched the final episode of Sex In The City before heading out to go see the movie. I have been waiting for them to make a movie since the show went off the air about 5 years ago! So of course I found it a great reason to have a party. The movie was really good! I highly recommend seeing it with some girlfriends!

Welcome to the World Little One

A great start to the weekend. Chris and Julie welcomed their newest daughter into the world at 5:07 pm on Friday. Her name is Lily Mae, and weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz.. My phone had died but something told me to call Chris and Julie, I did at about 5:30 pm to get a very relaxed Julie answering the phone. She had just had Lily. She did not have an epi, had a natural birth.. and for all of the above she is a star in my book. We are excited to meet her and welcome her into the world...

Saturday Mornings...

Saturday Mornings are my favorite kind of mornings, no work, all play, relaxing. It used to be Keith would ALWAYS wake up before me.. and often after being up an hour by himself would come bug me to get up. My days of sleeping in are a thing of the past at this point, and often Baby D and I are up before Daddy. We go out into the living room and play. He is also a morning person, like his Dad, wanting to play, and cheerful. It just makes Sat. morning that much more favorite ..

Playing with Daddy

Daddy is off making Coffee what will he get into now..
Spotted from across the room, a ball, a new favorite.
Enjoying the view, chewing on the ball..
A cute way he likes to sit, either like the way above or like the one below :)


Off after the ball..
trying to crawl with one hand and hold th ball with the other.
Who am I kidding, any morning with this face is a Favorite..

Strike a Pose..

So as if Baby D crawling was not enough, he likes to stand so much more. He LOVES to pull up on EVERYTHING he can. It makes me nervous because he is wobbly, and really thinks he can stand. Sometimes he will only hold on with one hand, or even worse none... He is obviously a lot more confident about him standing than I am. I wish he would slow down a bit and let us keep up!

A day at the Zoo..

It was trying to be sunny outside, but the fires were preventing that.

The group, notice my child enjoying his stroller, I swear I feed him.


It has been several months since the last time we visited the zoo, Baby D has grown so much since then. He still was not very interested in the animals, mainly just enjoyed being outside and hanging out with some kids his age. I was excited to meet new Mom's, see some old friends, and see the animals. I am looking forward to Baby D actually seeing, and enjoying the animals soon.




Checking out someones toy..
Mason running around..
Trying on a hat..
Joaquin, dressed for the zoo..
Mason taking it all in.. or as his shirt said.. chillen :)

Proof I feed him!
A husband came along with one of the Mom's and was super Dad.

Cooper checking it all out.
J trying on his hat and loving it.


Yea right with all the kids that were there, quiet was not happening!
Turtles..
J enjoying the ride with his feet kicked up..
Mr. Cuteness.