Li'l Slugger

Nate had lots of fun at the Giants game last weekend. He ate a big giant cookie, caught a foul ball during batting practice (ok, actually hubs did that), refused to pose for a picture with mom and ran the bases at the mini ballpark. The highlight was definitely his run in with his buddy Lou Seal.

Loved it

Hubs and I saw Something Borrowed last night. I super hearted it! Hubs even liked it..that is kind of a big deal. I'll admit that I pretty much enjoy all chick flicks, but this one was actually good. GO.SEE.IT. Now!

Spring and stuff

It's officially spring, but it sure doesn't feel like it! Boo rain. Nate almost has the rain, rain, go away song memorized. We have been singing it that much! I mean rain..in LATE May...in California? What?

Luckily, we were able to squeeze in one pool day before this cruddy weather. Pretty much everyone I know has been listening to me complain about how there is a pool across the street from our house with a THREE year waiting list. Well, folks, this is the year. After waiting three years (no joke!) we got in!!! I just had to take a pic of the GOLDEN key on our first pool day. Such a momentous occasion. Nate loves the pool so much that he points through the trees and says pool on his walk home from school. This is after going once to swim and twice to play on the slide/in the playhouse. I have a feeling he is going to be obsessed this summer.

We also took pumpkin pie (my new nickname for Nate - it's so cute when he says it!) to the San Francisco Zoo. Mimi (my mom) was visiting and got to come too. These are real giraffe's. How cool is that? They were giant. I was way more impressed than Nate.

The zoo has a kids area with a petting zoo and tons of animals roaming. I was a bit freaked out to see goats and sheep roaming free. City girl much? Nate was giddy he was so excited. Here he is eating his own hand after petting a goat. ICK.

Since Mimi was in town, we decided to take advantage of the free babysitting and hit up a fancy schmancy benefit at the Palace Hotel in SF. Here we are in our 20's gear..hey, it was a bit last minute.


Skipping ahead to mother's day weekend (because that's what you do when you take loooong blog breaks). We spent the Saturday before mother's day at hubs parents house up in Santa Rosa. We started the day with some bocce and poolside lounging at Francis Ford Coppola Winery. This new spot is just divine. There is a pool, cute little cabanas for your stuff, 4 bocce courts, a stage for live music, the cutest little circle bar and a teepee with a kids bookshelf outside (awesome, but random). Nate is a total bocce convert. He also loved going over to the teepee to get books to read.





We spent Mother's Day at the Carneros Inn in Napa. This place makes me swoon. Big time! We had brunch at Boonfly Cafe. Nate I had the best giggle together. When I went to take a bite of my fried egg sandwich, somehow the entire runny yolk came flying out and landed on my lap (thank goodness for my napkin). Hubs missed it, but Nate didn't and he thought it was just hysterical. It was such a mother's day treat to have our first grownup chuckle together!


While we waited the 1.5 hours for our table, we went over to Farm (the hotel's main restaurant) and had some drinks/attempted to play bocce. Nate kept picking up the balls mid-game, so we decided to lounge on the lux patio at Farm instead.



Fingers crossed for some sunshine so we can keep up with the adventures and most importantly, GO TO THE POOL!

Easter in Pics

Good food, good friends and lots of goodies. Such a fun day.

Practice Hunt

Last Sunday we went to the egg hunt held by the local moms group. Nate was proudly sporting a pink Easter basket. Hey, it's better than the little girl who was using her dad's hat - though they totally get an A for effort.

It didn't take long for Nate to figure out what to do. There were kids and parents everywhere, but Nate just plowed through and started picking up eggs (with a little help from his mom - flashback to Easter 2010 - I know my sister's will get a kick out of this one). This picture cracks me up. Nate was very very serious about looking for eggs.


Nate had a great time hunting for eggs. He was pretty overtired giddy after the egg hunt and started running around like a maniac. He was running up to other kids and taking eggs out of their baskets. I don't think he got the memo that only the eggs on the ground were fair game. Regardless, he really enjoyed himself.

And of course, we had to get a picture with the Easter Bunny. Nate was singing his favorite song verse complete with hand motions (round and round from wheels on the bus) when he met with the bunny. I think this means he was in a good mood.

Nate fell asleep in the car on the way home. He stayed asleep when I carried him in and changed his diaper. He curled up in his signature sleep pose on the changing table. Of course, I HAD to take a pic.


I think Nate's ready for round two of egg hunting this weekend.

Birthday and Baseball

Happy Birthday Hubs!

I am so glad the Giants decided to host SF opening day on YOUR birthday for you :)

"30 something is the new 20, unless you are 20, then it's the new 40." - Dane Peddigrew

Fish Face

Fish Face. And why you shouldn't let your kids watch TV.

Painting

Painting with pudding to be exact. I am going to file this one away in the fail pile. I read that this was a fun way for little ones to practice finger painting. And less messy. Um, what?

Nate actually had a blast. Until it was time to take a bath. MELTDOWN. He also thinks it's fun to smear all his food around his tray now. Like I said, fail.

This weekend...

my little baby turned 18 months!

Love him to pieces. Even when he makes faces like this. We have been having some gorgeous weather in the Bay Area. We decided to take advantage and head over to Sausalito and the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Nate had a blast steering a boat, catching some fish, and climbing through a ginormous tree stump.

Hubs and I enjoyed some drinks at Cavallo Point. That porch makes me giddy. The views of SF and the Golden Gate Bridge aren't bad either. Nate was bored and fussy...

he even threw his pacifier off the deck. His only happy moments were his mouthfuls of burrata (can I get a mmmmmm). Like mommy, like son.

Big Day

Today is a big day for the L Family...SF Giants Opening Day.

My two hard core Giants fan couldn't be more excited about 6-7 months of 3+ hour games, 3+ days a week. I, on the other hand, want to scream. It's baseball season again? Already?? Nooooo! Say it ain't so.

"Go Giants" were Nate's first and second words (closely following banana). He throws his little arm in the air and yells out, "Go Giants." As a matter of fact, he was doing it at 3am last night. He was obviously too excited to sleep.

The day I found out I was having a boy, I just knew I was going to be outnumbered. And so it begins....

Long, long games at AT&T Park (which last year I likened to taking Nate on the airplane). I would read a magazine, but I don't want to get scribbled out on TV by the announcers. The Giants blaring on not one, not two, but three TV's so that hubs doesn't miss a moment of the action. Loud, obnoxious baseball claps. What's a girl to do?? Sigh. Sigh. Happy baseball season hubs.

Hint Hint

I need want one of these! Real bad. Hint hint to hubs. This would go real nice with a new iphone 4.

daninotes has cuuute stuff. I've been swooning over the trays and plates forevs. I like.