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Monday, February 20, 2012

Introducing Solids!

Yesterday Given had his first solids. I think these pictures tell the story! If not, watch this! We will keep working on the cereal!

Given also had a lime for the first time last week. Check out our video here!

My birthday weekend...

...was awesome. What did we do in Big Sur? We ate, drank, hung out with the babe, and enjoyed some beautiful scenery!

Friday night: Cake and Wine!

Saturday: Goodbye, San Francisco - Hello, Carmel / Given sleeps almost the whole way there - when he wakes up I transfer to the backseat and feed him as we approach our first destination - Baja Cantina (for a little Mexican food and margaritas)! / wine tasting at Bernardus / off on Highway 1 to our vacation rental in Big Sur / quite possible the best/fanciest meal at Ventana (children aren't really loved here, but we took Given anyway. He slept in his carseat and didn't bother a soul!)

Sunday: Breakfast / Pfeiffer Beach where it was so windy and quite chilly. At this point Given wasn't feeling so great, so it wasn't the relaxing picnic on the beach trip; however, we got him out there for about 45 minutes and got our photo opportunities! / Instead of picnicking on the beach we headed back to our vacation rental and let Given nap while we enjoyed some bubbles and the beautiful view! / Once Given woke up it was time for some coffee at Big Sur Bakery AND then the whole purpose of the trip - Nepenthe. Nepenthe did not let us down. We were able to get a seat outside, under a heat lamp, and along the railing where we were able to view the ocean and the mountains. Unfortunately the whales had already migrated two weeks earlier, so no whale spotting. This restaurant has some of the most beautiful views. We got there around 3:30 and stayed to see the sun set. Thankfully we had wonderful waitresses that didn't mind us loitering (with a baby) over a cheese plate and a bottle of wine and then eventually dinner! If you are ever in the area, you must go there!!!! / Afterwards we headed back to the rental and watched the Grammy's.

Monday: We had planned on hitting up the Monterey Aquarium on our way home, but Given still was a bit under the weather so we decided to head straight home and get ready for our week with Nana and Jeddi!

Overall, it was a wonderful birthday weekend - maybe the best ever! A big thanks goes out to everyone for all the warm birthday wishes, birthday cards, and gifts! I am one luck 31 year-old!

29th birthday pictures here! I guess I just skipped the big 3-0!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Tahoe

We are back from Tahoe! I only got this one picture with my iPhone since I really couldn't carry my camera while skiing! Omar had a great time back on his board, I really enjoyed skiing again, but was quite rusty, and Given had a blast with aunt B & uncle R in the Tahoe Village!! A big thanks to Justin (the lone skier pictured above) and Ryan for hosting us at their cabin!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

This is how we roll...

This is how we rolled through Napa this Saturday!

We heard there was going to be great weather in Napa, so Omar wanted to spend his re-do birthday with the Hesters. We headed up to Napa after lunch then took a bike ride to the Oxbow Market for a little vino! The bike Omar is riding is mine and Omar's birthday gift from B&R! Pretty sweet, right? Given loved riding with his Daddy. He was mesmerized by the wheels and the ground moving under him!! After our bike ride we watched Midnight in Paris over Chinese take-out and a million loads of laundry. Great movie, yummy food, and laundry without going to the laundromat - a great night!

Again, please don't call CPS if you don't think this looks safe!!! We are researching baby bike seats.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

How did this happen?

My little baby turned 5 months old.

1/25/12

Let's see, what has been going on around here? Given is now rolling over and we are working on sitting up on his own! He still loves bath time. He goes down around 6:30 pm and sleeps for a solid 12 hours. He takes four 8 oz bottles of day. At first he drank really, really slowly, but now he is gotten a bit quicker. He is doing great at Claudette's Daycare and has four good friends. One little girl is just a few weeks older than him. Claudette caught them holding hands the other day! He is going to be quite the ladies' man.

I can't believe solids and a sippy cup start in just a few weeks! Looks like we will need to be hitting up Babies 'r Us for a highchair soon.

He is growing so fast!!!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Birthday Weekend

This last weekend was Omar's birthday weekend - unfortunately on his big day he was sick! He thinks it was food poisoning. Yuck! We had a great day on Saturday though and he gets to make up for his sick day this weekend!

On Saturday we had lunch at Balboa Cafe where they gave us a chocolate fudge sundae in honor of Omar turning another year older! After naps we packed up Given in the baby Bjorn and continued celebrating with appetizers and cocktails on the Typsy Pig's back porch with our neighbors and the Hesters!!! The Typsy Pig is a restaurant/bar, but we totally rocked the baby in the bar portion! As usual, he was the perfect baby.

A few pictures from our Funday Saturday!

On Sunday Given and I went to Trader Joe's so that Omar could take a nap and try to feel better. I guess the nap worked a little, because he was able to partake in a little birthday cake! Oh, and we can't forget that Sunday was Gypsy's birthday as well! He turned 6 years old!