Birthday party, birthday party

Here it is! The big moment! He almost got both candles out on the first try. He ahd been practicing for a while everytime we saw a birthday picture in a book. THis time, unlike birthday number 1, BLT actually went for some cake!

We have a lot of pictures from Hawaii, so we're giving a new picture sharing method a try. Let's see if this works!

Link to Hawaii album

2 Years Old

BLT is two now. I've always taken him in to get his portrait taken for his important birthdays - 100 days, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 18 months. This year we compromised since we went to Hawaii. BLT Sr. served as official portrait photographer. I think he did an excellent job capturing BLT.

BLT is so grown up, so fast. We watched videos of him from his first year last night. He's so different. It's just mind boggling. He's also much thinner. He was a very round baby! He still has the same great laugh, though!

Seven?

Who's teaching this kid to count? No seven? No eleven?

BLT visited preschool this week and is really excited about it so far. He has one more week of visiting before he is officially moved up. Boohoohoo. He is growing up so fast!

The costume is making progress. Anyone still not know what it is?


Oh, you can see the Memory game on the floor behind him. He matched over 1/2 the pieces before he got tired of it! Very impressive!

zOO

I guess you can tell who takes the pictures in the family by who's missing!

The carousel was a bit of a bust because somehow we picked the only animal who didn't go up and down. Maybe the giraffe is too tall?

Long Time, No Blog

Been so busy! Last weekend (Labor Day), we went over to Aunt J & Uncle R's house in Reedley, CA. We meet up with cousin Burli and family for some relaxing and swimming and even diving (okay jumping) off the diving board! Then is was a short week and this weekend was date night for the parents, new shoe shopping for BLT, and then a big day out today! A co-worker gave me a pass to the Oakland Zoo, so we decided to go up there today. When we got there, I realized I forgot my wallet. Oops. I guess we'll have a free return visit! The Zoo was lots of fun, we saw elephants, camels, zebras, giraffes, bats, etc... BLT was very excited to ride the choo-choo and then he rode on a giraffe on the carousel. He was even brave enough to pet and comb a goat! Very exciting! We finished out the day by meeting up with friends for dinner and topped off the evening with an ice cream treat at the landmark Fenton's Creamery. We did get some pictures both weekends, but they're still on the camera. And I am exhausted! Maybe tomorrow ...

Little Hiker

Saturday we had plans with friends, but their daughter was sick. Very similar to the last weekend when BLT was sick! So instead, we headed out on a hike. It was harder than expected and BLT only got to walk for the first short section. Otherwise he might have fallen off a cliff.

This is how it ended up:




Can you recoginize this Halloween costume? Sewing is hard. I had to match up curves, which you can see, I am not the best at.

Jazzy Fest

So Sunday, BLT perked up enough that we were able to go to the Jazz Festival. A great time was had by all. Our blanket soon become hotspot central for BLT, a 5yr old girl from the blanket next door and a 3-1/2 yr old boy from two blankets down. I didn't actually get to pay that much attention to the music since I was playing activities director. One HUGE hit with the kids was the brainchild of some marketing genius somewhere. The kids all got these inflatable airplane hats. You could see people wearing them everywhere, BLT just preferred to make his zoom around.

Watermelon

We're a little behind in blogging. It's hard to find time to download the pictures from the camera and then upload them and then think of something witty to say. I've pretty much given up on the witty, but then you probably already realized that.

BLT was sick this weekend, so we missed the going to the jazz festival on Saturday with friends. He's still not 100% and I don't think the adults are either. But even when he's not feeling well, he still loves his watermelon!

Boating Safety 101

Maybe not the height of fashion, but oh so essential for paddle boating.

Downtown Boy

We went downtown today to visit the San Jose Jazz Festival. Except, I got the date wrong, it's next weekend. Whoops. We went to the Zero One digital arts festival, or something like that, instead by visiting the art museum. It had some interesting digital installation pieces. To be honest, it gave me a headache after about an hour. I think I prefer more traditional art. Then we headed over to the downtown fountain. We planned ahead this time and brought BLT's bathing suit and water shoes. Last time we happened upon the fountain and BLT was sliding everywhere running around in bare feet. It was a nice afternoon in the city.

Zoo, part two

BLT even enjoyed feeding the birds! He only had a few moments of panic.

Zoo, part 1

Saturday was a beautiful day to be at the SF Zoo! BLT loved it.

BLT The Singing Wonder

Here are a few video clips put together. It's hard to get a full song on tape because we always get the video camera out after the good songs are done! Plus, we just like the clip with the hat.

We're here!

Last weekend we had so much fun. We spent the whole day Saturday at the beach, but we didn't take the camera. Then on Sunday we spent the day at our friends' place enjoying the pool and good food and didn't take any pictures. So there were no pictures to post ...

So finally here's some from tonight! That is watermelon on BLT's chin, BTW. I'm really trying to get some video because he is just a singing machine right now. His favorite songs to sing are Baa Baa Black Sheep, the alphabet, and Ring Around the Rosy. He has a few other ones, too. Soooo cute. They are definitely recognizable, not necessarily understandable.

What?

I don't know how BLT Sr. captured this shot because we almost never watch TV. No really. But BLT Sr. loves the shot, so I am sharing it. I have no idea what we were watching! Maybe it's from the World Cup? BLT does like to watch "soccer ball, ooo, ooo, ball."

Progression of a Hug

BLT gave a nice hug to a friend visiting from Seattle. Too bad she will be moving to England soon.

Faces

We've been on a blog hiatus. Too busy & too tired. Here's some cute pictures from this afternoon! BLT is doing great. He's trying to jump and is getting a little crazy. He got 1" of air today.