Family Vacation

We took our first family vacation last week, Feb 25 - March 6, 2010, to San Francisco and Napa, CA. It was wonderful...probably the best vacation. It was so great to get away with Shane and Landon to spend quality time.

The first 2 days we were in San Francisco and we stayed in Union Square, the shopping mecca. We rode on the Trolley car, went to Alcatraz, fisherman's Wharf, and walked a ton around the city.

After 2 days in the city we drove to Muir Woods (redwood forest) and then on to Napa, CA. We spent 3 days in beautiful wine country. We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast right in Napa, but I recommend staying in Yountville which is right by Napa...more "wine country feeling". We did an all day bike tour through the country side and visited 4 different wineries. It was BEAUTIFUL. The next day we went to more wineries of course, Cakebread, Ehlers Estate, Frog's Leap, and Minor Family. As expected the day after we went to more wineries...but just one, Quintessa. Then we made our way back to San Francisco for 2 more days.

Back in San Francisco we went to Golden Gate Park, The Academy of Science Museum and spent the majority of time at our hotel, The Ritz Carlton, enjoying the pool, spa, and etc. It was nice to spend those last couple of days relaxing after a busy week.

Peanut by the way, did awesome on the plane. Did not cry or make any kind of sound at all. I think he enjoys flying just like his daddy!

All Dressed Up

Landon's first Tent...Well Sort of

We started taking Landon to a kids gym in Ghent Norfolk called Tumbles. At Tumbles they have these tunnels kids can crawl through and Landon is absolutely in LOVE with crawling halfway through the tunnel, stopping and playing. I thought...hmmm... I can do this at home, only at home I'll make a tent out of a blanket and use the living room furniture to hold up the blanket. I knew he was going to love it. So, two nights ago we tried it out and as I imaged...Landon had so much fun playing inside his little tent. He would crawl under it, then stop to play and then crawl back out. He played for maybe a good 20 minutes, which for baby time is 2 hours. LOL. It was the best. Grandma & Grandpa if you are reading this, Landon would love a real tent for his birthday...or sooner.

Our baby is Mobile

Landon finally started to crawl at 7 1/2 months!! I was upstairs in my office working after the nanny left for the day, I looked over at Landon playing in the hallway and there he was just crawling around. I can't believe how in a split second it clicks with them and they are off. He has been crawling like crazy ever since that Friday afternoon. I now see from Landon's pants how dirty our hardwood floors are...guess I need to start cleaning more often.

White Trash baby

Every parents needs photos of their baby playing in just their diaper. Notice how happy daddy is...He loves it when I take photos in the morning.

Slumber Party in My Crib

Landon finally learned how to sit up in his crib and he thinks it's the most fun to do at 2 am. After he sits up in bed, he would cry for us to come in and lay him back down. We were doing this like 5 times a night for about 3 days. Finally, on one Saturday morning I wanted to get some sleep so I made us a bed on the floor in his room and had a slumber party. He LOVED it. These are the moments I will cherish forever.

Landon's new playroom