Happy Halloween!!!

Mommy and Baby Halloween Party. Nate went as a baseball player since he hated his Tootsie Roll costume. Nate and Lola. I think they like each other.:

Some of these babies only had their costumes on for a few minutes so I am glad I got a

shot of them.

Proof that we have an active one... he's already tearing apart his play mat! Such a boy!

My B-day

Last year we had the horrible California wildfires during my birthday so I really appreciated getting to celebrate this year.

Dave and I got to go out for the first time in 4 months (since Nate) for a date to celebrate my birthday on the Weds. before my b-day. We went out in San Luis Obispo and revisited some of the places we went during the week of our wedding a year and a half ago. We had yummy pistachio gelato after dinner:

back at the rental for my b-day on Friday:

marshmallow roasting. Nate loves the fire.

B-day cake! mmm!

El Callejon:

Beautiful SoCal sunset

view from the rental on Moonlight Beach

Woohoo! B-day margaritas!

Family shots of the 3 of us

at Edna Valley (a year and a half after the wedding)

Edna Valley Vineyard

Turley

Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

You can never get enough wine tasting

While Dave's mom and dad were here they took us on a wonderful trip up to Central Coast wine country....

Alma Rosa Winery in the Santa Rita Hills

Palmina Winery in Lompoc

crazy hair day.... oh wait, that's EVERY day

Pismo Beach by our hotel

sniff test at Denner Winery

Turley Winery in Paso Robles- everyone's favorite

Beckman Winery in Santa Ynez Valley

Nate's 2nd cousins, great aunts and uncles

Dave's cousin, Ethan, reading to Nate

Dave's Uncle David- a.k.a Mr. Underpants? and Ethan

Dave's Aunt Darlene and daughter Alyssa, Nate, and my Aunt Judy

My cousin, Hunter and Dave's cousin, Alyssa

Christopher (Dave' cousin), Paul (my cousin), Ethan (Dave' cousin), Alyssa (Dave' cousin), and Hunter (my cousin),

Ethan showing Nate how the cement truck works

Nate with Grandparents and Great Grandparents (Dave's side)

4 month update

Nate turned 4 months last week. He is staying at the 97% for his age.... 18lbs 2oz and 27" long. Our pediatrician said we should baby proof early since he is already so active! By the time we left our appointment the paper from the examination table was in shreds. Nate just wanted to roll around and play while we were in there.

We are blessed to have an active and healthy baby boy. We are enjoying his new giggle when we tickle him, reading his favorite book "Brown Bear Brown Bear", and singing his favorite song "Itsy Bitsy Spider". He loves making an "Aaaack" sound lately so it sounds like we have a crow in the house. I miss the cute "A-goos"!!! We are trying to get him to move onto new sounds like Ba, Ma, and Da sounds.... hope it's soon! He's starting to travel more by squirming and rolling both ways and he reaches for and grabs anything in sight. Also, I think in a few more weeks he will be able to sit independently.

I will post more soon about our fun week with Dave's family and my b-day!

Dave took this video last night of Nate trying to put his foot in his mouth. He just discovered his left foot a couple of days ago.

My attempt at potato stamped onsies:

Nate likes his new Exersaucer and I can have a few minutes to make dinner while he's in it.

Sadie loves to be next to Nate

Waking up this morning

Henry and Nate

Nate has a new friend in the neighborhood. Here they are having some tummy time. It was difficult to get a good shot of them with their heads up at the same time :-). Henry is Kevin and Aviva's son (Kevin works with Dave) and he is a month and a half older than Nate.