WE HEART S.F.

This past week Tommy had to work at a convention in San Francisco. LUCKY US! Maddox and I went along for the ride and we all had such a fun time. We stayed right in the city so we had a great view (S.F. is the noisiest city I have ever TRIED to sleep in) but it was fun being in the middle of everything. Unfortunately, Tom had to work a little more than we thought so we weren't able to do all the things we wanted. He did have Monday afternoon off so that is when we got all the fun in! We went down to Fisherman's Warf. We went to lunch at "Boudin Bakery" and then walked down to Ghirardelli Square. We enjoyed some delicious desserts!

This was taken at our 1 year anniversary trip...

...and this is 17 months and a baby later....

So, during the rest of the week while Tommy was working I hung out with our friend Mindy and her two kids. We spend most of our time walking around all the shops and took another trip down to Fisherman's Warf to collect a few souvenirs. Anyway, here are a few favorite from the trip....

These robot guys are soo fun!

Hanging out down by the bay.

They are too cute!

This one isn't of anything particular, just the cutest little boy, EVER.

So, that was our little getta-way. It was so much fun to go on a little mini vacation together. Tom and I usually go our separate ways when it comes to traveling so it was so much fun for the three of us to be there together.

Well, we will be doing a lot of traveling over the next 2 weeks. We are going to Las Vegas for Tommy's LAST WORK WEEK (in vegas, I mean!). WooHoo! Well, its bitter sweet. I will miss the free trips to visit our friends and family but it will be good for us to stop traveling so much. Anyway, after Las Vegas we will head up to Utah to see my friend Ashley get married (YAY). Then we will go to Colorado to spend Thanksgiving with my dad and brother and sisters. I am so excited for these events, not so excited about traveling for 2 weeks! I'm sure it will be worth it!

Nap Lately?!

This is how I found Maddox this morning. He wore himself out!

HaPpY hAlLoWeEn!!!

So, we spent our Halloween weekend in San Diego. We were so excited to get out of the heat and into some good weather! We had so much fun while we were there... Our Halloween day started at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla. For some reason I had been dying to go to an aquarium and since Phoenix doesn't have one, that was at the top of my list to do! Anyway, it is a pretty small one but we still had so much fun...

So, after we were done with the aquarium it was time to get all ready for Halloween night! Thanks to Nana Winfree, Maddox had the cutest lion outfit. I'm not sure he liked it so much but I thought it was darling! (yes, I just called him "darling") Anyway, we spent the night visiting friends and passing out candy with the family.

This is right when we had put the outfit on. I can only imagine what he was thinking...

So, that was our Halloween. Maddox was so much fun and loved seeing all the little kids dressed up. Thanks to Tommy's parents for "putting us up" for the weekend and sharing Maddox's first Halloween with us. We had a blast!

Well, the rest of the weekend we stayed pretty busy. Saturday morning we went to the soccer game of one of the little girls that I used to nanny for. She has gotten so big! It was fun to visit with them for a little while. Later on, I went to get my hair done, I am now a brunette! ( I will post pictures later..) It was just time for a change... I really like it, though it will take some getting used to! Anyway, while I was getting my hair done Tommy was out rallying for Prop. 8 (to proctect marriage between man and woman). There were hundreds of people there which was pretty cool. We will see how big of an impact he made tomorrow..........

Well, that was our weekend away in California. Now, we will be home for 5 days then we will be off to San Fransisco! Tommy will be working up there for a few days so I am going along with him to see the sights! Life is crazy but we are loving every moment of it....

Time to get the baby gates up....

IT IS OFFICIAL. Maddox is CRAWLING!!!! Tommy was playing with him in his room while I was getting laundry done and all of a sudden, Tommy is whisper-yelling at me "HE'S CRAWLING". I cannot believe my baby is crawling! In the video he is wearing a sleep sack which I am sure makes it a little difficult but, he did it!!

Trunk or Treat!

So, this was our first official "trunk or treat". I am sure we will be attending them for the next 20 years, but we kicked it off to a great start tonight. The evening started with a chili dinner. ( I signed up for dessert and made about 5o black and orange rice krispie treats) The food was delicious as it usually is at church events. We had a really great turn out with a few investigators. We are new in the ward so this was a really great way to get to know more people. Tom signed up to decorate our car and pass out candy. Of course, the best part of the night was... Maddox!! Tonight he went as our little cowboy...

Now this picture isn't from tonight but I think it is just such a cute picture of Maddox... He is a happy kid!

So, this was our trunk or treat experience and it was a good one. I guess we will go again next year... Anyway, we are heading to San Diego on Thursday to spend Halloween with Tommy's parents. We are so excited! They pretty much deck their house out and it is soo much fun!

I guess I should update everyone a little.. Maddox has TWO teeth! They are so stinking cute.. I should try to get a picture of them when he is smiling or something. He still isn't quite crawling yet but is sooo close. He can now go from being in the crawling position to the sitting position. Tommy caught him eating popcorn today! We deffinately have to keep an eye on this one!

If you want to destroy my sweater...

So last weekend we were able to go to the state fair and go see Weezer in concert. We were also able to see Tommy's favorite band, Angels and Airwaves. Tommy's buddy hooked him up with tickets and backstage passes.. We had so much fun, and Tommy was in heaven!

This is Tommy with the drummer from Weezer.

The night before the concert we went miniature golfing with some friends of ours. According to the score sheet I think I won but I am also pretty sure Tommy was cheating for me. Not to say I am not a great golfer, because I am!!.. but, I think Tommy was fudging a bit when filling out the score cards! It was especially fun because the course was all spooked out for haloween. We had a lot of fun!

The BIG 7 MONTHS

Alright, so Maddox turned 7 months on Monday. He weighs around 16.8 lbs (50%). He is 27 1/4 inches long (95%).. And I forgot his head circumference but that is the 50% as well. He loves to eat (if you haven't noticed from previous posts), he loves to bang on things, and his favorite game is peek-a-boo. It seems like there is always something new that he is doing. He cannot crawl yet but tonight he figured out how to get around.... Well, kind of. I swear he was "scooting" better, we just didn't get it on camera!