I left my heart in San Francisco...

I just liked this title, but it's not really true. Casey had another 7 week audit rotation in San Francisco. It was fun to see more of the city and everything, but by the time it was over, we were glad to be back in Roseville. Here are a few of my favorite things/pictures from our visit.

The Golden Gate Bridge The Exploratorium

The view from our apartment roof

Transamerica BuildingHanging out with Aunt Charity

Coit Tower

The view from Coit Tower. This was the part of town that Casey worked in and our apartment was in.

Classic steep hill in San Francisco
The Painted Ladies (The houses on Full House)
Fort Point
Baker Beach

Walking and Then Some

Here is a video of Weston showing off his skills :)

11 Months!

One more month and my baby is a whopping 1-year-old. Crazy! He is getting so big. I honestly never thought it would fly by this fast. Here's a little update:

-Likes to point
-Likes books a lot more and will sit still while I read 2 or 3. Was struggling with 1 for a while :)
-Imitates you when you shake your head
-Likes to throw rocks
-Played in sand for the first time
-Likes dogs- We met Casey for lunch and he followed this dog around and petted it very nicely. He didn't even cry when it jumped up on him.
-Doesn't like the vacuum since Casey chased him around with it one day.
-One of his favorite places to play is on the bed
-Has been walking like a champ since about 10 1/2 months

Here are some pictures we took on the big day!

Superbowl Sunday

We hosted a superbowl party at our place this year. There was lots of food, fun, and family. The game was okay. Definately not as good as last years, but we had a good time anyways. Jason works at Intel and got 3D glasses for us to watch the Monsters vs. Aliens preview and the SoBe commercial. We finished the night off with The Office and then some Superbowl Sundaes.

Everyone in 3D glasses always makes for a good picture Superbowl Sundaes. Casey actually thought of this dessert : )
What is a superbowl party without bathtime? :)

King's Game

Casey got some King's tickets through his company a couple weekends ago, so Weston and I had the opportunity to go to our first King's game at Arco Arena. They lost, but that is no big surprise since they aren't very good, but it was really fun. Weston loved it! He was very excited and bounced up and down and clapped almost the whole time. We'll have to get him his own jersey so we all have one.

Weston watching the game

Our little family One of the Bull's players dunking

Ski Trip

In the middle of January, Casey surprised me with a ski trip. I had never been skiing, so he took the day off work and set up a babysitter for Weston. Overall it was a very fun day. I'm not the best and the steep slopes were a little intimidating/scary, but now I can say I've been. Thanks for taking me, babe! and Thanks to Jason and Ashley for watching Weston. Here are a few pics.

10 Months!

My baby is 10 months. I can't believe he will be one in a few months. It has gone by so fast. It's crazy because I hardly remember being pregnant and it feels like we have had his happy/smiling face in our lives forever. I don't know what we would do without him. He is constantly keeping us entertained and is the light of our lives. We just love this little guy. Now onto the update. A lot has happened in a month.

-Loves to play with cars and pushes a lot of other things along the ground like a car
-Makes noises when he crawls around. A lot of the time he pants like a dog.
-Finally started saying Ma-ma, but not very often.
-Found his tongue- like to stick it out, grab it with his fingers, and I just taught him how to click his tongue a few days ago.
-He already has a boy's appetite. His intake has doubled, so we have pretty much cut out almost all baby food because it was getting a little expensive. He is a great eater and eats pretty much anything we put in front of him, but he LOVES blueberries. He eats those up faster than anything else.
-Enjoys the walker we got him
-Bounces on his knees when he is excited
-Learned to clap - We went to a Kings game the other night and he was bouncing on his knees and clapping throughout the game. He had a good time.
-Upgraded to a bigger carseat because he is a little over 20 pounds now. I can't wait to turn him around in 2 months though.
-His third tooth is coming in.
-And here is the big one...TOOK 12 STEPS! Since then he usually takes 5-6, but has taken 10-12 twice now. He also squats when he is standing and then stands back up and can push himself off the ground. He thinks he is pretty special when he does this. Sometimes he tries to show off and do it really quick and then he falls on his butt.

This is his fake crying face. Don't you just love the single tear?

You had better not get in his way when he is using his walker. I almost lost my life trying to get this picture! :)
Looking at the fountains with cousin Paisley. Although, I think he enjoyed it a little more than she did.
Our little lemonhead. To Casey's dismay, he didn't even make a sour face. He loves lemons.

Showing off his two teeth. He's always super happy after he eats :)

Great Commercial

Just to break up the 9 month and 10 month posts, here is a commerical I saw the other day that I thought was funny.

9 Months!

He is actually 10 months today, so stay tuned for that one very soon, but I had to make a post about him at 9 months before the 10 month post. I'm a little OCD like that :) A few things he was doing at 9 months:

*Says ba-ba, and Mmmm when he is eating
*Smacks his lips
*Gives five and high-fives
*Casey and him will growl at each other when they are playing
*Loves water
*Hated wearing a bib until my sister gave us this amazing one for Christmas that stays on and is super easy to clean (Thank you Joanna!)
*Gets excited when Casey comes home - one time we met Casey at the door and Weston reached out for him, gave him a hug, then said "Da-da." It was pretty cute and it makes Casey pretty happy
*He notices the tiniest things on the ground and will put them in his mouth. Not really liking this one.
*Can stand up for a long time by himself.

Here is a picture I took of him when he turned 9 months. He is such a fun kid!

Merry Christmas! (just a little late)

Just a few pictures from Christmas. It was kind of a blur for us this year. We went down to San Diego and spent it with my sister and her family, but all three of us got the stomach flu a few days before we left and Weston was feeling some of the effects all week long. We also were kind enough to pass it on to pretty much all of my family :) We felt bad, but it had been passed on to us, so what were we going to do? It was Weston's first Christmas, but he wasn't too interested in his presents. He preferred climbing on everyone else's presents and playing with the wrapping paper. While we were down there, we also got to see my younger sister bless their second little boy, which was fun because we got to see most of the rest of my family at the blessing.

Weston at the park for the first time

Weston opening his Christmas Eve present. Pajamas from my parents, wearing pajamas from Casey's mom. He really liked the tag :)
My sister had plastic ornaments, so Weston would pull them off and watch them bounce on the tile.

Weston with my dad at the blessing

My sister and her cute family at the blessing

17-Mile Drive and Monterey Aquarium

Casey did a rotation down south in San Jose for a few weeks, so while we were down there we went to Carmel/Monterey to the 17-Mile Drive and the Monterey Bay Aquarium for a day. The 17-Mile drive offered some beautiful views of the ocean and the aquarium was really fun. It even had a baby section that Weston had a blast in! He went down his first slide too and loved it.

Aren't they cute? :)
The fam in front of the Lone Cypress

Weston trying to eat the railing

An otter at the aquarium

A lone pelican

Weston just hanging around looking at some birds

His first encounter with a starfish

In the baby section. This was like a waterbed and was supposed to imitate the motion of waves.

Photo op

The beautiful jellyfish

One Crazy Kid

More pictures of Weston up to no good. It's a good thing he looks so cute while he's doing it :)

Everything is food to him

I'm gonna get you and your little camera too!

It seemed like a good place to put him to keep him out of trouble while we got ready for church (I was standing right next to him, of course)

Just looking for a snack

Weston!
What? I'm just blowing my nose.
I'm so funny! :)

Thanksgiving!

I know I've been a horrible blogger, but I'm attempting to make up for it over the next few days. Let's start with Thanksgiving which turned out great and was a lot of fun. This was my first time hosting a holiday dinner because my sister came up with her family and then we invited Casey's brother and his family and his sister. I even roasted my first turkey (but forgot to take pictures!) It took a lot of work, but I had a lot of help and it turned out great. Thanks to everyone for their help. Casey was wonderful and was able to get the keys to the church building so we didn't have to cram everyone into our apartment too. Garth, Janelle, and the kids stayed for a bit and did some fun things. Unfortunately we didn't end up doing most of it with them because Casey had to study for his CPA test that Friday and Weston was teething :( We did go to the Forresthill Bridge with then though and that was fun to see again. A big thanks to Janelle and Garth for coming up to visit us!

All of the yummy food. Charity did a great job supplying the sparkling cider :)

The kid's table
The adultsMy two thugs on the bridge :)

The beautiful sky as we were leaving