OUR LITTLE MAN CUB is ONE!!!!

This post is a little late, but I am busy chasing after a one year old!! Yes my man cub is one. He is getting so big! He is 30 inches long, weighs 20 pounds, eats everything, walks, takes his pants off (I don't think its a good thing, but its interesting), knows what the word no means, loves playing with daddy, doesn't nurse anymore :( , is in a big boy carseat, loves to empty things out, and did I mention he is ONE YEAR OLD!!! I can't believe how quickly this last year has gone by. I took so many pictures and yet I feel that I didn't take enough. I look at him laying in his crib at night and can't believe this huge child is my little baby. I have had so much fun this last year getting to know my little man cub and watching him develop into such a fun little boy. I am so excited for this next year and all that it will hold for my One Year Old Man Cub!!!

getting out!

So one of the things I have learned being a mom is the importance of getting a break. I know we all want to be supermom's who can do everything and never get tired, never feel overwhelmed, and always love being around our children, but lets get real!! Peter has been working a lot, so breaks have been a little scarce. When I got an invite to a mommy's night out I called up my sister and asked for a favor.

Luckily for me she thought I was doing her the favor :) Auntie Michelle and Uncle Chris love to spend time with our Little Man Cub and were more than happy to help me get some time out. Here are a few pictures I found on my camera of my Little Man Cub enjoying all the attention.

Under Construction :(

As luck would have it I did something and now my header is gone and I can't get the background to look right! So I will be fixing my blog over the next few days.

My Birthday Trip!

A few weeks ago my wonderful hubby asked me what I would like for my birthday; luckily for him I knew exactly what I wanted!! I wanted a family trip ... I wanted a whole day where we went exactly where I wanted to go. So I planned out a whole day. We headed to San Franciso. We spent the whole day showing the Little Man Cub all the sites. We started at the Boudin Bread factory with some yummy clam chowder in a bread bowl, then off to the wharf for some nuts and looking at the sea lions, next was a stop at a grassy spot for our Little Man Cub to get some excersice, then we headed up to Ghirardelli for ice cream sundaes (and we aren't done yet :) ), then we hopped in the car to check out Fort Point (which I must say has an awesome view of the bay!), and finally we were ready to head home! I have to say it was a wonderful day and I couldn't have asked for a better gift.

And here are a few pictures ... well not just a few alot!!

Parenting Truths #1

So once you become a parent you learn a set of unspoken truths .. thats right you don't know they exist until you have children and then this set of odd truths make all to much sense! So Parenting Truth #1 is .... YOU LET SLEEPING BABIES LIE!!!! Don't move them, don't touch them, don't make any noise ... LET THEM SLEEP. And to illustrate my point here are some fun pictures of our Little Man Cub catching some z's in interesting places.


Example #1. in the highchair, luckily he was done eating!

Example #2. On the floor, I don't know how this happened, but he can stay there!

Example #3. In the Johnny Jumper, I think he jumped himself to sleep? I was a little worried about whiplash :)

Example #4. The classic in the stroller!

I have a bunch of other funny pics of our Little Man Cub sleeping, but they are on my phone and I haven't figured out how to retrieve them at full size yet.

Happy Hollow with Grandma!

I am over at my mom's house and she has some pics she needs to share with me!! Here is a peek at our Little Man Cub's trip to Happy Hollow with Grandma and his Uncles.

Baseball

We were so excited when Our Little Man Cub's uncles all signed up to play baseball .. not just because they have great soft pretzels, but because the field is less than a mile from our house!!! It was so much fun to walk down to the field and watch them all play baseball. Here are a few pics (that I am stealing off of my mom's computer :) ). It looks like the Little Man Cub is ready to join the game!