Happy Father's Day!!

Sarah and Will have the best Daddy in the world. I mean, really. How many men do you know who take their kids on a family fun workout morning to the park one day ...




And put "pretties" in his hair the next?


You're the BEST Daddy in the whole wide world! We sure love you!!

PS I did cut his hair this morning ...

They're Here!

Roger's brother Jeff, his wife Heather and their kids Cassie, Jessie and Ryan are in town and we are having the BEST time! Here a just a few quick pics.

First things first: Lunch. We broiled hot dogs in the oven and grilled hamburgers on the George Foreman. You've gotta love our city BBQ.


Playing in Sarah's room. (Cassie, Jessie & Sarah slept together the first night.) Oh btw we've created a new room for William. I'll post pictures eventually I'm sure ...


A trip to the roof to see "the view"


Tailgate Pizza Party - We're not that adventurous. We had Roundtable. But the Roasted Chicken with Creamy Garlic Sauce is soooooooo goood.



And of course the Golden Gate Bridge walk






Wish me luck. Jeff & Heather are having a day off tomorrow and I will be an acting Mother of FIVE. Keep me in your prayers - but please, don't pray for PATIENCE!

7 Months

It's been a big month for William. It's amazing how fast these months go! Here's the update.

Now that Will's eating solids, he is eating solids in full force. For some reason, he thinks he needs to eat 3 square meals a day in addition to all the milk he's getting. His repertoire includes peas, carrots, banana, green beans, sweet potato, butternut squash applesauce, peaches, oatmeal, mixed grains, rice cereal. I can't believe we're onto our 4th box of cereal. This guy eats a TON!

William has mastered sitting. He now LOVES to sit and play with toys on the floor. He LOVES it. He fought sitting on his own for so long. Whenever I tried to get William to sit down, he would keep his legs stretched out and super stiff. I was completely prepared for him to start cruising before sitting or crawling.

Speaking of crawling, Will can get pretty much everywhere he wants to. Lucky me. He can rock back and forth, do a 360 turn and move backward. He's also good at the reach and pull. But I wouldn't say he's crawling quite yet. However, I'm confident that by the time Grandma and Grandpa get here next week he will be showing off those crawling skills.

Will's also a great talker if you are fluent in gremlin. He can grunt, squeal and growl with the best of them. But no mamamammamam or dadadadada yet.

And William continues to be the smiley baby. He LOVES LOVES LOVES to laugh. He's so ticklish and loves it when you laugh with him. He can't help himself from going into a laughing fit. We love this guy!

Not Bad

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD

Saturday Chores

Sarah loves working with Daddy. She's such a great helper.




William helped me by watering the plants in front of our building. But I forgot to take a picture of us! Poor William. Next time for sure.

A good book

I finished The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley last Sunday. Super good read. Cyndi recommended it to me. It's set in England and is a murder mystery story told and solved by an 11-year-old girl. Loved it.

My Other Boys

I've had a request about my Phil&Teds Sport stroller so I thought I would share my love for my stroller. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. It's perfect for moms who are always using their stroller. And I have good news for those looking to buy one now - instead of 6 months ago like me. You can get the Phil&Teds Vibe Stroller with doubles kit from COSTCO.COM for $480 DELIVERED! (To illustrate to you how good a deal this is, I looked it up on Amazon.com and they have it for $760.) I paid $540 for my Phil&Teds Sport stroller with doubles kit from BabyBungalow.com, which was the best deal that I could find at the time. And before your jaw drops too low, I just want to say that I still think it's WORTH EVERY PENNY. I just wish I could have purchased it from Costco because I LOVE their return policy. And now you can get an arguably better Phil&Teds for less.

Here are the pluses:

I love that the seats are on top of each other.



The bassinet is W.O.N.D.E.R.F.U.L for sleepy babies. William easily falls asleep in it. And when I get home from the park I'll leave him in his stroller sleeping until he wakes up. I also feel less guilty about getting out during his naptime. Even at 6 months old, he can fall asleep while we are out and about.



The second seat, for when your infant gets bigger, also has a zipper recline to help keep your baby asleep. Love it.


If Sarah decides she's "all done stroller" I am not then pushing a lop-sided side-by-side or a super extended Cadillac.



Phil&Teds is lightweight and easy to maneuver. I love the swivel wheel in front. All strollers should have the swivel wheel, it is just so much easier to turn and get inside doors. It has real wheels (although on the small side) that you pump up and can use bike tire tubes for easy replacement. I haven't had to change tubes yet, I just have heard that from my friends who have had their strollers longer.



You do have to take off the doubles seat to fold the Sport Stroller. The Vibe can fold with the doubles seat attached. The Sport folds easily and fits in our trunk. When we went to Disneyland, we had a large rolling duffel along with our stroller and a few other items in the trunk of our Oldsmobile Alero. I haven't traveled with it on an airplane because I don't want it potentially beat up. I save airplane trips for my snap-n-go, which by the way is the only way I travel with an infant because of (1) its large basket, (2) I can keep my baby's car seat with me just in case there is an extra seat for him and (3) I don't care if the $50 frame get's scratched.

I also love that the adjustable push bar is high enough for me. I'm a tall person (5'9) so many strollers just don't cut it. I also don't have an issue running into the stroller with my feet. However, Rog, who is 6', sometimes has trouble with that. It is designed as a jogging stroller, but I'm not a true jogger so I can't vouch for its performance there. I do walk our Phil&Teds up and down hills and it does great.

Adjustments?

I think the biggest adjustment I had to going to the Phil&Teds is the shocks. My Bob Revolution has such great shocks. We took Bob out today for family fun morning at the park. Sarah wanted to walk - I mean run - anyway. (I knew if Sarah didn't want to run anymore Rog would carry her on his shoulders.) I love pushing Bob. He's soooo smooth. (This pic is of Sarah in Bob just after we got him.)


Really, if Bob could make a tandem stroller like the Phil&Teds I would be in H.E.A.V.E.N. But, for now, my Phil&Teds is fantastic. I take it everywhere and LOVE it. Truth be told, if I never pushed Bob and had gotten the Phil&Teds single as my first stroller I wouldn't have any complaints.



PS I don't understand the reasoning behind naming strollers after boys, but I have to say they are pretty good strollers :)

Friends

Kenzie, Jordyn and Stephanie came to visit yesterday. Sarah, William and I loved having friends over. We chatted, laughed, had snacks and just played for a couple of hours.




We definitely need to invite friends over more often. It is so much fun.

Watch out World

William's getting ready to go. YIKES!

Bread

Sarah loves artisan bread. She also likes to help herself. She got in two bites before I was able to cut her a slice.


Sarah enjoyed dipping her slices in olive oil & balsamic vinegar with her dinner.