Dad's Glasses

Chicken Whisperer

Here is Rhonen with our Emma chicken.

Napa 2011

We took Jackson on his first little trip last week. We got the opportunity to wine taste in Napa for a day with a great group of friends. We decided that we could take Jack but Rhonen would stay at home with my dad (he liked that better anyway). Jackson did great in the car and when we were wine tasting! He did have to nap about half way through but that was perfect as I only wanted to taste at one winery...so we took a little break in the rental SUV. Then we headed up to Mount Veeder to stay at our friends winery, Yates Family Vineyard. The estate is just spectacular! It was such a treat to enjoy an evening there. Jackson even got to play with my friends daughter, Hannah. The next day we headed back home. It was a quick, but completely fun trip! And Jackson proved to be a great little traveler.

Funderland

We took Rhonen to a place called Funderland in Sacramento for a belated Birthday trip. We had to postpone it for almost one month because of illness and work schedule. But we finally made it down...and had a great time! It is basically an amusement park for ages 2-12. Rhonen loved going on the rides with dad and he even went on a few by himself. We met our Gigi and Grandpa Carl there and followed the rides with a nice picnic in the park. It was a great day and we all had a blast!

New Stroller

I finally talked Dustin in to getting a new stroller....and here it is! Our old double stroller was hard to push and uncomfortable for the kids. So we traded it in for the City Mini Double by Baby Jogger. It wasn't cheap....but it is well worth the price tag! I'm one happy mama :)

Jackson 9 months

This post is a little late...Jackson is now 9 1/2 months old :) His little personality is really coming out more and more. He is a very happy baby. He has started to interact with Rhonen...mimicking and laughing at him each day. Of course... Rhonen loves it! He loves to eat and we have been trying new foods each day. Rhonen also gives Jackson little treats from his plate. Sometimes Jackson really lucks out and gets a piece of cookie! Their relationship is growing so much and it is amazing to watch.

Jackson is also crawling quite well across the house. He can even pull himself up and do a bit of cruising :) He is very vocal...he already sounds like he is using baby lingo. When we are out in public Jackson will act very coy around strangers, but he is really just drawing them in for a lengthy shower of attention. He seems very confident for a little guy.

Finger Foods

Jackson has graduated to finger foods :) He loves to feed himself and is quickly loosing interest in pureed baby foods. So far he has enjoyed cereal, banana, teething biscuits, and avocado chunks.

Silver Dollar Fair

We took the boys to the Silver Dollar Fair last weekend. This was a favorite of my childhood memories and I couldn't wait to bring the boys! They were coming off of a week-long sickness so their enthusiasm wasn't all there...but we had a great time. We went to the animal exhibit first and to our surprise, Rhonen was a bit scared. In his defense, some of the goats were pretty scary! We let him go on a kiddie ride and ride a pony. His horse's name was Mocha, and even though he was scared at the animal exhibit, he was ear-to-ear grin while on that pony!