Halloween pics

Our introduction to Halloween in Oak Cliff was fun. It was a total circus. The sidewalks and streets were packed with kids. We had over 800 pieces of candy and ran out by 8:30. Sawyer had a blast, although he didn't seem to think it was different from any other day.

Happy Birthday Aunt Kelly!

18 month check up

Sawyer had his 18 month check up today. He is 31.5 inches tall (50th
percentile) and he weighs 21.5 lbs (5th percentile). Good news: more
avocado for Sawyer so he can put on a bit more weight before his 2
year appointment. Bad news: shots.

Sunday Silliness

Sawyer's first visit to the fair

eating fried Texas caviar

Sawyer approves of i fratelli

National peace day

Sawyer planted peas at preschool yesterday for national peace day. His
day care also joined schools across the globe singing a continual song
for peace.

Sawyer is officially a Dallasite

...or is the correct term Dallasian?

Home Stretch

Last night we let Sawyer cool off with some other kids in a fountain in Fort Collins, CO. It might have been the best night of his life. Tonight we're in Amarillo - just a half day's drive to Dallas. We're excited about sleeping in our new home tomorrow night.

Road trip day four

states we've traveled in over the last week: California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado.

animals we've seen so far: cows, horses (wild and captive), a badger, a fox, a moose, antelopes and emus.

Road trip day three

We made it to Jackson today. Calling this town beautiful is an
understatement. We are on our way to "the big red tram" a tram that
takes you up to 4139 feet for a great view of the area and the Tetons.

Salt lake was gorgeous too! The salt flats sparkle like diamonds. We
drank some good brews at the squatters pub last night. They had veggie
reubens too. Sawyer ate all the tofu out of his and left the rest.

That's all for now.

Road trip day two

We are somewhere in Nevada. We stopped to eat lunch a little early
because the sign said next road stop 100 miles.

We got a later start this morning because we had a later night than
planned last night.

We arrived in Reno around 730. After stopping to get veggie dogs,
'kraut and two cans of oly we went to the hotel to check in. That was
when we learned that all Marriott hotels require a nonrefundable $100
fee. This made our $90 dollar a night hotel less of a bargain. So, we
ended up at circus circus.

Reno is a ghost town. The average age of guests at circus circus is
north of 70. When you pick up a hotel map you can borrow a
complimentary wheel chair. Someone puked in the hallway. That said, it
was great for 30/night and they had a cute "hound hotel" for gidget.
We could check on her on our hotel room's tv. We did. After four hours
of driving, during which she napped the whole time, she just went
straight to bed.

Sawyer is having a blast. He has told us about 500 times that gidget
is in the car. He liked the hotel and jumping on the bed.

A rest stop in the sierras on our way east

Mt. Tamalpais

We took a hike up from Stinson Beach to the top of Mt. Tam and ate pancakes at a little inn. It ended up being 10 miles up and down, and took 6 hours - an ambitious attempt with a toddler in tow. But he was a trooper. He even napped on the way down.

Happy 4th of July!

Bad Boy Photos

Sawyer throwing a fit, and puffs at his mom and dad because they wouldn't let him jump on the couch.


Sawyer rearranging furniture.


Sawyer screaming/crying which was immediately followed by laughing/running around. This picture actually came AFTER the picture below.

Sawyer climing out of his high chair.

Father's Day, Beach Day

Chris is traveling for work over Father's Day so we celebrated last weekend at Half Moon Bay.

Here are some of the pics.

The dudes


talking about the beach


and surfing.

This is Sawyer runing away from the water.

Here he is still pretty skeptical.

At some point he changed his mind and he ran into the water.

Sawyer's footprint in the sand.

Sawyer dances like his momma