Isaac at 5 months

Oh my goodness, I can't believe I forgot to post this last month after the moms were here! We just can't believe how quickly our little boy is growing up! When these pictures where taken he was rolling over really well, and could sit for quite a long time before toppling over, and even then he would just crawl onto his tummy to play.

His Grand-mère (my mom) and Oma-Nana (Michael's mom) were both here on his 5 month birthday, and I know that they were both in awe of how much he's grown in the 4 months since they last saw him.

We took the moms on a driving tour of Austin, and out to eat at Oasis, so they could see the lake (although, it's not much to look at right now because it's so low). Michael and I also took advantage of having some extra hands around. We were able to get out for a date night - Harry Potter at the Alamo Drafthouse! We had a great time.

We tried to take a lot of pictures and video, and I even scavenged some pictures from their cameras before they left so that I could include them in the album.

The only bad part about the weekend was that I was fighting a cold. By the time they left, it had turned into a full blown sinus infection. Michael ended up having to stay home for a couple of days to take care of Isaac so that I could get well.

Enjoy the pics and the video, and I'll try to get some more recent ones up soon!

Isaac Playing Piano

Isaac has always enjoyed sitting at the piano and listening to us play. Now he's finally getting in on the action a bit. We can't wait until he's old enough to start lessons in earnest.

Isaac Playing Piano

Rose Garden - Golden Gate Park

Rose Garden - Golden Gate Park

I took so many pictures at the rose garden that I decided to put them in a separate album. I love taking pictures of flowers, so I went a little crazy! They turned out beautifully, though, so I hope you enjoy them!

San Francisco 2009

San Francisco 2009

I know it's taken me forever to blog about our vacation, but last month was just crazy - recovering from back to back company and travel, then the moms came for a visit, then I got sick. Basically July was rough for me! But, things are getting back to normal now, so I wanted to share stories and pictures!

We went to SF at the end of June to see Tom and Stephannie before they made the move back to Austin. We had a fabulous time! I will admit that I was worried about the flight with a four and a half month old, but he was stellar for the entire trip! We arrived in the evening, and by about 3pm the next day he had adapted his schedule to the new time zone and that was that. On the way home we had to wake him early for our flight, so he was already back on track for our time zone once we got back!

Stepho was a wonderful tour guide, she drove us all around the city on our first day, showing us the Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street, Pier 39, the Boudin Sourdough Company, and the Cowgirl Creamery (for artisan cheese to go with our sourdough).

On Saturday we went downtown to the farmer's market, and to see Tom's office. Then we went to the Asian Art Museum for the Lords of the Samurai exhibit. It was very interesting. Isaac enjoyed looking around in the museum too!

Of course we chose a great time to visit San Francisco, during the Pride Celebration. So, outside the art museum it was like a street fair with food and booths. It made for some very interesting people watching opportunities. We also found an It's-It booth, so we were able to experience this legendary San Francisco treat for ourselves...yummy.

On Sunday we went to the Pride Parade. We had a lot of fun. It was as entertaining to watch the spectators as it was the parade entries! I have a ton of pictures from the parade, but I haven't gotten through them all yet. I'll put them up in a separate post once I get through them all.

After the parade Tom and Stephannie took us to Golden Gate Park. We saw the California Academy of Science building where Stephannie volunteers, and we went up into the tower of the De Young Museum for a bird's eye view of the city. We didn't get to see all of the park because it's so huge, but we did visit a beautiful little rose garden.

We got up early on Monday morning to fly back to Austin, and the flight was thankfully non eventful. Isaac enjoyed looking around for a while, and when it was nap time, I just tucked him into the sling and he went right to sleep. We couldn't have asked for a better first trip with the baby! Thanks again to Tom and Stephannie for being such wonderful hosts and showing us around. We had the best time! :-)