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Busy August!

2009-08-17T09:05:00.000-07:00

Sorry for not posting much, August has been packed with all sorts of fun activities. Here is a sampling...

We went to Zoe's 4th birthday party. Nolan's favorite thing was the pinata, honestly I think he was happy to be given a baseball bat and actually encouraged to swing at and destroy things.

Oakland Zoo Member's Night

These frog statues are among his favorite things!

Playing at the creek in Los Gatos

Red's Flame Hoop of Death or Nolan's New Toy

2009-07-15T06:00:00.000-07:00

I am not sure if it is actually called the flaming hoop of death - but it sounds good to me. Grandma Murphy got Nolan this last night, he LOVES it. Red (the firetruck from Cars) can go through the hoop of fire, down the fire pole or around a loop-de-loop. Nolan's current fixation is the fire pole. Initially he was saying whee everytime he went down. Of course he would not do this for the camera. All you get from him is the twisted tongue of concentration.

The Carwash

2009-07-14T18:43:00.000-07:00

When we got home from vacation the car had spiderwebs on it, that is to dirty even for us, so we took it to the carwash. Nolan was very excited to go to the carwash, but he wasn't sure about it once we were in. Some pictures:

Waiting patiently for our turn, making sure hoppy stays hydrated

Finally our turn - we head into the car wash

Nolan is not quite sure what to make of the experience:

Washington Trip

2009-07-14T08:52:00.001-07:00

We headed to Washington for 4th of July, spending time in Bremerton, on Whidbey Island and in Seattle.

Nolan fell asleep taxing out to the runway and didn't wake up until we were at the gate in Seattle.

At the 4th of July parade in Bainbridge Island

Waiting for fireworks after a baseball game at Kitsap County Fairgrounds

Nolan's first ferry ride from Port Townsend to Whidbey Island

Nolan and Daddy on the Ferry
Nolan and Grandpa on the Ferry
Nolan and Zoe on the beach at Camp Casey
Nolan pointing out that there is "lots of water" on his third ferry ride (he slept through the second)
Looking out at the water

Jeff, Nolan, Cameron, Griffin, Trevor, Sydney and Zoe on the walk to Fort Casey

On the walk from teh Fort back to Camp Casey

Riding on Daddy's shoulders

"walking" to the beach

At the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle

Nolan's favorite part of the zoo by far was feeding the birds

The view from out hotel in Seattle

Nolan admires the ocean and the boats

Loving the giant fluffy bed at the hotel

Watching fish being thrown at Pike Public Market- finding this very confusing

Throwing fish

How to Walk A Cat

2009-07-01T12:29:00.001-07:00

Nolan loves to push things- shopping carts, his stroller, toy lawm mowers, ball poppers, pretty much anything with wheels. So it was no surprise when we ventured into Build A Bear that he became fixated with a blue toy stroller. After some convincing that perhaps making an animal to go into the stroller would be fun he selected a grey kitty which he named "Cat". Here are some videos of Nolan taking Cat on a tour of Valley Fair.

Random But Cute

2009-07-01T12:24:00.000-07:00

Packard Picnic

2009-07-01T12:19:00.001-07:00

Some pictures from the Packard Foundation's Annual Picnic

Nolan loves sticking his tongue out:

Counting rocks...

Doing his best Popeye the Sailor Man impersonation

Oakland Zoo

2009-07-01T12:14:00.000-07:00

We went to the Oakland Zoo (again) with Grandma & Grandpa Murphy for Father's Day. The zoo has become one of Nolan's favorite places, he asks if we are going there everytime we get in the car.

asleep before we wven got out of the parking lot!

Talking more

2009-06-03T07:24:00.000-07:00

Nolan is talking more and more these days. This video is from a couple weeks ago. It includes some of his favorite phrases such as "what's that noise" and "what happened to circle". What happened to circle started when Shirley was giving him Cheerios and she made them into the shape of a circle, Nolan promptly destroyed the circle and she asked what happened to the circle. He thought this was hilarious and started saying it frequently. He has now branched out and will destroy pretty much anything and then ask you what happened to it. The circle does remain his favorite shape and he will identify almost every shape as a circle.

Apologies for the background noise on the first video, I am not exactly sure what was on I thought it was Noggin, but it doesn't sound like Noggin.

Note all the blankets and pillows and toys behing Nolan. We are in the midst of an apartment overhaul and hopefully we can teach Nolan to put somethign away when he is done playing with it.

Nolan is clearly tired in this video:

Oakland Zoo

2009-06-02T08:04:00.000-07:00

We went to the Oakland Zoo over the weekend. Nolan was really into the frogs, or hoppies/ hop hops as he call them.

Smithwoods

2009-06-02T08:02:00.001-07:00

We visited Great Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin at Smithwood over Memorial Day weekend.

Park

2009-06-02T07:50:00.000-07:00

Nolan's favorite words are outside and park. Initially he would only request to be outside, now he is more picky and prefers to go to the park. He likes the slides, swings and the sand (although we are working on not throwing sand), but he especially likes being around the other kids.

Playdoh

2009-06-02T07:20:00.000-07:00

Nolan has discovered Playdoh. He enjoys cutting the playdoh into tiny pieces with the scissors.

Boots

2009-05-04T08:27:00.001-07:00

Nolan has some new hand me down rainboots at Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin's house. Here are a couple of pictures modeling them, with pajamas of course. Sorry one of them is so blurry, my flash was off, getting him to look at the camera and sit still for a picture was a bit of a job.

Happy Easter

2009-04-13T09:55:00.000-07:00

Some pictures from Nolan's very fun, very busy third Easter.

Do You Play Hockey?

2009-04-13T09:46:00.000-07:00

Nolan having fun outside playing with his hockey stick and ball.

Playing at Great Grandma's

2009-04-01T07:39:00.001-07:00

Nolan having fun on Great Grandma's couch

Cal Academy Revisited

2009-04-01T07:24:00.000-07:00

Nolan visited the California Academy of Sciences for the second time on Tuesday. Nolan and Mommy went with Uncle Ed, Aunt Christie and Cousin Keira (who were in town for Nolan's second birthday (pictures from party coming soon)), Grandma & Grandpa Murphy, and Great Grandma Garcia. Daddy had to work :(. We were there in December with Dana. It amazed how big a difference 3 months makes, Nolan was really into the exhibits. He LOVED the penguins I am sure that he would have happily stood and watched them for a lot longer than we did.

Here are some pictures:

Waiting in line for the rain forest

Looking at starfish

Nolan was quite interested in these, I think the were Jellyfish...Nolan isn't big on reading the signs!

Nolan realizing how big this tank is

Playing outside after lunch, he kept climbing up to the seal statues

Boy Wonder

2009-03-23T07:18:00.001-07:00

Nolan in his Wonder Pets PJs, complete with cape!

Nolan on the Merry Go Round

2009-03-23T07:05:00.000-07:00

A video of Nolan on his shark.

Pre Sharks Game Fun

2009-03-23T06:59:00.000-07:00

A 1:00 pm start time to Saturday's Sharks game meant that we were able to visit the playground across the street from the arena. Nolan rode a shark on the merry go round there.
Nolan picking out his shark:

Playing at Oakridge

2009-03-23T06:47:00.000-07:00

Nolan enjoying the play area at Oakridge.

He really enjoys tunnels

As a comparison, we were at this same play structure in March of 2008, Nolan as certainly grown! In the photo above he is actually crouching down to reach the steering wheel.

2nd Birthday Haircut

2009-03-23T06:41:00.000-07:00

Nolan was in desperate need of a haircut, here is the look he will be sporting for his first few weeks as a two year old:

Before:

After:

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2009-03-23T06:22:00.000-07:00

Nolan having fun playing on St. Patrick's Day.

Quite Days

2009-03-11T13:22:00.000-07:00

I have not posted in a month, when I thought about why, I realized it is because we haven't done much over the past month. We have been busy, but I can't figure out what we have been doing. All three of us got sick so that accounts for one week of the 4 weeks since I last posted, the other 3 weeks shall remain a mystery I guess.

Here is a picture taken last weekend of Nolan hoarding the fish tows that he took from Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin's on Saturday. We managed to get him out of his hands when he fell asleep Saturday night but he spotted them in the car on Sunday and were instantly back in his clutches.

We will try to lead a more interesting life over the next few weeks. We are gearing up for Nolan's second birthday! Hard to believe it has already been two years.

MBAQ

2009-02-09T14:28:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we took Nolan for his second visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He really enjoyed the river otter exhibits and the Outer Bay tank. A rare shot of Mommy and Nolan while we were getting ready to go. He doesn't look happy because the camera blocked his view of the TV.

(UN)Happy as a clam

Checking out big blue. I think this may have been the first time he has really seen the ocean.

Getting educated about tide pools.

Loving the Bruce Ariss Pass and all the steps on the way down to the Aquarium

Looking at the birds

In front of the outer bay tank

Nolan and Daddy admire the Jellies

A bunch of jellies

reconstructing seahorses

A video of Nolan standing under the waves.

Fort Knox...Well Fort Foam

2009-02-04T18:47:00.000-08:00

Nolan has been enjoying making a fort around himself using the pillows on Great Grandma's couch. When we get to her house to pick him up he is in the "fort" and we can see his eyes peeking over. Mommy tried making a fort with him last week but found our pillow selection lacked the sturdiness to create a fort. So we purchased some of those interlocking foam squares with letters on them thinking this might work as a suitable fort, at the very least it should create a good racing surface for his pull back cars. Overall the fort worked well, even when Nolan started punching out the letter testing it's true structural integrity. Here are some pictures of Nolan enjoying his little cubby.

So Many Things, Such Tiny Arms

2009-01-27T08:44:00.000-08:00

Whenever Nolan hears that he will be venturing outside with Daddy he begins the process of the toys that he would like to take with him outside. Usually this is as many balls as he can carry. Here is a few pictures of him perfecting his technique for carrying his stuff.

Daddy + Goldfish = FUN

2009-01-27T08:35:00.000-08:00

Nolan enjoying "feeding" Daddy.

He Shoots, He Scores

2009-01-27T08:03:00.000-08:00

Nolan is really starting to get into celebrating when the Sharks score. Here are two videos- one is Nolan perfecting his cheer at the Sharks, the other is him saying "goal" while watching shark highlights at home. Goal has become one of his favorite things to say while watching the Sharks at home. He has even woken up a few times after they score, said "goal" and fallen back asleep.

He Sleeps With the Kittens

2009-01-14T07:58:00.000-08:00

Esme (black and white) and Colette (Calico) love to cuddle up next to Nolan when he is napping.

Happy New Year

2009-01-14T07:56:00.000-08:00

Some pictures of Nolan on New Year's Eve that my dad took.

Ready to party

Trying to get comfortable

Extreme Dino

2009-01-14T07:43:00.001-08:00

Grandma and Grandpa Murphy got Nolan the Extreme Dinosaur by Fisher Price for Christmas. At first Nolan was scared of it, but in recent weeks he has really warmed up to it. He now enjoys operating the remote, giving the dinosaur the toy bones and ball and pulling his tail.

A Boy and His Harmonica

2009-01-02T15:39:00.000-08:00

Also from the set of music toys Nolan got a harmonica. Some video of him playing- watch out Blues Traveler!

Making Beautiful Music

2008-12-28T22:18:00.000-08:00

Well making noise anyway. Aunte Martha and Uncle Rafael sent Nolan a cool set of music instruments for Christmas. He loves them. His favorite is the tamborine/drum. He was very happy to play and then insisted that one of us accompany him with one of the other instruments. I liked the egg shakers myself.

You can also see how Christmas has exploded in our tiny apartment in the background. Mommy will try to get these toys sorted out during her week off of work. :)

Walking with Dinosaurs

2008-12-28T14:40:00.001-08:00

Grandma and Grandpa Murphy got us tickets to go see Walking with Dinosaurs. Nolan had a great time (and only napped for a few minutes). Here are a couple pics and short video if you aren't familiar with the show.

with Great Grandma Garcia

Daddy and Nolan taking full advantage of intermission

CA Academy of Science

2008-12-28T14:33:00.000-08:00

We went with Dana to the new CA Academy of Science. Very cool! We saw penguins and alligators, the aquarium and the rainforest. Nolan liked running up the circular ramps in the rainforest and he loved the butterflies. One of them landed on him as we waiting to catch the elevator down.

All tuckered out

Christmas Videos

2008-12-28T14:19:00.001-08:00

Playing with some of his new toys

Christmas 2008

2008-12-28T14:12:00.001-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas here in Sunnyvale. We enjoyed going to Church on Christmas Eve with the Baldwins and celebrating with the Garcia family later in the evening. Christmas day we had an early start at our place followed by breakfast at the Murphy's and dinner at the Baldwin's. We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and wish you the best in the new year.

Working on a puzzle

having fun giving a gift to Great Grandma McMahan

Uncle Todd helping to open a gift

More from Christmas and Christmas Eve

2008-12-28T13:55:00.000-08:00

With Grandma & Grandpa Baldwin on Christmas Eve

Opening presents at the Garcia family get together on Christmas Eve

Playing with the block that Great Grandma gave him on Christmas morning
Opening the Thomas pull toy that he LOVES !

Enjoying the blanket that Aunt Christie made him

Picture from the Sharks game

2008-12-24T11:48:00.000-08:00

I took this picture last night, If you look behind the Vancouver goalie you can see the puck. The Sharks ahd just scored their 3rd goal.

Christmas in the Park

2008-12-24T11:39:00.000-08:00

We took Nolan to Christmas in the Park before the Sharks game last night. He liked the big Community Giving Tree and the animated scenes with animals.

Christmas in the Park

2008-12-24T11:27:00.001-08:00

A Mickey themed tree
Valley Christian's Candyland Tree

Pioneer High School's Dr. Suess Tree

Finding his chomp

2008-12-24T10:52:00.001-08:00

Nolan has been perfecting his chomp at Sharks games over the last couple of weeks. Usually it is a slow moving sideways shark. Last night it was a shark with only one jaw as he sould only get motivated to use one hand. Although you will see he did the chomp with his fingers - a baby shark if you will. Sorry one of them is on i's side- AGAIN!

Advent Calendar

2008-12-23T14:43:00.000-08:00

We finally put the advent calendar up... I know, I know- It is very late. But hey it is up before Christmas so we are going to pretend that it was there since 12/1- OK. Nolan did enjoy putting the animals around the nativity and once he discovered that there were Velcro spots in the sky he wanted to put everything in the sky. He was also very interested in putting the wise men and the shepperd's in the manger - usually in Baby Jesus' bed- maybe to him they look sleepy. Here are some pictures- pretend that Nolan is wearing different clothes and that it took us 22 days to get the thing that full- rather than 22 minutes.

Actually now that I look at it one of the sheep has made him self comfy in the hay.

Christmas Lights

2008-12-22T15:01:00.000-08:00

We have gone on two Christmas light viewing expeditions. One in Fremont with the Ashfields and one around Los Gatos with Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin and Uncle Todd. Here are some photos from both.

Little Helper

2008-12-22T14:50:00.000-08:00

Nolan has discovered a love for putting gift tags on presents. Here are some videos of him helping mommy out.

More excitment then he can handle

2008-12-01T09:15:00.000-08:00

A funny shot taken of Nolan as we left our visit with Santa. He fell asleep with the coloring book Santa had given him still clasped in his hands.

I love little animated Christmas critters that play music

2008-12-01T09:09:00.001-08:00

Nolan loves those Christmas things you can get from Hallmark that play music and bounce around. On Thanksgiving Grandma brought out her snowmen from last year. The result was Nolan pressing, and presssing, and pressing the button to make it sing. His wonder continued on Sunday when Yukon Cornelius was placed under our tree and Nolan figured out where to push to make him sing "Silver and Gold".

Hitting the open road

2008-12-01T09:05:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago a friend of Grandma Baldwin's passed along a Radio Flyer tricycle to Nolan that her grandkids were done with. She took these pictures of Nolan's first encounter with a tricycle and passed them along.

King of the Killer Whales (and tigers too)

2008-12-01T09:02:00.000-08:00

We were at Target over the long weekend (no surprise there) and Nolan found their plastic animals. He was quite taken with the killer whales and the white tigers. Jeff would put them away and he would pull them back out and pile them on the floor.

Yummy pie

2008-12-01T09:00:00.001-08:00

Very cute and tasty Moose A. Moose and Zee pies. Nolan was very interested in the characters on the pies but was not fond of the pumpkin pie.

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-12-01T08:32:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa Murphy's

Santa

2008-11-24T07:07:00.000-08:00

We were at Eastridge this weekend and, on a whim, decided that we would meet Santa. Nolan was very happy to play in the line, looking at the reindeer and watching Rudolph. He would point to Santa when asked where he was, he waved to Santa, blew kisses and gave high fives, but when it came to sitting on Santa's lap Nolan decided he was firmly against it. Jeff sat down next to Santa in hopes that close proximity and daddy's seal of approval would convince Nolan, it did not. The result a picture of Nolan and Santa and Jeff.

Pictures from the wait in line:

Making Christmas

2008-11-21T10:44:00.001-08:00

We took Nolan to Santana Row last night to take pictures for our Christmas card. Their tree has already been lit and we thought it would be a good back drop. Nolan was very interested in the lights. Here are some shots of Nolan not sitting still for pictures.

Meow

2008-11-18T07:00:00.000-08:00

Lately Nolan seems to think that he is a cat and that the cat tower was purchased for his amusement.

Trip to Palo Cedro

2008-11-12T17:54:00.000-08:00

We spent the weekend in Palo Cedro visiting with Dave, Barb, Carissa and her adorable girls Alex and Shelby. Here are a couple of pictures of Nolan enjoying his visit with the family.

Pinnochio

2008-11-03T14:16:00.000-08:00

still can't turn the video

Out for a ride

2008-11-03T07:34:00.000-08:00

Nolan loved the merry go round at Disneyland

Pinnochio out for a stroll

2008-11-03T07:15:00.000-08:00

Sorry I can't figure out hoe to rotate the video...

Halloween in Disneyland

2008-11-03T07:09:00.000-08:00

Nolan as Pinnochio Nolan, Daddy and Monstro

Gilroy Gardens

2008-11-03T07:04:00.000-08:00

At Gilroy Gardens Nolan got to ride Chico, a teeny tiny pony

Game On

2008-11-03T06:54:00.000-08:00

Nolan at the Annual Teal and White Game

Toys

2008-04-17T11:51:00.000-07:00

Nolan enjoying some of his birthday presents

1st Birthday Party

2008-04-17T11:43:00.000-07:00

Nolan had a fun first birthday party with family and friends.

1st Birthday - Sharks Game

2008-04-17T11:30:00.000-07:00

We spent the night of Nolan's first birthday at the Sharks Game. We went down to the glass before the game and Jemery Roenick threw Nolan a puck.

One Year

2008-03-26T16:46:00.000-07:00

It is strange to think that one year ago today Nolan had just entered our lives and was new and tiny. A year later Nolan is not so tiny but he still feels very new and as he continues to grow and learn we find that every week there is something new he does.

He is a very sweet boy, mellow and funny. We are very blessed to have him in our lives and to watch him become whoever he is going to be.

In one year he has gone from this:

To this:

Can't wait to see what another year brings!

Disneyland Prep

2008-03-26T16:41:00.001-07:00

Aunt Bertha gave Nolan his first mouse ears for Easter. Nolan put then on in preparation for next weeks trip to Disneyland.

Daddy tried them out too. Mommy doesn't need to prep, she is an expert!

Spaghetti

2008-03-26T16:31:00.000-07:00

I made spaghetti the last night and Nolan had his first taste of spaghetti not in baby food form.

We were surprised that he didn't make too big a mess and he seemed to like it.

Nolan looking very full.

Nolan's 2nd Easter and First Easter Egg Hunt

2008-03-26T16:21:00.001-07:00

Easter Morning, Nolan taking his bunnies for a walk.

Audrey, Nolan and the balloons that he found fascinating for about 30 minutes.
Nolan and Great Grandma Garcia
Nolan's first Easter egg hunt
Nolan and Daddy (and the Easter eggs Nolan successfully captured in the hunt)

Happy St. Patricks Day

2008-03-17T20:15:00.000-07:00

Nolan spent his last first holiday playing.

He has discovered that Ollie is perfect for bouncing on:

DOWN:
LAUGH:
Whenever Jeff leaves to walk the dog Nolan sits by the door and waits for him to get back.

Aunt Kristin

2008-03-17T20:05:00.000-07:00

Nolan got to meet Aunt Kristin last weekend. He had fun playing at Grandma Baldwin's with Aunt Kristin on Friday and then we went to Buca de Beppo's for lunch on Sunday. Nolan had fun in the play area with Grandpa Baldwin

Ollie the Octopus

2008-03-17T19:38:00.000-07:00

Nolan is now at the stage where he is really enjoying that Ollie the Octopus chair that we bought before he could sit on his own.

For those of you who do not remember when Nolan first met Ollie:

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

2008-03-14T13:58:00.000-07:00

Dana found this knitting pattern on line, she emailed it to me in hopes I would make one for a friend of hers. I decided to try it out for a hat for Nolan first, which was good, I had to make adjustments for accuracy and sizing. Nolan did not want to wear a hat and kept removing it so these were the best pictures I could get.

First Haircut

2008-02-23T16:40:00.000-08:00

We took Nolan to Cubby Cuts to get his first haircut. His hair was getting long and we found the longer it got the more curly the ends were.

Before:

Sitting in the red car waiting for hair cut Getting his hair cut. They only allowed one parent in the "cutting area" so Jeff watched through a hole in the wall
Nolan has been sticking his tongue out like crazy lately, even when honking the horn while having his hair cut
After:

Smiles

2008-01-30T11:31:00.001-08:00

Post Bath Monkey Boy

2008-01-30T11:30:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve

2008-01-30T11:23:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve Day

Nolan confidently wears a top proclaiming that he is on Santa's Nice List

Christmas Eve at Aunt Bertha's

Nolan's first experience on hardwood floors

Christmas at Home

2008-01-30T11:11:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning started with the three humans and three furry family members opening our gifts before we headed out to each of the grandparents homes to celebrate.

Nolan started with a stocking which was filled to the brim

(Notice he appears to be hoarding his toys. I am pretty sure Indy, the white blob in the foreground was eyeing them)

This ball was probably his favorite stocking stuffer, he slept with it last night.

Onward to presents! Nolan starts to get the feel for tearing wrapping paper

Nolan reveals the learning puppy (or something)

I was annoyed with this toy before he opened it. For the two weeks it was wrapped under the tree it would mysteriously start talking on its own from inside its wrapped cocoon. It would usually choose to do this when I was up late alone watching scary movies or disturbing forensic shows. It still goes off occasionally, but once it was out of it's package I found the volume control.

Nolan loves Fisher Price Amazing Animals. The Ark was a hit and he finds the giraffe to be delightful to chew on.

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Murphy's

2008-01-30T11:05:00.001-08:00

Christmas Round Two:

Nolan is more interested in chewing on his rubber ball then opening presents.

He is pleased with the Backyardigans see and say

Getting a toddler's eye view of Christmas festivities

Grandma and Grandpa got him "The Boss" a dragon whose back unzips to reveal that he is filled with those jumping balls. Nolan thinks they are tasty, he enjoys sitting among them and throwing them out of the dragon.

He also decided that the dragon was an excellent place to open other presents

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin's

2008-01-30T10:58:00.000-08:00

By the time we got to Grandma and Grandpa Baldwins Nolan was a pro at opening presents.

Nolan will walk you through the correct way to open a gift.

Step 1: Receive Gift

Step 2: Remove ribbon

Step 3: Rip paper

Nolan was very grateful for all the wonderful gifts he received.

Baby Legs!

2007-12-12T18:16:00.000-08:00

Nolan received baby legs from Dana at his baby shower. Baby legs are essentially long tube socks without feet designed to keep baby's legs nice and warm under lose fitting pants. I was getting Nolan ready for our trip to the zoo and realized that with his seasonal top on the baby legs made Nolan look very elfish. Once he put his jeans on he looked less like an elf!

Playful boy

2007-12-12T18:10:00.000-08:00

Nolan having fun with Daddy
Indy makes a comfy back rest

It's Christmas Time in the City (Zoo)

2007-12-12T18:01:00.000-08:00

We went to see the reindeer romp at the San Francisco ZooDaddy looks thrilled to be there
Those are reindeer behind Nolan
Penguin hat keeping Nolan toasty
Daddy and Nolan visit the hippo statue in front of what will be a new hippo/rhino exhibit
Nolan rides the grizzly bear statue outside the new Grizzly Gultch exhibit

Nolan is crawling

2007-12-05T16:28:00.000-08:00

Sorry it is so dark, the Christmas tree blocks most of the natural light. Nolan is crawling in short little spurts.

Santa!! I know him!!

2007-11-26T07:35:00.001-08:00

Nolan seemed excited to go see Santa.

Here he is waiting for Mommy to get everything together

Still waiting...
Santa!

Nolan and Santa checking each other out.
Nolan didn't smile, but he didn't cry either so we consider this first visit to Santa a success!

Happy Thanksgiving

2007-11-26T07:17:00.000-08:00

Nolan enjoyed his first Thanksgiving at Great Grandma and Great Gandpa Garcia's house.

Out little turkey!

Daddy is getting tired...but Nolan still wanted to play!

OK that was enough playing, I am tired now too!

Grocery Shopping for Thanksgiving

2007-11-26T07:06:00.000-08:00

The family went shopping for some turkey-day related items...

Nolan was worried the store might be too crowded...

But in we went...

Nolan was checking out what the store had on sale...
making sure Mommy doesn't miss anything...
all done, that wasn't so bad!

Nolan, Jeff and Mike Grier

2007-11-14T11:37:00.000-08:00

We went down to the Arena for a autograph session with San Jose Shark Mike Grier. Nolan was really good in line and fell asleep about 10 minutes before we got to the front of the line.

Happy Halloween!

2007-10-31T07:37:00.000-07:00

Hard to believe that it is already Halloween and tomorrow it will be November.

Nolan just turned 7 months old and is gearing up for his first Halloween, he has two costumes that Mommy got on sale after last Halloween.

He will be going as Squirt since he loses his hands in the massive sleeves of the Roo costume.

Nolan as Squirt the baby turtle from Finding Nemo

Nolan as Roo of Kanga & Roo fame

From the Winnie the Pooh stories

2007-10-31T07:35:00.000-07:00

Nolan as a very hyper Roo

Posting again

2007-10-17T17:36:00.000-07:00

I apologize that I have not posted in a while, I was enjoying my last month as a stay at home mom, and than adjusting to life as a working mom. I am only working 4 days a week, so I still get to stay home with Nolan one day a week. I am going to try to get back to posting regularly.

Nolan is doing well! At 6 months old he weighs 18 lbs is 26 3/4 inches long and has 2 teeth. He is still a very happy boy, he has adjusted well to his new "day care" schedule. He is with each of the Grandmas once a week and has been with my cousin Lesley the other 2 days, that will be changing in the coming weeks as Shirley (a friend of the family's) will take over.

Now to pictures!

Disneyland!

2007-08-03T21:32:00.000-07:00

Small World

The Tiki Room

Disneyland!

2007-08-03T21:12:00.000-07:00

In line for Buzz Lightyear ride...

Build A Bear Workshop...

Hemlich's chew-chew train...

Line for Nemo's submarine voyage...

On Nemo's Submarine Voyage...

Disneyland!

2007-08-03T15:48:00.000-07:00

Nolan's first trip to Disneyland!

2007-07-09T08:51:00.000-07:00

Oakland A's Game

Nolan enjoyed watching the game, almost as much as chewing on his elephant.

Nolan and Daddy

2007-07-09T08:39:00.000-07:00

We went to the MLB Fan Fest in San Francisco this weekend.

There was lots to look at...
and lots of critters to take pictures with.

Note: Nolan's hair is not as red as it looks below!
The excitement was a bit much for Nolan.

Great Grandma Murphy

2007-06-27T17:28:00.000-07:00

Inch Worm

2007-06-27T15:44:00.000-07:00

Nolan enjoying a new toy

Ollie the Octopus Chair

2007-06-27T15:42:00.000-07:00