Making a mess

Brody's new favorite thing to do is make a mess. He is like a little hurricane. If I pick up all of his toys and put them in his basket he rushes over and pulls them all out one by one. Or if I have a drawer open he will crawl over and pull things out throwing everything over his shoulder. And his favorite is to go into the office and pull the DVDs off the shelf. Thank goodness he can only reach two shelves. Oh and in other new news he now has three teeth and the fourth is peeking threw.

Picking Up Food

We hit another mile stone. When Ang was here Brody learned to pick up food and put it in his mouth. I'm not sure why I thought this would be so difficult considering everything he picks up goes in his mouth. But it is definitely harder with smaller things. Mark was giving him bread on Saturday afternoon when the girls were having lunch at the Oasis and I guess he just started to pick up little pieces and putting them in his mouth. We have since moved on to Cheerios's which is his new favorite thing. It's all he wants to eat. Here is the video Mark got of him eating bread.

Ok so I typed this blog several days ago and then ran into some trouble adding the video. Blogger only allows you to up load videos 100 mg or smaller and this one was something like 109. We have several video editing programs so I thought it would be easy to just cut some of the video out, WRONG. Well I was able to edit the video pretty easily with a couple different programs but then it saves the video as a different type of file. One that blogger will not upload. So after several days of trying I finally gave up. And then today I was shopping at Target and I was on the phone with Kelley and the cashier overheard me telling her that I couldn't get the video to my blog and he suggested using youtube to do it, so I came home and tried it and it actually worked! Now I can post longer videos. Thank you youtube!

And the crazyness continued...

So after our fast and furious trip to California we arrived back in Texas on Wednesday. We headed straight from the airport to the grocery store and then home to clean the house and get ready for Ang to visit. Ang is my best friend from college she lives in California and came out to visit for the first time since we have been in Texas. She got here on Thursday. Matt and Abbey changed Wonderful Wednesday to Thrilling Thursday so we were able to go. It was at the Salt Lick which is the BBQ place out in the boonies that we took Kelley to when she was here. It was so much fun. Brody got to play in the dirt for the first time and Ang's best friend from high school lives in Austin and her and her boyfriend Nathan were able to join us. Then on Friday we had a pretty lazy day but then had a girls night out. We went to a sushi place called Uchi's and then down town for drinks. We found a great place that had an awesome cover band and ended up dancing until 2 am. I can't even remember the last time I did that, it was so much fun. On Saturday we slept in and then got up and had lunch at the Oasis, which is a great place out on the lake. The food is just ok but the view and ambiance is amazing. On Saturday night we invited Melissa and Nathan to come over and Mark and I cooked dinner for everyone. We had some really nice wine and made filets with wasabi mashed potatoes (which are my new favorite thing). By Sunday I was completely wiped out. Ang headed into Austin with Melissa and Nathan and Mark and I spent the day on the couch. I'm just starting to feel rested. It was a crazy couple of weeks. Here are some pics from Ang's visit.

Me and Ang

Mark and Brody

Melissa, Ang and Me

Mark, Brody and Nathan

Girls night out!

Brody playing with rocks.

We're Back

Sorry it has been awhile. We have been crazy busy. I will start with our trip to California. We had a really good time but it seemed to go by way too fast. We flew in on Saturday and met up with Mark's family to go have Sushi at our favorite spot. On Sunday the girls got up and went to have manicures and pedicures at Pinkies. Then we had some people over for lunch. They boys had tickets to the Warriors game so they left around 4:30. The girls stayed home with the kids. The boys got home and we played Catch Phrase and Left Right Center. We had too much wine and stayed up too late but it was so much fun. On Monday Ryan, Kenda and Bina had to leave. I had a hair appointment that I was extremely excited about considering I have not had a haircut since September. On Monday night we went to dinner with our good friends Bernd and Thea. They are getting married at Mark's parents house in October and Bernd asked Mark to be his best man. Mark is very honored and we both can't wait for the wedding. On Tuesday I was able to stop by the LPH to see some of my old friends and then we headed to the A's opening night. It is kind of a tradition for us, Mark was so excited to be able to fly back and go to the game. It was a good time even though the A's lost. Brody did really well and made it all the way through the 8th inning. Then we flew home on Wednesday. Like I said it was fast and furious but we had a really great time. Here are some pictures from our visit.

Brody having his first frozen bagel.

Mark and Brody

The boys leaving for the Warriors game.

Brody and Grandpa chillen on the couch.

Loves bath time with Grandma!

Never too early to learn how to play the piano.

Brody in Grandma's slippers.

He didn't really like his hat unless it was sideways, I guess he is taking after his uncle Alan.

Go A's.

Off to Cali

We are headed back to California. Just a quick trip to see our family and friends and go to the A's opening night. We are very excited. Brody got his first cold so I'm a little nervous about the airplane. The Dr. said it should be ok so I'll just keep my fingers crossed. We get back on Wednesday and Ang is coming to visit on Thursday. I can't wait, I miss her so much. I've decided she has to move to Texas too. Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

Old Video

I was cleaning up our picture and video files and I found this clip that I forgot to post. It's from when Brody first started trying baby food. He is a really good eater. Shasta still begs for his food which I think is funny and a little strange.



The gym has been pretty good so far. I went to the Yoga class yesterday which was a little harder. It might be because I have never done Yoga before so it was new to my body. I'm really really really sore today (it hurts to breathe) so I'm probably going to take the day off. Brody seems to enjoy going, both days he has cried when I put him in the car to leave. I would way rather him cry when we are leaving then when I'm dropping him off.

I did the unthinkable...

I joined the gym. For those of you who don't know me very well, I HATE the gym. I do not enjoy working out what so ever. But in order to lose the last of my baby weight and get ready for our trip to Mexico I decided to bite the bullet and join. Today was my first day going. I decided to do one of the classes they offer. So at 10:30 a.m. I did their Pilates class. I hate to admit it but it really wasn't that bad. I actually kind of enjoyed it. The Pilates class was very dance oriented so it was right up my alley and I felt really good at the end of it. They have a kids center so I was able to bring Brody with me. He played in the kids area and I did an hour long class. I think it is good for Brody to socialize with other kids and it gave me an hour to do something for myself. Tomorrow is Yoga. Lets see if I can keep it up.