Easter

This year was baby Stephen's first Easter. Even though he won't remember it, I wanted to get him an Easter basket and dress him springy. 

Baby Stevo is One!!

I cant believe my baby is one year old!! time has flown by so fast.  This year has definitely been the best year of my life.  I didnt know motherhood would be such a wonderful thing.  Not that I thought it would be bad, it just ended up being much different than i expected.  I never thought i could love anyone like i love my baby.  I am completely obsessed with him.  He has brought so much happiness to our lives!

Here are some pictures of him over the past year.

One Month

Two Months

Three Months

Four Months

Five Months

Six Months

Eight Months

Nine Months

Eleven Months

Twelve Months!

I am kind of sad that i skipped a few months and didnt have a bear in all the pictures.  Oh well!  i think we all know this boy has plenty of other pictures.

Baby stephen is a really happy and playful baby.  He is extremely active and crawls all over the place. He pulls himself up on his crib and likes to chew on it.  He loves reading books especially books with flaps that he can lift.  His favorite books include dear zoo, where's baby's belly button, go dog go, goodnight moon, and the big red barn.  He is very ticklish.  I think he looks more and more like his dad every day!  At his one year appointment he was 26 lbs and 31.5 inches.  He is above 90th percentile in weight and height still so he is a big boy!  We love him!

We had a little get together with some of our friends.  I made 3 cakes and we also had ice cream.  I was hoping he would totally destroy the cake, but he actually wasnt that interested in it.

11 months!

Baby Stephen turned eleven mints old on April 8th! Time has really gone fast since he was born. It kind of makes me sad to think he won't be a baby for much longer. Baby Stephen is now crawling with his stomach off the floor. He can also pull himself up to his knees. Some of his favorite things include watching baby Einstein, knocking down towers or stacks of toys, playing fetch with himself. Laying under his jumperoo, and of course, swinging at the park. He can do it forever if I let him. I sure love my baby!

Bay Area fun

Stephen and I love living in the Bay Area! The weather is perfect. There is so much to do. And lots of good restaurants! We have lived here almost two years and hope we can stay once Stephen graduates.

We love Muir woods!

Beautiful Muir beach. 

San Francisco 

We love swings

Checking on the animals at little farm

Bay views from Berkeley rose garden 

Ici ice cream is the best

Stephen and his friend max

Stephen and his girlfriend Gemma 

Stephen and baby Nolan

Visiting uc Berkeley 

Afternoon at sf moma

Berkeley marina with Roxanne and Kate 

Yummy cupcakes from the sweet treat cupcake truck

Bay views from my friends roof. 

Ibrahim and dini. 

Out to dinner at gather 

With Megan in napa 

Wire sculptures at uc Berkeley

Beignets from Angeline's Louisiana kitchen. 

Playing in our friends backyard. 

The little town I live in 

Quiche from the albany farmers market.  My fav. 

Friends

My friend Evelyn visited in march. It was fun to see her! Her mom lives across the street from mission Dolores park. Which is my favorite part of San Francisco! We met up downtown and had lunch then headed to her mom's. we played at the park and then her mom made us a yummy dinner. After dinner we got ice cream at bi rite creamery. It was so nice to see Evelyn and her cute kids!