One Fish, Two Fish. . .Patton loves ALL Fish!

At the beginning of this month we headed to San Jose for Sam's Grandma's funeral. We were excited to see some of Sam's family and for them to finally meet Patton. We had a good time, but it was a quick trip! Since the drive is so long, we decided to break it up into 2 driving days on the way home, and stop in Monterey.

And of course we had to head to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. . .which was absolutely AMAZING, I might add!

Patton was SOOO excited about the aquarium that he was literally running in his Baby Bjorn all the way to the entrance of the aquarium. He was so mesmorized by all the fish, and he absolutely had to have an entire conversation with every fish that he saw! It was pretty entertaining to watch him!
Ok, so I have this absolute fear of sharks, but I'm completely fascinated by them, especially great white sharks. When I found out that the aquarium actually had a great white shark in their aquarium, I KNEW I had to see it. It was only a juvenile, but it was still amazing to watch!

Isn't this the most awesome picture of the sea turtle? I'm pretty proud of it! :)

Patton enjoying the bay outside the aquarium.

One of the best things about this aquarium (other than the great white shark) is that it is so kid friendly. They have all these touch tanks for the kiddos to get their hands into. Patton is grabbing some sea weed in this pic, which he of course immediately put into his mouth. My curious little one!

This is seriously how he was the whole time we were at the aquarium. Fingers in the mouth and completely glued to whatever we were looking at!

My two boys are having a blast!

It started misting on the way home, which made the shore look incredible with the waves crashing against the rocks! We decided to stop at the best bed and breakfast about 2 hours south of Monterey. I'm sad that we didn't get any pictures of our B&B, but the food and location were wonderful! The next day we headed home from our quick trip! Sam had so much fun on our little vacation that now he wants to travel up the coast of CA this summer. That would be awesome!

October Festivities

This has been one busy month, but we're really enjoying this Fall season! A few Saturdays we went to Riley's Farm. I've been there on field trips with my students, but Sam (and Patton) had never been there before. We had so much fun!

Sam and Patton all excited to find our pumpkins!

The Riley's Farm market! Isn't it super adorable!? While we were there, we gobbled down some caramel apples and an apple turnover, all while listening to a good ol' fashioned ho-down! YEEEEHAAAAAWWW!

The pumpkin patch! It totally reminds me of Charlie Brown's the Great Pumpkin Adventure. Haha! We found two absolutely perfect pumpkins for our family!

Here's Patton's little pumpkin! Our family pumpkin looks the same but much bigger. I forgot to post a picture of it, but I'm sure you can imagine what it looks like.

It was also time for Pattons' first hair cut! That boy has so much hair, which is so ironic because Sam and I also have lots of hair. LOL. My hair dresser, and good friend, Liz did the honors of Patton's first hair cut. He did really well with the buzzer, but hated the scissors.

Our new hair cuts and our fresh new looks!

It's All About Patton!

Happy Fall Everyone!!

I can't believe that Fall is already here! It's my favorite time of year . . . the cooler weather, I get to wear my cute boots & scarves, mine and Sam's birthday, Halloween, pumpkins & apples . . . I just love it!! :). Well, here's what we've been up to!

Have you noticed that ever since Patton came along, Sam and I no longer exist? My blog and all my conversations always seem to revolve around Patton. I love it! :). Well, Patton will be 8 months next week and I just can't believe it! I've REALLY loved these last few months with Patton. He just seems to have really developed these last 2 months! Here are some things about Patton:

Favorite Foods:

Carrots, squash & sweet potatoes

Least Favorite Foods:

Peaches and pears. Correction, he actually ate the pears, but the result is in

the above picture. As for peaches, he won't even eat them. He spits the peaches on us and then clamps his mouth shut.

Favorite Things to do:

SPIT all over us

Play with Daddy

Meet and talk with new people - he is VERY notorious for talking loudly to every person he sees at the store and when they don't acknowledge him, he gets louder and louder! That boy is a social butterfly!

Roll all over the place- he learned to roll all the way over, and now he rolls all over the house. He loves it!

Hold on to the back of the couch and stare out the window.

Go on walks with Mommy and Daddy.

Splashing in the water- he recently discovered faucets, so every time I'm holding him and I go to wash my hands, he tries to leap out of my arms and play in the water.

Grab and touch EVERYTHING! If he sees it, he MUST touch it!

Be read to (which I love!!)

Other Things About Patton

He now has 2 bottom teeth. I think he's working on getting his 2 upper teeth.

He isn't crawling yet, but is perfectly content rolling all over the place to get what he wants.

He's sitting up pretty good on his own now! Woohoo!

He recently outgrew his baby bath, so we bought him this inflatable bathtub. It's bigger than his baby bath and it fits inside out giant bathtub. He loves it!

Patton HATES to be left alone at all, even if I'm talking to him in the other room! He always has to be able to see what I'm doing.

We love him LOTS! :)