My Cute Man

Around this time of year there are wildflowers a plenty on Stanford campus - especially around Escondido Village. We couldn't resist a little photo shoot of our favorite flower eater.

We Heart SF

We spent Saturday touring around San Francisco with my parents. It's hard to decide what I enjoyed more - a trip to Britex (the most AMAZING fabric store) or the Ghiradelli chocolate factory. Hmm.

GSB Formal

On Friday Brendon and I went to the Stanford Graduate School of Business formal. We had a great time. It was so nice to get out and actually have a date. Many thanks to my parents for driving down to babysit!

If you want to know how I made my dress check out my other blog.

Fish Out Of Water

Beckham is taking Mommy & Me swim lessons this month with some of his girlfriends. He loves it. He is trying to teach the girls how to be a little more daring in the water.

Weekend in Review

The amazing Stanford GSB Reunion Carnival was this past weekend. We attended last year and were so excited to come back as legit parents with a kid this year. Beckham loved it.

He got his caricature drawn, ate cotton candy for the first time, held a monkey on his lap, rode a pony, pet a snake (and a goat, and a pig, a bunny, and a chicken...), watched an amazing [enormous] bubble blower. Maybe next year he'll be old enough to enjoy the bounce house, the carvinal booths, face painting, and the magic show. Brendon and I enjoyed the amazing food, the photo booths, the weather, and the ketle corn, cotton candy, and churros. I have this thing about free food - it tastes so much better!

After the carnival he had time for a quick nap and then off to another party! We are already having end of the year parties and it's breaking my heart! Beckham thought he was such a big boy on his "ride".

Again To The Farm

We took the 3 hour trek to visit my family again this weekend. As you can see from the pictures, Beckham loves riding the tractors, driving around in Grandpa's big noisy truck, and getting cleaned up after a long day of hard work with Daddy.

We got a chance to visit the Butte's (worlds smallest mountain range...our area's claim to fame) for a BBQ. It was a first for my parents and I and it was definitely picturesque.

Watch Out

I'm not usually one to post many videos on the blog...but sometimes it's fun to get a feel for what baby personalities are like. Well, this is my baby...he thinks he's so tough attacking the phone charger.

He goes around ALL DAY growling and grunting at things... channeling his inner Darth Vader.

Happy Easter

Every Easter the Stanford Provost generously invites the student families to bring their children to his home for an Easter Egg hunt and breakfast. Of course Beckham was more interested in chewing on his Easter basket and stuffing the plastic eggs in his mouth than anything else.

Pretty impressive...he got the whole thing in his mouth.

Spring Break

In no particular order...lots of pictures of our two weeks in paradise.

Sunset on Waikiki Beach
Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay
Polynesian Cultural Center
Luau...Yum!
Beckham was a trooper...hours of shows at the PCC
Samoan Village at the PCC
Visiting my old stomping grounds, BYU Hawaii
Hale 5...where I lived with (and met) this wonderful friend
Lanikai Beach
Waikiki Beach Lagoon...Beckham LOVED to play in the water
Splashing away
Hiking Diamondhead
Eating sand (his favorite activity)
Crawling in sand
Playing in the waves
The best shaved ice ever
Giovanni's Shrimp Truck

Water Baby

Beckster is in love with the ocean. When we went to the beach the other day, Brendon and I had barely set up the umbrella and towels and sat down and we notice Beckham is crawling toward the water. He hadn't been on the ground for one minute before he started crawling toward the ocean. He doesn't mind the salt water at all...he will just splash for hours on end.

8 Months

Beckham is busier than I ever imagined. He keeps me running after him all day...especially now that he is crawling!

Some of the new stuff:

*Tooth #2

*Crawling

*Pulling himself up on things

*Pushing himself to sitting position alone

*Says "mama, mom, and mamamama" all the time (I realize he has no idea what he's saying...but it's still fun to pretend like the gibberish has meaning)

*Pulls at the hair behind his ears when he's tired

*He is a MANIAC wrestler every morning

*Loves to smile at people...especially other kids

*Still has the fluffiest, most un-manageable hair in the world :)

*LOVES water (and doesn't mind salt water)

Aloha

Brendon has a three week spring break from school, so we decided to do a spontaneous last-minute trip to Hawaii. We are having a great time. I am enjoying re-exploring places I loved as a freshman at school here. Beckham is having a blast crawling around on the sand (yes...he learned to crawl!) Brendon is just thrilled to have a few weeks with no homework!