Category: Personal

Every year Matt watches the San Francisco Giants home opener at our place, having a small party often with ballpark type food and guests. Today was that day and William was all set to watch wearing his Giant’s home game jersey.

William looks so much like his dad in this photo. They look great in their matching jerseys and Matt shared his hat with him as well.

Though he has no idea what he’s watching, William intently watched the screen.

Though I had to work, Candy was able to come and watch with them.

William has started trying to give hugs and kisses which is so adorable.

Dad and son look so relaxed for this selfie.

I’m not sure what has his attention in this photo.

It’s obvious William was mesmerized by the game and will be a huge fan of it someday.

This year’s food was hot links. They had enough for the two of them (with William not eating solids yet, of course) and for us to have for dinner as well.

Baseball has no defined time schedule, so one game can go on for many hours and even extra innings. While this game did not, William fell asleep  midway through the game.

Even though the Giants lost, it was still a great day for everyone.

~ Danielle

Matt has been friends with Jason since they were young kids. He has great parties at his house which are attended by many adults and his twin boys who are now 6. When we arrived I showed William a Jack in the Box, and he seemed rather nonchalant about it, even after a few tries.

Continue reading “Jason’s Party and Easter Preparation”

I heard it once, possibly on a TV show, that one of the benefits of having a boyfriend was having an extra wardrobe of clothes. I definitely started borrowing outfits from Matt when we were dating and still am apt to wear his T shirts with him as my husband. I used to borrow his Ray-Ban sunglasses all the time before he bought me my own pair for Christmas. One day when I left them in my car, he took a photo of himself wearing mine for a change.

Continue reading “Sunglasses for Everyone”

On Monday I hit an achievement of a year of having this blog. I’ve had blogs for longer, including one dedicated to a part time wedding photography business, but this one has far more entries and is much more personal. For today’s entry I’ll  share some of my favorite moments from my life and this blog and some insight into what I’ve learned.

Continue reading “A Year of Blogging”

Our apartment complex had their own photo op. Unlike the Christmas party with Santa that spanned several hours, this was a low key hour long session. Still, I was grateful it was on a weekend so we’d all have a chance to attend. This time William was in a much better mood when we put him into his stroller.

Continue reading “Our Apartment Complex Easter Bunny Photo Op”

For a few weeks now I’ve wondered what kind of Easter basket to have for William. Part of me, the part that bought custom shirts for our honeymoon, and special ornaments for our first year together as Mr. and Mrs. and then custom My First Christmas ornaments for William, had debated getting a similar Easter basket. I saw this on Amazon and was thisclose to pushing the button to buy it.

Continue reading “Easter Basket Shopping”

This year for the first time since Matt and I had come up to the Pleasanton for the St. Patrick’s Day Beer Crawl, my birthday, which is on St. Patrick’s Day and the event were both on a Saturday. We were so excited to get to spend the weekend together for this with some friends and family. Candy even bought William a special outfit to mark the occasion.

Continue reading “St. Patrick’s Day Birthday and Pub Crawl”

I’m an only child as are all of my cousins on my mom and dad’s sides. However, growing up it seemed like there were less only children then I encounter in today’s world. I’ve heard parents of onlies should make an extra effort to let them play with other children growing up to build their social skills and networks. One of the best parts about William attending day care three days a week and being looked after in the church’s nursery on Sundays is getting to meet other kids.

Continue reading “Fun Interacting with Older Kids”

It’s amazing how you see some friends often and some friends only now and then, and yet you still have a strong friendship with those you only see here and there. Several years ago I met Laura and then schedules made it so we rarely got to see each other, though we did stay in touch through online means. Our schedules finally synched up so she could meet William, of whom she had seen so many photos.

We arranged to meet at The Original Pancakes house, a favorite place for us both.

As usual, the popular place had a long line of people waiting to be seated. I got there early to get on the list. As the place was crowded, I had William’s stroller up near the cash register while we waited to get seated.

As promised, we were seated rather quickly, perhaps as the owner loves little babies. She, along with both waitresses on duty the last time I went in, at about eight months pregnant, all correctly guessed I was carrying a boy.

Laura was fascinated with William. He, on the other hand, was a bit distracted by all the people and noise around him.

When her order arrived, he had to be held back from wanting to try the dish in front of him.

As usual, I got my favorite clam pancakes with a side order of crispy bacon. I rarely get bacon in restaurants as it’s not usually crispy, yet I knew this place had good bacon.

Laura had brought along a gift, just perfect for this time of year, a soft white stuffed bunny.

While William tends to favor toys he knows well, he did enjoy the bunny later when he realized how soft it was.

~ Danielle