She's Musical!

Mommy took this video a few weeks ago and finally had time to upload it. 

 I think we have a very musical baby girl!

Union Square

The weekend before Thanksgiving we went to Downtown SF to see the Animation Museum.  San Fran is not the most kid friendly place.  We wound up at Union Square, a big shopping area (not kid freindly at all!)  There were even steps to the elevators!  So we hung out a little in the square itself and watched the world go by.

Spencer and Daddy climbing the steps to the Square

Enjoying a snack in the square

Hangin' out looking adorable.

Play time has changed at the Mann house

See whose on the move!

And yes now with two playing the house is trashed by about 9:30 in the morning!

Santa Baby!

While Mommy was taking out the Christmas decorations Ally sat on the play button.  She didn't seem to mind there was a dancing Snowman behind her.

For the Reinacher clan...proof that I have this weird gift up in my house!

The kids love it!

More Thanksgiving

This is only some of the stuff you have to bring when traveling with a baby and a toddler.  And this was for one night in the hotel.  There was more we left in the car!

of course Ally is there for scale reference.

Daddy and Spencer with Smoky the Bear at the Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood.

I don't remember how this smile occurred, but we did see some good smiles once he got a good night's sleep.

After a 12 hour trip home from OR yesterday complete with Lock Smith's and hours of disney and Elmo video's we made it home safe and sound.  And for those of you wondering if we are still planning our big trip to see new babies this spring...it's too soon to ask.  Ask us in a week or so.

Happy Thanksgiving 2008!

Well we did it.  We went on a big road trip this Thanksgiving.  We went to visit some very dear college friends Sarah and Jamie.  They live in the small town of Madras, OR.  That is 9 hours from Petaluma if you were curious.  We drove almost half way on Wednesday night, and then stayed in a Motel 6 cause they accept Indy.  Spencer didn't sleep at all in the motel, so mommy and daddy took turns driving around the metropolis of Weed, CA in the middle of the night.  If it would have been a clear morning we would have seen the sunrise over Mount Shasta.  We pushed on to Madras the next morning and enjoyed thanksgiving with 19 adults, 6 or seven babies, and 7 dogs.  It was a little hectic.   Here is Ally on Saturday after our outing playing with Kia.  She was so gentle, Kia, not Ally. If you are wondering about Ally's outfit, She had a major blowout while we were on the mountian (see below) and this is the only thing that fit her in the gift shop.  Pink camo, classic.  On the rump it says "Reporting for Doodie."  Very appropriate.

Do you recognize this?  It's the hotel from the Shining.  It is half way up Mount Hood and was also our Saturday outing.  It is a really cool hotel built during the WPA days.

Imagine if you will a very tall Mountain, the tallest in OR  behind this building.  It was near freezing rain the whole time we were there and the cloud layer was so deep we had to imagine a Mountain... Oh well.

Baby girls best friend

A girl and her doggy.

Whatcha doin' Indy?

Throw it kid

Learning to Crawl

First you sit.

then you get in crawl position

you lift one arm

and then put it down again.

Did I go anywhere?

Daddy's first trip to Jack and Jills

Spencer showed Daddy the cool train table at Jack and Jills indoor play space.
He loves that train table.  Seriously.
Afterward we all went to lunch and ate along the river.  Spencer was so tired.
He didn't even make it home in the car.  Night, Night.

Happy 60th Grandma!

Alexandra wanted to send you a flower, but she decided to eat it instead.


Ally sings Happy Birthday to Grandma. Pay no attention to the fact that her lips aren't moving, she dubbed in the sound.


Happy 60th Birthday from all of us. Hope you have a wonderful day.
We all love you very much.

See you on your 60 1/2 birthday!

DEADMAN UNDER BLANKET

Spencer has a new game...

DADDY'S COSTUME

Dad got dressed up this Halloween too. He went to the Lucasfilm party as a Chicken Walker! A friend at work made an extra costume. He made it pretty cool. Dad wore it backwards so the leg joints were right. When he walks backwards, it looked like he was walking forward!

The guy in the WALL-E costume made daddy's costume!

Daddy had fun, even if he was in a box all night