More Birthday Pictures!

I do not want to give mommy the pleasure of a picture of me with birthday cake smeared on my face!

I also do not want to smile with mommy and daddy. I should have taken a longer nap before my party!!

Grampa and Auntie Lillian

Happy First Birthday Samwise!!

Looking at presents with Geena

No baba shaped cake- mommy was tired!! This is pretty, though. It has raspberry jam in the middle.

Birthday party corndogs- people looked in askance- but they were delicious!!

Mugging for the camera

Grandmom got him a horsie- it makes noise!! We are all kicking ourselves. She said "Don't put batteries in it!!!" but I did. It make giddiyap noises. We put the bandanna on him but you're crazy if you think he would let us put a hat on him.

A Shortcut to Mushrooms

Sam is up to no good in the pantry.

We took a family outing and went mushroom hunting on Sunday. I even found 2 Queen Boletus, which are tasty!

Sam is going to be one year old tomorrow. Time has certainly flown by! We are having a little party for him on Saturday.

Found USB cord!!

I am entering a Scharffen-Berger Chocolate contest. I baked Challah as a component to my Chocolate-Coconut Bread Pudding. Turns out, I made Hawaiian bread and liked the flavor and texture much better. Have made it twice now, and am still tinkering with it. I might make some macadamia nut brittle to top it with.

Here is Sam at beebee's house, playing the keyboard. He also likes to play her drums.

Merry-go-round at Fisherman's Wharf part two.

Sam and Beebee at the park in the Marina, where Beebee lives. Sam is very into his apple.

Sam helping Grandmom in the garden! He loves nature, which is a good thing because thats pretty much all we have here. He also likes to climb up and down the steps outside, and inside for that matter. He has 4 words now- "bean," "Berry" (that's a funny one, it encapsulates all berries, huckleberries, raspberries and blackberries, and also the Gerber fruit chews I bought for our road trips) "Please" (that was learned after a trip to see Grandpop Steve and Aunt Mandi and a run in with Coldstone Creamery ice cream. I'd learn a new word for that, too!!) and "up."

I hve also heard: baby, baba, and, when he plays with the phone, "hi." Smart kid!!

Don't feel like posting

i can't find the USB cord, and now I don't feel like posting because I will just have to write, and i really do not have the time for that. Jeff and I took a much anticipated (Movie!! Target!!) trip to town which ended up being a total let down because we had to take this huge truck and just run errands (hardware store! plumbing store!! Feed store!!!) for his work. I did get 2 restaurant meals (Chinese Buffet, which, sorry to say, dad, but we did not do it justice; and Mexican on the way home.) I also, halfway through, made Jeff drop me off at Target for 2 hours.
Anyway, the whole clan here is much heartened by the election results, what a world for Sam to grow up in. I am just so disappointed that proposition 8 passed.
Sam's first birthday is 2 weeks away. I hope I find that silly cord by then.