Oh man those banana puffs are strong!

I just started giving Adrienne those little Gerber puff snacks the other day. Her face is too funny. Thought I would get some pictures of it. I have to say I couldn't quite get her best faces on camera. She was even funnier off camera.

Happy Mother's Day/ Lake Clementine

My very first Mother's Day this year and I had to travel all day for work. Boo hoo for me. Okay enough of that not so sob story. We celebrated the day on Saturday. We went for a hike to Lake Clementine near Auburn. Another day of great weather and beautiful scenery. The dam / waterfall was amazing. You had to be there to hear it and feel the mist from it. I highly recommend this one to anyone in the area. Enjoy some of our pictures (the good ones are from Paul of course, the not so good ones, that would be me!)

I also played beauty parlor with Adrienne. Her hair is getting a little longer and I loved putting clips in it. Can't wait till it really gets long. I love having a little girl!

Marshall Gold Discovery State Park

As most of you know by now, Paul and I are on a mission to lose weight. We have not really be hitting the gym (even thought we pay for it each month, gasp), we have been eating right and getting out and moving a lot more. This has led to a new discovery of hiking. Yep, Paul and I have joined the hippies and started to hike! This has been pretty fun actually, we bought one of those baby back packs for Adrienne and she loves it. My only fear is the constant warnings of mountain lions and rattle snakes. We have only seen one baby rattle snake so far. Let's hope it was the last one we ever see.

Anyhoo, we made our way over to Marshall Gold Discovery State Park in Coloma yesterday. Only 30 minutes from our house. This is where the first fleck of gold was discovered in California. James Marshall was building a sawmill for John Sutter in 1848 along the American River and discovered the shining flecks of gold. He and Sutter were going to keep it a secret but word got out and that led to the huge Gold Rush that we all know about. It was kind of neat to see where it all started. We did a pretty good hike and saw a few historic sites. No mountain lions or rattle snakes were seen (phew!!!!) Here are some pictures from our day.

Not for the faint of heart

I am exagerating of course.
So Adrienne has started doing something very strange in the last couple of days. All of you experienced parents out there would probably not bat an eyelash but as a fairly new parent, this freaks you out! She has decided that she likes to sleep on her belly. Not really all that unusual right? Now she has decided she likes this but here is the weird part...............She sleeps with her head facing straight down into the mattress! I kid you not, her face straight down into the mattress. She does have her little hands in there somewhere. That must be the only way she can breathe. When seeing this for the first time as a new Mom, you just about poop your pants. Is she breating? Is she alive!?!?!?! I flipped her over and she went right back to sleep. Later that day, she is in the same position again. So strange, it might take some time for the shock to wear off before I am comfortable with this one.

Birthday Dinner at Chicago Fire

Met with the gang at Chicago Fire Pizza for my big 3-2 B-Day. Must make a note.......................NEVER GO TO CHICAGO FIRE ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT WITH MORE THAN 4 PEOPLE. If you follow my advice, you will be a happy person and not have to wait an hour to sit down. We live and learn. We had a great time. The girls were great. Adrienne wanted to grab and eat Fiona's Pizza. All in good time my little chubby munchkin, all in good time.

Apple Blossom Trail Run

We did a great 5K walk this Saturday. Our first ever. Is was up in Apple Hill through the orchards and the vineyards. We had a lot of fun and got great exercise too. The Uppa Baby did as well as could be expected. As you can see from the pictures, it was not a smooth paved road. Oh yeah, never mind the embarassing photo of me, I only get so many family pics these days!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone. We had a nice day considering how cold it was up here. We went to a new restaurant in El Dorado Hills and had brunch. It was pretty good but not as good as last year. I guess I know where we will go next time. Adrienne was such a good girl, so content and quiet while we ate. It was pretty funny, she would not smile all day. Many people were coming up to her and wanting to get a smile. Nope, not going to happen. A little unusual for her. Still a fun day. Our water heater decided it wanted to quit so Paul had to spend the whole weekend fixing it (actually, it is Monday and he is still fixing it right now) good man! Here are some pics from the day, no big smiles. We are a little worried about Adrienne, Paul calls some of these pics her "Heil Hitler" pose. We'll just have to talk to her I guess, no Nazi's in this family! We need to work on getting a family pic for next year.