Good Bye Berkeley

Before we left Berkeley we had a BBQ with all of our friends from school. It was cold outside but everyone stuck it out and had fun.


Adam was born pretty soon after three of these awesome ladies had their babies. I really appreciate the support and advice I got from them during pregnancy. It has been fun to hang out together over the last three years!

See you all at graduation next year!

This is Paulette, my amazing friend and visiting teacher. Although Adam isn't smiling here, he loves Paulette. She babysat Adam for us one day and it turned into a REALLY long time. Thanks again Paulette. We love you!

My friend, Jill at her baby shower. We both moved into the Berkeley Ward at about the same time and have been friends ever since. I'm so excited for her to have her baby girl.

My dear friend, Sigrid, in her beautiful yard. I was a nanny for her girls before Adam was born and they have always made me feel like part of their family. I am going to miss you all!

This is the best picture we could get with the sun in our eyes. The twins just finished first grade and they are growing up so fast!

Orly loves babies, especially little Adam!

I also got to go to lunch one more time with my college roommate, Melissa. We tried out a little French place called Gregoire in Berkeley. It was good, but the company was even better!

We met Valerie at church and she instantly fell in love with Adam. We had to watch her closely to make sure she didn't take him home with her!

I would often take Adam on walks in the stroller and I found a house not far from where we lived that I loved. It has the wooden shingles like so many houses in Berkeley and a beautiful variety of plants and flowers. You can't see it very well in the picture but it also has a super tall redwood tree to the right of it.

It has been an adventure living in Berzerkeley. Our last Sunday we were driving to church and crossed paths with a parade of people led by a contraption that resembled a mini circus tent on wheels. They were all dressed up crazy, including a big guy dressed up in a woman's ballet leotard and tutu, proudly bearing his chest hair. Rex's response was, "Adam, I think its time we left this place." While there are a few things I will not miss (i.e. living next to all of the frat houses, the traffic, the cost, etc. there are many things that will be missed...

10. the ocean
9. the forests
8. the beautiful weather
7. the super fresh produce
6. Trader Joes
5. all of the yummy places to eat
4. the walkability
3. the diversity
2. the Berkeley Ward
1. the amazing people!

Thanks for the memories and everything you have taught us. We will miss you!

Brandon's Wedding

Brandon and Jill
April 23, 2009

The Snow Family

My handsome brother and his buddies

Siblings (minus Scott)

Roylance Cousins

We are so excited to have Jill in our family. She is so happy and smiles all of the time. You know that anyone with awesome green shoes like hers is going to be tons of fun!

Welcome to the family Aunt Jill!

Happy Half Birthday!

Our little Adam is 6 months old already! He is so much fun right now. I love to make him smile and watch him discover so many new things. For his half birthday we walked over to the park to try out the swing. I don't think he hated it, but he didn't seem too impressed either. Maybe he was just a little tired. Either way, he looked so stinkin' cute in the swing!



A few more pictures from the last couple of weeks...

"Hi Mom"

"How many pictures are you going to take this time?"

"I think this chair is for little babies."

"Okay, I'm bored. Get me out of here please."

Our predictions were right. Adam is a MOVER. He has mastered sitting up and is now rolling and scooting all over the place. He scoots himself by doing a push up and holding himself in a plank position until his feet slide back and he moves backwards. It his pretty funny to watch, although I know he is frustrated that he is moving backward instead of forward.

I know this picture is blurry but I think it is hilarious how high this push up is!

I left him in the middle of the room with a bunch of toys and this is where he ended up...

His face says it all...this little boy LOVES being outside and going for walks. He usually holds onto the sides of his carseat with both hands like he is going on a wild roller coaster. It's pretty funny.


Rex still dries him with the blow dryer after his bath and he still loves it.

"Can Daddy do my hair everyday?"

Adam now prefers to sleep on his side.

Playtime

(This is how he "holds on for dear life.")

Playing is hard work!

April Update

April went by VERY quickly for me. Here is what we were up too...

On Easter morning Adam and Rex searched for eggs that the Easter bunny left hiding in our apartment.

Looking under the couch

They were successful!

We had the missionaries over for Easter dinner and they didn't eat nearly enough ham. I still have some in the freezer.

Adam taking a break after all of the fun.

A few days later our friends had us over for an awesome BBQ dinner. Luckily Adam had so much fun watching the other kids that he feel asleep on Rex's lap without a fuss. I had to steal this picture from my friend's blog because I love it so much.

(Mom-Doesn't he look so much like a Snow in this picture?)

The next day the weather was beautiful so I decided to take Rex and Adam to the Oakland Zoo. It was super crowded that day but we had fun.

Adam stayed awake longer than he did at the SF Zoo last month. He loved being outside and checking everything out.

This month Adam started learning how to sit up surrounded by pillows and blankets.


He also puts EVERYTHING in his mouth, including his fingers.


Check out the darling pictures that my Aunt Cheryl took of Adam in the post below!

My Sweet Boy

I promised I would post these a long time ago. Sorry it too me so long! My Aunt Cheryl took these pictures of us when Adam was just over four months old. I posted a lot of them because it was so hard to pick and choose which ones to use. She did such a great job!

Adam smiled so well because my beautiful sister was there and she has the magic touch.

Can you see why everyone thinks Adam is her baby?

We love you Aunt Melis!

Adam is Talking!

The "shiny thing" is the faucet. When taking a bath Adam is always interested in the handle.