20/52 Overalls

There is something about overalls on a little boy that just kills me!   So cute!  

These are almost too small for him but I love when he wears them.  :-)  

(Playing with Daddy's keys, distracted enough to leave the sunglasses on his head long enough for a picture!)

A picture of my son, once a week, every week, in 2014

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Some favorites from last week...

I kind of miss the days of him napping on me, like this pic of little Otto. 

What a beautiful smile!!

I love the words with this adorable picture, as much as the pic!

Birthday Conundrum....

I apologize for this bit of a rambling post! There is no real point to it.  But I started it so...I finished it. haha

I threw in a couple of cute pictures for good measure...

 

My boy's 1st birthday is QUICKLY approaching and I can't figure out what to do about it!

I see so many big birthday celebrations around the Blogosphere. Amazing creativity and an overload of cuteness!   But... that's just not my/our style really.  Plus, my mom has already left for another summer in Yellowstone, my Dad & youngest brother are in San Francisco, and we don't have many friends with kids that we hang out with.  

So that would leave the 3 of us, my MIL, my BF's brother, maybe my brother and his girlfriend in LA, maybe a few of our (childless) friends...?  

Just doesn't seem the right combination of people for a big shindig.  

(And I know my Mom would be SO SAD to miss something significant.)

That leaves a few options... We could do something new/local just the 3 of us.  Options would be Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, one of the museums in Balboa Park, Legoland, even Disneyland.   I feel like the Zoo or museum are probably most reasonable.  It just seems kind of crazy to me to spend the money for Lego/Disneyland at this age.  Even though we'd have tons of pictures, the little guy wouldn't remember or appreciate it.

I'm leaning toward a local family outing and maybe a small BBQ with a few of the people mentioned above. I've been collecting some ideas on Pinterest, but when I look at it, I feel like it's getting too...big? Detailed? Much??  I just don't know.  

To be honest, though...

at this point, I've vacillated on it too long, and really left it too late and will probably just wing it!

 (The below pic is what happens when you fight naps. 

You start laying your head down on the carpet, mid-crawl!  haha)

19/52 Garden Baby

This post is a couple of days late... I generally post on Wednesdays from work (for some reason I have trouble uploading photos at home!?!) but we were evacuated from our office Wednesday due to the crazy FIRES all over North County San Diego this week.  Here is a pic from my office parking lot minutes before we got the mandatory evacuation call from the fire department.  A little too close for comfort! 

***Back to our regularly scheduled program***

Last weekend (on the Saturday before Mother's Day) we went on a walking Garden Tour in the San Diego neighborhood of Mission Hills.  We saw a bunch of lovely homes and gardens and got a lot of good ideas for our house, where we are working on redoing the landscaping.  I plopped the boy down on some nice grass and snapped this pic at one of the houses.  Such a cutie! (If I do say so myself!)

A picture of my son, once a week, every week, in 2014
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Some of my favorites from last week:
Oh baby lips, nothing more beautiful in my opinion! 
Love this little one in the kitchen. 
Once again, Mr. Roman, celebrating a birthday this week!  Love watching him grow apace with my son!

18/52 Mr. No-No

Wearing his No-No shirt in preparation for heading out to a baseball game.  

He had to grab Daddy's ice pack and see what that felt like (COLD!) 

before we left the house.  :-)

(Unfortunately, a perfect game did not result from the wearing of the shirt!)

A picture of my son, once a week, every week, in 2014

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Some of my favorites from last week:

These 2 cuties looking anxious to go outside!

I love this one of Reed peeking out the door of his playhouse. 

Something about shorts on a little boy, so cute!!