A Little Late Birthday Ballet

The Nutcracker in San Francisco was fantastic this year! The costumes sparkled all they way from the balcony. Britton didn't want me to get cold so he made sure we sat way up in the highest seats:) Maybe we'll slowly move our way down as the years pass.

To start our evening we enjoyed a dinner at Sauce, a fine restaurant located within walking distance of the ballet. (if using high heels, multiply walking distance by 100.) I had the Hawaiian butterfish wrapped in bacon on a sweet potato risotto cake. mmmmm...bacon. Here's the dashing young husband with adorable dimples. Notice the baby is absent from these pictures. Nana offered to feed him all night again!

We spent the night in The Whitcomb Hotel. Also within walking distance of the ballet. It had this creepy, haunted mansion feeling.

The lobby was a little more cheery.
We stayed in this room.
Sha, I wish! I bet the whole room is made of chocolate!

Down by the Bay

Have you ever seen a plane land in the rain, down by the Bay.
Have you ever seen a duck down on his luck, down by the Bay.
Have you ever seen a pigeon surround you with his legions, down by the Bay.
Have you ever seen a sea gull shootin' the bull, down by the Bay.
Have you ever sung a song that lasted all day long, down by the Bay...

Yes, actually. We were down by the Bay yesterday. Other people know this crazy song right? We found this place by the Bay with a trail for us to stroll Will, a small airport for Britton to watch planes land, and a duck pond for me. Hopefully they make lots of babies. There's nothing cuter than baby duckies!This area is probably a lot more fun when there's not so much cold wind. At the duck pond there's a whole lot of pigeons. (or rats with wings according to some people)
And there's a whole lot of sea gulls.
And finally a few cute ducks...

New Baby!!

Our good friends and neighbors just had a bouncing baby boy! He was born exactly on his due date Dec. 4th and came in a big hurry (30 minutes after mother arrived at the hospital)! Meet Gabriel! Congratulations to the mom and dad!I was quite jealous that they had such good pictures taken on day one. Nikki's step dad Galen Lowe took these. I don't know how he does it, but tired, ordinary people look like this amazing, beautiful art. when I was visiting them post-hospital, he offered to take pictures of Will too! I was included in some of the pictures and it was late evening and I was wearing a sweatshirt, but somehow I didn't look bad in the pictures. How does he do it? Will, on the other hand, doesn't need any help looking absolutely adorable 24/7.

Happy B-day to Me

How old am I? yellow candles = 10 years, blue = 5 and pink = 1. It was Britton's idea because we were low on candles.
I know the candles are hard to see but since I'm definitely not 16, (although some people still think so...) I must be 26 this year!! This year the Olsons came to party with us, and we went to the creche exhibit. I didn't know what creche meant until I moved here, but as with everything in this area they go BIG or they go home. The exhibit was just as amazing as last year. Then the Olsons made me dinner and we had cake while I opened presents. Britton is taking me to a French restaurant and the Nutcracker next week! (after finals)

I'm always surprised by how much chocolate I get every year! On my mission EVERY person who sent me something sent chocolate...I loved it, but I also learned a very important lesson. If you eat nothing but chocolate in a 24 hour period, you won't have your usual energy to ride your bike around town and climb flights of stairs. I guess it's better in moderation.

Is chocolate my kryptonite? NOOOOOO!

He's Back!

No more fever!! Will woke up all smiley and happy this morning. It's so nice to have the old Will back, and it's also good for our budget that I don't have to take him back to that expensive clinic. I might have spoken too soon. He just threw up the entire contents of his stomach on me. But he's smiling again. I hate having to guess at his sicknesses.

Here's Will's new tricks. He can hold toys and put them in his mouth!

He can roll onto his stomach, but his arm gets in the way and he gets really frustrated.

I just thought this was a cute, funny picture of his baby cleavage:)

Good Idea Bad Idea

Good Idea: Celebrating Thanksgiving in Utah with all the extended family.

Bad Idea: Take a three month old baby on a 12 hour car trip to celebrate Thanksgiving with all the flu infected family.

Good Idea: Stay at home with your new baby.

Bad Idea: Let time lapse between insurance coverage because the next day after insurance runs out your baby gets really sick.

It's so sad to see baby Will so sick, but our trip to Utah was really great. The car ride wasn't that bad either. Will was an amazingly well behaved baby on the way there, and then he was sick and a bit fussy on the way home. I only have a few photos because I forgot to upload the ones I took on Papa Olson's fancy camera.It was a full suburban!


We stopped in St. George to pick up Grandma, and there was a mishap with the sink. Doesn't Margo look lovely?
After we arrived in Nephi, Will loved hanging out with Uncle Derek...and then puking on him. Somehow I was able to time it so every time I handed the Will to him he would spew.

Memorable moments from out trip were

-The food of course. There was a lot of it because there were 30-something people. 3 turkeys alone! All the traditional stuff--mashed potatoes with gravy, cranberry stuff, yam stuff, many varieties of Jell-O salad, and lovely Vodka crust pies! Britton made his banana cream pie again, and it was the first pie to be completely devoured!

-The games. We played the traditional bunko after the feast, and I was introduced to a new, hilarious game called "Curses" I think. It took me a while to stop talking like Scooby Doo after that. There was another one we played that Rachael and Celeste made up. Everyone picked a piece of paper with instruction of something you had to do that day. For example Celeste was supposed to offer to clean people's glasses, and Derek had to challenge everyone to a dance off. Then at the end of the day people guess what your task was. Sometimes people don't catch on to your weird behavior. Celeste's parents thought she was so thoughtful to clean Grandma's glasses twice in one day.

-Murder mystery dinner. EVERYONE got into the spirit and dressed to fit their parts. Will even became Toothless Willy, owner of famed treasure. I really wish I had the picture of him in a pirate hat.

-"Zapping". I think Will and I were the only ones not zapped by Uncle Jens new machine so I can't really give a good explanation of it. All I know is that it had something to do with healing energy, and revealing what type of element people were. Britton is fire. Lots of energy I guess:)

-Derek brought a girl! She wasn't the only one there though. There was quite a few boyfriends/girlfriends and just "friends".

-Heading back to Provo to visit friends. I have such fun memories from college years, but I still don't really miss the place.

Glad to be home again! Love that humidity!