Choo Choo Ch'Boogie

This afternoon was a little grey and drizzly so we took Patrick for a ride on Caltrain. I keep meaning to take some videos of his little voice but I am so bad about the video camera, and he seems to clam up whenever it comes out anyways. So I got him in a short video on my digital camera, not realizing of course that I shouldn't hold the camera sideways. So hopefully this video post works, turn your screen, or your head, or just use your imagination :)

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July! We had a great 4 day weekend that incuded 2 parties, a short trip to San Francisco, a first movie, a parade, fireworks and shopping. It makes me tired just to think about it all! This morning we took the train up to Redwod City for the 4th of July parade. It was fun but looooong. We left before the parade ended (and after 2 hours!) because the train home only leaves once an hour and we had lots of stuff to get done! Patrick enjoyed it, but was fading by the end. His favorites were the horses and fire engines (there were lots of both). Later on we went to a BBQ at Grandma's house where Patrick had a complete blast playing with his cousins. His cousins are all older (5, 6, 6, 9 and 11) but Patrick just adores them all and they are so good with him. It's really sweet to watch :)

Patrick also decided he really likes fireworks. We were watching some little "safe and sane" fireworks in the backyard and Patrick kept repeating "I like fire. More fire.". Aye yi yi.

Train Time

Patrick and I went on another train ride this afternoon, when we got off the train and started to head home Patrick shouted out "Bye bye train! Thank you train driver man!". I busted up.

Take The A Train

This weekend we decided to take Patrick for a ride on Caltrain. Patrick had been on a small park train, but never on a real train and we weren't sure what his response would be but we bought two tickets to the next zone and decided we would ride as far as Patrick tolerated. He absolutely loved it. At every stop he would help out the conductor by yelling "All aboard!" and he couldn't wait for the train to start moving again. And I had never noticed it before but there are all sorts of interesting places along the train route, I am anticipating many more train rides in our future. We got off in Burlingame and walked downtown for a treat at the yummy Copenhagen Bakery before catching the ride back home. When I was a little girl I loved the Burlingame train station because the sign said "BVRLINGAME" which cracked me up every time (and to this day I sometimes say "buh-ver-ling-game"). A few years ago they took down the sign on the side that faces the downtown. I was pleased to see they left the sign on the side of the station that faces the train tracks!







And a cute picture from today. Patrick was waving a flag around all afternoon from the dollar section at Target.

My Baby Thinks He's A Train

This past weekend was a really big one for Patrick, he went on his first train ride! Patrick's friend Calvin had his birthday party at a local park that has it's very own tiny steam train. Patrick was quite thrilled with both the party and the train ride and it was a completely beautiful day. Calvin even had a cool train cake.







Yesterday we went to feed the ducks but Patrick was scared of the "geeks" (geese) at the park and had a complete melt down because I wouldn't carry him everywhere (ever though we were far away from the "geeks"). Am I a bad mommy because I took pictures of his meltdown?

Happy Birthday

Our little man is 2 years old! Instead of being sad and weepy about it (as I suspected I might be) we had a great day with no tears from mommy. Patrick's first year flew by really fast but his second year flew by even faster. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital, so unsure of what we were supposed to do next. Patrick continues to be a complete joy in our lives. There isn't a day that goes by where he doesn't crack us up. He's turning into a sweet, polite little boy with a little bit of a temper. He loves Louie and Ella and helps Dad feed them every evening. He loves to play with his friends, and always says "Goodbye friends!" when we leave. He still loves to cuddle with us. He finally has a "real" lovey, a super soft blue blanket my cousin Felicia gave me as a baby shower gift. Favorite song: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Favorite foods: dinosaur chicken nuggets, orange juice and yogurt. Favorite book: Goodnight Moon. Current obsessions: trains, bubbles, and Elmo. Newest trick: saying "I love you", he said it today for the first time and I only cried a little.

We spent the day doing all sorts of fun things. Patrick woke up to find his birthday present from Mommy and Daddy in the family room. He was very exited to get his own train and train table, and spent an hour yelling out "whoo whoo" and "all aboard!" as the train did loops (then he dismantled the track and carried it all into the bathroom).



Later on Patrick dyed Easter eggs and had lunch with his cousins. He really just wanted to splash around in the dye but refused to wear the smock his grandma had given him for Christmas.



After a nice afternoon nap we met up with some friends at Hidden Villa for a very cool tour given by a friend. Patrick got to see a 4 day old baby cow and 2 week old baby goats. I told him earlier in the day that we were going to a farm, so Patrick was disappointed that we didn't see a farmer at the farm. He kept asking where the farmer was.





When Tom got home from work we went out for dinner. Patrick had grilled cheese, fruit and chocolate milk, what else could a birthday boy ask for?



Cake! Patrick has the blowing out the candles thing down flat!



And to top off the evening we blew bubbles outside.



It was a fabulous day for my fabulous little guy. I guess Patrick isn't technically a baby anymore but he will always be my baby. We love him very much and feel blessed to have him in our lives. Happy birthday Boo!

Sunny Day

It was a beautiful day by the bay! Summer seems to finally be here. It feels like we went straight from winter to summer since it rained all spring.

Patrick and I had a busy day. We met Monica, Malia and Makaio at Happy Hollow Zoo. Patrick seemed generally unimpressed with the animals this time but did enjoy the train ride.



In other news, Patrick has a new baby trick that my mom taught him. If you ask him what sound a dog makes he responds with a "woof woof" (that actually sounds more like "oof oof"). It's so cute. Patrick also has several new words including door, diaper, milk, more and honu. Honu means turtle in Hawaiian. We're teaching him Hawaiian in addition to Engligh. Just kidding.