We're in escrow!

And it's going to be a long one! There are tenants currently occupying our future home which means we're going to have to wait 75 days to close - today was day 1.

This house is exactly 100 years old and we love that about it! 3 bedroom, 2 bath and plenty of room. This house has retained a lot of it's original charm while being updated. We've loved this house since last year and after looking at a dozen or more we knew it was the one we wanted. Close to downtown, close to schools, close to work and close to the beach.

The room to the left of the front door is a sun room. Some thirty years ago it was an artists studio. Not until last night did I know that the above portrait of my brother and me that has been hanging in my grandparents house for the past 30 years was painted in that very sun room/studio. So cool right? Now the portrait is in my possession and will get hung in that same sun room.

Cattle Ranching

We had the pleasure of heading up to - The Ranch - Sunday to help with a little ranchin'. In all reality the C. family did a lot of watching while the S's where in the thick of it.

Trav doing what he can to get the cattle moving!

The chute

This was Mike and Noah's first trip to the ranch, it's been about 15 years since I had been there. As you can see Walker & Mason are no strangers to ranch life.

All geared up and ready to go

Just watching the herd

I love this pic just for the scenery. I do love NorCal!

G'pa S. doing his thing - taggin' ears

Again, I just love the background

It's a round-up!

We had to rush home for another engagement or I'm sure I would have more pics to post. Noah instantly fell asleep as did Mason and Walker. There was a lot of action, smells and sun.

9 Months

It's hard to believe we're only three months out from Noah's FIRST birthday. Where does the time go? After his 9 month "photo session" we went back and reviewed his first 8...It's amazing how much he's changed over the months, most amazing though is how much he's changed in the past month.

Official MD readings:
22 lbs = 75%
29 in = 75%

Perfectly proportioned, not to big and not to small - Just PERFECT!!


A true trained Mom eye can probably tell from these photos that Noah is a mad crawler! Notice the bruises on his head? He's goes for it no matter what, he's still not very steady and sometimes ends up face down or face right into something.

Noah remains hilarious! He's our constant source of entertainment.

Here's Noah's crawling web debut!

Noah has had so many firsts in the past month I've lost track - most of them are documented on previous posts. He's a pretty adventurous eater, he had wild boar for the first time on Friday.

Noah has reached that stage, when his toy is taken away he gets very sad. As sad as he is, I'm cracking up. How can you not at this face? Hilarious I say!

I'm sure there's more but I'm spent. If more comes to me I will add on.

WE JUST PUT AN OFF IN ON A

100 year old home!!!

We're so excited! We're pretty certain it won't be accepted but it's a starting point. Wish us luck!

I know, Noah's 9 month b-day was yesterday - I have pictures and even a video but the modem and router at home took a walk off a cliff so it may be some time before I get them uploaded.

Our Days

First a picture of Noah, I know that's what you really want. Still in his PJ's and puffy faced.

I hope to be posting more - I need to get back into it!

Most recently all our time has been watching the boy scurry around the house. There's no leaving him to play nicely on a blanket anymore. Geesh that boy can move! I've heard your requests for video of him in action loud and clear, just give me a few days.

The past two weekends have been spent house hunting (one of the days). We keep going back to one we've liked/loved since December '09. Our ducks are in line and we may be making an offer this week! I'm so excited!!! We have a back-up if our first choice doesn't work out. We looked at another tonight and we're still back to our first choice - we'll be checking it out again tomorrow.

We're moving right along with our jobs, I guess you can say we've hit our stride. Noah is obviously doing great!

We're enjoying lots and lots of family time. We've even harvested some peas from Papa's garden and some plums from his trees - there really is nothing like getting your afternoon snack right off the tree or bush (is that what peas grow on?).

Will post more this week.

We have a crawler!!!

It's official! Nothings safe. To be honest, I'm terrified!

BIG NEWS!

In a matter of 12 or less, our sweet little boy learned to:

Go from a laying/rolling position to a sitting position
Go from a sitting position to a PULLING HIMSELF UP position!!

OMG!! What a day! Needles to say, his crib mattress is now as low as it can go! Still not crawling - does a lot of rocking on his hands and knees and scooting backward. He's also stated lunging forward from his hands and knees position.

***We have a new mailing address***
P.O. Box 2480

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