Fun Times

Happy Monday everyone!  Not too excited to be back at work, but the sun is shining, I've had my coffee, and the apple I'm munching on is pretty delicious-I've never had a Piñata Apple before, but it's a really good mix of tart and sweet.  Yum!

Recap on the past week or so:

Wednesday, April 22

Leif is starting to push everything that he can around-this includes his little four-wheeler.  

Saturday, April 25

Hubs had to go work for a very short time Saturday morning, so after breakfast we decided to take a little jaunt around the neighborhood.

Elvis impersonation?

My silly little teddy bear boy.

After Leif woke up from his nap, we decided to check out this "Super Swap Meet" in the valley.  It was a bust-instead of cool antiques and crafts, it was more like people selling random items from their garage.  As we headed out we decided to let Leif walk around the soccer field of the college the Swap Meet was held out and ran into a guy who helps run a soccer camp for little ones.  The program starts at 18 months old so we chatted a bunch while he cleaned up, and he let Leif play with a couple balls.  He was really kind and awesome, and I think we might enroll Leif as soon as he's old enough!

After that, we headed to Salsa and Beer for lunch!

Leif loved his quesadilla and refried beans-and he even munched on the rice.  I loved my fish tacos as always, but hubs wasn't happy with his steak fajitas...can't win them all.

 We hit up Target after that and spent the rest of the day relaxing at home.  Not a bad way to spend Saturday evening!

Sunday, April 26

Hubs had to work again for a couple hours, which meant another morning walk with Leif and Miles.  This time I got to try out my new running shoes!

After intense research for a couple of days, I settled on these Asics Gel-Cumulus 16 Running Shoes.  They are amazing to walk in and will test them out on a run tomorrow!

Leif shows off his Blue Steel pose.

 So my good friend MJ came down to visit siblings in San Diego and decided to change her plane ticket around, took a train up and hung out with us for a day!  I was SUPER happy to see her!  We took Leif to Gymboree before picking her up from the train station, then visited the Brentwood Art Festival.  It was okay, nothing special; and the Grilled Cheese Food Truck messed up my order and it took so long to get a new one that it put me in a foul mood.  It didn't help that Leif was being super squirmy and wanted to push his stroller the whole time, but we ended up leaving right after and visiting Venice.  That was fun a place to people watch!  Hubs bought a cool piece of artwork for Leif's room (it's a cartoon teddy bear picture/canvas-hard to explain but I will take a photo of it when we hang it up) and Leif slept most of the time in the carrier.  I was just so happy to be with MJ for a little bit, she's such a wonderful person!

Done with Venice, photos on the pier next to the parking lot

I think my eyes were about to close since it was so bright out...but other than that, it's a nice family photo.

Next on the Visitor's List: my friend Anne from Holland!  She ran the Boston Marathon (and she was FAST-her pace was pretty much an 8 minute mile the entire time!!!) and is now doing a United States/Canada tour, visiting friends along the way.  I think she went to New York, now she's in Puerto Rico!, then Los Angeles, then Calgary.  She comes in this Sunday and I can't wait to see her!