Race Day

This year was a little different because I had Al watching the race with me. 3 of Al's friends and dad got into the race, but Al didn't. I will say it was great to have him help me carry around Alex. Before the race we parked in front of the cutest house with flowers in the middle of their driveway. I loved it so much I took a picture

The Cameron's ready to cheer on Al, Brian, Jeff, and Ross.

We were worried because the weather was awful the day before, but luckily the weather turned out to be perfect.

Alcatraz with the ferry the triathletes jump off of to the right

Golden Gate Bridge

This year was crazy because they miscalculated where the ferry dropped the triathletes. They s weren't supposed to go past those yellow booies, but almost 70% got carried past them.

They had the Coastguard and boats watching to make sure no one got carried out to far.

I didn't do great with taking pictures this year, but it's mostly because Al wasn't doing the race.

Watching a triathlon with a baby is a little more complicated. I got to feed Alex on a bench in the park next to a homeless guy. It got really awkward when he winked at me. Alex is really into standing the last couple of weeks. In fact that's all he wants to do....stand, sit, stand, sit, so we did that during the bike portion of the race.

Brian during the run.

Al giving me a break from Alex.....Part of me was kind of glad he didn't get into the race, so he could help me:) Sorry Al, there is always next year

And then there are the fans that take it too far. Why is a guy wearing a bikini top?

Ross finishing the race

Al 4 finishing the race

The Godfather gave Alex his medal, so sweet.

Aunt Lexi and Alex

#4 & #6. We finally figured out where Alex's widows peak came from....#4

Fisherman's Wharf

Lunch with everyone before we made the fun drive home. By the way Alex did great on the car ride to and from San Francisco. He is the best baby EVER!!

San Fran

Last weekend we went to San Francisco to watch some friends and family do the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon. I figured since it was Alex's first time in the city he needed to see the Golden Gate Bridge.

Babies make every picture so much cuter. So glad he's ours.

One thing I've never done in San Francisco is see the house from Full House. Funny story....we were parked in front of the house trying to take pictures while a car was behind us. Al tried to wave them around us until she motioned that she lived there. oops

The main thing I wanted to see was the Painted Ladies, so here I finally am with my cute husband and son. I need to type that more often because it's still hard to believe we have a son.

and here's part of the gang minus the Camerons

Al wanted Italian one night so we had dinner in Little Italy at a restaurant we found on Yelp. Too bad it wasn't one of those high rated restaurants on Yelp that was actually good. By the look on Alex's face he didn't like the food either.

Alex loves to be held on your shoulder while you walk. He is a really alert baby and looks around at everything.

I just realized this is a super long post, but we did a lot in the 2 days we were there. Here is the famous Coit Tower Al and I already have 2 pictures in front of, but now my excuse is "Alex isn't in them."

We tried to eat at Mama's for breakfast the first day we were there, but the line was around the block. We went back the next day and got there 10 minutes before it opened and this was still the line.

The food was totally worth it.....my breakfast

and Al's sweet breakfast

Alex with his Godfather Ross

After breakfast we met Al's family at Bob's Donuts. You have to order these babies the day before. We ordered 1 donut for every 2 people which turned out to be way too much.

The best was watching Trevor and Coby eat one. Every bite was like 1 regular size donut. Afterwards we found out that they have a contest for who can eat the donut the fastest. I wish we would have known about it because it would have been the perfect contest for Trevor to enter.

You can't go to San Francisco with the Cameron's without stopping at Ghiradelli. Trevor ordered 1 regular sundae and 1 small sundae, but Ghiradelli doesn't have sizes so he got two regulars and finished them both!! I think he deserves a picture on the wall.

I was able to meet up with my friend Curtis from high school. It's always fun to catch up with old friends. Love San Francisco

Sculpture Gardens

Last week we took a field trip to the sculpture gardens at UCLA. It wouldn't be anything I would recommend seeing, but it was a good day to enjoy the sunshine and walk around campus.

The best thing about the gardens was they were full of my favorite purple trees. If we would have gone a week or two earlier they would have been in full bloom.

Alex loved looking at the sculptures in his Bjorn

Kristin is moving in a couple weeks and we sure are going to miss her.

This next picture was taken for Al to prove that it is possible to carry more than one thing besides Alex.

and we couldn't go to Westwood without stopping at Diddy Reise. Even Alex was excited.

Fun In The Sun

I've been dying to take Alex to the pool since he was born. Last week I bought 100 SPF sunscreen for his fair baby skin. Alex layed on the chair for like 15 minutes and let me take pictures of him in his cute hat and swimsuit that our friends bought for him. I seriously couldn't stop laughing because he looked so relaxed.

The poses kept getting better and better

This one is classic. He looks like a little old man

In the two years we have lived in California I've never been in this pool because it's always been too cold. That should have been my first clue, but I figured since Alex loves the bath he will love the pool.

I dipped his toes in and this is what happened. I promise I'm not a mean mom.

Our time relaxing in the sun ended shortly after that and we had one unhappy Alex. He was seriously mad the rest of the night. We won't be going to the pool again until it's the perfect temperature for his chubby little body.