So I made a little trip down to San Jose to visit my brother DeLoy and his family. This was his first time seeing and meeting Austen, so it was a fun trip. It was so cute to see Mark and Austen together. Mark was such a good little cousin. He would sit next to Austen on the couch and keep him company, and when Austen was laying on the floor he would make sure Austen had his toys, and binki. One time he even came up to me while I was feeding Austen and tried to put his binki in Austen's mouth. He couldn't see that his mouth was already occupied...haha.


In this picture you can see the green crocs at the bottom...Mark loves his crocs. He wanted to wear them all the time. Even to bed...and even when all he had on was a diaper! It was so funny.














Mark didn't need the pillows to keep himself sitting up...but he wanted to do whatever Austen was doing. I hope they grow up close to each other...even though they will be states away from each other...(I'm frowning DeLoy) ;)

While I was in California. We went down to a pumpkin patch. It was so cool, I don't think I have ever been to a pumpkin patch before. I just thought it would be a patch of pumpkins. But it was so much more!

There were little train rides for the kids, and a pumpkin contest (the winning pumpkin was 1388 lbs), and a carousel. There was a corn maze and tons of things to do there! I can't wait 'til Austen is older and can enjoy the things they have at these pumpkin patches!


On Saturday we took a little trip North to wonderful San Francisco. We had a little picnic at a park next to the Bay. DeLoy swears it was Golden Gate Park, but it wasn't. It was Cypress Park or something like that. A cute little park. There was a good crowd of people and it was a beautiful day! We really lucked out with the weather.

Can you even tell that Michelle is pregnant in this picture?


So there is this man called the Bush Man. He sits on the sidewalk next to the water, and when people walk by he shakes the bush and shouts to scare them. It's pretty funny to see their reactions. What I don't get, is how people are still scared by him when there is a big crowd of people standing around the Bush Man to watch. When you see a crowd of people wouldn't you wonder what they are there for and pay attention? But without fail...people would walk by and take a few steps back when he scared them. It was hilarious!


Okay, so there were these break dancers showing their stuff on the corner. I was kneeling down so that the other people could see behind me...and one of the guys takes of his shirt as he is skipping around the circle trying to get the crowd pumped up. It fell right in my lap pretty much and I held it up like I just caught something in the crowd at a concert or something...haha. It was great.

That is sourdough bread. This is at a famous sour dough bread shop. They sell soup in a bread bowl and things like that. You could even buy bread in the shape of an animal. It was pretty amazing. It was a lot of fun visiting my brother but it was also the first trip I took with Austen by myself. Boy did I feel like a single mother after the first day. Mike usually comes home late when I am putting Austen to bed, so I didn't think it would matter much. Oh am I thankful for the time Mike spends with him in the morning! What an extra half an hour of sleep can do!