Go Bruins...

Sam went to his first UCLA Tailgate for the Cal Game. He was quite the trooper and loved cruising around the grass on the golf course. Daddy was so proud to show off the next generation of Bruin. Hopefully next time his pal Matthew can come as well!

Sam in a tie...

ok back to Sam! He got to go to his first wedding for his cousins Mo and now cousin Toby. It was a beautiful wedding and Sam (and us too) so much appreciate her including him. I discovered that an H&M had just opened by us and they have darling baby clothes at good prices so Sam got his first tie. He left it on the entire night, I was shocked!

Happy Birthday to Jerry!

This is not Jerry's blog, but when we get such a great shot of him, we have to share it. We made him wear his hat again, which he just loves and had apple pie to celebrate. Jerry is the least photogenic dog ever! Jake made this our screensaver and it still startels me when I forget it is there!

Yosemite...

The last exciting stop on our trip was to Yosemite. It was beautiful but scenic drives are not all that much appreciated by 10 monthers.

We took him on the Sugar Pine Railroad which was fun for Jake and I since we had gone on there years ago. I made Jake take a picture in a silly conductor cap when we went years ago. We bought one to put on Sam before we left Torrance but sadly lost it before we got to Yosemite. For anyone concerned it has been located, thanks Lori!!

We "borrowed" one from the gift shop for a picture. Doesn't look like he was a fan.


Here he is on the train. He was a very good sport. Didn't try to stand the entire time!!




We also went to Yosemite and lucky us, it was get in free day. Saving $20, yeah. Back on Dad's back and by a fallen tree!


My favorite shot of him and I from the trip. Posing by the bear statues on our way out of Yosemite.

Davis, yeah!!!

Aside from seeing our wonderful friends, Davis was the best part of our trip. It is such a wonderful town, even Jake loved it and it was over 100 degrees and he did not go to school there. We had such a great time. Our stay got off to an excellent start when Jake discovered someone had left a 12 pack on Bud Light in our mini fridge :)

Sam and I posing by two important places on our walk through downtown.


They were having some sort of rush during this time but we hid, didn't want to get trapped. Also I remember thinking it was lame when alumi showed up, I thought they were dinosaurs. I am now a dinosaur?

Sam is not allergic to Davis, but I managed to catch this great shot of his sneeze!

Road Trip Review Part 3

Never fun to say goodbye to Lori. Here is a parting shot with her and Sam on our way out :(



We stopped in Berkeley to go to Tilden Park's Little Farm on our way to Davis. It was way too hot but still quite fun. We had a great picnic and then went to see the animals. Sam was not so interested in them, a bit scared, but still a great time!

Sam and Dad enjoying some time on the blanket during our picnic.

Just looking cute. I know I am biased :)!!

Road Trip in Review Part 2

For those of you still interested in the Pieroni vacation...

We then went to San Francisco, with a stop in Santa Cruz, although the camera remained in the car for that part. We had such a wonderful time meeting up with our dear friends who we haven't seen in forever!! Lori and Bryan were so gracious to let us stay with them. Here is Sam checking out the front door of their apartment. This will be his only trip to his lovely apartment as Lori and Bryan are moving to their new home next week, yeah!!!
Catching up with Lori. I know, no Sam is this picture, but it was so wonderful to see her again!!



Our friends had a wonderful get together for us, sadly no pictures from that either. We really appreciated it though. Sam hopes to be just like Joey someday!!!

We went to the California Science Center with Lori, Jessi and her darling baby Calla. Sam had a great time. He seemed to notice the animals and loved riding around in his pack. Not the best shot of us, but we are all here, minus Jake who took the picture :)


Sam visiting with Daddy's friend Matt again. Matt and Jake met up in SF and went to a local dive on Clement street, or was it Geary :) ?

Road trip in review Part 1

Back on the blog. Sorry for the super long delay. We had a wonderful roadtrip last month. I will post it in parts so it won't be the longest and more boring entry ever!

Not sure what we were thinking planning a long road trip with a 10 month old :) Sam was great though, only had one really rough patch in the car. The bee who made it into our vehicle did not help matters.

First stop UCSB, hanging out in the student union


We then went on to San Luis Obispo. Budget traveling meant no fancy hotels. This is the lovely crib at the Econolodge. Not quite sure what I was expecting, but not this thing. It looked like an orphanage crib. Obvioulsy the first time we had have Sam at a hotel :) Even after cleaning it, still way too funky!


Exploring dowtown San Luis Obispo on Daddy's back.
Thank you to Renee and Matt for lending us this wonderful pack. We still have it, hopefully they won't come after us!


and playing with the train table at a toystore in SLO, Sam's favortie part of the stop.