a few grindy's: September 2009

Monday, September 28, 2009

Fohawk, Fotos, Friends, Fans

We forgot to advise the world that Nick finally got a haircut. Back in August, while visiting Roseville during my month off, we went to this cool little place called "Jack and Jillybeans" in Roseville. Not too expensive, super professional, great atmosphere. I have to admit I wasn't too fond off the place until I saw the chair my son could sit in:

They also had all these other cool chairs. The kids that came in seemed to fight the most over the fighter jet one, but whatever.

Nick's before shot

He did really well and was mostly distracted so long as he got to steer the wheel on his patrol vehicle. I know the lady looks a bit creepy in this picture, but she was really nice and really fast which in hindsight you have to be with little heads moving like lightning and you're carrying a really sharp object.

His first locks of hair

Nick's after shot

Once he got his little "fohawk," we perused on over to Target where they just happened to have a photography studio. Some readers may scoff at how lightly I use the phrase "photography," but hey, maybe we like paying for overpriced pictures in a familiar photo shoot setting, so back off! Anyway, here's a slideshow with the pictures. You can see the whole album here.

And what trip to Roseville would be complete without a get together with the gang?! Unfortunately, we have no pictures of merit from the event because were having too much fun to stop and shoot! Or we just forgot. The former sounds much better so let's stick with that!

We finished off the trip with a visit to good ol' new AT&T Park to watch the Giants get killed by the Arizona Diamondbacks. I organized the trip and didn't realize how far back our seats were. Granted they were lower level, just lower level last row back about 15 rows under the overhang so that you couldn't even see the big plasma screen with all the cool gimmicky games they run on it throughout the game. Nonetheless, good times, plus, Nick (and Katy) were finally able to go to a Giants game. My cousin Chris and his girlfriend Jen, my folks, and my brother Jon and sister-in-law Natalie were all able to go too. Even though there aren't any pictures of them here, they did go. I was in a bit of a pissy mood that day which I'd like to say was because the Giants were sucking but I'm pretty sure I was just pissy. Because of said pissy mood, I neglected to take but a few pics. So, just imagine them in the shots.

Chris loving up on Jen

Katy and Nick with a sweatshirt courtesy of my dad

Showing off my great mood

Our view of the field from the seats...notice the low overhang and lack of viewable scoreboard

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Having His Cake and Eating it Too!

At the beginning of this month we posted on how Nick turned one. On a side note, I never know what to say. "He's one year old" or "he's one years old." The plural form seems to flow easier off my tongue, but I'm pretty sure since he only has one year to his name, you can't pluralize it and must stick with the singular form. You'd think I'd know this being that I'm an English major. But I don't because I sucked at English, I just like to use it as a power play every now and again. So, back to Nick's birthday. We threw, and by we I mean almost 98% Katy, a party for him at our neighborhood park. Some family and friends were able to come. Standard one year(s?) old's party. BBQ, messy cake, a true birthday suit, etc., etc. I know we all enjoyed watching him partake and I'm pretty sure he enjoyed it just as much.

Friday, September 4, 2009

One is not the loneliest number...

Today our son turns one! Well, he actually does at 1:51pm, but still. It's amazing how fast the time has flown by. We love you buddy! Here's a montage with a picture for each month of his life. Happy birthday Nick!