This is why we love the Bay

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A few weeks ago we didn't go to church and decided to go roller blading at Chrissy Field in San Francisco with our friends Alisa and Tsegab. It was awesome to be out in nature worshipping God for the beauty He created. It simply affirmed how blessed we are. David and I moved to the Bay Area over 7 years ago not knowing what was in store. Today, we consider it home. We love living here, we love our friends and the support we have here. We couldn’t have picked a better place to be.

Silly Daddy!

Later, we went to breakfast on Union Street and asked Alisa and Tsegab if they would be Jadon’s godparents. They graciously accepted. Alisa and Tsegab are two of the most generous, sweet, and loving people. We consider them family and are so happy they will help up guide Jadon as he grows.

Please note in the picture below that our son is grabbing for the orange juice glass. He was probably thinking, "okay, they're taking a picture. They're not paying attention to me. If I smile and go for the OJ at the same time, they won't even notice what I am doing..."

Now you can see that Jadon is a very active little one. At 10 months, he is into EVERYTHING!!! Long gone are the days where we’d go out to eat and he would simply lounge in his carseat. Now he has to explore everything on the table. He has to talk and flirt with the ladies at the tables around us. He’s gets so much attention. I don’t know what the Lord has in store for him but he has charisma and he loves people.

End of Summer Fun

One of my best friends, Meelah and I are teachers so before the summer ended, we decided to take our boys on a little play date. For me, it was marking the end of summer and beginning of a new, busy school year. We went to Habitot Children’s Museum in Berkeley. I had never been before so I was anxious to see how Jadon would react to all of the exhibits. It turns out he was still a bit too young to explore all of the activities. Despite that, he definitely had fun watching Kaleb play.



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Kaleb is David and I’s godson. Over the years, Meelah has been gracious enough to let us baby sit and “practice” with Kaleb before we had Jadon. We have made so many fun memories with this little guy (actually he’s quite big now –he just turned 6). Kaleb holds a very, very special place in our heart. I have a feeling he’s going to be a great godbrother role model for Jadon.

He soon realized that this was in fact a wooden carrot... He was quite disappointed to say the least.

As a novice blogger, I failed to get a picture of the whole gang... sorry =(