Blair Rides the Mall Train

We went to the mall this morning for some last minute shopping, and to my surprise, Blair really wanted to ride the train. Normally, she is extremely cautious about ride-type things, but she ran right up to the gate and said, "up." Once it was time to get on the train, she walked up and climbed in all by herself. It is a little hard to see in the video, but once going, she alternated between wanting to be scared and squealing with laughter. She had a great time.

Thanksgiving

We are back from our annual Thanksgiving trip to Alabama, although we still haven't gotten around to unpacking completely yet. Maybe this weekend. Anyway, we had a great visit with Brack's side of the family and Blair had so much fun charming everyone.

Here is a rare picture of Brack and me:

Blair is such a little performer:

The girls out in the woods:

What a little princess:

Pebble Beach

This is a little late, but I am finally getting around to posting some pictures from our Pebble Beach trip.

Here we are ready for dinner one night:

Brack teeing off on the first hole at Pebble Beach:

Blair playing around at the hotel:

At the beach in Carmel:

Blair: Musical Prodigy

Blair now plays the harmonica by herself:

Pumpkin Patch Time

Blair was a happy girl at the pumpkin patch this morning dressed in her Elmo costume.

Blair's first USC game

Two weekends ago, we had the wonderful idea of taking Blair to a USC tailgate and to the game. We had realistic expectations and a goal of making it until halftime. Blair actually did pretty well, considering her nap schedule was messed up and it was a long day.

She really is happy in this picture, but I think that the sun was just in her eyes.

Brack's birthday visit to the park

This morning we drove to Irvine Park for a fun family day on Brack's birthday. We walked around the zoo for awhile, and then had a picnic lunch. Because Halloween is just around the corner, the park had a pumpkin patch set up. We rode the train around the park area and then we let Blair loose to "pet" the pumpkins. After a few minutes, she warmed up to them and we were able to get a couple of cute shots.

Here we are walking around the zoo:

Riding the train:

I love this one: