A day in the city

This past Saturday Chase went skiing with Tyler, so I took advantage of the time to hang out with a friend of mine who lives north of San Francisco. We went to the De Young museum and spent most of our time there checking out the Yves Saint Laurent exhibit. I thought it was fascinating. Some of his dresses were absolutely stunning, but others were just plain weird. Maybe I lack fashion sense, but take a look at this...

Wait, it gets better. This is a wedding dress.

An extremely expensive wedding dress, no less. He was inspired by a cocoon. In a way it's kind of cool, but I couldn't help but smile when I pictured what the expression on Chase's face would have looked like if I had showed up to our wedding wearing this. Ha!

Amanda and I went up to the observation tower to get a view of the city.

And it was a gorgeous view! I love all the different colors of all the buildings. Amanda said it reminded her of a patchwork quilt, and I have to agree.

Here's another view, with the golden gate bridge just peeking out behind the hill.

I wish I could say that Livia behaved like this in the museum...

But in reality it was more like this...

She was quite content...as long as I was holding her in my arms. So I held her for a couple of hours (that was my workout for the day), and then decided that it was ridiculous for us to push around an empty stroller like that. So for the last half hour or so I made her sit on her own. Eventually she resigned herself to her fate and calmed down. And then she slept all the way home, which was fabulous!

I made it home just in time for Stake Conference (literally. I walked in as they were saying the opening prayer), and wrangled with Livia for another hour and a half. I knew she had to get some major wiggles out--I was just trying to get her to wiggle quietly. By the end of the day I was exhausted. But it sure was fun!

Tour of California

On President's day the Tour of California rode through the hills near our home. Chase and his brother Tyler often go riding here, so I think it was fun for them to see all the professional cyclists climbing the same hills as they do. On the other hand, I think it made them a little depressed to see just how fast the cyclists were going! We were standing near the top of the climb, so you'd think they'd be tired at that point, but the cyclists were still going so fast we didn't even have time to pick out Lance Armstrong from the rest of the pelaton.

Here they come!

It rained all morning and was quite cold, but Livia was a great sport.

The forest was misty and gorgeous, but you can only kind of tell from this picture.

It was the first bike race I've ever watched in person, and I actually really enjoyed it!

Just some pictures

I take a lot of pictures of livvy. Probably way too many. But here are a few for your viewing pleasure.
Reaching for the camera.

Standing all on her own!! (with crazy hair)
When she learned how to crawl she immediately lost all interest in her walker. Now she's re-discovered it, this time as something she can push around to practice walking.

Getting into mischief

Me and Chase on Valentine's day

Another picture of Livia standing. She can hold it for a long time now, and I catch her all the time practicing on her own. She'll be holding onto something and then let go, seeing how long she can stand before having to grab back on. The only problem is, sometimes she over-estimates her own abilities, and she has taken many tumbles in the past week. She has about four bruises on the left side of her face from various falls. I feel terrible!

Last weekend

We didn't do a whole lot this past weekend. Or at least, I didn't. Chase helped someone move and went on his usual bike ride while I hung out at home with Livia. So by Saturday night I was dying to get outside. There's this pretty little spot not too far from our house, so we went for a walk.

There were a gazillion ducks running around. So many, in fact, that if you stopped and listened, you could actually hear them all eating. Gross.

Friday night I turned around from feeding Livia cereal and saw this:

Why is he wearing grocery bags on his head, you ask? He said, and I quote, "I did it cuz it's dang comfy." Alright then.

But if this surprises you, you really need to get to know Chase better.

Highchairs...

Totally excited about eating bananas! Plum tuckered out.
What can I say? She spends a lot of time in this chair. It was bound to happen sooner or later.