The not so awesome pumpkin patch...

Its no secret how much I loved Fall on the East Coast. LOVED IT. Every time the leaves changed I dragged Todd to our local pumpkin patch and corn maze. Well since we are back in California I assumed there must be some sort of equally awesome Fall festivities....my asumption was wrong. Temecula boasted that it had its own pumpkin patch and corn maze so we hurried on down. What we found was a parking lot with a few pumpkins and a "corn maze" that had barely grown past my waist. Add to that it was about a 100 degree outside. We spent 5 minutes, realized Matt pooped and went home. Tragic.

Awww....

Just love them!



Hey Matthew, its your birthday!!

 Our sweet like guy is 1!!  I cannot believe that he is becoming a sweet little toddler before our very eyes! Today we had a birthday party to mark this special milestone for our sweet little guy. So many friends and family came and Matt got more clothes and toys than he knows what to do with. Thank you everyone for spending this special day with us!

The boys before the party

That Setup

Party!

My fabulous sister with her fabulous husband and our fabulous niece

Matt with his beautiful grandma

This started out promising



And then it went all wrong



All cleaned up!

Happy birthday sweet boy, we love you so much!

Loves his daddy!

Take me out to the ball game....

Today Matt was introduced to a sport he will probably be forced (or will most likely ask) to play in a couple years...baseball!

I grew up going to baseball games and Todd and I want to carry on the tradition. Of course the Angels were playing the Mariners but in light of what happened at the Dogers game not so long ago we decided it was best to go ahead and support the home team. ;)

We can't wait to go again!

All dressed up w. Mommy

Todd's dad was also in town so here's Matt playing with Grandpa Don. Matt LOVED him!



And then got to play with Grandpa Mike, he was a pretty happy kiddo

Seriously how handsome are my boys?!?!

Thanks Mom and Dad for coming with us!

Baby's first trip to Disneyland!

Disneyland is very near and dear to my family's hearts, I have been there probably hundreds of times....literally. My family has gone every Christmas for probably the last 30 years (yes you do the math) and in high school I had a season pass and went there most weekends and pretty much everyday in the summer. Yep I was cool like that. 

So when Brian and Sandra suggested we go on their last visit we couldnt be more excited to show the Mattman one our favorite places...

loving on his Aunt Sandra and Uncle Brian

excited Coyers

Yes we are wearing Mickey shirts and no we aren't embarrassed.

Tuckered out on the Jungle cruise

I never realized how incredibly stimulating Disneyland is for kiddos. Matt didn't know what to think, he just looked in awe the entire time, you could tell he liked it ;)

Off to the Aquarium!

Since the zoo was such a hit and it was hotter than Hades in Temecula we decided to head back down to beautiful (and a cool 75 degrees) San Diego to check out the Birch Aquarium. It was wasn't a huge aquarium and since fish don't make much noise Matt wasn't sure what to make of it but we had a great time anyway.

Hanging with mommy in San Diego

Umm what are we doing here?

And the aquarium highlight...the gift shop. Totally redeemed the value of the aquarium for the Mattster.

tee hee.