Albert Pujols

Well, not really....but getting close! Sorry about Heather's commentary... a little too close to the mike.

Just another dinner at the Eatherton's...

Beach weekend

This past weekend, Amanda came to visit and we used this as a good excuse to be tourists! On Friday afternoon, we visited Half Moon Bay, which was to be Brady's first trip to the beach. But it was extremely windy, so we never made it past the trail. He had a blast playing "Digger Man" with the sand in the parking lot (sad, I know), and we promised to take him to a real beach as soon as possible.... which turned out to be the very next day! Saturday we went to Santa Cruz, where they have a boardwalk and beach (we're told it's the boardwalk shown in the end frame of the old "Step By Step" show intro, if that makes any sense). Anyway, the weather was beautiful and even though the water was freezing, Brady's little toes finally made it into real beach sand and real ocean water! He couldn't have been any happier :)

Digging in the parking lot at Half Moon Bay

A rare "looking at the camera" moment

Always happy to be "on the loose"

Half Moon Bay beach

On the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, with Auntie Manda

Return of the Digger Man

First dip into the Pacific Ocean!

Horsin' Around

Playing in the backyard with Grandma

Brady's first parade!

Always chasing Daddy!

Playing in the water with Joslyn

Brady's first campus tour

A few weeks ago, Brady went away to college! No, not to Standford University, which is only 5 miles away... the family took a quick road trip to UC Berkeley and had a great time storming the campus! Brady even tried out for the football team while he was there. They're getting back to us about a scholarship :)

Mingling with the students

"Right here Dad, I'm open!"

He walked/ran up that whole hill himself!

Easter 2010

This year, Easter was a little sad for the Eatherton California contingency, seeing that all our family was in Chicago and we had only been here for a few weeks. But, as always, we made the best of it! We found a really great (free) Easter egg hunt in Mountain View and Brady enjoyed picking through what felt like millions of plastic eggs. On Easter Sunday, we had a quiet morning at the house and did Skype calls with both families, so that helped (a little). In the afternoon, an old childhood friend of Matt's who lives in CA came by to visit with his wife and beautiful little girl, Joslyn.

Brady scoping out all the eggs

Hmm, what's "candy"?!

Easter gifts from "the Bunny" and the Grandparents

Dave and Joslyn, Matt and Brady

Hope you're ready...

So, yippee! Matt found the camera charger in the toolbox. I'm sure there's a logical explanation for how it got there. My money is on Brady. Anyway... we juiced up the bad boy and I hope you're ready, because here are a ton of pictures from the last month or so (over a few posts).

What you won't find are pictures of the house because, well, it's still not ready for show just yet. We're getting there, so I hope to have some up very soon!

Hanging with my Uncle Mike

Disclaimer: Nudie pic!

Big Shox & Little Shox

Waiting to see the Easter Bunny

Cruisin' the mall on a Friday night with Dad