Bushman

Not the best picture of the San Francisco wharf, you might be thinking. Look a little closer at the bottom right...there he is! The Bushman! This guy scared me half to death while we were walking down this sidewalk. There I was walking fairly close to a plant (not thinking, why the heck is a plant in the middle of the sidewalk...), and all of the sudden it growls and a face pops out between the branches laughing. I screamed and jumped, and both KZ and I were thinking, "what just happened?" Luckily I didn't trip over the stroller (Brandon remained peacefully sleeping by the way).

Later that day we walked back by there (on the opposite side of the street, mind you), and there was this man taking a picture of the scary bush guy. KZ asked him about it, and it turns he is THE famous Bushman! He's a legend. He's even had lawsuits about his little act.

Here is a You Tube video of the Bushman in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cbBdydQlrk

One of the you tube comments mentioned that the Bushman makes something like $60,000 in tips doing this all year. He didn't get a tip from me. I don't like people in masks (I used to walk around Disney World as a kid praying that we wouldn't see any of the characters, and especially that they wouldn't talk to me, or touch me!), people jumping out at me, and being scared in general. However, I do kind of feel honored to have been scared by the world famous Bushman.

California Part 2: San Francisco to Sonoma

So after Monterey we drove up to San Francisco. We met up with my Babcia, Dziadzia, and cioci Kalina there. Here I am with Mommy on one of the piers overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. I was more interested in chewing on my Ergo baby carrier.

Here we are on another pier. The wood floor of this pier was so bumpy. I laughed while I was pushed in the stroller over it!

This was one of Mommy's favorite parts of the city...Ghirardelli Square.
We all loved riding the cable car!Is this not the cutest picture of me you've ever seen?! After San Fran, we drove up to Sonoma county. We rented a house in Santa Rosa for 6 nights. This picture was taken on Thanksgiving.
This picture is pretty cute too, huh? It's so hard to capture my smile...It takes like 3 people...one to take the picture and 2 more to make me laugh. We spent Thanksgiving with a lot of Daddy's family in Sonoma.
This was taken on the way to Thanksgiving dinner. The vineyards are so pretty this time of year.On Friday we went to some wineries with the whole family.


This is at Ferrari-Carano with my cioci Kalina (I was sleeping in my stroller)

This is at Geyser Peak.

On Saturday Mommy, Daddy, and I went for a long hike in the redwoods, which was really cool. The camera battery died after taking a couple fuzzy pictures, so we don't have anything to show for that day. We also stopped at a winery on the way back from the Redwoods, and I had to keep being brought outside because of my squawking. We didn't feel so bad because the wine wasn't great and the service was terrible, but maybe taking a baby to the wineries isn't such a great idea afterall.


On Sunday we drove to the coast. Here we are with Dziadzia, Babcia, and my great Cioci Halina.

Me and my Daddy!
It was a great trip, but it is good to be home in my own bed and with all my toys!

California Part 1: LA to Monterey

Hi everyone! We just got back from California. Let me tell you all about our trip! We flew into LA on Friday, November 20th. I did great on the plane! I even got compliments from neighboring passengers. In LA we met my mom's friend Allegra for lunch, and she gave me the coolest little lion blankie/toy that I just love! I played with it every day of the trip. Unfortunately we forgot to get a picture with Allegra.

This was my first time seeing the ocean - this is in Malibu. We drove through here on our way to Santa Barbara.

In Santa Barbara we stayed with mom's friends Shelley and Chris. The night we got there, I achieved a milestone! I rolled from my tummy to my back very easily! I have done this occasionally before, but this was the first time I was really good at it.

The next day we went to some wineries near Santa Barbara. Mommy and Daddy couldn't stop talking about how pretty the vineyards were with the fall colored leaves!

I didn't mind being in the wineries. There was all kinds of cool bottles and glasses that looked fun to play with. Maybe if they take me back next year, I can get my hands on all that stuff, although I think mom said this was my last trip going to the wineries for a while...

We had a picnic by this fire pit in the cute little town of Los Olivos.

Here we are with Shelley and Chis in Santa Barbara before we left on Sunday.

I am so good at drinking bottles now! I can even hold them by myself sometimes, and I don't mind drinking them in the car. We drove up the coast towards Monterey along the Big Sur Highway. Mom and Dad think this is the prettiest drive ever! I couldn't see what they were talking about because I can't see out the window from my carseat, so I decided to cry most of the day. I'm pretty happy here because I am OUT of the carseat.

This is their favorite place along Highway 1. Unfortunately we didn't get here until after the sun set, but it was still nice.

We got to Monterey Sunday night and ate dinner at Fisherman's Wharf (well actually I slept through dinner). On Monday we went for a long walk around the town and along the water. Then we went to some wineries in Monterey county. Wineries again, you say? It gets worse...check out California Part 2.