Happy Anniversary Momma and Daddy

On August 16, Momma and Daddy let me play with my friend Erika ALL DAY LONG. I'm not quite sure why they decided to go hiking up a hot (90 degrees!) hill without me instead of going swimming in Erika's pool with me, but they said it had something to do with me getting squirmy and heavy in my backpack. I don't see what the problem with a squirmy 21 pound toddler is - I have great fun riding up high and getting to see everything in the backpack. There are things to see EVERYWHERE - that's why I keep looking to the right and then leaning to the left and trying to turn around and well, you get the picture...I'm 14 months old...you're just going to have to deal with my curiosity.

But this post isn't about me. It's about Momma and Daddy being married for 5 years. Yeah, 5 - that's my life times 5. Momma has been itching to go hiking since her and Daddy haven't been able to go in two years because of work and being busy and well, me. So Daddy took Momma to Mount Diablo (I've been there!!! Just look!! I wasn't at the top, but I was there! I even ate lunch there!) to hike to the top of the 3,849 ft mountain. They didn't climb up all the way from the bottom, (Remember they haven't been hiking in 2 years) , they just did the Juniper to Pioneer to Summit Loop Trail, which goes up about 1000 ft in a 3.8 mile round trip. Here are some pictures from their hike.

Livermore Valley

North Peak and the Sacramento River

The Bay Area

Then they had a picnic lunch at the summit, where they had a very unwelcome visitor that chased them around the picnic area (literally, they'd run and the bee would chase them) until they finally shoveled their food in and quickly packed up. Momma said that this was not like Barry from Bee Movie or a nice bee that makes honey like Uncle Luke and Aunt Amy's bees!!! This was one mean bee and she did not want to find out that she was allergic to bees like Aunt Amy while atop a mountain. Then Momma and Daddy came home to shower off the mountain stinkies. They were hoping to see me, but I was having WAY too much fun swimming in Erika's big pool. I love swimming. It's so much fun. I just splash and splash and splash. I love my little pool too - it has a tree that squirts water at me! Oh yeah, this is about Momma and Daddy, not me. In the late afternoon, Daddy took Momma to taste some wine in Livermore. Momma really enjoyed the Thomas Coyne port. She was also all crazy happy about the organic wine at Retzlaff too. They had dinner outside at Strizzi's after a recommendation from two of the wine servers and then a yummy chocolate fondue at Simply Fondue. Then they came home, but I of course was already asleep after my fun day playing and swimming with Erika. I think we all had a good time on Momma and Daddy's Anniversary!

Happy 5th Anniversary Momma and Daddy. I love you! Love, RJ