Another Celebration

Tonight we were on the "A List" thanks to Helen and Steve Hansen who hosted us at Toscana Restaurant in celebration of their daughter Peri's birthday. Peri is my best friend and I love her very much.

Also in attendance at the restaurant tonight were Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and their daughter Violet. It was a good thing we had my stroller with the paparazzi shield so I did not have to deal with all those photographers.

Anyway for dinner we had a lot of great food and I highly recommend the restaurant. Whether you are having a Salad and Pizza or Grilled Branzino or Raspberries and Cream, the food is delish (and way better than Similac)!!!

Thanks again Helen and Steve!!!!

Friendship

This evening my friend Safia came to visit with her father Bryon. She is in this picture with me and mom. He and my dad are old friends and I love when I get to see Safia and him because they are really good people and lots of fun.

They arrived in time for us to walk down to the beach for sunset tonight. After the sun went down we walked home and dad and Bryon cooked up an amazing BBQ with Chicken, Ribs, Sausage and Scallops all cooked on Bryon's New Braunfels Black Diamond Smoker that is now at our house because Bryon has no room at his place.

The food was great and the company was even better.

Hurray, it's the weekend

Today we are having a big BBQ with Bryon and Safia and we will try to get to the beach for sunset. Watch for new photos tomorrow of me and those spectacular colors in the sky.

I am asking dad to make some Chili Colorado with any of the leftover chicken from the BBQ. He has a stash of roasted Hatch Chilis from New Mexico in the freezer that our friends Julie and Steven brought at the end of Chili Season this fall. Let me know if you want the recipe - just email me at grs919@gmail.com

Another nap another sunset

This afternoon I took a walk to the beach with Dad and on the way there I fell asleep but thank heaven Dad woke me up when we got there because as you can see from the picture it was a beautiful sunset.

This picture was taken at the Venice Pier which is around the corner from our house. There were lots of surfers out and all the restaurants on Washington Blvd were filling up so I had a lot of fun people watching.

Yesterday went smoothly for all

My new Nanny started yesterday and all went smooth. She calls herself Grace but I will be calling her NannyG as I am BabyG.

NannyG and I hit it off and she gives me unlimited attention and cares for me very well. She took me for a walk on the Canals and then over to the Beach (just like mom and dad do with me). I will post some photos of me and her next week.

Coffee and Home Depot

The line for coffee at Joni's was so long this morning that we went next door to Noah's. Afterwards I went for a very long walk with my dad in the Marina. When we got home he took me to Home Depot (boring) so we could get some extension cords for his temporary "Garage Office". I didn't have that much fun at Home Depot but I did go to see the plants in the nursery department and I saw lots of great colored flowers. I spent the rest of the afternoon playing with my animals and took a nap or two.

Couldn't sleep at all today

Most people worry about sleeping at night - no problem for me!!! But I usually also sleep for a few hours during the day - but today I couldn't.

Not sure why. Maybe it was the weather - one of those perfect clear warm SoCal winter days. Maybe it was one fun event after another - going to the beach, visiting our new house under construction and seeing where my room is going to be, taking a walk with our builder Dan Howard (he s a cool guy) to check out some roofing ideas, visiting with Sharon, Rebecca and Isabella and then going to Trader Joe's with dad.

Anyway the day is over and I am completely exhausted so I am finally going to sleep.

Good night everyone...

Looking forward to my Nanny

This weekend we interviewed 2 more nanny candidates and I selected Graciele from Brazil. She is very experienced and can also help mommy and daddy around the house. I will make sure to get you all more details and some photos when she starts in about a week.

This past week - Jan 12

This week I took a walk up to Abbot Kinney Blvd. where I went to Epoxy Box to see flooring options for our new house. One of the owners there told me I was an angel and had an amazing aura. I am not sure what an aura is but I smiled and laughed for her.

Also, this was the first week mommy went back to work and it is going well. Daddy makes sure all my needs are met and we have a lot of fun together. I still get to spend a lot of time with Mommy in the morning and at night (usually at 2am).