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What happens when you blog from an iPhone where your work email is the
default account. =P

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Reverend Angus

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Potty!

This is the extent of their willingness and excitement. :)

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Mmmmmm cakie

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Happy birthday lita nena!

Anvus' great grandma is here from Chile and we kicked off her visit
with a bday celebration where angus showed off his mad candle blowing
skills.

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In honor of poppa Jim

My poppa loved taking pictures of his sleeping babies and I seem to
have inherited the bug.

Here's baby boy clutching his circus book tight after his first visit
and just some dreamy sleep scene.

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OC Fair

The Victors... Poppa's friends' band played at the OC Fair and Angus
went to his first live rock concert. He even bought a cd leading to
many awwwws from the crowd.

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I guess we did stuff after all

We tackled the dragon slide with confidence and learned about waiting
in line (pushing definitely works)

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Take the Leap

There are some times in life where you have to leave what you know behind and take the leap having faith that there is something more. Angus did that this week. A fan of jumping for a month or so now, he always requested assistance in the form of hand holding to ensure he always stuck the landing. This past weekend first to my horror then amusement and amazement he took a leap off the ottoman onto the floor and didn't even come close to sticking the landing but decided it didn't hurt enough to warrant not enjoying the rush.

So he did it again and again and again
and eventually stuck it!

 
 
 
 

the one reason I wish I blogged more is because this is my only written record of Angus' life... and so much has happened that I can't recall. I gotta setup mobile posting and just text everything as it happens. That'll go on my to-do list.

We're doing okay after our leap too. The leap back into adulthood. There are many stressors involved in being 100% independent financially... but it feels good too. We're working on maintaining a strong, healthy family... lots of talking about feelings happening here. So if you don't like it, go away.

xoxo

Until next time!

Wild: Day 5 (coming home)

By day 5 we were all so sick of each other we were driven to drink
 
and considerable ridiculousness ensued
 

We took Hwy 1 most of the way home to justify the cute magnet we bought in Monterey and were reminded yet again that AT&T 3G is useless if you can't get a signal. Still, the accupressure Sea Bands got me through the drive because I could check my work email eventually and even read a book. We got home in the evening with a grumpy baby who didn't care to be there and lots of woodsy smelling clothes and bedding.

We had a blast and we survived=success!

Wild: Day 4

Cuteness in the form of throwing rocks
 
and sitting in the dirt. I believe Day 4 was when Angus asked if he could take a bath.
 

We attempted a hike to the top of Pfeiffer Falls only to find that the trail was closed halfway up... no real payoff for the calories expended on that journey. But, it was awfully charming to hear "momma! i hiking!" from Angus every 5-7 paces or so.
 

We lingered for a while near a footbridge in the Big Sur "river" for a while which was much more of a creek than anything else but it was lovely and was a fine substitute for the view of the falls that should have marked the end of a tough hike.

Wild: Day 3 (not so wild)

We woke up on the morning of day to the sound of pouring rain. Quite a pleasant sound until you recall all the paper products sitting out on the picnic tables and the towels and shoes left out to dry the night before.

We slowly got up and packed the cars to head to our next site, Big Sur. We stopped in Santa Cruz at the world's most expensive laundromat and I was so thrilled at the prospect of clean clothes I even authorized the use of chemical soap and fabric softener. After laundry we hit the market for the next round's worth of fresh food, visited the Patagonia outlet for some sweet $9 deals and dealt with a very hungry, very upset baby (we skipped breakfast due to the rain and didn't have much more to eat than fruit snacks) in the traffic of Santa Cruz trying to find something to eat. Further down Highway 1 we stopped in Monterey at the Portola Plaza hotel for their ridiculously inexpensive fleece lined windbreakers (don't ask).

Finally we arrived in Big Sur in late afternoon with no more time than to setup camp and have dinner before bed.

But what a beautiful sight. Never did I think I would think that upon viewing a scene like this, but I did.

Home Sweet Home:
 

Wild: Day 2

Even more exciting than the horsies were the "rat cats" (Racoons. It goes like this: "Momma cat!" "that's a raccoon baby" "rat cat! momma rat cat!") that visited camp every evening. And every day Angus would hunt for them with his flashlight calling "Rat Cat! Where are you?!" at the top of his lungs
 
 

Day 2 we all went to the swimming hole and leapt from rocks into the freezing cold deep water. Even Angus did a tandem jump with Poppa at his own request... he regretted it upon surfacing.
 

Wild: Day 1

We left the house at 4:00 a.m. thinking that guaranteed us at least a 3 hour drive with a sleeping baby... maybe even more thanks to the lull of the highway, but instead we put a wide awake baby into the car at 4:00 a.m. who responded enthusiastically with "I ready!" when his butt hit the cold carseat.

He fell back asleep eventually and we arrived at San Mateo Memorial Park campground around 11:00 a.m. Most of the day was spent setting up camp and getting acquainted to our private creek. Angus and I laid down for the best nap ever (3 hours in the fresh mountain air... yum and the rest of the family went for a dip in the local swimming hole.

After dinner Angus discovered "horsies" at the campsite.
 

McMac's in the wild

This year marked the first annual mcmac camping trip. It's not 100% final yet but it looks like next year's campsite will be a carribean cruise. ;)

Nah! It was actually great! To start, Angus was very into it and was very helpful.

 

Natural Athleticism

The one thing I can be absolutely sure he didn't get from me. If only I could be so confident about his champion whining.

Check out that stance. Totally impromptu:
 
 
 

What form! Looks a bit like Tiger's golf swing though...

The beach is lame...

none of the 3 McMacs are particularly fond of it... there isn't enough to like about it to warrant having so much sand in one's crack. Until... this summer! We took Angus on a whim and he loved it, and as a result, Rod and I did too!

 
 
 

After this cautious entrance we lost the water wings and he spent much of the time way out in the deep with Poppa & Momma bobbing around in the innertube and having a grand old time. Too much fun to take pictures!