Legs

On Saturday Davis's cousin Taggart woke up at 2:30 in the morning and made a 6 hour drive to meet up with us in San Francisco. While we do think it was a bit crazy, we were very glad that he made the trip. We hadn't seen him since our wedding and it was both wonderful to catch up and to introduce him to Oliver.

Our first stop of the day was the aquarium. Oliver was much more interested in the aquarium than he was the zoo. We have two fish at home (Fish 1 and Fish 2 -- we don't want to get too attached in case our fish nurturing skills aren't up to par) and Oliver says hi to them daily - we actually think fish (pronounced ishhhh) might be his fourth word (dog, duck and quack being the first three) (the little guy clearly has a special spot in his heart for animals).

The aquarium had a tank where we were allowed to touch the animals - carefully and with one finger. Not trusting Oliver's rule-following ability, we just let him take a look at the fish swimming around.
Another animal at the aquarium was a snake. Davis is not a big fan of snakes, but wanted not to project his feelings - and allow Oliver to come to his own conclusion. At this point it looks like Oliver does not agree with Davis - he seems pretty in to snakes.

We had lunch on Pier 39 and Oliver loved watching the sea lions clap and play. I think he would have stayed there all day watching them - to pacify him (and us - the sea lions were pretty neat) we had lunch overlooking their "playground." Entranced by the sea lions, it was one of few times Oliver has sat still in a restaurant high chair.

After lunch we decided to do a walking tour of San Francisco. While I understand there are a lot of hills, I do think Davis mapped out a route (a 6 mile route) that was all uphill. Oliver chose not to be involved in the trek and slept on Davis's back the entire walk. However, once we arrived on flat ground he woke up and wanted to push around his stroller (next trip he gets to push the stroller up the hills).


The men in Davis's family have very distinct legs - Oliver is no exception. We had hoped to take a picture of all the boys - Oliver, Taggart and Davis - either at the pool or walking down the street - just to show the strength of a certain gene pool. However, once Oliver caught on to our plan he would have none of it.
However, if we had been a group of Japanese women, or Banana Republic employees, Oliver would have struck a pose. While in Banana Republic a woman saw Oliver checking out the clothes (trying to rip multiple items off of hangers) and asked if she could take his picture. We said - sure. Next thing we knew Oliver was surrounded by about 10 Japanese women all snapping pictures of Oliver. After strutting around a bit, Oliver got down on the floor, rolled around, and smiled - and smiled - and smiled... When the women left Oliver then found himself surrounded by Banana Republic employees. Again he wiggled and smiled and was in heaven.

Thank you again to Taggart for making the drive to see us. We had a wonderful time and we do hope that it is not another 2 and half years before we can get together again.