bodega bay weekend

it was a beautiful sunday at bodega bay! we went out there because william's college friend, darren, had a birthday get together with a small group of friends. darren & dorris are both architects and he was one of william's groomsmen at our wedding. on saturday it was overcast so it was a little dark when we arrived around 5pm. but sunday was a crisp sunny day. great way to get away from the inland heat. in the top picture, thomas has a very grumpy little face on. thomas never likes to take family pictures. never smiles when all three of us are in a picture. but he sure loved seeing the ocean (as you can see in the next two shots).

dorris rented a 5 bedroom vacation house just a short walk from the beach. the views from the windows were great and made us feel like we were thousands of miles away from work/home/boring job/school. it was so relaxing and just the break we needed to get our batteries recharged. we ate food the entire weekend. there was so much food!

besides william's college friends, 4 of darren & dorris' other friends were there. one couple had two kids so thomas was not the only baby. he had to share all the attention with their second child, about 3 months older than thomas. but he did very well - didn't mind sharing the adoration spotlight one bit! :)

dorris did notice that when thomas looks at men, he just studies their faces very intently. but when he looks at women, he smiles. he is such a little ladies man already. i am not sure how i am going to feel once he starts dating. that is going to be really hard. i am going to have to remind myself to be nice and not scare them away. well, i will have to treat it on a case by case basis. it depends on whether i like the little gal pal or not... :p

of course, what gathering of good college pals would be complete without the downing of much distilled spirits with and after dinner. william of course grabbed onto his wine glass as soon as he got there and didn't stop until about 10:30pm. after one shot of vodka with guava juice, he came down to our room and promptly passed out on the bed, curled up around thomas. he mumbled something about getting up to go join them again once i was asleep. whatever. he is getting old. i told him to go to sleep and just dream about sitting up there drinking the night away. :)

he did manage to get thomas into it though. a few weeks ago, thomas noticed sara clutching her daddy's beer and decided to investigate what the big deal was. he took several strong whiffs of beer and became very very happy from the fumes... he wouldn't let go for a long time...