Watkins World: Trip to Livermore

Here is our cute little grandson, Finnegan. I was able to take a quick trip to California from June 27-30 to meet him and to visit Michael, Mallory and Madie. My plane was an hour late due to a dust storm in Mesa, so I didn't get to Michael & Mallory's until about 11 p.m. Fortunately, Finn was still awake and I was able to snuggle with him for a few minutes before we all went to bed.

I slept on an air mattress in Madie's room and when she woke up, she moved around for awhile in her bed before she noticed I was there. Then she looked at me and was surprised to see me there. On Thursday, Mallory, the kids and I went to the park and Madie had fun filling her bucket with water and by the end, she was dipping her head into the bucket. She wouldn't go in the water on the splash pad though.

I got some snuggle time with Madie and LOVED IT!

I didn't realize our outfits matched until I saw this picture!

Below is the outfit Grandma Clark gave to Finn. Michael bought Finn a hat like Michael's and it will go perfectly with the outfit, as you can see.

Thursday evening, we went to the Farmer's Market that they have weekly in the downtown area of Livermore. I love going to the Farmer's Market, seeing all of the people and enjoying the atmosphere. We got some delicious fruit and vegetables and we bought some dinner there. Here is Madie - going to the car on our way to the market.

She loved running down the hill with her balloon. I love this picture of her.

On Thursday, we also went to Target and I bought Madie this stroller for her dolls. She loves her brown dolly (the name is because of the doll's hair - she has a yellow dolly with yellow hair) and she is such a good little mommy to her dolls. She loved the stroller and I'm sure brown and yellow dolly will get many rides.

On Friday, Finn had a doctor's appointment, so Madie and I stayed home and she played on my tablet. She didn't want to go outside because they were re-paving the parking lot of the apartment complex, and she was very afraid of all the noise. It's okay - we just relaxed and I enjoyed being with her. Michael came home from work and made pesto pizza for us. Yummmy!

And, I loved every minute I got to hold Finn. He's such a good baby and only cries when he is hungry. I was trying to get a picture of his cute dimples. They're really not hard to see because they're very obvious - I just couldn't get any pictures of them. I babysat Friday night while Michael and Mallory went to a movie and Finn slept the whole time they were gone.

Saturday morning, Michael, Madie and I went for a hike. It was so nice and cool outside with a layer of fog, which I miss so much in the mornings. It was good to get out and get some exercise and enjoy nature. When we got back to the apartment, Mal had made some delicious muffins that we ate for breakfast.

I left Saturday evening for home, but before that, we stopped in at the Alameda County Fair. We weren't able to stay for long, but we had a nice time while we were there. I hadn't been to a fair for a very long time.