Russian River Falls

he was so fussy...so unusual for him. we were outside, which he usually just LIVES for, and he even had a binki, which im trying to wean him from, so usually he only gets it at night, and he got a 3 hr nap right before we left, and lunch, so i concluded maybe its simply a molar coming in , or he had gotten his first ear infection but hes been on his med. for that so it shouldnt still bother him... anyways. when my mom asked him on the drive home if he had fun he promptly shook his head NO. she asked a couple times, because at first i thought it was an accident or coincidence, but i think he knew what she was saying, and i think he just didnt have a good time.

at the falls. the best pic we got. not ideal, but its alright. andy was so cranky i had to show him the water, and then on 3 spin around for the camera before he started whining.
looking up the falls.

the lookout point, there were 2 of these.
andy rode on daddys shoulder a lot of the hike back.


he loved this dog that was up here.
you just cant get close enough these days! he was sticking his foot thru the bars trying to get closer.
the stairs he fell down and got a big mark inbetween his eyes on his nose.
andy loved running down this driveway and yelling as he runs. its pretty funny. he does tend to get ahead of himself though, and still falls kind of a lot when running down hill.




a neighbor friend , my dad, david, andrew, my mom, emma, and aud taking a pic.
the trail here, it was very very green and lush the whole time. very pretty. thats dan in the red shirt way up the trail.


enjoying some banana bread dough. don't ask me where he gets it from, i've never wanted any! but he sure does enjoy it.. after the beater he ate a spoonful clean...


Well yesterday we went and hiked the Russian River Falls hike. its about 2.3 mi in to the falls. andy i dont think was feeling well, he was SO cranky, the whole way back nearly he cried. he did fall at the overlook on one of the steps, he turned around backwards for one step, how he is supposed to go down stairs, and then he looked at my mom and got up and stuck a foot forward , all the while eyeing my mom because he knows its against the rules for him, so he did it, and fell, and got a big scratch on his nose. well, i tried to upload a video, but i've had trouble. it just says "uploading video...your video will appear here when finished", but it never shows up. and before when i would add video it would say there was an error. does anybody else have problems adding video? it doesnt even say what percent is done, or what process its in, just that its "uploading video (of) Cancel" so thats all it says at the bottom of the page. i think i may terminate the video because its not going anywhere. and its been uploading for probably half an hour. .. okay well, i cancelled it and im reloading it, so this time it says processing, hopefully it works.. its not THAT cool, its just the falls and you can see one salmon jump, we saw many, and theres a little green and wooden box that they have built to help the salmon up the falls. its called a salmon ladder or something. the fish move up there pretty quickly, i guess from the mouth of the river to the area they spawn up there only takes them 3 days. i dont think i could walk that distance in 3 days... its a LONG ways. pretty amazing little animals. well the video wasn't working... so maybe i'll try again. later.