My birthday in the City by the Bay.

Yesterday we celebrated my 31st birthday in San Francisco. I realized as we were crossing over the Bay Bridge that Alyssa had only been to the city twice in her life. Once when she was a month old and we had a Christmas dinner to go to. We didn't have a sitter but Brian's boss told us to bring her anyways. So we did and she pooped in the restaurant. The restaurant didn't have any changing tables so I had to change her in a booth... ghetto! The next time we went to the city with her was when we accidentally missed our exit going home from my Mom's house and we went over the Golden Gate bridge and had to drive through the city to get home. We also didn't have the five dollars cash to cross into San Francisco so the toll taker had to take our picture of our licence and we got a bill in the mail. I don't think that time counted though because Alyssa was sleeping the entire ride home.
So yesterday while we were entering into the city Alyssa was impressed. It's sad that we only live 25 minutes away but never go there unless we have to for a dinner or an event. Probably because Brian works there too and anything you can do in SF you can do in Oakland as well. We went to the Giants vs. Tigers baseball game at AT&T park. They had a kids section of the park where you can slide down the Coke bottle. Alyssa loved that part! They also had a section where you could play baseball with other kids. Alyssa hit the ball her first try! Brian was so proud and he thinks she will be good in baseball.
It was so stinking hot yesterday. It usually is cold in the city but yesterday it was 80. We were not prepared for that and were wearing jeans and t-shirts. So while we were sitting in the stands I saw Alyssa getting red and we went and bought her a hat. She picked out sparkly pink Giants hat... go figure!! While the Giants began to get their butts whooped we decided to walk around the park. We ended up at the big Giants store and Alyssa ended up getting a mitt and a T-shirt to match her hat. You would have thought it was HER birthday!!
Well the Giants were getting whipped so badly that we decided to head to Pier 39 to just walk around for an hour. We walked around and saw the typical sea lions, magic shows, Alcatraz, tourists and homeless people. One day I swear I will go to Alcatraz and do the tourist thing.
When we got home I opened the door and there were flowers sitting on my couch. I thought they were from Brian but they were from my Step Mother in Law Tammi who has keys to our house... I was very surprised and embarrassed because our house was in shambles and it stunk like cheese. It was cheese too because I found that Gabby had stuck cheese into the vents in our water cooler. Then the UPS guy came by and dropped off a gift from my Mom a food processor that I so desperately wanted. Today I found the cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld Deceptively Delicious in my back patio... my UPS guy is so lazy!! Thanks Mom for the gifts!! My family rocks though. Even though I could care less about my birthday my family always makes me feel special.

Here are pictures from yesterday:


The city! Or half of it anyway.
Alyssa and Brian coming down from the big slide. Look at Brian's face!! Hee Hee.. He is going to kill me for putting this picture up.
Alyssa coming out of the small spiral slide:

Alyssa smacked the ball good the FIRST TRY!!

That boy tagged Alyssa out but she still ran the bases... the wrong way! She ran from home , to third, to second, to first, then BACK to home. Silly girl:

The Coke bottle that Alyssa slid down:

Me and Alyssa being silly. The lady behind us was really nice and funny. She kept yelling at everyone to sit down and that they were in her way. Her and her friend were really into the game. She let us use her sunscreen and gave Alyssa licorice:

Brian, Alyssa and the Bay Bridge:

Alyssa learned something in SF... how to panhandle!! We were waiting for Brian to get change from a store to put in our meter and I caught Alyssa pretending to panhandle:

I told her if she wanted to panhandle right she had to sit down... so she did. I told you she was obsessed with homeless people!!

Alyssa watching the stinky sea lions:
Brian and Alyssa and Alcatraz:
Spoiled girl with all her new Giants gear: