No words...ok, a few words

We went to our 19 week ultrasound yesterday and received quite the surprise. Wondering what that is? I'll give you a hint...something we were NOT expecting to see on our "girl" ultrasound.


We are recovering from the shock and I am hard at work on baby boy #2's nursery : )

Daycare

Sometimes daycare really bites...literally. Nate was fighting over a toy yesterday and got a pretty serious battle wound.


Nothing like some big bird to make it all better. Nate has been pointing at his arm and saying, "Owie. Elmo bandaid."


Is it bad that I want to teach him to bite back next time?

Maui 2011

Our trip...in pictures. In short, perfect weather, pina coladas, gourmet food, family, swimming, sunsets, sand, reading books, perfection.

Shopaholic

Hubs is getting worried...

So far I've bought baby girl 3 dresses in two days. What he doesn't understand is that I am actually saving him money since they were all on sale. AND I had a Janie and Jack gift card. It might have been Nate's, but I'm sure he is happy to share with his baby sister : )

I came home with a big pile of clothes from Baby Gap yesterday. As soon as Nate noticed the tags (and the batman logo on his new shirt), he started trying to pull the tags off and saying, "buy it, buy it." Totally his new expression. Maybe I do shop too much....

Zazu

Saturday night hubs and I had date night up in Santa Rosa. We went to one of my favorite spots, Zazu.

I love this place because it's charming, the food is fabulous and inventive and it's in the middle of nowhere (or at least that's what it seems like to me). I always feel like I am on vacation in the country when we visit.

The menu is seasonal and there are lots and lots of pork products...if that's your thing. We shared the slow roasted pork shoulder and it was mmmm good.


They also have Navarro Pinot Noir grape juice on the menu (note my glass of red "wine" below : ). This totally non-alcoholic, but feels like you are sipping on wine with dinner beverage is one of my pregnancy musts. As a matter of fact, I ordered a case of Navarro wines when I found out I was pregnant - half wine for hubs and half grape juice (Pinot Noir and Gewurtzraminer) for me!

We rushed through our fried squash blossoms with buttermilk ranch (um, yeah, really) because we were very anxious to get to dessert. We had been lucky enough to get an impromptu ultrasound Saturday afternoon and we had a SEALED envelope with us that told us whether we were having a boy or a girl! Hubs asked for dessert menus before the waitress even offered and we proceeded to ask for the panna cotta with raspberry sauce for a girl and yummy sounding chocolate dessert for a boy (nothing blue on the menu - but we didn't let that foil our plan). We handed over our envelope and pretty much sat in silence while we waited for our dessert to come out. At one point I asked, "how about them Giants" - my attempt at a joke...I couldn't care less. Hubs practically jumped out of his seat when the waitress brought over our dessert spoons and forks. After what seemed like an eternity, a chef came out with our dessert behind her back. She proceeded to tell us that she had one of these at home and it is wonderful (as I was leaning around her to peek, of course)...

And without further ado, she handed over our dessert....


We are very happy and excited!

Fridays

Nate and Niko nanny share every Friday. They love hanging out (and wearing matching shirts - this was a total coincidence!)

It can be hard to be a working mom, but I love knowing that Nate is having fun (while mom is stuck at work!) In the far right of the picture below is a lady doing Tai Chi. Shortly after this picture was taken, Nate and Niko busted out their Tai Chi moves as well. For reals.


Happy Friday! Looking forward to a jam packed weekend.

Oh yeah, guess what?

Nate's going to be a big brother! Mid (or hopefully early : ) December we will welcome a new dude or dudette to the L family.


So the big question now is - team pink OR

team blue?

Guesses are pretty split.

So, now we just have to be patient and wait (not one of my stronger virtues). What do ya'll think?

Aloooooha

We are back to the real world after a week in Maui/LA with the Davidson clan. We had so much fun hanging on the beach, hanging at the pool and just hanging. Of course, we haven't uploaded pictures yet, but here is a little sneak preview of kid heaven aka the pirate ship at our hotel. Nate was very brave and loved riding down the slide all by himself.


Here is a little snippet from the airplane. Nate practicing saying Aloha and other deep thoughts.

Scenes of Summer

It's FINALLY starting to feel like summer. love love loving the nice weather. A couple of weeks ago, we decided to start our summer fun (even though technically it was still cold). We headed out to Brentwood aka the country for some cherry picking.

Cherry picking was the perfect activity for Nate. He could run around, grab whatever he wanted (without hearing the word "no" for once) and throw things in his bucket. He was one happy little guy. Here he is sporting sunglasses only a mother could love (sorry baby, it's true).


The haul. The cherries weren't actually that good (maybe because Nate picked whatever he could find/reach), but it sure was fun.



Nate was just over the moon when he found this ladder to climb. We did end up having to say no...

We also made a trip to the Oakland Zoo. Nate and his buddy Ben were surprisingly still watching the Giraffe's eat lunch.



Nate hanging with his "crew." Best buddy Ben and his new little brother Brady, and Meg and Mike's darling girls, Grace and Claire. Meg came up to visit from LA for the weekend. We are hoping that very soon they come up for good!


We also did some indoor camping at Cousin Josh and Leslie's house with hubs relatives. Our outdoor camping trip got rained out (in June!). So..we improvised. Nate especially enjoyed rolling around on the half empty air mattress. He had lots of fun with his cousins, especially his new babysitters, Megan and Avery. While the ladies took a trip to the movies, the dudes played poker. Megan and Avery helped out and babysat Nate...it sounds like he had a lot of fun and only fell down one or two stairs.

Big Boy

My boys picked me up from BART after work yesterday and I opened the car door to find a big boy. Nate had his hair cut yesterday and boy does he look grown up. I am still getting used to it, but I think it's pretty cute. He played some hoops at the pool last night and fell and skinned both his knees. He was about to cry and then changed his mind and kept going. Such a big boy.


Nate and hubs have a boys night planned for tonight. I'm off to a company offsite at this gorge spot.


I will of course miss the boys, but I am looking forward to my facial, fancy dinner and most importantly, sleeping in tomorrow!! Happy weekend.

Technical Difficulties

My blogging effort has run into some technical difficulties related to uploading pictures. The issue? Hubs hasn't done it. And, true story, he prefers to upload our pics because I don't upload them in an organized fashion the way he likes. Now I know hubs is a blog reader, so maybe this subtle little nag hint will get the picture uploading process moving along : ) XO hubs.

In other news, it's definitely haircut time (#3!) at our house.

Li'l Slugger

Nate had lots of fun at the Giants game last weekend. He ate a big giant cookie, caught a foul ball during batting practice (ok, actually hubs did that), refused to pose for a picture with mom and ran the bases at the mini ballpark. The highlight was definitely his run in with his buddy Lou Seal.

Loved it

Hubs and I saw Something Borrowed last night. I super hearted it! Hubs even liked it..that is kind of a big deal. I'll admit that I pretty much enjoy all chick flicks, but this one was actually good. GO.SEE.IT. Now!

Spring and stuff

It's officially spring, but it sure doesn't feel like it! Boo rain. Nate almost has the rain, rain, go away song memorized. We have been singing it that much! I mean rain..in LATE May...in California? What?

Luckily, we were able to squeeze in one pool day before this cruddy weather. Pretty much everyone I know has been listening to me complain about how there is a pool across the street from our house with a THREE year waiting list. Well, folks, this is the year. After waiting three years (no joke!) we got in!!! I just had to take a pic of the GOLDEN key on our first pool day. Such a momentous occasion. Nate loves the pool so much that he points through the trees and says pool on his walk home from school. This is after going once to swim and twice to play on the slide/in the playhouse. I have a feeling he is going to be obsessed this summer.

We also took pumpkin pie (my new nickname for Nate - it's so cute when he says it!) to the San Francisco Zoo. Mimi (my mom) was visiting and got to come too. These are real giraffe's. How cool is that? They were giant. I was way more impressed than Nate.

The zoo has a kids area with a petting zoo and tons of animals roaming. I was a bit freaked out to see goats and sheep roaming free. City girl much? Nate was giddy he was so excited. Here he is eating his own hand after petting a goat. ICK.

Since Mimi was in town, we decided to take advantage of the free babysitting and hit up a fancy schmancy benefit at the Palace Hotel in SF. Here we are in our 20's gear..hey, it was a bit last minute.


Skipping ahead to mother's day weekend (because that's what you do when you take loooong blog breaks). We spent the Saturday before mother's day at hubs parents house up in Santa Rosa. We started the day with some bocce and poolside lounging at Francis Ford Coppola Winery. This new spot is just divine. There is a pool, cute little cabanas for your stuff, 4 bocce courts, a stage for live music, the cutest little circle bar and a teepee with a kids bookshelf outside (awesome, but random). Nate is a total bocce convert. He also loved going over to the teepee to get books to read.





We spent Mother's Day at the Carneros Inn in Napa. This place makes me swoon. Big time! We had brunch at Boonfly Cafe. Nate I had the best giggle together. When I went to take a bite of my fried egg sandwich, somehow the entire runny yolk came flying out and landed on my lap (thank goodness for my napkin). Hubs missed it, but Nate didn't and he thought it was just hysterical. It was such a mother's day treat to have our first grownup chuckle together!


While we waited the 1.5 hours for our table, we went over to Farm (the hotel's main restaurant) and had some drinks/attempted to play bocce. Nate kept picking up the balls mid-game, so we decided to lounge on the lux patio at Farm instead.



Fingers crossed for some sunshine so we can keep up with the adventures and most importantly, GO TO THE POOL!