Catch-up Part I: The Boys
Wow, have we been busy! Lots to catch up on, and I thought I'd start with the kids.
Almost a month ago now (!!) we had our final ultrasound at about 30 weeks. We've never had one so late before, and the images were pretty amazing. Of course, it seems like we were never able to capture the absolute best of them for the CD they gave us, but we got some good ones. Everything looks good, and they told us if he's born on his due date, we can expect at least an 8-pounder! Yet another reason to hope that he's born a bit early.
We finally got Jake up to Tahoe to see the snow over Easter weekend. Unfortunately, he didn't really like the snow much, but he did have fun riding on Daddy's skis (or "keys" as he calls them):
We also took him to see the Easter Bunny in the Village at Squaw Valley. He did fine until the Easter Bunny started talking...We have an adorable video of it, but unfortunately we can't edit it, so this photo will have to do until we get that figured out:
And we've had such a gorgeous weekend that we went down to Santa Cruz to check out the beach and the Boardwalk yesterday. Jake loved playing in the sand and couldn't stop talking about the beach, but the ocean was a little too cold for him. After playing on the beach and getting covered in sand, Eric took him on the carousel (which is the coolest one I've ever been on). As you can see, he tolerated it but didn't really seem to enjoy it much. We need to toughen him up!
After a fun day in Santa Cruz, we went to Phil's Fish Market and Eatery in Moss Landing for a Maine lobster dinner -- one of my favorite meals, and one which I rarely get anymore now that I'm out here in California where it's usually very expensive and they don't know how to cook it correctly. But the lobster at Phil's is reasonably priced, and they cook it better than most places. Jake was quite the adventurous and sophisticated eater -- he not only tried but also liked his linguini in garlic butter sauce, Daddy's charbroiled swordfish, and Mommy's lobster! Between the two of us, we finished every bit of edible meat on my lobster!
And last, but certainly not least, Jake is turning two on Saturday! We're planning a fun zoo train-themed party that Jake is really looking forward to. Hopefully the weather will stay nice so the kids can play outside, too!
Comments
It is a little disturbing that a two year old has a more active social life than I do! Looks like it all was very fun - where else can you see snow and build sand castles in the span of a few weeks?
What happened to the train theme? The zoo theme is a neat idea.
You are right about Thomas the Tank - I started keeping an eye out for train stuff after we spoke and I didn't find much of anything!
Can't wait to see the photos from the party.