Baby

I am going to have a baby. I am due in a week and a day. This is all suddenly starting to become a reality to me. Until Monday, I did not own baby diapers or any baby essentials. Yesterday morning I woke and started to think I should start crossing things of my "to do before the baby comes" list. These are the places I went yesterday morning (Thank you kind Rocia for watching Audrey so this could be posible!)
2 different Targets
Old Navy
Bed Bath N Beyond
Costco
Trader Joes

After Audrey's nap I was still on the "nesting" kick so I packed her up and we went to:
Salvation Army to drop off things
Post Office
Safeway
Baby Gap
The Donut Shop (we needed a little energy kick) and finally
Blockbuster

Now all I need to do is get organized...

You make me feel like dancing,

Wanna dance the night away...
To celebrate some our of friends birthday's, we went on a dinner/dance cruise around the bay. The weather was horrific, slightly like a tornado, but we made the best of it and hit the dance floor. We brought Audrey with us, and I had so much fun watching her dance! She loved it, and Audrey and Maggie were the hit of the night.
Notice Audrey in the corner? She gets that move from her Dad.
Audrey and Maggie rocking out. Again, those are her Daddy's skills.
Happy Birthday Joel, Brett and Rebecca!

Over the Hump Party
Sadly enough, we are half way done with dental school. The school throws a big dinner and dance party to celebrate this bitter sweet event. I never thought I would be sad to be done with dental school, but we love our situation and our friends here in SF so much that the thought of being half over makes me sad. I remember 4 years ago when my friend Melissa went to her Over the Hump Party. Dave was taking his pre requisites to go to dental school, and I remember thinking how much fun a party like that would be. I can't belive it was our turn to go!
The pre-party at Kitrina's house. Thanks for the yummy food and drinks Kitrina!

The girls, minus Regan...we missed you so much
The boys (minus Joel, of course we missed you too) Don't they look excited?

Sadie Hawkins anyone? I wanted to match, and Dave being the good sport that he is, complied.
Happy clan

I love him, both the tall one and the little one growing inside.

Old Navy Baby

Audrey is on Old Nay's web site right now. Most companies don't use two year olds (for obvious reasons) but Old Navy decided to take a risk and hire Audrey (she did great). This was the first time she had ever worn shorts, and when I put them on her she kept bending her knees and saying, "Too tight Mama!" She wasn't used to something touching her legs. Pants and skirts are all she has ever known! It is too cold for shorts in San Francisco. She is on their main site and also when you click on Baby Girl. Thanks Audrey for being such a good breadwinner.

Dear Audrey,

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
1) Whenever you are hurt, you think a kiss from Mom makes everything better
2) You are very expressive. You make the cutest facial expressions
3) You call your Daddy "Prince Charming" 60% of the time. When you wake up in the morning, you call from your crib, "Prince Charming!" He really is our Prince Charming
4) You know everyone’s name and who they are married to
5) When I ask you what you want for breakfast, every morning you say, "Um, waffles, cottage cheese, ogurt (yogurt) and syrup!"
6) You love to come to the Dr with me and listen to Brother's "heart beep"
7) You still love to cuddle
8) Every day you point to the heater in your room and say, "No push the buttons, only mommy and daddy"
9) You are very inquisitive. You want to know "what happen?", and you are always asking me, "Where is him?" or "Where is her?"
10) You are starting to outgrow this, but I love how you mix up pronouns. You used to say, "Audrey do it" then, "I do do". Or if you needed my help or wanted me to carry you, you would say, "Help you! Carry you!"
11) You sing, "I wuv you" to the tune of "This Old Man" and it melts my heart
12) This morning you saw a necklace I wore to Aunt Rachel's wedding and you asked if you could get married someday and I asked who you wanted to marry and you said, "Daddy!"
13) You say the words, "good, home" and "food" like they are two syllable words, "gooda, homea" and "fooda"
14) Your "L"'s sound like "H"'s so you are constantly pointing to things and saying, "Hook it!"
15) When I ask you a question, you used to say, "yeah" then it progressed to a "yeeepppp" and now you give a very definitive answer of "yes"
16) You will make a great big sister. Everyday we talk about Brother and you always say you want to help feed him, give him a tub tub, and take him to go see Santa
17) You are the joy of our lives and I love you more every day
This list could go on forever. I love you so much.
Love,
~Mom

Can't stop eating these, which is probably why I look like this. Gross.

Rejuvenation

Merry Christmas! For Christmas Dave and I decided to give each other a "weekend". My mom (and sisters) so kindly watched Audrey for us so we could have some quality time together over the three day MLK holiday weekend in January. It was a great weekend and Dave and I had such a great time together. We ate out, stayed out late with friends playing Rock Band, slept in, took swing dancing classes in Golden Gate Park, Dave played football and I got a maternity massage. Perfect, perfect weekend. I fell in love with him all over again...

Dinner at the Cliffhouse. Not so great picture of us, but fabulous view!

Rockband baby.


Dave played football on the beach with some friends and I had to cuddle Emelia becuase I missed my Audrey so much.


Dave and I had a great time together. I missed Audrey so much, but knew she was in excellent hands. I missed this little face.Audrey and Max on the rings at gymnastics.

Our little gymnast

Memor and Fafa gave Audrey "Mommy and me" gymnastics classes for Christmas, and it has been such a great gift. Audrey loves going and jumping on the trampolines, walking across the beams, playing with the parachutes, and I love it too. I love it because I did gymnastics all growing up and it is so fun to see little Audrey in my old element. I also love it because it ensures a three hour nap after.

Audrey has this Little Mermaid necklace that looks like a shell and in the middle is a button that when pushed it sings the "Ariel song". I really think Audrey sounds like Ariel, don't you? She gets her singing talents from me. My favorite part is how she holds it to her ear...trying to stay in tune, you know?

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Oh, and the difference between blowing an "Ariel kiss" and a regular old kiss is how she keeps her hand next to her face when blowing an Ariel kiss. Very princessy.

December

The month of December was full of fun activities for our little family. Audrey and I started off the month by going to a mommy and me dance class. She loved it, and I loved watching her. She was such a natural! Disclaimer: I know she looks knock kneed and pigeon toed in this picture, of which she is neither, she is just going around in circles.
Audrey loves watching the movie, "12 Dancing Princesses" (shocking, I know) and at the end Barbie gets married and dances with her groom. While they are dancing Barbie puts her head back and arches her back...kinda like Audrey in this picture. Audrey grabbed this little girl and started dancing with her. All of a sudden Audrey pulls this move and then looks at the girl and says, "Married!"

Dave and I had a fun date night with lots of our fabulous friends and went to go see the comedian Brian Regan. If you ever have the chance to go see him, definitely go. He is so funny, and so clean, a rare thing these day! These are just some of the girls that went, the boys were all talking.

Regan had a little Christmas party with a fun ornament exchange and then we went to see the movie "Enchanted". Fun, fun night before everyone left for break. Let me rephrase that, before everyone left ME for break. They all seemed to go home leaving me here all by my lonesome!

Mindi had people over for one last get together after finals. There was numerous kids running around, numerous husbands talking dental stuff, and lots of yummy food. Thank you Mindi, it was so fun!

We did Christmas with my family a few weeks before Christmas. Audrey and Savy are opening a gift from D...a dress up trunk! This trunk will stay at D's house for her two granddaughters to enjoy. I'm sure Brother will get his fare share of time in these costumes too...maybe not by choice.

Dave and I took Audrey to Fentons in Oakland for the best toasted almond ice cream with the best caramel sauce. When Audrey was born I couldn't have any dairy for eight months, so you better believe I will be headed back to Fentons at least twice before this baby is born in case I can't eat dairy again. I love the look on Audrey's face...and her little belly sticking out...and her hand...

Dave had to study a little over break, and the weather was so terrible (the storm got so bad that our power was out for 44 hours - thank you Memor and Fafa for letting us come to your house!) so Audrey and I put on our "comfy clothes" and headed off on a little date together to the movies. It was so fun, and Audrey did so well. I let her pick out the treats, but she ended up not really liking the popcorn (which is fine by me, I ate the entire bag) but she loved the Slurpee. I love this girl...

Once the movie started she wanted to sit on my lap and she kept saying, "It's too loud!" She watched the entire movie like this...with one hand over her ear! We went to see "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and Audrey talked about the chipmunk movie for days afterward. That movie and the "CutCracker" (Nutcracker), the Barbie movie Dave rented for her.

I hope 2008 will be as much fun as 2007. We really had a great year and I'm looking forward to many more fun times in 2008.

Let's try this again...

So I tried to do this blog yesterday, and somehow it got erased right before I published it. I was in a sad mood yesterday because Christmas is over, and Dave's break from school is over. I purposely waited until yesterday to blog about Christmas and New Years so I could relive the memories and feel better, and I guess I get to relive them yesterday and again today!
We went to Dave's parents house the Sunday before Christmas. It was so great to be able to spend so much quality time with them. This is the picture I probably would have used if I did a Christmas card this year, and now you know why I didn't do a Christmas card.
Audrey loved watching Fafa's train go around and around and around...
The wonder of Christmas...

We opened a few presents on Christmas Eve, and Audrey LOVED her tent she got from her grandparents,
and I LOVED the quilt that my talented sister-in-law made for Brother!
Audrey didn't know how she felt about Santa coming. I guess the idea of a fat man in a red suit kinda freaked her out. On Christmas Eve, when Dave and I were putting her to bed she kept saying, "No Santa come!" I told her Santa was going to bring her presents and then she would say, "Yes! Santa come! Presents!" Then, "No Santa come!" She was so confused as to what she wanted. She finally made up her mind that it was okay for Santa to come and bring presents.

Christmas morning! Audrey had to make sure that Santa ate the cookies she decorated for him the night before, and of course he had. Santa was hungry for sugar cookies!
Whenever anyone asks Audrey what she got from Santa she always says, "Care bear!" When she pulled this out of her stocking, she came to me and put the care bare on my belly and said, "For Brother!" I think she thought since it was green it must not be for her. Welcome to a whole new pallet of colors little miss.
Audrey definitely "got" Christmas this year. We did Christmas with my family a few weeks before and Audrey would open one gift and want to play with it. It took her awhile before she wanted to open another one. By Christmas, she had changed her ways. She wanted to open, and play with, everyone's presents.

New Years Eve.
My fabulous in-laws let us come back over and party at their house for New Years. My sister Melissa and her little family, and our friends Jocelyn and Brady came to party with us. We played Rock Band most of the night and had a blast. They boys thought they were pretty good with their serious concentration faces...

but obviously the girls rocked the house. I'm not gonna lie. I'm a pretty good rock star, even with this humongous belly of mine.

Happy New Year Audrey girl. Off to bed, we didn't want to start 2008 off on a crabby note.

Happy New Year! We watched Dick Clark (heartbreaking) and the ball drop and drank our "sparkling" drinks.
Bruce and Marianne (aka Faf and Memor)

Mimi and Gooke (Melissa and Luke)
Jocelyn and Brady (Joslynn and Bady)
Dave and I (Daddy and Mama)
And of course we couldn't forget the darling sleeping babies, Audrey and Savy.
Happy 2008 everyone! This year will bring lots of change to our little family, with the most exciting being out little baby boy coming in March. Life is good.

ARRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!

I just spent the last two hours doing a fabulous blog all about Christmas and New Years Eve and all of a sudden it disappeared! It's gone!!!! It was supposedly "autosaving" and everything. An entire nap time wasted! I might try again tomorrow.