Holidays in the Bay

We're back from spending a week with Andrew's parents in San Jose. We flew in Christmas Eve morning, and promptly grabbed our first bite of In 'N Out. We ate Swedish food that night, opened gifts, and enjoyed a mix of yummy cookies. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of our Christmas Eve night because much of it was spent controlling the chaos. Makayla wanted to open everybody's presents but her own, and Joshua found it more fun to run around the house screaming and throwing the wrapping paper everywhere.

Joshua's new train set...he's in love!

On Christmas, we went through our stockings in the morning, and enjoyed a nice brunch. We took a walk to Starbucks, watched a little Planes (one of Joshua's gifts), and then enjoyed another wonderful meal and more dessert. Again, I have no pictures...oops...

The day after Christmas, Andrew and I left for a night in San Francisco. It kind of served as a little anniversary getaway, as well as one last hurrah before baby comes in April. We ate, shopped, walked, ate some more, walked some more, ate a lot more, and it was WONDERFUL! We caught a movie on the drive home, and then met Andrew's parents for a nice dinner to celebrate their anniversary. Joshua and Grandpa rode the train to dinner, which was a trip highlight for him. Overall, those 24 hours were most definitely the highlight of my vacation!

Clam Chowder in a bread bowl...mmmmm!!!

Union Square

Niners logo made out of footballs at the Nike store

Beyond those fun things, we visited Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose:

Joshua and Makayla decorated cookies with Gigi and Grandpa:

And we visited the Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont:

NM Christmas

Before heading off to San Jose, we celebrated Christmas with my family. We ate a traditional New Mexican Christmas dinner (tamales and posole), opened gifts, and finished off the night with a birthday cake for Jesus that the kids helped me make. 

Joshua doing his best "Ho-ho-ho!"

They love the play food

Every birthday celebration needs cake, so we made a cake for Jesus! The kids decorated with sprinkles and M&Ms.

Work Party

My friend, Ashley, and I threw ourselves a "work party." We figured we needed to spoil ourselves a little since our hubbys were being spoiled by their companies. We weren't totally off-the-clock, but we had a good time doing something fun, eating well, and entertaining our favorite "employees." Pizza, cookies, and presents...I'd say our party was a success!!!

Building with Daddy

Andrew and I took the kids to another Lowe's Build and Grow activity. The kids built a candy locomotive, complete with scratch and sniff stickers. We all had a great time! 

Poor Baby Tres

I have been absolutely terrible about updates concerning Baby Tres. I haven't taken a single pregnant picture yet, and the only thing I have said about baby is that he or she is coming around April 9th, 2014.

But...here's an update worth noting...

I had my ultrasound on Monday. We were going back and forth on whether or not to keep the sex a secret until delivery day, but in the end, we decided to find out. Even if we had wanted to keep it a secret, Baby had other plans as that part of the anatomy was the very first thing we saw...bottom's up : )

So...if the pictures are accurate...we will be welcoming another little girl to the family! We're still trying to narrow down a first name, but we do know that her middle name will be "Grace". We also know her name won't start with an "E," as we will spare her from having her initials spell out E-G-G!

The doctor was pleased with all of the other ultrasound pictures, and said she looks great! She weighed in at around 15oz, and the measurements said she was around 21 weeks and 1 day. Based on my due date, I am at 21 weeks and 5 days, but it's well within the margin of error. As my doctor said, "She's a bit smaller now, but let's see where she ends up." He knows my big-baby history all too well (ha)!

For baby's sake, I will try and get a baby bump picture up soon ;0)

Here are a few pics from the ultrasound...

Fall Baking

I love baking with my two little Sous-Chefs. They love to help me dump things in the bowl, and mix them around. And, just like Mommy, they can't help but eat the goods as we go along! The Chocolate-Chip Pumpkin cookies came out GREAT!

Halloween

We had a great time dressing up and trick-or-treating with the kids. Joshua was a San Francisco 49er, Makayla was a 49er cheerleader, and Andrew topped it off by dressing up as Jim Harbaugh, the 49er coach.