Happy Birthday Daddio!

A very, very happy birthday to my daddy!!! My parents are camping in Bodega Bay with the pups as we read... hope your day is wonderful!

LOOK OUT FOR THE TRAIN!

You're still as strong as ever!

A Little of This & a Little of That...

We had another great weekend. Friday night we went up to to Kim & Bob's house for dinner. It was so great to hang out with them again! Kim made some delicious lasagna & also somehow knew that I've been craving garlic bread! They just finished a new master bedroom/ bath addition & it is BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for having us guys!

Saturday, our friends Cory & Linda came down from Carson City, NV. We went to Apple Hill to sample the pie (it had to be done) and we also found the perfect pumpkin... hmmm... it sure got us thinking of the not too distant future when my belly will be rather pumpkin like!

Cory & Ross (who apparently is SUPER cool)

Cory, Linda & Ross

On Sunday, we headed to P.ville just in time to see the Giants beat the 49ers. If you haven't heard, Ross & my dad are currently battling over which team the baby should root for... Ross has actually conceited that the baby may wear a 49er jersey only if they are NOT playing the Giants that day... that's a HUGE step!

While we were there, Grandma W presented us with more hand- made goodies:

A burping cloth (with a bar of soap next to it for scale)

and a bib (complete with a little button penguin)

A while back she also made these little "UGG" booties for the baby's first winter.
This kid is spoiled already!

Can you see it????

We had our 2nd ultrasound this week. We only really had it because they weren't able to hear the heartbeat yet, so we took a little looksy. What a shock to actually see something that looked like a baby (instead of a blob) complete with little arms and legs. When the mid-wife pushed on my belly, the baby threw it's arms up all startled like... we are annoying it already! She was able to snap this picture of the munchkin looking directly forward toward the front.

You have to look closely. All you can see is the head with 2 eye sockets, a little nose & mouth. There is also a little hand to the babies left (your right) up by its ear.

Can you see it yet???

Kayaking on Lake Natomas

EW and I went out on Lake Natomas for a bit of kayaking. EW recently bought a nice new sea kayak, and we wanted to go out and see what Folsom looked like from the water. I had a free rental from California Canoe & Kayak from the lesson Ali and I took a little while back, so I got set up with a boat/pfd/paddle, and (with thanks to Bud for the kayak rack loaner), we were off. We put in at Willow Creek, right across from the outlet mall. The weather was perfect, mid-70's and sunshine!

We took some side routes and it felt like we were off in the deep wilderness...

We headed towards old Folsom and the two bridges that cross Lake Natomas.

Some feathered friends...

The bridges as we approached them...

We kept on going towards the Dam and the Prison, but we had to stop due to a sign that forbade any further forward progress.
The approach to the prison area...


None shall pass...


Oh, yeah, can't forget the floating crapper (we did not partake, EW looked in and said it was pretty gross).

Yep, it's really called the S.S. Relief!


A fun day with my good bud! Nice.

Thanks to Ali for encouraging me to get out there. She's the coolest wife in the World!!!

Apple Hill Field Trip

Aren't we cute?