It's a ... BABY!

Today was a very exciting day for us. It was the day that we got to have an ultrasound of our little baby to be. We think the child is adorable and just the cutest thing we've seen. It must take after it's mother.


This is a profile view of our baby. Our little fetus is developing perfectly and looks very healthy. It's development is right on track for where we thought it should be so our Mid-March due date is a go (though I'm still hoping for a Leap Baby). No, we are not finding out the gender of the baby right now. We've already got one of each so it really doesn't matter what comes next.

Steph continues to struggle with the sickness. Everything was great in California. No morning/afternoon/night sickness at all. (It must have been that great sea air everyone is always talking about.) The day we got home it started back up again. We've tried most home remedies and even some good drugs but nothing seems to work like just keeping some food in the tummy at all times.

We are very excited to welcome this new baby into our family because we need a baby again. Taylor is way too big now (all 26 lbs of him). Today he was going down the slide at Whitney's school and just before his 3rd trip down he declared "Daddy, no catch me, just watch!". Of course he fell on his face when he hit the bottom but after that he was a pro, impressing the 5 and 6 year olds that were looking on.

California Dreamin'

Well we just returned from a great week in California. Here are a bunch of pictures starting out with the reason for the whole trip. Congrats to Julie and David on their marriage. Here they are with the rabbi at breathtaking Pebble Beach. It was a gorgeous day and a beautiful ceremony. They're living it up in Italy right now.

Taylor inspected the fairways to make sure that all was well.

Oh, and it was a great sunset that evening.

The place we stayed at in Pacific Grove was across the street from the water of Monterey Bay. We loved it.

Every day seals would sun themselves on the rocks in the water. I named this one Zippy.

Then we drove down the coast to San Diego. The weather was absolute perfection. We spent a lot of time playing on the beach. Here are the sand castles the kids and I made.

Whitney had a blast playing in the waves.

Taylor was just a little scared of the water (with each wave he would say "Water coming, water coming.") so he just played with the sand.

Aren't these just the cutest heads you've ever seen?

We spent one afternoon at a nearby amusement park called Bellmont. There were about a dozen rides that we went on about a dozen times.

Oh and there were some more sunsets. Here is one night from our rooftop deck. There were table and chairs up there. It was a great spot to watch the sun sink from the sky.

We ate well too. We had some great mexican food in Old Town and we found another Tin Fish (like the one in MN). The one in Chicago wasn't the same but this one definitely was. Steph loved her halibut taco. The cheeseburger wasn't quite the same but was some good eats all the same.