Sunday market fun! and post gymnastics glow!

K decided she had to sleep with her old changing pad

K enjoying Santana Row

Nesting

Nesting is a horrible thing... Currently on my list of things to do tonight: organize stationary, rearrange ceramics in kitchen, arrange wine glasses in kitchen, finish washing linens, organize bath toys, K's toys downstairs, stuffed animals and the lists go on... Apparently you can also nest at work as my boss just sent out a soft apology note for all the emails I have sent in the last couple weeks. I think T will be thrilled to have me in the hospital while he hangs with K... No more requests or lists. Soon however you will be able to find all our candles in one cabinet organized by size, our bills filed in perfect order and our bookshelves in a perfect state.

The last weekend as 3

Sat morning Aunt J came down to hang with me and K.. She brought K a beautiful fairy who we have hanging next to our car seat as we drive around. We went to coffee - did more art, went to ballet and tap before going to Target where K ended up with a few summer outfits from Aunt J and us... I swear taking K to Target doubles my bill every time.

Sat afternoon I met two girlfriends. One for lunch and shopping and another for coffee. Both girls are undergrad friends and are in the process or have moved back making it a really nice girlie afternoon with many more planned adventures. Somehow I missed Pinkberry again... How can this be?

On Sunday we went for coffee and the market before I went out with Pmogi for shopping before going to my mom's for dinner... Lots of pre baby C adventures, but all great... And we continue to organize every corner of the house... Goodwill must love or hate us!

Baby C

After spending the last few weeks trying to convince Baby C she has her head in the wrong spot we have given up... Chiropractors, consultants with acupuncturists, walks, strange yoga and other poses yielded nothing, but a tired mommy. So we have booked the c section...

Baby C is scheduled to arrive next Wednesday by mid day.. We are all excited to meet this little one. Today for the first time ever K informed me she was tired of waiting and wanted to be a big sister already. She has her big sis shirt on again... She is ready. I am less ready and not too excited about the process that is ahead, but know I am soon on track to feeling better again which is exciting.

Last night K and I went out for a few errands as T was out. We ended up at REI for summer sandals for her... She had quite a fall the other night when we were out for a walk because she didn't have good summer running shoes on. She loved the store. Not only did I get her a helmet for the big girl bike which she is starting to enjoy more, I let her pick out shoes. The only rule... she had to be able to put them on by herself. She picked pink tevas with little hearts and spent the next 40 minutes climbing on this rock they have for people to test hiking boots testing her tevas. This morning when she woke up she immediately asked if we could just go hang out at REI so we can get on the rock. Time to get her out hiking - maybe we can return to our weekly hikes as soon as C arrives. We haven't done them since before K's arrival.

K continues to be so sweet. While we were out she asked if we could cuddle when we got home... This from a girl who hates being kissed. This morning she asked me if she could feed MoCa. Unfortunately she couldn't get the lid off the meat and so MoCa ended up on our table trying to get the can K left. She is really excited about becoming even more of a helper when C arrives. Let's see how long it lasts.

Loved the weather.

We loved the weather this weekend... Friday night we went to the park till 8:30.

Because of spring break there was no ballet Saturday morning and so K and I headed to Santana Row to meet a girlfriend for brunch. My girlfriend brought her cute little Pomeranian. K was in love and held the leash trying to convince the dog to drink water at every water bowl and fed him bread. We all had lunch at Left Bank (K was even more excited as she loves their mac and cheese). Somehow we all got a little side tracked by the shops (she is one of my many girlfriends who has moved back to the area as of late and also one of my favorite shopping partners - we have managed to have two shopping adventures in the last week alone).

Sat night T and I headed to LG to meet S&R for dinner... almost can have maguro again instead of the cucumber rolls I have been having for sushi when going out.

Sunday we met up with D&J for breakfast at their place where K wandered around finding lizards and lizard tails - it appears they were soaking up the sun as much as we were!

And finally we went to Babies R Us. After months of being afraid of the store (still am - not sure why those places overwhelm me so we got what we needed for the baby. A couple more runs next weekend and we should be set!!! So awesome!)

Sunday night we hosted M for a playdate. The girls ran around outside and played forever. Needless to say K was wiped from all the activity of the weekend and even slept till 7:15 this morning! Now that is exciting.

And a funny conversation on the way to school this morning.
"Mommy, shut up is a bad word right"
"Yes, K it is"
"But it is ok if we say please shut up"
"Umm actually that isn't ok why don't we say please be quiet instead"

Baby shower

So there is major nesting going on at our house... Everything is being cleaned out, reorganized or redone... Which is great because we have nothing but time.... Ok so maybe not, but we are still trying to set everything up for the baby. T even cleaned the windows which watching the masters this weekend... See everything is being organized.

On Monday my office threw a baby shower for me... It was really nice. Apparently they contacted T to see what I might want and he mentioned that I have been staring at this Pottery Barn bassinet. The one that costs about the same as a crib. I had decided that it was not a wise purchase and so tried to put it out of my head but the "this is the last baby I will have" thoughts kept coming back to me and I kept dreaming of THE bassinet. I know - completely illogical. Anyway everyone in the office suprised me with the beautiful bassinet... Fantastic.

The sweetest thing was that they got a gift for K... As they know she loves horses and pink they tried to find a cold pink horse. Instead they found a cute little dog and on the way out the salesperson found them a horse with a bit of pink ... So she ended up with two things - a pink horse and a pink dog that kisses. She loved the suprise and thought the bassinet was quite a boring gift... I am sure once we set up the bedding and she figures out how to put her dollies in there the gift will be much more interesting. I however am in love.

Easter

K and I had a great Easter weekend. Daddy had one more mancation planned coupled with the Masters (the same Masters I was supposed to have the house painted so he can get the man tv which I still don't have done - yuck) and so me and K hung together.

On Sat we went to ballet followed by two hours at the park... She was in heaven.

On Sunday we had a family breakfast out where she was treated to easter eggs . Me and K followed breakfast by a fantastic Easter egg hunt at Shoup Park in Los Altos where we met up with M and her family and some friends. They loved finding the eggs and playing in the stream afterwards.

The best breakfast ever

Ever since I have been pregnant T has been bringing me and K an apple or little snack in bed to help with nausea which comes on like a ton of bricks when I leave the bed. As of late the nausea has gotten so bad it wakes me in the middle of the night and I secretly dream of going downstairs to eat food. I even have had dreams of brownies and hot fudge sundaes - thank goodness we keep neither in our house, otherwise I would definitely be eating in the kitchen. Whoever thought I would be brought breakfast in bed every morning.

This morning I heard K waking up and moving around and expected her to come into our room as she does every morning. Instead I heard her chatting with MoCa and hanging out. Assuming that MoCa was upstairs I didn't think anything of it until I heard her come up to me and I opened my eyes...

K had gone downstairs, gotten a bowl and got an orange out of the fridge for us to share.... She proceeded to scream into the bathroom that Daddy didn't need to cut up an apple because she had already gotten us breakfast... I was beyond touched and definitely think that was the best orange I have ever had... She continued in her princess ways and got dressed by herself, went to school without needing to gather fifty things from the house and ran an errand with me on the way... I think I am more in love with her today than I was yesterday, if that is possible!

A 12 hour holiday

Last night we decided to take a 12 hour holiday.... We picked K up together after work and headed to Half Moon Bay for dinner at this little restaurant that is right on the water. We went over to the Ritz for dessert and came home. This morning my doctor's appointment was at 9am instead of our standard 7:45 appointments and so we continued our little holiday and went to Peets. A nice mid week adventure.

A few pics

The countdown is on!

I really see the light now... We are almost at the end of some of the toughest nine months we have had as a family... I guess I really needed to take some time and appreciate how important being healthy is.... And I so do... especially as I sat in class last night and plotted ways to steal another chair to sit in... Desks are not made for pregnant girls and for some reason none of my classes are in the new b school this quarter and I am stuck in an actual desk... Yuck! We are almost there!!!!

Since I didn't make an 09 resolution... it looks like I am carrying over my 08 resolution. A and I were randomly chosen again to run in the Nike women's marathon. Guess that BOB will be getting more use with Baby C while I am on maternity leave when I start to train. (I haven't worked out in quite while - embarrassing, but true!) If I completed the 1/2 completely sick last year I can only imagine how much better this year will be. Especially the day after.

The shower

The shower this weekend was loads of fun. The theme: Sugar and Spice Manhattan style was organized by my girlfriend A... Virgin cosmos, little brown bags as favors in honor of bloomie's shopping bags, loads of good food and really originial games.

K joined in on the shower... She loved decorating the onesies that were out for painting. They are rather cute, but two days later they are still wet due to the heavy painting. She also took photos of everyone and was thrilled to win first prize for the best onesie... The other highlight was Gma S's super present - a big sister shirt. She wore it for 24 hours. We got it off at bathtime last night, but she showed it to everyone. Her other favorite a chocolate egg from A to help her feel more comfy with the presents filled with Joseph Schmidt truffles - I already have to admit to stealing one.

Since most of the gifts were geared towards adults K won a scoop of vanilla ice cream at the local ice cream shop which she redeemed Saturday night. As I was freezing we went into the local coffee shop to sit. Apparently they have music on Saturday nights and so there was a band was setting up. K requested they sing Mary had a little lamb as she is only used to the artists at the farmers market. Unfortunately and not suprisingly they didn't play it for her, but we left before they had started to play. It was still really cute to see her ask.

An awesome shower, but what has been even more wonderful is having A back in the area. We have been lucky to be able to see each other almost everyday which is fantastic despite crazy schedules. It is great.

On Sunday we did our standard market coffee shop run before heading back home to continue the organizing of the house before the baby arrives. I think we will be at Goodwill daily for the next three weeks. K is getting so that she can walk all the way into town with only tiny breaks on the stroller. I think it is about 2 miles so we are rather impressed. Despite garage cleaning K and I also went for a walk last night where we made daisy necklaces... Lots of fun epecially with this great weather. And one of the nicest parts of the weekend... date night with my fantastic husband.

Loving Mommy's summer finds in Europe

I don't dream

K and I normally read books together in the morning for about 30 minutes before adventuring to start our day and the process of actually leaving the house... This morning she stated Mommy, I don't dream. In fact I never have dreams. (Yes she really did say in fact, just like she loves to say actually and perhaps in sentences).

She proceeded to spend ten minutes talking about her non existent dream of a fox. I am not sure how she has gotten so chatty, but in the last six months it has been hard to get a word in while she chats away.

Our weekend

We decided to meet T in the city after golf to enjoy the beautiful weather. We went to Cafe Balboa in the Marina for a really nice meal. After lunch we decided to take K over to the local fire station. They were really nice and let her explore the truck, try their gym out and ring the bell. She loved it. The weather was great and so we wandered the Marina, took her to the park and just explored. We also took her down the windy part of Lombard, which she loved. We tried to go to North Beach for dinner, but couldn't find parking so we took her home for the global light's out hour. She loved dinner by complete candle light and seemed to have a great day.

On Sunday we met up with Gma S for the farmers market. Gma bought K flowers and we all wandered to her house for lunch. Later in the evening Aunt J came over and we hung out, played cards and went out for sushi. Lots of fun.

K camping...

After we put her to bed Sunday night, T found K had made her own bed on the floor. She also decided she wasn't ready to stop playing Candyland and so set it up again.