1st day of December

The weather has been mild for most of November thank goodness because I still can't take the cold and dreariness even though we have officially been back in KY for a year. Not to mention I lived through the ice and snow storm last year, however I am thinking of warm and sunny SoCal as I am headed there tomorrow. I can't wait to walk on the beach and see my San Diego family!

The latest update on the littlest blogger in the household is that it is a boy and he is busy all the time. Kicking Mom so much it is almost making me sick to my tummy but I like knowing he is in there and growing. :)

I really knew it was a boy from the beginning somehow and told G. Paul that one picture looked like him and one looked like my brother - and that was before I was told it was a boy. Here is his picture as of last week and he weighs almost a pound. I know you are waiting to see pictures of my pregnant belly though I am not so into that but maybe I will be willing when I see the sun and sand this week so stay tuned.

Summer turns to fall before you know it

August brought some other unexpected changes and the reason for the delay in updating the blog. We found out after a couple weeks of me struggling through yoga and being quite nauseous that we are pregnant!!!

I went to my first doctor appointment with my mom to confirm and got an early ultrasound to check out just how far along the little one was. Here is the first pic!

Due date is April 10, 2010 and we couldn't be more excited.

Let's back up to August 2009

These are pictures from our anniversary trip to San Diego. To celebrate our 3rd anniversary we went back to our wedding night villa in Temecula, CA @ South Coast Winery (not pictured here). We enjoyed a day at the spa, had lunch at Wilson Creek Winery (home of the famous Almond Champagne), and then headed inland to the Mission Inn in Riverside, CA. We got a private tour of the grounds and had a wonderful dinner.

The next day we headed back to San Diego to spend time with friends esp. all my yogis at Bird Rock Yoga who kicked my butt back into shape with 4 yoga sessions. We drove around the old neighborhood and even got to see Jovis -one of Hana's first friends. We were able to spend a Sunday at the concert in the park at Kate Sessions- we used to walk from our apartment and now we know why because parking was not easy to find. It was a great trip!

Happy Birthday Linda!

These photos are only 3 days old. We are trying to "be better" as Julianne would put it! :) Enjoy our photos from a trip to the Louisville Zoo. G. Paul is an awesome photographer.

Canada 2009

Here are photos from our trips to Whistler, B.C. and Banff, Alberta. We have some movies of our hikes and gondola trip but that will take some time to edit and share.

Both trips were great. G got to go mountain biking both places. Whistler was quite chilly but the adrenaline of going zip lining was enough for me. We also saw 2010 Olympic venues while there and they were pretty amazing. In Banff we got to see more wildlife as you will see in one photo and did an incredible hike up to near the glacier. At the end is a neat tea house which is also in the pictures. These crazy girls live out there 5 days a week with no electricity or plumbing and yet serve good food to the hikers. The weather was a bit warmer in Banff although not in Calgary for Stampede which was really really cold. I did enjoy the sun staying out until 10 at night and up at 5:30 in the morning.

Hana stayed with her grandparents both times which was so nice and we have pictures to show of her time there- thanks to Popsi who kept us updated. She will be staying with them again in a couple of weeks as we head back to San Diego for our anniversary.

Last but not least, since our last real post we need to say very happy belated birthdays to Ryan, Hillary and Grandma Hawkins. Also happy dad's day to all the dads. More photos and fun to come in August so stay tuned and thanks for reading our blog and keeping up with us!