Dinner and the Theatre

Last night Sherri and I were going out to see my niece in her play, and it just so happend that many of our family were going on that same night. So we had dinner with most of the crowd and met the rest at the show. It was a fun night, and the Tiramasu at Cocina Picarelli is amazing!

Here's a dinner crowd group shot Here's the flyer from the show. The play was VERY funny. I really enjoyed it. The first act set things up, and the second act killed.

Catching up

My sister-in-law is starting up her own optometry practice. She has been an excellent optometrist for years, working for LensCrafters, and she finally decided to branch out in her own practice. She opens September 1, so if anyone needs their eyes checked, go and see her. Here's her business card. The website is not quite up yet. Everything will be a go by September 1st though.

Here's a picture of Sherri from yesterday which I forgot to post. This is our new doctor's office. We're crossing our fingers that in 3 weeks, pregnancy week 14, we will know what the sex is. We probably won't find out that quickly though. If we don't find out then, we will have to wait 4 more weeks, until pregnancy week 18. Sherri and I our spoiled since we are used to getting the ultrasounds every week. Not sure if I'll be able to handle waiting 1 month between.

I keep forgetting to post this picture. When we were visiting Greg and Angel a few weeks ago, we got our first official baby present. Up until now, we have gotten a boat load of stuff, but mainly from my sister as hand-me-downs. This is the first gift for baby, brand new - a Kate Spade diaper bag.

Day of Doctors

We are at week 11 now. Today was our penultimate appointment with our fertility doctor and our first appointment with our new doctor. Everything went well today. The numbers are good and the fetus is kicking. The video this week is not as good as last week. Right before the doc hit record, the kid was doing all sorts of things and very clearly, but once the record button was hit, it was hard to get a clear shot. There are still some good bits though. Next week will be our last weekly ultrasound, and after that we will have to wait 2 weeks for our next one. Then it will usually be once a month. The good news is our new doctor is next door to a place that does 4d ultrasounds which are very detailed. I'm looking forward to getting one of those.

Forgot Pictures

We went to Yadira and Shawn's wedding shower yesterday, and forgot to take pictures. I took 3 pictures while walking up to the place, see below, but I forgot while we were there.
It was a very well organized shower since there were a bunch of games. Also the food was great - it was from Baja Fish (Not Baja Fresh). The shower was located at a rec room in an apartment complex. They had 5 pool tables upstairs and that is where I spent quite a bit of time. Anyway, hopefully I won't forget to take pictures during the actual wedding.

This mother duck was having some trouble gathering her young in this shallow water.

They are making their way across

She spotted me. I guess she doesn't like the paparazzi.

Our very active Fetus

We had our week ten ultrasound today. Everything is good. In this picture and video the fetus is looking right at us as if we were above it while it's on its back. As you can see in the video, it is very active with arms and legs dancing around.

Dave's Birthday Party

Yesterday we went out to Raitis' to celebrate Dave's birthday. It was nice but I ate WAY too much. At the end I was completely out of it from the heat and the food coma.

Here's Dave with Cambria getting wrapped up around him.

Ben and his kids running around
Dave and his nieces and nephew

Group shot

Hannah, Ethan and Chloe's Third Birthday Party

I went to Jana's kid's party today. It was very nice; it's amazing how many children there were at three 3 year olds' birthday party. It was neat; they had three cakes, one for each child, plus we had to sing happy birthday 3 times because Jana and Ben don't want the kids growing up saying they had to share cakes, etc. Tomorrow there will be another birthday party for Dave.

Here's Jana setting the cakes: Dave and Cambria
Dave, Cambria and Amy

Ethan especially loved the ice. He was probably doing this for 15 minutes, throughout the party.