...play our new game ExpectNet!

Aunt Fifi came across this fun game! If you want to guess the due date, gender and size of the baby click on the link to the right. When the due date draws closer we'll remind everyone again. In the meantime it could get interesting!

...yo ho, yo ho a pirates life for me!

we just saw the final pirates movie (the advantage of aaron being home during weekdays)! there was a guy laughing this strange laugh throughout the whole movie...we couldn't tell if he was laughing because he genuinely found it funny or if he thought it was ridiculous. we enjoyed the movie...i hope you do to. i think a trip to disneyland is in store now- it made me miss our days of living in anaheim and having passes.

...lala's whirlwind adventure!

i spent the last week and a half on a whirlwind trip. on thursday (5/10) i went out to the bay area so that i could head to orange county with my mom and joanne on friday. we went down for my baby shower which was just amazing. it was so great to catch up with friends i have not seen in a while and to feel pampered and loved. aunt ev and kim went all out for the event and not only were the decorations beautiful and games fun...but everything really reflected me and my personality (and that made me feel really special). our little baby was spoiled with a lot of wonderful gifts (including 5 or more firefighter rubber duckies)! i will be posting pictures of the party in the next few days- along with pictures from aaron's fire academy graduation. on sunday we celebrated our moms with some shopping and dinner...the weather in southern california was perfect! my mom, joanne and i left on monday and met up with natalie and kirsten for a wonderful dinner in san luis obispo before getting home late to pleasanton that night. i spent the next couple of days home with my parents and even got to see drew and his girlfriend ellen. my dad had eye surgery to correct a detached retina...fun stuff. i'm glad to report that he has a clean bill of health and the eye doctor is optimistic that his eye will be okay. then on thursday (5/17) we were off for vegas. i got home yesterday and have not slept this much in a long time. aaron got home from a long shift this morning and is actually still sleeping. we are looking forward to spending the next two days together- the time a part was not ideal- but my whirlwind trip was well worth it!

...las vegas!

my mom dropped me off before we got in a huge van headed for SFO...the fun had only just begun!



















as you can see vegas was an awesome adventure as 12 of us girls got the chance to celebrate fifi (aka: jen) and her 30th birthday! lounging by the pool, eating, bowling, slot machines, crepes, shopping, limos...the list goes on. i could not have asked for a greater weekend for jen...what a great trip and what a fun way to show her just how much we love her!

The BABY CHRONICLES (PART 5)...baby's latest picture!

here is the baby's latest picture. aaron finally got to see him/her for the first time last week! this kid is growing (should be a little over a pound by now) and moving around a lot more. the coolest thing we saw on the ultrasound was the heart...you could see all four chambers pumping...it is just amazing. i will be six months on friday and am looking forward to my baby shower on saturday (my aunt evelyn and cousin kim are throwing it down at my aunt's house in orange county)! sadly i do not have any more belly shots because aaron and i misplaced our digital camera at a cinco de mayo festival last weekend...by the time we realized that we had left it where we had been eating it was already gone. of course i keep hoping someone will see the pictures on there and turn it in...but i guess that is probably not going to happen. on the bright side i was just talking with mishawn about how i miss taking film into the store and getting it back...not knowing what the pictures will look like...so i will at least get to do that for a while until we can replace our digital!

...happy anniversary mom & dad!

Walt & Mar celebrate their anniversary today...we love you guys and wish we could be there to celebrate with you! xoxo