Hawaii BBQ

Here we are at Marco's co-worker, Lou's house for a nice hot summer BBQ and the theme was Hawaiian. Luca has a perfect Hawaii shirt! thanks for my co-worker Lindsay!

have you noticed that both parents were cut off from the each picture..?! it's all about the baby now...!

Muir Beach

we thought Luca will be excited to see a real live horse other than seeing it from his books, but i don't think he gets it.. maybe next time.

i love this sun hat, it's soo big and it's got a huge flap in the back, i call this the Pope hat!

Last month has been raining here and there and actually pretty cold (35 degrees during the day)-- so cold that they thought it was going to snow in SF... but it never did.. but it haled here in Oakland and SF throughout the day. We went to Muir Beach the next day since snow never arrived and the sun was out, so we decided to go for a nice hike. This was Luca first visit to the BEACH!!! We love going to Muir Beach from Green Gulch Farm ,a Zen Center. They have a beautiful garden, 3 acres of vegetable farm, and a few horses there i think for horseback riding (?). We packed some sandwiches and fruit and off we go!! i thought Luca was dressed pretty warm with a blanket around the carrier but i think his hands and feet were cold since they were dangling out... sorry Luca it was our first outdoor hike--since then I've bought him a fleece booties, sock mittens and we packed our bags pretty well with lots of "what ifs". There's always gonna be a first to learn what not to do next.

the Merrill's

we got all bundled up and head off to visit the Merrill's in San Jose.

i love this knitted hat :-) our neighbor Cynthia knitted for Luca!

Muir Woods

I thought since I've never been to Muir Woods ... why not do it this weekend and cross it off my list. This walk at Muir woods were killing me and my belly were sooo tight (contraction) and that didn't make it comfortable. I guess the baby doesn't like all the redwood/fresh cool air smell. The park was beautiful I wish we were not on the tourist path but other beautiful trails they have at Muir Woods. I think we'll just have to go back next time with the baby.

I've realized this week that if I walk for more than 2 hours it will feel like you've been standing for 6 hours. My feet & legs were killlling me and I even have the gel pads in my shoes, but that didn't help. I think we walked total of 1.5 miles... good thing I didn't go into labor or else we will be in trouble heading to the hospital through HWY 1.

I'm 37 weeks here

Long Weekend

Finally we have a 4 day weekend!!! We didn't do much over the weekend- we decided to head out for the day to Pescadero off of HWY 1, Davenport, Santa Cruz, then to my uncle's birthday party in the evening. It was our first nice sunny weekend in the bay area and the drive down HWY 1 in the morning was a bit foggy, but it cleared up by noon. We stopped at Pescadero for lunch and watched the world cup soccer game at Duarte Tavern and they got the best artichoke soup it's soooo good! Then we headed down towards Santa Cruz and want to catch some sun and walk on the beach. We stopped by this beach near Davenport, but I can't remember the name all I remember was the long staircase back up to the parking lot. The beach was very private and quiet and its got lots of seaweed! We then finally arrived at Santa Cruz, but by then it was already late in the afternoon... and started to get cold. We just drove through the town and made one stop for a shot. It was a nice relaxing day until the next long weekend...