Back to the 'hood [day 4 & 5]

Sunday, we took a drive down to Sunnyvale to meet up w/a Featherette friend from High School! After a yummy lunch @ Chipotle [which I crave constantly now] we headed around the corner to Las Palmas Park. Some of my earliest memories are of this park...we lived just down the street for the first 5 years of my life! So it's kinda cool to see my kids having the same kinda fun I remember...

Good catch, Kai!

.fluffy kittens turned mamas. .4.18.11.

...why yes, that is a giant egg!

Day date in Palo Alto w/my Jenna & our guys! First stop, Miyaki's...then Starbucks & the Prolific Oven! Super YUMMY day! Oh, even had a chance to stalk Miggy @ work...I miss my Bay Area peeps!

'Reveal Party' [day 3]

We already had our Cali vacay planned & thought it would be fun to have a small little 'Reveal Party' to share the gender w/our close friends & family, since they miss SO much w/us being 3,000 miles away [thx to the Army]! But, once a party was mentioned...the guest list quickly grew. :] Awesome, the more...the merrier!

Obviously, we strayed from the norm pink/blue and decided to go with a purple/green theme. Which there was plenty of...lol

Looks like everyone is voting...BOY!

...even our fabulous blog readers, thought boy!

My little brother made this cake...and our cupcakes! No experience in baking or pastry's, he just whipped this up from scratch...uhmmm pretty amazing!Purple = Girl...Green = BoyIt's a GIRL!!!Let the mama eat cake...

{Party People}

.step-mom & aunt Laura. .auntie Elaine & the little lovins. .Kai & Shauna. [believe it or not...this is niece & auntie] .my oldest & dearest friend @ the party. .doing the mama thing since 1997. .they'll always be our 'babies'.

.skyping w/my sister in Utah.

.dad, uncle Mark, brother, hubby.

And a VERY special guest...my sister Jerrica!

.auntie & kai 'bout to duke it out.

People every where...inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs...so much for our 'little' party!

{Party Favors}

Mini flower pots w/seeds...ties in with the babies name!

Chloe: Verdant & Blooming .lollipops & personalized tags.

Guess it was a good party...lol

.24 weeks.

I really want to thank everyone who came & celebrated with us! We are VERY excited about this new & final addition to our family...I also want to add a {BIG} special thanks to my mom for hosting the party and my brother who slaved over fondant making the cake...it was a fabulous day! I'm so grateful for all our wonderful friends & family...we're so lucky.

Cali Vacay [day 1]

Leaving...on a jet plane! A long overdue trip 'home'...kicked off w/some much needed Starbucks!

.Snackin' on the plane.

Well, after scouring craigslist to no avail...we seriously lucked into some awesome Sharks tix on stubhub! We 'thought' there might be a chance we'd be able to catch a playoff game, we had no idea it would be just a few short hours after we landed...So, it was off to HP Pavillion.

.24 weeks.

Just alittle scrummage...

Alittle Metallica, maybe!?

...and they WIN!!!

We were so exhausted by the time we left the shark tank, but oh man was it worth it!!!

Just enjoying the weather!

Beach bummin' it...kinda what we do best!

.Ewwww. .summer love. These kids are living the life...

Subway was closed, so the boys picked up a few pizza's!

Mad @ Mommy, cause I reminded her to breathe!

.Teens...'nough said.

Right before the 'Oh shit, look at the size of that stingray!' moment!

That's a pretty massive wave for Tybee...lol

.22 weeks.

Our last trip to the beach, before heading to Cali! We certainly missed the gorgeous weather...