June 6th, 2013 by alex
My Boo… Sunday’s in Santa Cruz are the best. Hop on the 17 early before the beach traffic gets too crazy, get to Natural Bridges Beach before it gets to crowded, then snacks at Companion Bakery and always a stop at El Salchichero for some of the best meats the West End has to offer. Ah Santa Cruz, every trip over the summit gets better and better.
June 5th, 2013 by alex
Here is one for all you Arrested Development fans out there. Netflix has the original Banana Stand in its courtyard and plenty of frozen bananas. Page had a blast playing Mr. Manager!
May 31st, 2013 by alex
What is a bored housewife to do all day? Well, enter her hot husband into “Hot Dads” contests, of course!
About a month ago, I was lurking on Twitter… I follow a woman here in SF who owns Red Tricycle, a great blog for parents. She retweeted the iVillage’s Hot Dads Contest so I checked out the link and checked out the Dads and thought, “Hey, Brendan is super hot”, LOL. So, I entered this pic into the Hottest Newbie Dad Category. It is one of my favorite pics of Brendan right after Page was born. I didn’t think much of the contest until today when I received an email from someone at NBC that said the photo of Brendan won his category and would we be available to fly to NYC to be on the Today Show??? Oh no, what did I do? I should probably tell Brendan I did this, he is going to be soooooo embarrassed.
We find out Wednesday if Brendan is one of 4 finalists, as of now he is one of nine semi-finalists. Next stop would be a trip to NYC to be on the Today Show where they announce the winner. If he wins, we would get a week trip to the Scrub Island Resort in the British Virgin Islands! Ok, that would be awesome. Worth a little embarrassment on his end, right? If nothing else we get a free trip to NYC and lots to laugh about… Oh my goodness, what did I do…
May 28th, 2013 by brendan
I am the luckiest girl alive. Happy Anniversary my love! We are all smiles after a wonderful solo date night at Station 1 in Woodside…
Thankfully the girls are in good hands with Tata and Nastya!!
Lots of concentration & awareness
Comment by Craig — May 27, 2013 @ 10:11 pm
I can’t wait to give her a cuddle
Comment by Grandma Anne — May 29, 2013 @ 4:29 pm
Happy Anniversary beautiful girl.
Comment by Craig — May 24, 2013 @ 11:20 pm
Very pretty
Comment by Edwin — May 26, 2013 @ 10:03 pm
May 20th, 2013 by brendan
Before Page was born, Alex and I would listen to the Tour de France every morning on our laptop. We used to joke that Page would think Phil Liggett was her daddy because she would have been hearing his voice so often from the womb.
When Page was newly born, we bought her a book about cycling and had it signed by the author. We told the author of the book our story so he wrote a message confirming that Phil Liggett was not Page’s father.
That was until Friday night where you can see that Mr Liggett was clearly quite enamoured with my wife. Well, either enamoured, or very, very drunk…
Enamoured – yes. He would also have been impressed with two of Los Gatos’s finest riders.
Comment by Craig — May 24, 2013 @ 11:18 pm
May 19th, 2013 by alex
After last weekends craziness, we had a relaxing, fun birthday weekend planned. We started out on Friday catching the Tour of California roll in near our house in Morgan Hill. Brendan was excited to see Jens (Shut Up Legs) Voigt.
Friday night Brendan and I headed our for date night to meet up with the likes of George Hincapie and Phil Liggett (Phil likes his ladies and booze), photo evidence to follow.
Saturday we rested…
Saturday afternoon we went over to the neighbors for a fun BBQ. Page rode circles around the yard with the boys and then they all decided to take a dip in the bath.
Sunday we went to Hidden Villa Farms for a birthday party for Baby Hannah. Page was so tired and cranky so we headed home a bit early. The rest of the day we just relaxed, our last day of Brendan’s paternity leave. It has been so great to have him home these last 3 weeks.
We got adventurous and gave Sienna her first bath. She wasn’t too chuffed.
And best of all, I got the cake I asked for and a beautiful “Happy Birthday” song from Brendan and Page. Could life get any better than this??
Oh what a lovely birthday for Mama her man and two gorgeous girls. Happy Days Alex.
Comment by Edwin — May 26, 2013 @ 10:09 pm
May 16th, 2013 by brendan
Alex is doing a ride to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis at the end of next month. The ride takes place back in Utah, up in the Cache Valley around Logan. It will be good for us to get back there and it is a good opportunity for Alex to get back into fitness on the bike.
As a birthday present, we got Alex a new bike yesterday, so she took it out for a lap of the lake in the afternoon –
http://app.strava.com/activities/54433855
Follow her on Strava to see her improve over the next few weeks. She’ll start off pretty easy, but as anyone who has ever rode with her knows, she will soon be pulling away from you. (especially on the flats – I still think I can beat her uphill)
As she is raising money from donations for this ride, we encourage you to visit Donate here! and make a donation. She has a birthday coming up…
May 16th, 2013 by alex
Before Sienna went to the hospital a week ago she was very mellow. She didn’t need us to hold her 24/7 hours a day. Some say the first 2 weeks are the babymoon period where they are content no matter the situation. Then she got sick and with the pain and all the poking and prodding she only felt secure if she were laying on our chest on top of our beating hearts.
Today she must be feeling better, she actually fell asleep in her bouncy chair without having to be held. Its a huge relief as Brendan and I are a bit stiff and sore from living and sleeping with her on our chests and not being able to move for the past week. Its been a very challenging week, but for the moment everything is peaceful. Page and Brendan are working in the garden and Sienna is asleep. Ahhhhh….
Congratulations. Alex, I eagerly await this Hottest Newbie Dad’s response.
Following much research, I discovered that we get the NBC Today Show at either 3:00am or 4:00am.
Keep us informed.
Comment by Craig — June 2, 2013 @ 7:19 pm
Hahahahaha,
Go Alex!
Good luck- you must send a link of the broadcast!!
Comment by Anita — June 3, 2013 @ 1:22 pm