It was Page’s BFF, Nicholas’, b-day today. It was so cute, Tim and Nora hired a train to drive up and down our canyon street. Page had a blast!
Page Alina Ballerina!
February 7th, 2013 by alex
Its official, Tuesday’s and Thursday’s are now Mom and Page days where the two of us to get to explore all the fun stuff the Bay Area has to offer. I only have two more months of just having Page so it should be fun to find what activities we can dig up.
Thursday’s are dance class days. She just LOVES to wear tutu’s, we are still waiting on tights and her shoes to come, but we borrowed some from the dance school. She is in the 2.5 – 3.5 year old old Tap/Ballet class. She is the smallest, we had to sneak her in as the cutoff was to be 2.5 by last Oct., ooops!
I laughed for 30 minutes straight and met some other cool local Mom’s while there. Good stuff!
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I laughed my head off too. The thing is that she is really listening and trying! That is too funny. She may be a “natural.”
Comment by GG — February 8, 2013 @ 2:10 pm
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A ballerina AND a skier. WOW
Comment by Anne Gibson — February 10, 2013 @ 1:09 am
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Great video. Loved it
Comment by Craig — February 10, 2013 @ 1:34 am
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Too funny!
Comment by GG — February 2, 2013 @ 10:39 am
Urban Hiking & 26 week bump!
January 20th, 2013 by alex
Today we had a little adventure day in the city. We thought we would do some urban hiking and explore areas we haven’t yet seen. We started at Kite Hill, then hiked up to Twin Peaks, then down to Sutro Tower, over to Tank Hill, down the Pemberton stairs and then we finished up at Seward Mini Park for the best part, a few runs down a slide designed by a 14 year old.
A beautiful day in the city, on top of Kite Hill
The long steep hike up to Twin Peaks
26 week bump pics up top of Tank Hill
Mountain girl
A little rest at the bottom of Pemberton Stairs
One of many runs down Seward Slide
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So cute!
We still have the Xmas tree up for you.Comment by GG — January 21, 2013 @ 11:13 am
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So clever the name: abandwee Now you can take off the “e” off of wee.
Comment by GG — January 26, 2013 @ 9:23 am
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love that you both have the same expression coming down the slide
Comment by Anita — February 1, 2013 @ 1:30 pm
Page’s first ski!
January 14th, 2013 by alex
Our wonderful friends let us crash at their place in Tahoe over the weekend and Brendan and I had the best time taking Page our for her first ski. It was important to make it fun for her and we tried hard not to push her into doing anything. I was expecting to just see her walk around the snow for a little bit but she was so determined to go up the magic carpet and ski and she wanted to do it all by herself! (And a side note she is finally going to the potty by herself!!!!)
Getting used to walking around on the sticks
First time on the magic carpet, by the end of the day she was getting on and off by herself
First time down the hill
She is smiling!
She wanted to test out the chair lift and go for a ride, maybe next time
Page was determined to go down the hill by herself so we bought her this harness that worked out really well. She still just wanted to go by herself though…
She has the stance down!
She is ready for the lift and big hill next trip. And then we will work on our pizza pie!
Time for a snack and hot cocoa in the lodge to warm up !
Australia
January 14th, 2013 by alex
Holy smokes! It has been forever. We had a wonderful time in Australia, so many fun family get togethers and catching up with Brendan’s friends. We didn’t take too many pics. But here are a few from Brendan’s brother’s wedding where Page was the flower girl. She did great, made it down the aisle!
Backyard fun w/ Grandma Anne
Hours of fun on the bike
Aww geez, these two are so cute
Page and cousin James
Getting ready to walk down the aisle
The beautiful couple, Uncle Martin and Auntie Jodie
The gorgeous wedding party and alter
Aww, geez
Church art
Page’s favorite (and only!) cousin Jamesio
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Beautiful shot.
Comment by GG — January 17, 2013 @ 2:20 am
It’s a Girl!
December 18th, 2012 by alex
Our box of gifts arrived while we are in Australia and Grandma Anne was able to open her special pressie. We can finally let everyone know that we are having another baby girl! (Brendan would like you all to know that its ok to send bottles of single malt whiskey to him ASAP.)
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Can’t wait to pix of the Flower Girl.
Comment by GG — December 23, 2012 @ 8:45 am
Fiji
December 13th, 2012 by alex
We think we figured out to travel cross the Pacific to Australia… Stop in Fiji along the way!
The three of us spent 5 wonderful days in Natadola Bay, Fiji, on our way to Australia. The jet lag was minimal as we traveled overnight and there were just a few hours difference (minus a day). It was extremely relaxing. My heart swelled to enormous proportions a few times… Watching Brendan and Page swim the local kids, snorkeling with the blue starfishies, watching Brendan drink Kava while the local villagers sang Page into a trance… I didn’t get pics of the best moments, but here are a few favorites.
Tuckered out on the first day
Our little hut on the beach
Our front yard
Beach to the south
Beach to the north
Happy Dad
Fiji Flower
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What a great spot on the beach! Wish I were there. You are all so photogenic. I can’t believe how long Page’s hair is. The other Grandma is going to adore her.
Comment by GG — December 14, 2012 @ 8:48 am
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Lovely snaps of happiness. What a clever idea t stop there on the way over.
Comment by Edwin — December 14, 2012 @ 5:11 pm
Time for Pooh sticks
November 30th, 2012 by brendan
The Pineapple Express brought some rain last night.
And even more:
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Oh how exciting. I’ve always thought that having your own creek was a touch of magic. Love it.
Comment by Ayla — December 2, 2012 @ 8:58 pm
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Should see all the boulders in the creek bed now that the water has died down. Biggest one is up to my waist.
We could hear them rolling during the flood. Scary!
Comment by brendan — December 6, 2012 @ 11:29 am
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More pix please!
Comment by GG — December 9, 2012 @ 5:41 am
Birthday Day Date
November 20th, 2012 by alex
For Brendan’s Birthday we decided to have a “Day Date”. We dropped the monkey off at school and split to the City. We had a fabulous breakfast at Tartine Cafe in the Mission.
We then ventured off to Lands End and took a lovely hike to Ocean Beach.
And time for the 18 week bump pic! I am feeling BIG! Also a nice pic of the birthday boy looking as charming as ever… Last stop was to the WaterBar for oysters! We left the City by 4 and made it back to school to pick up the little one. Its nice to spend the day away for ourselves, but we sure missed her!
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Happy Birthday
Comment by Anne Gibson — November 21, 2012 @ 9:35 pm
OMG! Over the top birthdays!
How are you going to compete with that?
Comment by GG — February 10, 2013 @ 5:50 am
We are getting a kids’ helicopter for Page’s party.
Comment by brendan — February 20, 2013 @ 9:24 am