December 9th, 2011 by alex
Page walked into her room yesterday and said “Wow!” about 20 times. She seems to love all space and the gaga watching out the big windows. And she loves her new tub.
Dad finally gets to ride his bike to work.
This morning we found a great local coffee shop and lots of Moms with toddlers mulling about. Prospects for play dates looks good! Today we unpack and explore the trails around the house.
December 8th, 2011 by alex
Someone is not sure about this. But she is going to love her new house. More room to play and maybe room for a puppy! Ok, just kidding, maybe…
December 4th, 2011 by alex
We took a hike up our favorite trail today. Not sure when we’ll be back. We have heaps of new trails to check out down south…
December 4th, 2011 by alex
We took a break from packing to drive down to Monterey to attend Annie’s b-day party. Annie is the girlfriend of Alf, who I work closely with at PAIFF. We dropped off a load of stuff at the new house and went up and over 17. We found a nice place for fish and chips and boat watching, bought some xmas gifts and then headed over to the party. Page was so fun, chatting everyone up and wanting to be a part of everything. She had a bit too much chocolate cake, though…
November 24th, 2011 by alex
We found a beautiful new house up in the Los Gatos Hills. It a short bike ride to/from Brendan’s work, a bit of a commute for me, but its worth it. Its a 3 bedroom, 2 bath with a garage and workshop on one acre of land. We went today to scope out the area. Its on Black Rd, a 2400 foot climb that Brendan is very excited about. Its close to many trails, which I am excited about. It is built along a creek, we can’t wait to open the windows in spring to hear the creek go by. They are still doing cleanup inside, new paint and carpets. We get to move in on Dec. 5th. Just in time to visit one of the many Christmas tree farms on Black Rd. and have a tree up for Page. Oh, and lots of vineyards nearby, too. Come visit!
Is it close to the bears?
Comment by Peter — November 27, 2011 @ 7:01 pm
We are not worried about bears. The mountain lions should keep them away
Comment by brendan — November 27, 2011 @ 7:17 pm
Congratulations. Love your new home. Tomorrow is the big moving day. Will be remembering you. Good luck. Love the music in the background of the video Alex. And great percussion!
Comment by Ayla — December 3, 2011 @ 4:00 pm
November 5th, 2011 by alex
After visiting the reef, we decided to spend the rest of the trip on dry land around Airlie Beach. We did a couple rainforest hikes and lounged around the Airlie Beach lagoon…
We climbed up Mount Rooper outside Shute Harbour, beautiful island views.
I was having a heart attack at this moment.
Down the trail to Swamp Beach – did you know the highest concentration of CROCODILES in Queensland happen to be in THIS area? Thanks Brendan for letting us know!!!!!!
Back at the condo relaxing and enjoying our Cockatoo neighbors
Not always so chipper…
Rainforest hike to Wampoo trail. Gorgeous!
Back at Airlie Beach for a picnic on our last night. I love the kisses from my girl.
Page’s first ever picture she has taken, not bad… 🙂 And that is a wrap! More to come from Brisbane back at the rents!
November 5th, 2011 by alex
After a good night’s rest back on the shore of Airlie Beach, we decided to venture out to the Great Barrier Reef. It was a 2.5 hour boat ride to the reef, Page cooperated nicely and slept through the bumpy parts on the way there and back. There were many sick travelers, but she did very well. I never thought I would ever be lucky enough to see the reef. Brendan and I took advantage of the childcare and bailed for an hour and a half to explore the reef. When we got back on the boat, we heard people asking for Brendan Gibson and we knew were in trouble. Poor Page. As soon as we picked her back up, she was little miss personality again. Oh, but it was a great hour and a half!
This may also be illegal in Queensland…
Page chasing the balls in the reef. “BALL?”
There was an observatory underneath the pontoon and we took Page down to check out the sights.
“Gaga! Gaga! Goggies!!”
Don’t forget her!
Comment by Anne Giibson — December 2, 2011 @ 7:37 pm