Easter egg hunt

Today was the great Easter egg hunt. The weather was divine, the grass was dry and the dogs in the park stayed away (mostly). Nico's egg hunting skills have improved vastly since last year. She took her hoard of eggs under a tree to open and devour undisturbed, kind of like a squirrel.

Eating way too much candy resulted in no nap and crabbiness ensued. But the crabbiness may have been worth it just to watch Nico running around with a candy smeared face enjoying herself. I'm pretty sure Nico thought she was being really sneaky as she ate as much candy as she could get her hands on.

Desktop

Here are a few pictures that have been hanging around on my desktop.



Nico likes to paint,




and take baths,



and wear her bathing suit.

A stay-cation of sorts

A few weeks ago we had big plans to go to NYC to visit friends, shop, eat and enjoy the amazing weather. Mike took work off and we had both Mike's mom and my parents lined up to watch Nico for 5 whole days. And then our plans fell through and we were left trying to decide what to do instead of go to New York, because there was no way we were going to pass up on all that time to ourselves. So, we decided to stay in our glorious city, take leisurely walks, sleep in, eat at new restaurants, and go to late showing movies. It was SO relaxing!

To change things up a bit we drove a few hours up North to Mendocino and stayed in a bed and breakfast. Sunday we went to the botanical gardens and meandered around Fort Bragg.

I was sad that we did not get to go to NYC, but I think our relaxing stay-cation was the prefect thing to do before this second baby comes along.










Mike did not believe me when I said that those deer were real. He was trying to convince me that they were lawn decorations, until they moved.

What do you think?

Do we look alike?

Golden Gate Park

The weather this last weekend was phenomenal! We went to the conservatory of flowers in GG park. There is a special Playland exhibit at the conservatory. Playland is long gone, but it is fun to think that when my parents growing up here in San Francisco, they enjoyed going to Playland... man they are old!








Our friend Emily was visiting us. It is always nice to have spectacular weather when friends are in town.

After going to the conservatory we hung out on the lawn out front. Nico had an outfit change after falling into a huge mud puddle (good thing I always have a change of clothes for her in my bag). Emily and I sat and chatted while Mike ran after Nico, it was so nice to bask in the sun!

We went over to the merry go round for our last stop before going home for lunch and a nap. Mike and I always joke that whenever we do something fun with Nico, whether at home or out and about, it almost always ends in tears. I guess those tears are a good indicator of how much fun Nico is having.




ps For those of you who have asked I'm doing well and so is the baby. T minus 8 weeks.

The peninsula

My niece Nikki drew this picture of Mike when we visited Idaho after Christmas. Mike is rocking the "peninsula" and Nikki drew it spot on.

The other picture of Nico is from this morning. I got the dress at a rummage sale and I was not sure how it would fit her but it is perfect. A tad short perhaps, but that was the style back then.