Earthquake on the East Coast

Last night I was at work, sitting in the nurses' station working on some documentation when all of a sudden I felt an earthquake...the computer monitors were shaking a little. It was SMALL, compared to my usual California quakes! I immediately went to find some other people to talk to, thinking everyone was going to be freaking out because that was so unusual for this area, however most people either didn't even feel it or didn't really know what it was. I guess it was a 4.0 earthquake in Maine. It was quite a conversation topic for everyone last night - kinda a big deal for New England. Just thought I'd share this story with my fellow quake-experienced Californians. :)

Approximately 1 more month!!

Our baby is due in 1 month - we are 36 weeks today and we will now start seeing the doctor every week. We are super excited and just had a good trip to Babies R Us to get the last few essential items. We are still getting the room together and waiting for the furniture to arrive, but feeling more and more ready every day! [We just had a little set back - I was just finally starting to feel like the room was ready, we bought a nice rug, measured out where the crib and dresser will go, etc...but then maintenance came to fix the boiler/thermostat. On Monday, they worked in both bedrooms and had to cut holes in the walls. They had moved all the stuff in the baby's room to the middle of the room and covered it with a tarp (thankfully!), but we are basically back to square one with possibly some dirt on the rug. :( We were pretty bummed but are moving forward and getting things back in order]. Here I am at 36 weeks!

Visit #3 back home

  

Baby Shower @ Pam's

We made our 3rd trip back to California in September for a little baby shower with some church friends and my niece's baptism (surprisingly there was no wedding to attend!). Since we saw most of our family and friends in April and June, Brian and I were able to spend a little more time actually "vacationing" a little - we did some shopping and spent some time at the beach. It was nice to have some time to relax and not be rushing from one place to another. We had lunch on Saturday with Brian's family and then dinner with friends at Dee Dee's house.

Valentina's baptism was on Sunday in South Orange County. Brian & I are her Godparents - such an honor! She looked so beautiful in her dress and was such a good baby - so mellow and content with everyone and everything. What a blessing! It was a gorgeous warm California day spent with family and friends. 

We had a lovely, but brief, visit home - it's sometimes hard to believe that the next time we go back we will have a little person to tag along with us! :)