Surprisingly, or not so surprising I suppose, we have managed to keep busy all week!

Sunday, Fathers Day, we went to Santa Cruz and spent the afternoon with the Long Family! We met up with Ron & Kathy, Nathan & Sierra, Damien, Chesna and Soren and went to the Zyante Fire Department's Annual Pancake Breakfast! It was packed but worth the wait...all the food was yummy! Sierra had a blast bouncing around in the jumpy house and

loved the blueberry pancakes! Soren made everyone coo and smile and he was such a good baby the whole time. Damien beamed with pride as he pushed his little man around and snuggled with him. We all took turns oogling over the baby and had all kinds of fun just watching his facial expressions! It was a great Father's Day!

Monday I interviewed yet another pediatrician, saw the chiropractor and we ended the night by making a belly cast. It was hard to stand still and was kinda weird being covered in plaster but the end result is pretty neat! Eventually we will smooth it out and paint it and take some pics of Noah in it!
Tuesday was the big Dr. Day!

Wednesday, I went up to San Francisco for a surprise baby shower at Jason's work! Newton, one of Jason's coworkers, organized everything and did a great job! I got a call from him last week and it took everything I had not to say something to Jason, but I kept it all in and it was worth it to see the look on J's face! I was wondering how Newton got my number, it turned out that it was quite a task! A bunch of his coworkers were searching for my email or phone number everywhere and in the end, Mike "the intern" acted like he was super interested in Jason's new Blackberry and got my number out of there! SNEAKY, SNEAKY!! I LOVE IT!!

Anyway, I got super lucky with parking (though it cost $3 for one hour at the meter) met with Newton down in the lobby and was greeted by a dozen of Jason's coworkers as they made their way upstairs. While Jason had a faux meeting with his boss at 2:00 pm, about 20 of us snuck into a conference room where Newton had cake, soda, coffee and even games set up! It was a real party! It was neat getting to talk to and

meet all the people Jason talks about and even more neat to find out that most of them knew everything that was going on with me and the baby! About 2:15 Jason came in expecting another meeting and had an ear to ear grin as we all shouted surprise! He looked at me twice before registering that it was actually me and responded with, "how did you get here!" He was sooooo surprised!

We played a game...taste and name that baby food...Jason did a good job! It was quite entertaining to watch everyone smell, taste and grimace at the 4 mystery jars of mashed nastyness...did you know that they make "macaroni and cheese" flavored baby food....soooo gross! We

had some yummy cake that Jason managed to turn into a big fat mess. His coworkers really went all out. They even stuffed a diaper bag full of gifts (blankets, binkies, a baby first aid kit, bibs, wipes and a huge gift card to Target)! The cards were full of well wishes and tid bits of wisdom! Mike even went all the way out to my car to pump some more $ into the meter! It really was special and meant a lot to us. I didn't snap enough pictures but hope you enjoy the few we did get!
THANK YOU TO ALL THE PG&E'ERS!

bearing gifts for me and Noah...including a whole tub of ICE CREAM! Treyton and Vance were curious little guys andToday I got to spend some fun in the pool with the Young Family! Alica, Treyton, Vance & River all made a trip over the hill and into the heat to visit me and Noah one last time before he is born! They too came asked about nearly everything in the apartment and riled up the cats before we made our way out to the water. After 1o minutes or so of hesitation, the t

wo boys were hootin' and hollerin' as fought over floaties and splashed around the entire pool. Alicia and I did a pretty good job maintain a conversation between River's feedings, Vances cries for help and Treyton's "watch me" moments.

While enjoying some snacks Vance and I talked about the baby in my tummy. He had fun poking my belly and was very entertained by the fact that it changed color when he poked it. Then he let me in on a little secret....he continuously told me, "hey, your tummy is FAT!" He said it with a great big smile and was so proud of his observation. It

was pretty cute and each time I replied, "Yes it is, and this is probably the only time I will be ok with you saying that to me!" He would smile and nod and walk off! Too cute. All those Young boys are adorable and I can't wait for another visit!
I think tomorrow I am going take it easy! I see the chiropractor in the morning and hope to float in the pool and nap all day! Sounds like a good Friday to me! With my feet still looking like Fred Flinstone's, relaxing may just get them down to a Barney Rubble size!