Just in case you thought the presents from yesterday weren’t enough, Yona also brought David two “small surprises” for each day she’s here. These include workbooks, stickers, and many other fun things that would each be considered presents that are not small in my house. So David is just being spoiled over and over again.

Here he lines up all of his new action men and his new car has the ability to propel a dog out of it, so he uses that trick to knock them all down. You’d be amazed at how many times he patiently lined them up just so he can do this.



We spent most of yesterday and today looking at houses. We drove all around our neihborhood and a few adjacent ones to show my sister the houses we had found so we could get her opinion. The rest of the time we played, rested and just enjoyed each other’s company. Having my sister here means we get a fully cooked meal each night. I cannot tell you the difference it makes. Watching how quickly she does it all, makes me feel maybe I could do it, too.

OK, it’s been a few hectic days and it’s 5:35 AM on Tuesday and I absolutely cannot sleep so I figure what better time to catch up. These particular tulips never bloomed. Very rare, in my experience, but I loved them anyway, who doesn’t love purple tulips after all.

My last day before I go on maternity has been uneventful. I tried my best to tie all the loose ends as best I could and they gave me a congratulations cake (and yes I should have taken a photo of it) and a little onesie and a hat for the little one. It was so sweet and kind and generous. It will be odd not to go to work for the next few months but I do know that I will have my hands full very soon.



My sister is coming tonight so I am extremely excited and there will be several posts coming about her.

These flowers are right outside our house and they smell so very yummy. The bees love them too. I am just glad spring is finally here and the flowers are blooming again and there’s color everywhere. It’s amazing how much happier sunshine makes me.



Last night was a rough night. Even though I went to bed at 7pm, I kept waking up and then at 1am, I just couldn’t go back to sleep so I had to get up and read a little and then try to go back to bed and it was all just crazy. Not to mention all the nightmares I’ve been having. I know the next few weeks will only be harder but I am also seeing the light at the end of the tunnel since I am due exactly one month from today so I am telling myself to hang in there.

Yesterday I was at Costco and bought David a little present. It’s a Wii game that involves Spongebob. I thought it would be easy and fun and it turns out it’s really hard so it’s been mostly Jake and I playing and David watching. Tho he’s still happy we have it.



My last Monday at work before I leave for maternity. Work’s quite hectic of course but it’s all last minute stuff so I am trying to do my very best and leave things in as good a state as I possibly can.



I’ve been meaning to write this one down. The other day, David and I were driving to school and he always asks me when he’ll be six or seven or fifteen etc and I say “in one year” or “in five years” etc. Then he asked me when he will be twenty. I said “in sixteen years.” He said that he wanted to be twenty and I said I didn’t want him to be twenty, so he asked why. I told him that when he’s twenty, he wouldn’t be home with Mommy and Daddy anymore. He’d be away at school and sleeping there and we’d miss him so much. He thought about this for a while, and then said:


Ok, I don’t want to be twenty. I want to be SIX!



I laughed and laughed. I love my boy and I know that one day the prospect of not living with Mom and Dad will be so appealing but I am so happy that, right now, it’s not.

I know this is a very blurry photo but it’s a representation of today and that’s what this project is about isn’t it?



David and Daddy went to Stanford’s Lucile Packard today (where we’re planning to have the baby) and took a class on sibling preparation. As part of the class, they gave David this “Big Brother” shirt. Which he hasn’t taken off all weekened. I am not sure how much of the class he digested but we figure no harm and possible help is never a bad thing.



We also looked at a few more houses around Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Menlo Park. I think we have officially seen all the new houses in the area now.



Other than that, I’ve gotten nothing done. No art. A lot of naps, though…



I shall leave you with one more photo from this session:

This might officially be cheating since these photos were taken last night but they were too precious to me not to count in my year so as far as I am concerned this is today’s photo and that’s that.



This is David and Daddy playing with stomp rockets in the backyard. David loves these so much that I think you can see the joy in his face. Last night, he decided to experiment with the different ways he could get the rocket to fly.

He tried using his elbow, jumping with both feet, sitting on it, jumping backwards and many other crazy styles.






And the whole time he laughed and laughed and just couldn’t get enough.






Watching that kind of joy on a kid’s face is electric and contagious. It’s one of the joys of being a parent and getting to experience the world through your little one’s eyes. He kept making his hands into little firstballs so he could get more strength.






And of course here’s a tulip shot I took before I had to part with the beautiful, reddish orange ones we had this week.







My Big Picture Scrapbooking class started today and I couldn’t be more excited. You can still register for a little while and if you’re on the fence, go for it! I promise you won’t regret it 🙂


Happy Thursday!