San Francisco Travels

I spent some time with Kathleen in San Francisco for her birthday last weekend. The weather was perfect and we got to do some sightseeing outside. We got pampered on the day I arrived - facials at Aveda. We shopped downtown on Friday - I found some cute things that work with my growing belly. On Saturday, K cut my hair (love it) and we went to the Ferry Building farmer's market down on the waterfront. For K's birthday on Sunday, we had a yummy brunch at her favorite spot, Zazie. Then we had a relaxing rest of the day, had a good salmon dinner at home and some pastry treats from a local store. It was a fun weekend and I'm glad it was so laidback, because I am finding out that pregnancy and time zone changes don't work very well together.

At the Ferry Building

Warning: things may appear bigger than they really are in this picture.

Bay Bridge

Ferry Building Clock Tower


K and Water World-esque fountain



K's cat Meep (or Meepster, Meepers, Meeples)

New apartment

Happy Birthday, Kathleen! Thanks for letting me come and stay with you. :)

It's a Boy!

We had our 20-week ultrasound appointment last week. It was so fun to see how the baby has grown and to look at all the different parts. We are pretty sure Baby Via is a boy but he was a little shy and didn't let us have a very long viewing of his parts. We go back for another ultrasound next week because there was one view that the doctor couldn't get clearly on the screen - hopefully next week the baby has switched positions and cooperates fully. So we'll get another chance to confirm he is indeed a baby boy. :)

Easter in Roanoke

We spent Easter weekend with Ethan's parents. It was a nice, relaxing weekend and we had a great time. We took advantage of the nice weather and took a few family photos.

The "three" of us

Ethan and his parents

In bloom

Beautiful Cherry Blossoms

A few weeks ago, I went into the city to see the Cherry Blossom Festival. I drove to the nearest Metro station and took the train into DC. I've always wanted to see the cherry trees in bloom and realized this may be my only chance. If all goes as planned, we may be back in Seattle by the time the trees bloom again next year.

It was a beautiful day, temps in the high 70s and clear skies. I walked around the Tidal Basin, stopping along the way to take lots of photos. The trees were in peak bloom and it was an amazing sight! I didn't post all of the pics but here are some of my favorites (I went overboard with the Washington Monument but everywhere you go, you can see it.)

Weekend in Richmond

We went to Richmond a few weekends ago to see Matt and Courtney and the kids, plus Basha and Gramps. We had fun playing outside (frisbee, baseball, football, you name it) and enjoyed a spring cookout with Matt's new grill. We even got to see P's Blast Ball (T-Ball) game!

Miss A showing off her new sunglasses.

Just love this pic! Uncle Ethan did some nice photog work here.

Tossing the frisbee

Swing time

Cheering section

Getting ready for a big hit!

Coach Matt/Daddy and the Red Wings