It is a funny thing being the holder of a big secret. I liken it only to Jeff knowing he was going to propose and not telling me anything till it was happening. I wanted to give him a surprise – albeit one he saw coming – and document his…
Week 9 Progress: Mommy and Daddy saw you for the first time on an un-official sonogram at the doctor’s office. You are the size of a grape. We were nervous about the first doctor visit but with everything we learned it put us at ease. We are so excited to…
Our first doctor visit was on July 30th in Westminster. Thanks to HealthNet our doctor in the network is so far away from our home in Tustin. It is in Little Saigon section of the city. As we pulled up the office looked heavily influenced by Asian styled architecture. We…
Week 8 update: Baby is now the size of a kidney bean. We are so excited about having you we decided to celebrate with a trip to Tahiti. It is well within the time frame for the second trimester and okay to travel with you. We want to show you…
Every night before Jenn and I go to bed, Jenn and I have had a little routine. First I put some lotion on her belly to help hydrate her skin for the impending expansion. Then I tell the baby, “Good night baby. I hope you had a good day. Please…
Week 7 Progress: Mom and dad are excited to have you on your way. We are like uber excited! So excited we cried we ere so happy you are coming. You are the size of a blueberry now and will grow so much larger. Mom’s tummy is not showing much,…
Jennifer took a pregnancy test and didn’t tell me about her pregnancy results for a few days. She wanted to surprise me and have a special photo session at Irvine Regional Park. She asked me to be part of a photographer training session with a friend of her’s. Here is my take…
Jennifer and I are proud to announce that we are expecting a baby. This is our first child and we are totally excited about it. Our expected due date is March 8th 2016. Jenn and I have always had good conversations about when to have kids and how they would…
The following is our journal from the trip, re-typed here for those of you interested in reading about our experience. For more photos from the trip, click here. The Journal: 12/2/14 – Jeff This morning I woke up at 3am. 12/3/14 – Amsterdam – 11am – Jenn We missed our…
Slacking a little on the blog, but hey, our motto this time is “we’re on vacation dammit” It took me a good 24 hours to figure that out and stop working but I just had a happy hour martini and I’m finally chillin. Got in yesterday without any problems. United…
This morning was a relaxing one at Mount Juliet as we got to sleep in and when up we packed for our trip home. After walking around the wooded areas of the grounds we finished our time at the lovely estate with lunch at the clubhouse out on the sunny…
This morning we got an early start and headed to the Waterford Crystal factory in… you guessed it, Waterford. The tour was great and showed us all the stages from the blowing the crystal into the mould to the design, cutting and polishing. It was a great tour and at…
After a delicious meal at the Druid Cottage Jenn and I got on our merry way to the city of Cork in the south of Ireland. Along the way we stopped at a very well known church in the Gogane Barra park for some photos. This was definitely not something…
Spent time in our room relaxing this afternoon then went out on a walk into town where we stumbled upon a pub with some excellent live and upbeat music. After our beers, we walked back down the street where it was a most stunning twilight outside. Got some Chinese take…
We happily slept in this morning before starting our short, 30km, drive to Kenmare, Breakfast was a traditional Irish one and tasty as usual. Because of our taking advantage of good weather in the past few days, we were ahead of schedule so went back to Killarney National Park to…