Father's Day

So I finally gave Jeff his Father's Day present. I was waiting until we got our new computer (which we did this past weekend) since it involved pictures and our new Mac is great at editing and sorting pictures. It is going to take some trial and error to figure out the differences between this and our old pc so bear with me while I get used to it. I have some great pictures to post, but I have to do some homework. Here is what I got Jeff. What do you think?

Couldn't resist...

I took two great pictures of Charlie today and I just had to share. The first one was in Wal Mart. He was practically laying down in the buggy. He stayed like that throughout the entire trip. I guess he was tired! But he was not fussy or anything. Crazy baby!

The second one was after his bath tonight. We got him that outfit when we went to the outlet mall in San Marcos. I think it's adorable and its made of terry cloth so it feels really comfortable. And he looks great in it!

Cousins

Last week we went to Fredericksburg to visit Jeff's parents. Kasuen and Annika were visting from California and Carrie, Chris and Rebecca came for the weekend as well. This was the first time that the 3 cousins had been together and it was great! They are all 3 months apart and it was neat to see them in each developmental stage. Charlie is 8 months, Annika is 5 months and Rebecca is 2 months. We had a photo shoot with the babies wearing the new Huggies jean's diapers and they were so cute! We took a million pictures so here are just a few:



We can't wait to get the cousins together again for our next family function. It's going to be so exciting watching them grow up together.

3 month checkup

I went to MD Anderson yesterday to do my 3 month ct scan. I got the results today. All is clear! Great news to hear. Jeff and I went to the hospital today and brought Charlie with us. He brought a lot of smiles to many of the people we came across. It always feels good to brighten some one's day, especially at a place like MD Anderson. This was the first time we got to bring Charlie to the doctor's appointment, but unfortunately all my normal doctor's and nurses were out. My oncologist is on maternity leave, her nurse is on vacation this week and my surgeon's nurse practitioner was also not in today. Oh well. Maybe next time.

All I want for Christmas...

...is my two front teeth! We got Christmas in June!

California dreamin'

Last Friday we headed out to California for a Mauldin family vacation to visit Jeff's brother, sister in law and niece. Jeff's parents and godparents met us there as well. So it was truly a family vacation. This was Charlie's first airplane ride and he did great! He even received a certificate and his own set of "wings" from the flight attendants! We arrived Friday afternoon and hung out at his brother's house and waited for everyone to arrive. We had a nice, relaxing meal and enjoyed everyone's company. Saturday we stayed in the Berkeley area and went to UC Berkeley to see the campus, got some great cheese and pastries at the Cheeseboard shop, and had a super nice dinner at a fancy restaurant in Berkeley. Sunday we went to Mt. Tam and had a picnic lunch up there and enjoyed the wonderful view of San Fransisco, saw the Golden Gate bridge (without fog, for once!) and went to a party for Kasuen (Jeff's sister in law) thrown by her graduate professor. (Clayton and Kasuen just graduated from UC Berkeley with their PhD's). Monday we toured Napa Valley which was awesome. Jeff's Uncle Carl is very big into wine, so we got some VIP tours of a few of the wineries in Napa. Tuesday we did a little shopping at the North Face outlet, had lunch at this great place called "Crepevine", and then went to Half Moon Bay to see the Pacific Ocean. So Charlie has been to the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean's within 2 weeks time! Pretty cool! The Gulf of Mexico is next on the list, which shouldn't be a problem since we live 30 miles from there. Dungeness crabs are are always on our "must do list" when we go out there, so that's what we had for dinner on Tuesday. We flew home on Wednesday. We had an excellent time and really enjoyed ourselves. Charlie did really well considering he was travelling, not on any sort of schedule/routine and was cutting two teeth during this time! Of course we have lots of pictures, so sit back and enjoy!