Weekend in Napa/San Francisco/Sanoma Valley

Last Thursday evening Chris and I joined our friends Brad, Jenny, Justin and Michelle for a trip to sunny California. We spent Friday touring wineries in Napa. We spent Saturday in San Francisco doing a little sight seeing and shopping...and a fair amount of eating as well. Then we spent Sunday touring wineries in Sonoma. To make a long story short, Chris did the wine tasting for both of us and we brought home a case of various wines which we'll enjoy after the baby is born. We took a slew of photos and they're all up on our Flickr album.



Just wanted to say to Steve and Natalie; wish you were there.
Also a big shot out to Emily for the great restaurant recommendation, The Stinking Rose was awesome. Even though we all smelt like garlic for the rest of the weekend we loved it. :-) Thanks.

Becca is pregnant

Yes, you read that headline correctly. Becca is pregnant!

We've been pretty sure for a little while now but Becca just had her first sonogram today and it's officially confirmed. The doc tells us that we're looking at a late December birth. Jeez, think of the presents that child will get if he/she (it?) is a Christmas baby and gets to double-up.

Becca and I are both so excited as are our parents. This will be the 3rd grandchild for Becca's parents but the very first for mine.

I'm bummed that I was stuck here in India for the first sonogram but Jessica was kind enough to go with Becca and "hold her hand." She's been through all of this VERY recently so we're happy to have such a seasoned coach at our side.

More updates to follow but for now, here's a photo of our baby from its first sonogram. Well, they tell us that's our baby. It looks like a Lima bean to me. :-)

2 down 8 more to go

Well, Chris has been in India for two days now. So far I owe everything to a nice little program called Skype. If it weren't for Skype we would not be able to talk the whole time he is gone. (At least not unless we want to spend a ton of dough.) Anyway, if you're not familiar with Skype, you can talk via the web for free instead of by phone. And,if you have a camera for your computers, you can talk with video, totally awesome!

Anyway, he got there safe after a horrible 16 hour flight, and is now spending his second day at the India office. So far so good. He's only seen one monkey though, kind of disappointing, and it stole his beer at that!


Miss you Chris. XOXOXOX