More reasons...

A compilation of photos from our others visits to S.F. last month...



For T's birthday, we opened his presents at Kate's place, then ate at Patxi's Chicago Pizza. Yummy, hit the spot that day! Then we walked back to Kate's apartment, but not before visiting a Christmas tree lot at the Marina Middle School, and enjoying all of the christmas decorations in the windows on the way back.



Here's the birthday boy...

Impatiently waiting for his pizza, he was past hungry...as was I!

Another one of our warm Autumn days...

After a late lunch at North Beach cafe for authentic Italian cuisine, and seeing Carlos Santana a few tables away!! we stopped at the famous Victoria Pastry Company in North Beach for some cookies and pastries! Of course T wanted one with lots of sprinkles!

Here he is on the cable car....waiting patiently!

New reasons to love San Francisco

On a recent visit to S.F. with my parents to visit my sister's new apartment in the Marina District, it happened to be the most beautiful autumn day; warm, clear skies - a perfect day to take in the beauty of the city! Due to a certain someone forgetting her apartment keys that day, moving her furniture in was out of the question, so after we got over our brief annoyance and frustration, we decided to be tourists for a day, something our family had never done before. Although most of my mom's family lives in the city and we frequent the area often especially for holidays and special events, we have never really ENJOYED seeing S.F. So we walked around Fisherman's Wharf, ate a delicious lunch at The Boudin Bakery, then walked around Fort Mason and the highlight of our day - rode the cable cars! It was quite an ordeal actually! There was a super long line that day so after about an hour wait to get on a cable car, we finally got on and it wouldn't work - the cable line wouldn't connect. The entire process was actually really funny after such a long wait, there was a really funny group of East Coast tourists making light of the scenario which made the time pass easier. T was growing impatient with each minute that passed that we were stuck on the car and my burgeoning growing belly was quite uncomfortable sitting there awkwardly for so long. Turns out we had to get off that car, wait for a tow truck to take the broken down one and reload onto another cable car. So over an hour and a half of waiting and we finally got on our way! And T absolutely loved every second of the ride, especially when we went up and down the steep hills. The views were breathtaking to say the least. T ended up falling asleep sitting up just as we reached the end of the line, poor guy had held out so long that afternoon.

So much to do this month

Our big boy is turning 4 on November 28 (I know I can't believe it either!) and that means that I have to make some decisions on what to actually do for his big day. Isn't this always a big dilemma? His birthday falling after Thanksgiving and occurring during a colder month always limits the possibilities - especially for little boy that needs to be outdoors. Keeping it fun and within a reasonable budget at the same time is always a challenge!
This also means that there are only about 6 more weeks until Christmas, so I really need to step it up and get to some hard core holiday shopping.
On a more exciting note, my dearest girlfriend Aleyta is due to have a baby girl Sophie on November 22 - I can't wait for this big moment to finally come, she is going to be one amazing Mommy!

A boy, a belly, and the beach!

The first week of November was a very exciting week for us, as I had my 20 week ultrasound where we found out our second baby's gender...and It's Another Boy! T and Jason didn't seem surprised in the least, I suppose the predominance of boys on the Warren side of the family should have been a huge clue. We are so happy about this news, and can't wait for T to meet his baby brother in March. The logistical side of me is super thrilled to be able to re-use all of T's old baby clothes again; he had so many adorable outfits that I was saddened at the prospect of possibly not seeing them on a baby again! Of course the new baby will get some new things but there is no shortage of clothes. As you all know I'm a bit of a shopaholic!

Here is our little guy putting his foot in his mouth!

This is his profile!

This is the proof!

That same week, we made yet another trip to Twin Lakes Beach with Krissy and Devon. It was November 3, and nearly 80 degrees that day. A truly exceptional day!

The beach was strewn with huge piles of driftwood and sticks. The kids built a "house" of sticks and T wrote his name in the sand.

Here is his shadow above some of the T, A, and L section - he wrote it really big!

And here is a belly shot, told you I was expanding

The belly and the kids

My belly enjoying the view

Halloween

For the the first time, T picked out his Halloween costume this year. Since he and Jason are obsessed with Star Wars, he chose to be Luke Skywalker! Such a big boy costume! He made the light saber when we went to Disneyland in September. Here he is in all his Jedi glory...

All tuckered out from an afternoon of baking!


Baking halloween cupcakes with his Pasha

A trip to Spina Farms, just T and his Papa

30th

So yes, I did allow a few pictures to be taken to forever commemorate the day that I turned 30. It actually turned out to be a 3 day celebration for my 30th, as that Saturday we had a BBQ at the Warren house with family and friends. Then Sunday, the actual day of my birthday, we went to S.F. to pick up my sister from the airport than visit her new apartment in the city. That day was the end of Fleet Week and since Kate's place is a few blocks from the marina, we were able to see the jets from her apartment! It was really exhilarating, to say the least! I asked to have pizza for dinner that night, and we opened gifts - I got the newest iphone, not soon enough since my original iphone had been malfunctioning on and off for at least a year, constantly freezing on me for hours at a time among other things. I'm sure it had nothing to do with my having dropped it in the toilet at one point! Then Monday night we had dinner at Maggianos with my grandmother. I had said that the one small thing I asked for on my birthday was to have a reason to wear make-up and get dressed up. So off to dinner we went all gussied up, as my attempt at squeezing myself into a non maternity dress leaving me oxygen-deprived and unable to eat the heaping mounds of food from Maggianos! And so the pictures below show me bloated, swollen, and atempting to breathe and smile at the same time! Happy 30th to me!