We are, really and truly, moved. Well, most of our stuff is here in the Eichler. Three 8×10 storage units of stuff are just down the street.
We have quite a bit of stuff unpacked, but since the media room isn’t finished, everything that goes in it is now in the office. And everything that should be in the office, but can’t fit because it’s full of media room stuff? That’s all in the dining room. The storage units full if stuff? I have NO IDEA where any of that stuff is going to go.
But even so, surrounded by boxes and half finished projects, we are So Very Happy to be here!
This picture was taken last week at the park up the street from our house. It is amazing, and beautiful and quiet and serene and I’m sure will be the site for many adventures as Dash grows older.
There are many pictures of Dash and the house in our flickr account – click on the image here to be taken there.
And finally. The answer to the question you have all been asking. Is Dash crawling yet? The answer is no. The San Filippo TAXI! gene is strong in this one. When he is done playing where he is, he simply rolls over onto his back and hollers until someone comes and moves him.
He is, however, a very advanced eater for his age. This is something I think he gets from both parents. At 8 months he decided enough was enough with the baby food. He needs tastes, textures and spice.
We are just finishing up the Eichler (still no name for it. Suggestions??) and should be moving in the end of this month. We already have all of our stuff in storage in Castro Valley waiting for us, so it should be a quick and easy move.
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Hahahaha!! Kidding.
Dash just turned 4 months old (remember how we said we were going to move in before he was born? Seems like a million years ago for so many reasons.) He is, in a word, amazing. For the most part he is the happiest, silliest baby. He loves music and laughing and boobies. Just. Like. His. Parents.
Last Sunday he ran the bases at Pacbell, or AT&T or TMobile Park – what ever phone company it’s named after these days. As his daddy said, he 110%. Took each base one at a time. And, of course, he would like to thank Jesus for his talents.
I’m not sure, but I think Jesus was his batting coach.
We have just come off a long dark month with no internet, but should be uploading lots of pictures and videos soon – or both the house and the Dash.
Stay tuned! (er, but don’t hold your breath. It could be a while.)
Daddy shot this video shortly after Dash was born; March 7, 09 at 11:11pm. Dash weighed in a whopping 8 pounds 12 ounces. It’s not a wonder momma had a hard time getting around that last month! Note the song “In My Life” playing in the background towards the end of the video. No, we didn’t plan that. The ipod was on shuffle.
It’s only been 12 days, but it’s amazing how much he has changed! He lost a full pound right after birth, as it took a while for my milk to come in, but now that it has, he is gaining steadily.
Daddy has taken two weeks off work and I’m amazed that it’s almost over! What have we done?
Stared at Dahiell in amazement.
Practiced getting the car seat in and out of the car. WITH a baby in it.
Practiced getting the stroller together and adjusted properly. WITH a baby in it.
Practiced getting in and out of the house with the baby, the dog and all the equipment that entails. So far, haven’t forgotten anything too important, but haven’t remembered everything at once either.
Laundry. Lots and Lots of Laundry, even though, thankfully, he doesn’t spit up very much.
A few of his favorite things? Boobs. He will launch himself towards them. He has an amazingly strong neck and can, at 12 days old, maneuver himself to the boob. Should you not be ready for the sideways launch, well then. Maybe you shouldn’t be holding him. His attempts to nurse from Daddy have been greatly disappointing, although, highly entertaining. For us anyway. Yes, we are terrible parents.
Least favorite thing? The bassinet. The quickest way to wake him up is to put him in the bassinet. He will sleep for hours on the bed, or, mere moments in the bassinet. This has made night times rather rough. Thankfully we have a large bed.
We will be adding more pictures to the flickr account and more movies to the youtube account as time allows. There are TONS of them.
We still have no move in date, but baby boy San Filippo is impending, so I have gone ahead and registered for some baby stuffs on Amazon.com. We’re thinking a jungle theme for his bedroom.
Also – check out his new pics on Flickr! It’s all very exciting… and VERY terrifying!
Welcome to the end of 2008, and the world as we know it.
We bought the house and are in a heated race at this point as to which will come first, our baby, or our move in date. My cousin Dan is helping us with the remodel, but deciding exactly what we want, and finding the proper mahogany for the walls as well as a pelethra of other things are slowing progress on the house. The baby on the other hand, it moving forward at an amazingly rapid pace!
Are we ready for him? HELL no. DO we have a name picked out? We think we might… are we going to tell you what it is? Not until he makes his debut. Have we registered yet? Nope. Are we having a baby shower… maybe.
Right now the target move in date is the first week of Feb. I sent out Xmas cards with the new address, but didn’t get them all out, so if you didn’t get yours, it could be the USPS, or it could be the sudden need for a nap and my shockingly short attention span. Let me know if you still need it.
We continue to update pictures of the house (and a few of us) on our flickr account. Check back often for more, and feel free to leave a note letting us know what you think!
Seems we may have bought a house. The bank says we can have it. And this morning, the owners (former owners?) said we could have it. Oh My. We are, indeed, in shock.
Ringo is thrilled about the yard. Casey will be moving out on his own to stay in The City and close to school. We will live by ourselves for a whole entire three months before the baby arrives. Scott is thrilled/freaked out to finally, possibly, be the owner of his very own Double A Frame Eichler.
And yes, we will be changing the color as soon as we can, as well as a lot of other things. The former owners updated it, and we will be undoing those updates and taking it back to it’s original 1963 splendor. Thankfully they left the architechture pretty much untouched so while that will take a while, it will mostly be grunt work.
Is a boy! And there was NO denying it! The very first view we got was a total Bart Simpson syle shot of him flashing us his butt and … um… outboard motor.
Looks like he is doing very well! He’s even measuring 17 week instead of 16. He was so active we could barely get pictures. Thankfully he tired himself out dancing in front of the camera by the time the Dr busted out the needle for the amnio.
Not just vicious rumors! It’s true! We are due March 5th, 2009. So far everything looks fabulous and mom is just beginning to show. We are taking turns being excited, and terrified. We will post here when we know more, or when we finally scan in those ultrasound pictures. As of right now, we’re lucky if Mona makes it till noon before her first nap, so please forgive us if we have been neglecting certain obligations. CoughCoughCouchIndiaPicturesCoughCoughThankYouNotesCough
So, we had a couple hours to kill between Tiger Hunts in India and we asked to go see a fort that we had seen a mile or so down the road from our hotel. We climb in back of the jeep with our guide and head off. A few minutes later we are zooming past the fort we had seen without even slowing down. Turns out it was a resort.
Soooo, not for the first time on our Honeymoon, we are in a strange car, with two strange men, in a strange country, and we have NO IDEA WHERE WE ARE GOING. The REAL fort was several miles up a dirt road, then a mile up dirt stairs… then across the fort, there was the Ganesha Temple. That’s where this video was shot. It was a big holiday so there were thousands of people up there.
They all got up there using the same one lane dirt road as us. And home using that same road. Many, at the same time.
