New License Plates

It seems that everyone in California has vanity plates on their car, they certainly seem more popular than in any other state. Ever since moving here, John has wanted vanity plates but didn't want something dumb or that he would get tired of after 6 months. So after 9 years, he finally settled on "GTDRPTP", a reference to his Mustang GT convertible (GT Drop Top). They arrived this week and look fantastic!

Pebble Beach

The common piece of advice that everybody continues to give us as Carrie's due date approaches is to spend time together and take those weekend getaways that you want to go on before it becomes hard to. So last weekend we went on our third "last big trip" to Pebble Beach. We spent the weekend down in Monterey at the luxurious Lodge at Pebble Beach. We had some great food, amazing weather, and lots of time to relax. Since golf is difficult for Carrie at this point, we spent Saturday kayaking in Stillwater Cove, which is a protected bay that sits between the 17th and 18th holes at Pebble Beach. The water was smooth as glass, and we saw leopard sharks, harbor seals and lots of sea otters. We also had the opportunity to catch the bagpiper at Spanish Bay as he walked the dunes at sunset. And John got his golf fix in at the beautiful driving range at Spyglass.

4D Ultrasound

Ray, a friend of ours, works for Siemens and has connections into their ultrasound division. As part of their research and development, they need models to see how their latest and greatest machines are working, so Carrie had an opportunity to go and model with Baby Sparkle. We got to take home some pictures and video from the session. This is one of the pictures where the baby is smiling and looking forward to coming out two months from now.

Bon Jovi in concert

Today is our three year wedding anniversary. And to celebrate, we took Baby Sparkle (her new nickname) to her first concert at -2 months old! It's a good thing that we generally share the same taste in music. We've been wanting to see Bon Jovi in concert for a couple of years now, and when the opportunity arose to sit in the 20th row, smack in the middle of the floor, we jumped on it. They played all their old hits as well as the new hits from the last two albums. Even Sparkle seemed to enjoy rocking out.