2010 Daddy-Daughter Trip: California Academy of Sciences

After a really fun evening having dinner in a fancy restaurant and staying in a hotel room in Napa, we had to start heading home again.  To break up the car ride, we stopped at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to check out the extensive renovations and new exhibits there.  Cassie's favorite part was the aquarium where we spent the better part of an hour finding Nemo.  Finding Nemo is Cassie's favorite movie right now, so we enjoyed looking for clown fish and all of Nemo's friends including Dory, Marlin, and Gill.  We also enjoyed the rain forest exhibit where Cassie got up close and personal with butterflies, and grabbed a nice lunch in their new cafe before heading home.

2010 Daddy-Daughter Trip: Sonoma and Napa

Our end destination for this year's trip was wine country.  Not for the wine, obviously, but for a cool theme park called Sonoma Train Town.  Cassie is fascinated by all things trains and we look for every opportunity we can to take train rides.  After the zoo in the morning, Cassie caught a nap in the car while we drove up to Sonoma.  We had an amazing time at Sonoma Train Town, riding the train, seeing the petting zoo, riding the roller coaster, going on the Ferris wheel, and even checking out the merry-go-round.  Cassie wore her train conductor outfit the whole time and really enjoyed seeing all the different trains!

2010 Daddy-Daughter Trip: SF Zoo

Every year, Cassie's school takes a week off for teacher planning and to move classrooms.  We took the opportunity this year to go on our second Daddy-Daughter Trip.  We left first thing in the morning and headed up the Peninsula, stopping at the San Francisco Zoo for a fun morning.  Cassie had a great time seeing all the animals, her favorite being the monkeys and one particular colorful baboon.  We also got to catch the penguin and grizzly bear feedings, as well as ride the train and the merry-go-round!

Snocone!

Catching up with some older posts.  Back in August, Cassie and John went to a really fun birthday party with a bounce house, Thomas the train, cotton candy, popcorn machine, and Snocones!  It was the first time Cassie has ever had cotton candy or Snocones, and she obviously loved them!

First Night

We brought Hayley home from the hospital after a short morning of filling out discharge forms.  She's had a lot of poops, but seems to be happy to be home.  Cassie has welcomed her and has been in good spirits as well.  We've upgraded our babycam setup and are now able to watch both girls from any computer.  We're a few hours into our first night, fingers crossed...

Introducing Hayley Catherine Wei

Our new baby girl was born on Saturday evening, 9/18/2010, at 7:01pm in San Jose.  She weighs 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and is 20 inches long.  She has lots of dark hair, is alert, strong, and doing well.  Carrie did a great job delivering and is happy and healthy as well!  We are at Good Samaritan Hospital and welcome visitors while we are.