Moving Day!!

The truck is here and we're finally moving! Fingers crossed that all
goes according to plan...

Cassie takes a sick day

Cassie has caught a small case of pink eye the week we are moving, so
John gets to spend today at home with her. We're having fun reading
books this morning!

Weekend in Tahoe

We just got back from a wonderful weekend up at Lake Tahoe. Carrie's friend from college, Kristy, got married up at Incline Village on Friday and we got the opportunity to go up and help celebrate. The wedding was beautiful, and the reception was a blast, as they typically are. Carrie's godparents graciously offered to let us stay at their house, which was basically just indulgent on our part. :) Here's Cassie and John enjoying the gorgeous weather from their pier early on Saturday morning.

Cassie Playing Piano

Nana and Pops got Cassie a little piano for her birthday, one of her many favorite new toys. She's been enjoying the process of discovering music this past week.

Happy Birthday, Cassie!

Today is Cassie's first birthday! It's crazy how fast this past year has blown by. She's walking and running totally independently, knows a dozen words, is able to say "dada" and "dogdog", eats almost all of her meals on her own now (with a huge mess) and even knows a smattering of sign language! We had a fun birthday party on Saturday with some friends and family, and Cassie has been having a ball the past couple of days with all her new toys.

We Are in Contract!!

We looked at hundreds of houses on-line, visited some 40-50 houses in person, wrote four offers, and spent a week negotiating the last one but... We are finally in contract with an accepted offer on an amazing home in Los Gatos! We have 14 days to get all our inspections and financials in order, and 35 days to close escrow, but pending no disasters, we will soon be the poorest new residents of Los Gatos! Here's a teaser pic from the new house to share...

Cassie is Walking!

Cassie has officially taken her first steps on her own. In the past week, she went from taking a step/lunge to being able to take 10-15 steps without assistance!

We Have Closed Escrow

We have officially closed escrow on our house in Campbell, and the money is in the bank! We're close to finishing the next step of the process as well, fingers crossed...

Cassie Playing with Water

One of the great things about Google Daycare is the pictures and video that the teachers send home. Cassie's teacher, Lauren, sent this video home this week with her playing with some water and paint.

Grandparents Come Visit

While Carrie's parents get to see Cassie close to once a month, John's parents don't get to visit as often since they live in Michigan. They were able to come by for a couple days after a conference up in Seattle and see Cassie for the first time since Christmas. Cassie really enjoyed herself and all the special treatment, like getting to play with Yeh Yeh's laptop.

Solid Foods

Cassie has almost completely graduated from baby foods at this point, just having a small amount of baby food fruit in the morning with her cereal. She has chopped up pieces of real food at most of her meals, like in this picture where she's making a complete mess out of some delicious strawberries.

Barbeque at Jodi and Jason's

A bunch of Carrie's friends from high school got together last weekend at Jodi and Jason's house. We had a delayed Cinqo de Mayo party for the adults, and the kids all got to run around and play with the (surprisingly) large number of kids toys that Jodi has at their house. Cassie is playing with her new friend, Leah (20 months) in this picture.

Cassie Getting Ready to Walk

Cassie has been crawling for some time now, is able to stand for several seconds on her own, and can actually take a step or two by herself. But, far and away, her favorite way to get around is walking while somebody holds her hands. She could walk around the house all day long if we let her. Here, she gets to cruise around with Nai Nai during a visit last week.

Grace and Russ' Wedding

Our friends, Grace and Russ, tied the knot a few weeks ago at the Hotel Los Gatos. Was a really fun time and a nice chance to get out to celebrate with good friends. Their photographers have a really cool style to their shooting, this picture is one that they grabbed of Carrie during the reception.

Kelsey's Birthday Party

Our cousin/niece, Kelsey, celebrated her 7th birthday last weekend with a big birthday bash at a park in San Francisco. We joined in on the festivities and had a fun afternoon enjoying the nice weather and sunshine.

In other news, the house selling is going well. We've been on the market for a little over three weeks now, and are generating a ton of interest. We've gotten around 15 groups of people at each open house, and there's probably half a dozen showings during the week where realtors bring in interested clients. We've had three offers, and have countered two of them. Fingers crossed. :)

So Big!

Cassie is growing quickly and learning lots of new tricks. One of her latest is "So Big!" where she raises her hands over her head to demonstrate how big she is.



Note that YouTube now support HD videos. If you have a VERY fast internet connection, you can view new videos that we post in glorious 720p high definition. It's much clearer than normal, but does take significantly more bandwidth. Look for the "HD" button in the lower right hand side of videos for the option to switch. Also, occasionally YouTube will give an error that the video is unavailable. Just refresh and try again, this is usually a server-side problem.

John's Hockey Team Wins Championship

John's hockey team finished up its first ever season on ice with a championship last night. We beat our league rivals in back-to-back wins to take the best of 3 series. John finished the season with 6 goals and 3 assists, putting him in the #5 spot of 23 players for total points. Our final record was 15-6-4.

Fun Vegas Trip

Our trip to Las Vegas was a ton of fun. April Fool's jokes aside, John actually did do really well at the Blackjack tables. We had amazing food, including our anniversary dinner at 2 Michelin star-rated Alex Restaurant. Carrie got to enjoy the world-class spas, we spent time relaxing at the pool, and we got to catch the really fun Blue Man Group show. This picture is the view from our room at the Wynn Hotel, obviously breaktaking. Not only did we have amazing views of the strip, you can also see the famous Wynn waterfall in the middle of the picture.

Shopping at Manolo Blahnik

One of the highlights of going to Las Vegas is that Carrie can go shopping at some of the amazing designer stores there. We took Carrie shopping at Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo, but she returned to her favorite shoe store, Manolo Blahnik.

This trip was to celebrate our four year anniversary. Traditionally, the gift for the fourth year is "fruit and flowers." Carrie got John a cool avocado plant because he LOVES avocados. John got Carrie a floral print dress from Ted Baker and a new pair of shoes from Manolo Blahnik. You can see her wearing the dress in this picture along with the shoes she ended up loving the most.

Happy April Fool's Day!

OK, so Carrie didn't actually hit a huge jackpot at slots (yet). We're just having some fun. But we are actually in Vegas. And we are actually having a ton of fun. Happy April Fool's Day everyone!