girls weekend away

this last weekend, i was able to get away to napa for 4 days with my best friends. these are the girls that were my bridesmaids and whom i've known as long as preschool and gradeschool. we rented a house in downtown napa, then spent the next few days in napa, st. helena, and calistoga. we wine-tasted at v. sattui winery and sterling winery in calistoga. we even went to a cooking demonstration at the culinary institute, then at dinner there. we all agreed that the food was some of the best we'd ever eaten. it was so nice to be away, especially with friends i get to see only a few times a year. i'm also thankful to tim (and grammie and grampa) for taking good care of the girls while i was away.

kitchen update

so, many of you have probably forgotten that we are remodeling our kitchen. yes, 6 months later we are still in the process. thankfully, as of tonight, we have our glass plates, glasses, and bowls in the cupboard. tim has been working endlessly building our cabinets, which have proved to be a little more intensive and time consuming than originally planned, but they look awesome. the last thing to do for those is to build the drawers, then we can officially move back into the kitchen. here are some updated pictures.

bath time fun

tonight the girls had so much fun playing in the the tub-i had to go and grab the camera (don't tell anyone that i did that:)

teeth

i'm posting this so that you can see the cute picture of amelia that i got, but also to show you the new teeth that have just arrived. she now has a total of 6!

swinging at "our" park

who would have known that 5 years ago, when tim and i purchased our house, we would frequent "our" park day after day. like i referenced, kate calls this "our" park because we walk to it, or run through it almost every day. tim and i, pre-kids, could have cared less about having a park so close, but know now that this will be something we look for in every house we buy. it's so fun to see the girls swinging side by side now that melia is old enough to swing too. tim met us there after work (no, that is not his normal "park" attire:)

puffs

you know, the barely flavored, air-like things that babies love to feed themselves. we have just discovered that amelia (& kate) love them and that she loves to feed herself. this works in our favor during meals, when she's in the stroller and just when we're bored. i hope we're not teaching her to be a snacker, but they sure keep her happy (& her thighs can vouch for that:)

fun weekend

we had a fun weekend. it all started with taking kate to build-a-bear. she worked very hard at pooping in the potty and was rewarded with stickers and ultimately a kitty she built and named "cupcake". it funny to see how proud she is of her kitty and it's fun to see where she's come with potty-training over the last few months. friday night we went to marine world as a family, then welcomed my parents for a quick weekend visit. we enjoyed yesterday at the oakland zoo. this is what summer weekends are all about!