Costco, the Park, Sushi & Nacho

Sunday was a beautiful day. After church, we came home and both Matt and Evan took naps while I ran over to Costco. I love going to Costco. I love weaving through the isles to see what's new. And of course, I love the samples! It's funny because suddenly all of these adults turn into little kids who can't wait their turn. As soon as the sample lady puts the food out everyone just grabs as fast as they can. Me included. Oh I pretend to be courteous but I'm really eyeing the biggest piece and am watching for cutters. I also love how Costco is now carrying all kinds of organic products. I buy the organic lettuce pack, free- range eggs, meats (when they have them), tapioca pudding, milk, butter. And these aren't organic but I buy diapers there. I also like walking through the TV isle. The downside is that I never get out of there for under $100. Even if all I went in to get was $30 worth. I end up coming out with books, some gadget and food I didn't intend to buy.

Anyway, when I got home we all went to the playground at Mission Bay so Evan could try the swings. He didn't like it at all. But he liked crawling around on the grass. He doesn't like the texture or the feeling of the grass on his skin but he likes to eat it. Our friends Lenny and Amy and their daughter Abby joined us and then we grabbed some sushi and watched Nacho Libre yet again at thier house. Oh yeah, and we also picked up some frozed yogurt at Golden Spoon.

Evan's Chewy Ball

Ice Cream Truck Breaks Down

Abby

Lenny & Amy

A Life is Born

Hailey Marie Eriksson was born last night at 11:19 p.m. and I got to video tape the whole thing! What a sweetie. She weighed 5.2 pounds and was 18 inches long. She was early but she is doing fine. Shannon did awesome and now I can't wait for her to start enjoying her little girl. I'm so excited for them!

oh, my baby!

He's getting soo BIG! I just love this stage he's in. Matt and I can't say it enough... He is SO cute! He turned 10 months today and it's bittersweet because it's nearing his 1 year birthday. I just can't beleive a whole year has gone by! And my baby won't be a blank-month-old anymore. You want to stop time but you can't.

I spend a lot of time with him but we're always out and about. We're always so busy I don't have time to write half of it on my blog. After the craze surrounding my cousin Estee's wedding, the following week started out busy as well with family in town. My cousin Roxy who I visited in Michigan just about a month ago was here and everyday I had something to do. Then it was Father's Day followed by my mother-in-laws birthday. This weekend is Shannon's baby shower and next weekend is my other cousin Clay's wedding. My brother will be in town for just a two quick days. I keep thinking things will settle down but they never do.

Anyway, I am excited about summer. I love the beach. Which reminds me, we took Evan to the beach for the first time the other day. He had just woken up from a nap though but he was still very intrigued and was very observant.

GOLF on Father's Day

Can you believe golf is on all day?

Today is Father's Day and Matt has been watching golf all day. It's his day but if it were me, I'd be out enjoying the sunshine.

My father-in-law did suggest going out but Father's Day is only 1 day of the year. And today is Matt's very first Father's Day! So I just want him to enjoy his day however he wants. He's taking a nap now, so I'm blogging.

Afterward, we're going to my aunt Marta and uncle Bob's house to spend the other half of the day with my dad. My cousins and thier kids are there too.

Wedding Day Bliss

Going to weddings makes me want to go back to my wedding day. Well maybe not the day of... but the day after, when we left for our honeymoon. And definately not the day before, when you're anxious and nervous and feel like you needed more time to tie all the loose ends.

Weddings are actually quite stressful for the bride and groom. There are timelines to meet all day. Hair and makeup appointments, get to the church on time, rush through pictures to get to the reception, to get introduced as Mr and Mrs., to dance the first dance, to greet all the guests, to cut the cake, to toss the bouquet. And inevitably not everything goes according to plan. The DJ's car breaks down and is late to the reception, or the photographer goes to the wrong place.

It's really all the guests who enjoy the wedding. They eat, dance, laugh at the relative who had a little too much to drink. And every wedding has one of these... the funny dancer who has no idea he's the funny dancer.

I got to enjoy a little bit of what the guests enjoyed since I was one of them. But as the matron of honor I was there for my cousin Estee throughout her day and I was also reminded of how stressful that day can be. After the church and pictures they were running about an hour behind "schedule". Her photographer made it but the DJ called during the ceremony and told me he had broken down and was being towed to the car shop. So he sent another DJ two hours late! Then he didn't have thier song for the first dance. The grooms parents got lost on their way to the reception. The bride got sick.

You might think this sounds horrible, but anyone who has ever had a wedding can relate. In reality the wedding was wonderful. And no one probably noticed any of those details that the bride had spent months planning. First of all, she looked beautiful. The ceremony was meaningful and quite short. The reception was stunning. It was at a private clubhouse, Spanish in architecture with a fountain and a beautiful rod iron gate at the entrance. Two fireplaces flanking the dance floor on either side. Candles and flowers on the tables. They danced to "Sabor A Mi" and no one knew it wasn't "their song". It was a fun crowd on the dance floor and I really had a good time. When Estee and Cookie left we all line up on two sides and lit up those firecracker sticks and they ran out waving good-bye.

I don't have any wedding pictures yet, but here are a few of their engagement pictures.

Lost My Voice

I feel so weird not being able to talk! It started Friday night. We went out to dinner at Cafe Sevilla downtown for my cousin Estee's bachelorette party. My throat started feeling a little funny and got progressively worse as the night progressed. I ordered too much food and a virgin mojito but I don't think that had anything to do with it. I did talk a lot but I also don't think that had anything to do with it either. And I'm not sick. I feel perfectly fine. But when I blurt something out, something horrible comes out. I wish I could describe it as raspy and seductive but its more like a sea lion's. I can feel the strain in my vocal cords .

Anyway, I had a really good time at Estee's bachelorette party. After dinner she had a sleepover at my cousin Nicole's apartment not far from my house. I stayed pretty late but didn't spend the night since I'm a married woman with a baby now. But we played games and talked all night... maybe that was it. Still, no, I don't think so.

So Estee gets married on Friday and I'm the Matron of Honor. I'm really excited for her but I'm not looking forward to doing the speech. I've been trying to think of the perfect toast and that is a lot of pressure. We've known each other our whole lives and I feel like I just have a short moment to sum all of that up into two minutes. That and the pressure to be somewhat entertaining to all the guests.

And lets not forget, a sea lion disguised in a red dress! VOICE, Come BACK!