Girlfriends!

I am truly blessed to have such amazing women in my life! Tuesday I went out to have dinner with Andy & Raquel at one of my favorite restaurants here in Alameda, La Pinata. Great conversation, lots of laughs, delicious Mexican food, and margaritas! Then yesterday evening my dear co-workers and friends Shawna & Rachel came over to visit with Zoey and I. They were so kind to bring us a delicious dinner from Whole foods, and we caught up over dinner and wine. Fun! I love my girlfriends!

My baby girl is 2 months old!

Today is Zoey's 2 month birthday......wow time is sure flying by fast! : )

Date Night!

On Saturday David and I had our first night out together since Zoey was born! Grandma Backes came out to babysit Zoey while we went wine tasting and enjoyed dinner at Pasta Pelican restaurant while watching the Lighted Yacht Parade go by in the Oakland Estuary near Jack London Square. It was a lovely evening, a delicious dinner, and a great way to ignite some holiday spirit inside of us.

Hayden's 2nd Birthday!

We had a little family party on Sunday to celebrate Hayden turning 2! Curious George was the theme since that's her favorite show - she even makes a cute little monkey sound when she sees George or wants to watch the show - too cute! Hayden is becoming such a little lady!

Zoey meets Santa!

Since this is Zoey's first Christmas season, we wanted to take her to meet Santa Clause for the first time! We dressed her up in her cute red dress and took her down to Santa's house here in town at the Alameda Town Center. She woke up just in time for the visit, made one small cry when we passed her off to Santa, but then remained calm the rest of the time and just starred up at him in curiosity - too cute! Even though Zoey won't remember this experience, I'm glad we got some pictures for the memory book!

Cirque Du Soleil Ovo w/Michael!

My dear friend Michael had complimentary tickets to the premiere night of Cirque Du Soleil's new show Ovo in the City last night and he invited me as his date! We had such a great evening together! We started with a delicious dinner at Paragon restaurant - crab cake, Cesar salad and BBQ chicken pizza, and a bottle of Pinot Noir. Delicious! Then we walked over to the Grand Chapateu in the parking lot of AT&T park for the show. I was SO impressed with the performance - amazing acrobatics, dancing, colorful costumes and catchy upbeat music...very impressive! I highly suggest seeing it if you can - what an breathtaking show!

Zoey

Hope you're not sick of seeing new Zoey pics! : )