Old toys become new again

Today we brought out the piano ... and it's a hit with both boys. David is having fun rediscovering it and Caleb is having a blast realizing that HE's making noise. He seems rather comfortable in it and turning, twisting and sliding already!! So much more exciting things to come my dear ...

Another day to remember ... but not in a happy way ...

Today ... someone or a group of people chose to set off bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. One of the most well known races internationally. Today is also a holiday in Boston known as "Patriots Day" therefore many are not working as this is also traditionally a LARGE spectator event. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those whose family/friends have either lost their lives or are injured. So far the number stands at 3 deaths and 176 injured with no clue as to who did this and why.

I hope soon we figure it out ... most times groups are so eager to show how powerful they are ... but given that no one has come forward I wonder if its one individual. But still ... why ... I hope we have more information soon.

Caleb's Baptism

This past Monday we celebrated the baptism of Caleb. And we were lucky enough to have Rev. David Beronio preside over the ceremony. And Grandma and Grandpa Price were in town for the festivities too! This of course too meant that we went to Lake Tahoe!! The cool spring weather and a little bit of snow made for a great trip but nothing too crazy. It was a quick weekend trip but we got to enjoy the sites, sounds and tastes. Including a chilly romp on the Edgewood golf course.

As usual, Rev. Beronio did a GREAT job even though we were a smidge unprepared. But it was a great memory nonetheless. Including a yummy cake from Cork & More to celebrate at the Beacon at Camp Richardson. Although it did start out a little tiring ... afteral ... we did run a half marathon in San Francisco the morning we drove up to Tahoe. Crazy, we know. But you do what you gotta do because you love your children. :)

We also made sure to go have a snow ball fight at the bottom of Heavenly at the close of the skiing day. We definitely stayed out there too long but we couldn't ignore the fun we were having in the snow. Making snow men, throwing snow balls at each other.

And we're rolling ...

He did it ... Caleb rolled over tonight for a full house. Aunt Kathy is in town from Maryland and the boys and I spent the day with her, Paige and Debbie and Gary out at the Livermore wineries. It was such a beautiful spring day here in the Bay Area. and we moved the party from the wineries to our home. Letting Caleb get some much needed space to wiggle he snuggled up to his new Easter Chick stuffed animal. And I credit the chick for helping him roll over. He was holding it up and out in front when he started to roll and it helped get his arm out of the way to make the whole roll. Kathy, Paige and Grandma Civello were present to see it. Even David cheered him on. It was so cute.

Only 4 months in and we have LOTS more to go through. So many exciting things happen the first year of your life ... it's great that we're here to note it and take photos to show them when they're older. :)

Cloth Diapering Here We Come

Well ... it's official. I decided to get off the pot so to speak. LOL ... and I got our cloth diapers ordered for Caleb. Once they get here and get them all washed we can start our new journey. Mike is a little hesitant but he knows that a bulk of the work will fall onto me. The extra washing, stuffing etc. But I'm looking forward to trying it out and we'll have about 20days to truly check it out and see how we'll do. After all we'll be doing wash every 2-3days so it should give us a decent number of washes to check it out. I know that we have a road bump ahead in laundering. I've read that it's hard to get the settings just right for front loading washers so I'll have to finagle that.

Some really fun prints though ... can't wait to start the new adventure!!!