First 1st Birthday Party and BIG Sleepover!!

Tomorrow (Saturday, April 5th) our new mom's group is having a big 1st birthday party at Gymboree!! We're really looking forward to it! Should be lots of fun!! We don't see our new mom's group friends as often as we used to so it will be nice to see everyone! Blake and Tristan will be the only "under age" kids at the party! LOL! Tristan's Mom and I joked that we'll have to get them fake i.d.'s!!!! After the party at Gymboree we are heading to my parents house. Cal and I leave for San Francisco at 6 a.m. Sunday morning. We are staying the night in Stony so that we don't have to get Blake up at 4 a.m.! My sister is coming home this weekend so we will see her on Saturday and then she is staying in Stony until Monday so she will be hanging out with Blake and my Mom! I hope that he has a good visit! He was really good for my Mom last Friday when he stayed the night so hopefully he will be just as good for a few more days! We're really looking forward to our trip. We have Alcatraz tickets and Giants tickets booked and can't wait for the shopping :) We thought about doing a wine tour but might wait until the next trip for that!! We don't want to pack too many things into the trip - we need to rest and relax too!! It's hard to believe I start work on April 14th. Wow! I'll say it again - where has the time gone?? I'm am really excited for my new job, but sad at the same time - this chapter in my life is over and it's on to a new one! I know for the rest of my life I'll feel that time is moving too fast! I have to really try to "live in the moment"!! And I am so grateful for the past year. Take care everyone!

Luv Tracy

Can't Believe It!!

Wow! Today I took Blake to the day home at 10 and picked him up at 12:30. When I got there Karen took him and put him down to play in the playroom. I came in to look at the new playroom and he was busy playing with the Little People garage! I thought, well I better go now while he's having fun and playing. So I left, got in my car and backed out of the drive way!! Once I backed out of the driveway I got all teary!!! We've left him at my Mom and Dad's but that is different. This was a big step! He's growing up :( Anyways, I did a few errands and then met my Mom for lunch. I called Karen at 11:30 to see how he was doing and she said he was great. He hadn't cried or fussed or anything, he was just playing and watching the other kids!! Then when I got there at 12:30 I walked in and he was facing the other way playing and I said, "Hey buddy!" He looked at me and smiled a huge grin and kept right on playing!!! He's so comfortable there, it's awesome! The only problem was that he wouldn't take his bottle before lunch, but she said he ate his lunch well and that she thinks he just wanted to be with the other kids because he kept sitting up and pointing to them and trying to get out of her lap! So that's not a big deal, I'm sure he'll get used to it and take it eventually. It's a huge relief that he was so good and happy there! Karen said he did look around a bit, like he was looking for me. She said we've obviously done a great job because he's so secure and content! That was a nice compliment!!! I like to thing we've done a good job so far :) Anyways, it makes it way easier to leave him knowing he's happy and having fun! But I was a bit surprised that he didn't fuss at all! Oh dear, my little man is not so little anymore ...