tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27780200773423502582024-03-12T20:58:16.041-07:00The Dachenhaus FamilyJeff and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073991035392026522noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778020077342350258.post-19872173166558664412011-12-16T09:51:00.000-08:002012-02-29T16:42:14.569-08:00Playgroup Christmas Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a Christmas party for our playgroup this year complete with cookie exchange for the parents and a white elephant gift exchange. We dressed all of the little ones in Christmas outfits. Jack originally had a little Christmas onesie that I planned to put him in but that morning when I tried to put it on it was too small! This seems to be a theme these days! Luckily we had a back up outfit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Jack has found his voice and is loving it!Jeff and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073991035392026522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778020077342350258.post-29520016605703757522011-11-25T15:40:00.014-08:002012-02-24T09:39:47.581-08:00Thanksgiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year Thanksgiving was spent with Jeff's family. As usual Sue did a wonderful job and all of the food was delicious!</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>We had a great time getting together with all of Jack's cousins. They are all so sweet to Jack and want to hold him. Jack loved watching them run around the house and wrestle. It was Dachenhaus Mania at Anna's! Clearly we need to bulk the little guy up so one day soon he can play with them too!Jeff and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073991035392026522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778020077342350258.post-84300736679786919002011-11-09T15:37:00.000-08:002011-12-21T22:08:58.446-08:00Big Boys Sleep in Cribs!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jack is now out of our bedroom and is sleeping upstairs in his crib! Woo hoo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>That night Jack dressed up in his skeleton costume and made it out to just a few of the neighbors for trick or treating to say hi. No candy for him yet!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just because you look good, doesn't always mean you feel good.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack is our little boxer. He always has his fists clenched!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This will be much easier once they can sit on their own!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandma has her arms full!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the warm sunshine and ocean breeze naps were in order for the whole family!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You'd never know it was October!</td></tr>
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This was the first time that Jack was able to meet my sister, Ashley and her family and they were so excited to meet him! Her son Daniel had been preparing for Jack's arrival by separating all of his toys into piles for "Baby Jack" to play with.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack with his cousins on my side: Kendall 5 mos and Daniel 3. Not so easy to get a picture of them together!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack and his "Tai Tai" (Great Grandma in Chinese)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life is exhausting for these two!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ashley's got her hands full with these two! They are so much fun!</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>What a great week in Santa Barbara we had! Jack also got to meet his GG (Jeff's Granny) which he just adored as well as Auntie Pam who is always a fan favorite! Sadly I didn't have my camera with me so I can't post any pics from this but I think his Grandy got some great shots of them!Jeff and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073991035392026522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778020077342350258.post-74571661214959747282011-10-02T17:15:00.000-07:002011-10-02T17:15:02.252-07:00Oktoberfest!This weekend we took Jack to <a href="http://www.oktoberfestbythebay.com/">Oktoberfest in San Francisco</a>. The annual festival is held at one of the old hangers on a pier near the ballpark. We met some of our friends at the festival to enjoy some refreshing German beer, authentic food and of course the Oompah band. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack was about the same size of the stein of beer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ken was willing to share his beer (he may be German but let's wait a few years Ken)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I planned ahead and pumped so that I could partake in the activities as well</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun outing for the whole family!</td></tr>
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He has also done many things in just this month. Some noteworthy milestones: his first NFL game, Happy Hour with some of Jeff's clients, joined a mommy and me group where he now has new friends and out to dinner for Chad's 30th birthday (slept through the whole thing). Often times when Jeff and I have him out at various places such as Starbucks, the grocery store, or running errands strangers will approach us and tell us how brave we are for venturing out with him or tell us of how scared they were with their newborns. For us we find these comments a little odd. Of course it is important to keep newborns protected etc. but come on people we've got to eat and I think we would all go insane if we just stayed in the house! Plus Jack seems to like venturing out so hopefully his willingness to accompany us places continues. <br />
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Jack favorites this month are car rides (although the Prius is sometimes too quite when it shuts off at lights), walks in the stroller, sleeping in the sling or bjorn, sleeping with someone holding him and of course eating. <br />
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Here are a few photos from the first month!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Staying warm in cold San Francisco</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a snooze on daddy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chilling on the boppy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shirt speaks for itself!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hi! I'm one month old today!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>We look forward to what new adventures his second month of life will bring!Jeff and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073991035392026522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778020077342350258.post-86797769025318633642011-09-21T12:18:00.000-07:002011-09-21T12:37:38.953-07:00Cowboys Game!Sunday the 49ers were playing the Cowboys and we were lucky enough to get tickets to the game. Jack was excited to wear his Cowboys onesie from his Auntie Ashley's family. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We started off the day with a little bit of tailgating.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>The trip to the game was a success and Jack slept through most of it. We lasted until the middle of the 3rd quarter when it got a bit too hot and somebody was starting to get hungry. I think Jack was a good luck charm for the Cowboys since they ended up winning the game!Jeff and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073991035392026522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778020077342350258.post-54388875577871490172011-09-16T12:22:00.000-07:002011-09-16T12:22:07.318-07:00Happy Time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-picasa-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZxHRdmzTIq0/TnOhXPT4FaI/AAAAAAAAAJo/uMvYDpsFP5o/s1600/IMG_0157.MOV"><param name="movie" value="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fv24.nonxt4.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3De9f728d5d80fc1ad%26itag%3D18%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1316222397%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3D4F48FF28A40584BA773955A4B275C5592BB49CEA.8DF070CE526CDCCA1245527B0BFC08600AC6ACD7%26key%3Dlh1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fv24.nonxt4.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3De9f728d5d80fc1ad%26itag%3D18%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1316222397%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3D4F48FF28A40584BA773955A4B275C5592BB49CEA.8DF070CE526CDCCA1245527B0BFC08600AC6ACD7%26key%3Dlh1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div>Jeff and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073991035392026522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778020077342350258.post-41373050712874332922011-09-16T12:12:00.000-07:002011-09-16T12:12:19.413-07:002 Week AppointmentApologies for the lack of posts. As I'm sure you can imagine things have been a bit hectic around here so unfortunately my postings have dropped off. After two weeks off, Jeff returned to work on Monday. Both mommy and baby were sad to no longer have him around as he is a great dad. Lucky for me my mom (Grandma) came back up and stayed with us from Sunday - Thursday and now Sue (Grandy) is here until Sunday. So this Monday will be the day of reckoning as it will be "just Jack" and me for the full week. Wish me luck!<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Tuesday was Jack's two week doctor's appointment. Jeff was unable to come so my mom came along with us. This was also the first time we met his doctor, Dr. Udovic. Jack was not happy about getting undressed to be examined, but was good overall throughout the exam.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting to meet the doctor.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">20-3/4" long (20" at birth)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6 lbs 13 oz (6 lbs 7 oz at birth)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting examined by Dr. Udovic. Just as we suspected he's perfect!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exhausted and elated parents!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weighing in at 6 pounds 7 ounces<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">20 inches long!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting warmed up!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>After two nights at the hospital we returned home. Jack is a wonderful baby and we are now adjusting to life at home with a newborn. I will post more pictures once I have a little more time.Jeff and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073991035392026522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778020077342350258.post-53426048985152075592011-08-25T10:29:00.000-07:002011-08-25T10:29:32.130-07:00Prego PizzaLast night we met our friends Leanne and Charley for dinner at Skipolini's Pizza in Walnut Creek. Leanne had told me about their "<a href="http://www.skipolinispizza.com/prego.php">Prego Pizza</a>" that legend has it helps induce labor. The pizza has thirteen different toppings and is pretty much like a loaded everything pizza. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yn0dIhtj4ZM/TlaFS01LSOI/AAAAAAAAAIs/1CKgbxDmreA/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" qaa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yn0dIhtj4ZM/TlaFS01LSOI/AAAAAAAAAIs/1CKgbxDmreA/s320/photo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">About to devour the Prego Pizza and hopefully get this labor moving along!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nNbA66HBakc/TlaFku8ZuYI/AAAAAAAAAIw/STJsREPK_6o/s1600/photo2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" qaa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nNbA66HBakc/TlaFku8ZuYI/AAAAAAAAAIw/STJsREPK_6o/s320/photo2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leanne and Charley opted for the Hawaiian pizza instead. I guess these newlyweds aren't quite ready for a baby! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The jury is still out but so far it seems to be more of a legend than reality for me. It was however a great opportunity to catch up with some good friends! I still have two pieces left from last night so you better believe that's what I'll be having for lunch today!</div>Jeff and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073991035392026522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2778020077342350258.post-76155479087283456572011-08-21T12:50:00.000-07:002011-08-21T12:50:19.504-07:00False AlarmThis past Thursday we had a false alarm. After having contractions all day that increased in frequency we ended up at the hospital to only be told to go back home and rest up after contractions ceased right about when they were hooking me up to the monitor. Talk about a kick in the pants! This baby is totally messing with us! <br />
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My parents ended up in SF for the weekend as they had jumped in the car as soon as they heard that things were happening. So we spent the weekend trying to get things moving again. I've been walking up our steep hill like a mad woman and doing anything else to try to get this baby out. Saturday we went to the <a href="http://www.sfstreetfoodfest.com/">San Francisco Street Food Festival </a>which was super delicious. We had gone last year but didn't go early enough so it was really crowded and some of the booths had already run out of the most popular menu items. This time we knew better and were able to get quite a bit of food before all of the crowds showed up. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P-sKHpe1CLE/TlFfBNyIWBI/AAAAAAAAAIg/VF6_98GuvQU/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" qaa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P-sKHpe1CLE/TlFfBNyIWBI/AAAAAAAAAIg/VF6_98GuvQU/s320/photo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Afterwards we decided to take a hike in the Marin Headlands as it's a gorgeous hike with views of the ocean and the SF skyline and to hopefully get some contractions going again. Well by the time we got there the typical SF weather had rolled in and the warm sunny day ended up being windy and foggy. Nonetheless we had a great hike despite the fact that at the top we couldn't even see anything through the thick fog! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fDWsyP63RAs/TlFgLnME3xI/AAAAAAAAAIk/bq8kHkpQ7qM/s1600/belly+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" qaa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fDWsyP63RAs/TlFgLnME3xI/AAAAAAAAAIk/bq8kHkpQ7qM/s320/belly+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Despite the walking, hiking etc. this baby just doesn't seem to want to come out. Apparently I have made his current home a little too comfy! Since nothing seemed to be happening my parents headed back to Santa Barbara today to wait for the next call. Although no baby came it was really nice to get to spend some quality time with them before the baby's arrival.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bl5sChASdtY/TlFhBxBxfSI/AAAAAAAAAIo/2hFNDxWyjMQ/s1600/belly+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" qaa="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bl5sChASdtY/TlFhBxBxfSI/AAAAAAAAAIo/2hFNDxWyjMQ/s320/belly+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Come on BBD, we are ready to be a family of four!</div>Jeff and Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09073991035392026522noreply@blogger.com3