Today Lindsey, Commodus, and I went for a walk near our house. It was a beautiful crisp winter day, and it felt great to walk off some of those Christmas cookies. According to one of our baby books we're two days short of seven months pregnant. Here are some of the shots we got.
Lindsey looking very radiant
An assortment of poses
Le Tummy
Commodus and Lindsey
Pug in the wild
We just finished up several days of Christmas celebrations with our family. Having recently moved into our new (and bigger) home, we volunteered to host the festivities. On Christmas eve we had hors douvres, played a gift exchange game, and were visited by Santa. On Christmas day we opened the remainder of our gifts, went for a walk, and prepared a delicious feast. Lindsey and I really enjoyed having all our family together.
Lindsey, Jonathan, Commodus, and Baby
Both our families
Commodus being his usual cute self
Santa
My Dad could probably pass for Santa
My little sister, Ashleigh
Lindsey and our adorable niece Nicole
Today, while the power was out, we took Commodus over to see Santa at WagsBelltown. Wags is a doggie daycare in downtown Seattle, and is owned by a friend of ours.
One of my wedding photographer buddies, Ron Henry was taking pictures. I also brought along a camera and got a couple shots.
First we put the antlers on Commodus.
Next we tried putting him up behind Santa.
Commodus was cooperative for a moment, but then he attacked Santa's beard.
Santa snoozing on the job.
Lindsey, Commodus, and I spent the last 70 hours without electricity after a doozie of a windstorm blew through on Thursday evening. The whole weekend wasn't too bad, but we're hoping it doesn't happen again soon. While the power outage was a major inconvenience it did bring our neighborhood closer together.
Several of the neighbors had generators, which they were kind enough to share. Since we had a fancy espresso machine and Starbucks was without power, we were able to team up with the generator-couples. (I heard there was at least one Starbucks open in Bellevue, but the line started out in the parking lot.)
We have natural gas for our stove, fireplace, and hot water. Many of our neighbors had electric stoves and no fireplaces, so we were very fortunate. Commodus doesn't like the cold much, but found a comfortable spot in front of the fire.
We also dressed Commodus up a little bit, which I'm sure he appreciated ;)
While I was in Hawaii, I was able to convince my wife to let me buy a fancy espresso machine. I justified it by showing the ROI created by a lesser dependecy on Starbucks visits. Here's the math:
Tamping my first shot.
My precious.
Molto buon!
Yesterday Lindsey and I picked up a crib for the baby. We've been watching the cribs on Craigslist for a few months in hopes of finding a really nice second-hand one. It paid off!
Last night Lindsey and I had our first baby class, along with about fifteen other expectant couples. The class was better than I expected. We learned about the birthing process and the first couple days following.
I did find some of the other classmates to be a bit comical. We were seated behind a nerdy-looking couple who couldn't keep their hands off each other. The guy could have been Bill Gates' twin, and the girl was quite a bit younger. Each time he leaned in for a kiss neither Lindsey nor I could see the instructor. During introductions he announced that he already had three children and three grand-children with another mother. I guess you could say he was alumni.
Overall the class was very informative, and the instructor was great. Next time we'll choose our seats more carefully.
Lindsey and I went on a babymoon to Maui last week. Nana and Grandpa King had already planned a two week trip there, and they invited us to join them for a portion of it. We spent a week with them swimming, walking, snorkling, diving, and sunbathing.
My dad got some great shots of Lindsey and I on the beach at sunset.
Lindsey's been craving Frosted Mini Wheats throughout the pregnancy. Hopefully a Costco-sized box will meet her needs.
To take care of my own cravings I found some ultra-yummy 100% Kona coffee and a ginormous bottle of Kirkland-brand vodka. Disclaimer: Both are being saved for Christmas when we'll have family around to help polish them off.
6-month profile. This is where all the Frosted Mini Wheats are going.
I even got my parents to pose for a couple sunset shots.
Beautiful Maui sunset.
