The new digs

Heff has his new office all set up and is busy working away. His office is on El Camino two blocks from my office and we get to have lunch together most days! Luckily there is also a Staples right next to his building so we have him all set up with new computers, a printer, fax machine, scanner/pdf machine, and all the other fun toys. I think his favorite is the label maker :) We spent the day together Sunday setting up his filing system and Quickbooks so now he can start billing those hours! We are so happy to have so much more time together and although it is hard to adjust to, I think Heff is loving being his own boss out on his own.

Here is a picture of the office...

Carter TRIPLETS

Our good friends Kim and Ryan Carter are expecting triplets (three BOYS!) and getting closer and closer to their arrival date! Kim is at 29 weeks and doing a great job, she's been homebound on the couch since January so my mom and I get over to visit as often as we can to bring lunch and visit. We're so excited for them!

A few weeks ago my mom and I hosted a baby shower for Kim... here is a picture I finally downloaded of the Carter girls (Georgia, Beth and Jill) who we grew up next door to and Kim's mom and grandma. We had fun and the "triple" gifts she got were adorable! Their blog is www.cartertriplets.blogspot.com :)

Hawaii!

We just got back from our trip and had so much fun with "The Johnets" in Oahu. We spent most of the time out by the pool and on the beach reading books, playing Scrabble and of course ordering fruity drinks (mine just lacked the main ingredient!) Heff managed to get some work done with his laptop and an internet connection some mornings too. I was so excited he was so easily "talked into" the last minute trip... but he told a friend that I've been a "trooper" through the first trimester and the only thing I complained about was being so pale, a problem he said this could fix. :) (I think he conveniently forgot about all the other complaining I do!) We had a great time and hope to make it an annual trip... if all goes well just with Baby Heff next year!

Here are some pictures from the trip...

Jan and Mare Enjoying "High Tea" on the veranda

Mare and Heff after dinner

Mare and Jan
The Johnets

Another Doctor's Appointment and Off to Hawaii!

We had another doctor's appointment on Monday morning with Dr. Nicole Hong who will hopefully deliver Baby Heff! She is great and was very excited for us. We heard the heartbeat on the doppler at 150 beats per minute... it was so much fun to hear! We made our next three appointments for every 4th Monday and our 20 week Ultrasound at the end of April.

Heff and I have a busy schedule for the next few months! Hopefully all of our activities will help the time pass until we get to meet the baby :) We have 6 weddings between now and then, a few vacations (yeah!) and lots of family events. This Friday we're actually off to Hawaii for 6 days... my parents were going and we decided there wasn't much holding us back as Heff can work remotely with his new practice and work is pretty much under control for me. Time to stock up on poolside reading and find a bathing suit that fits!

Gone Fishin'

We had a great weekend in Red Bluff enjoying the beautiful weather and spending time with friends & family. I am feeling good and almost begining to "show" getting a little belly, I'm loving maternity pants already! :) Saturday we went fishing with Brendon Flynn and Madeline, Spencer and Eva at Eagle Canyon Trout Farm... we were there almost all day and watched the guys catch lots of giant fish! Here are a few pictures from the day:

Flynn Kids watch Heff pull in a rainbow

Sisters
Watching Dad

Heff's Birthday...

Okay it was 3 weeks ago... but I just found a cute picture from Kat's camera of Heff's surprise party!

The Crib

Heff and I were glad to have a quiet weekend to relax and do a whole lot of nothing. We took my dad out to dinner Friday night since my mom was in Nashville for the week visiting baby Ann and antique shoppng with her friends. Saturday we walked to breakfast and did some errands downtown (opened a Bank account for The Law Offices of Brian T Heffernan!) and enjoyed the nice sunny weather that is finally here! Sunday when "Jan" got home we walked over to my parents house for lunch and managed to find my old crib in the loft above the garage... my siblings all used it as well as my cousins Claire, Connor and Drew. It's a white "Jenny Lind" crib my parents got at Lullaby Lane when they were pregnant with me and we're going to use it in our nursery too! (Although Janet kind of wants it for her nursery, aka my sisters old room turned dad's office he's getting booted out of for Baby Heff... sorry Dad) It needs a little clean up and Heff if going to fix some of the hardware and make sure the slats and everything are "up to code" (we all survived it!) but we're excited to use it in our house.

Our neighbor, Philip, captured the moment on his camera phone :) Thanks Philip!

Day One

Today was my husband's first day out on his own... or unemployed... however you want to look at it. :) Just kidding, he is rearing to go and feels so good about his big decision. He slept in until 8am (big for Heff and I'm sure won't happen often) hung out at home with me before he packed up the car with the law books that have been arriving on our doorstep all week (they sell these books by the measurement of feet they take up on a shelf) We went to Staples to outfit his new office, always a fun kind of trip for me, picking out printers and lots of new office supplies. Then my favorite part of the day... LUNCH together! Not a completley rare occurance in the past, but never with a relaxed, no rush to get back to the office husband. And we walked from his office to my office and to lunch! I am feeling very lucky to be looking forward to so much more time with Heff :)

We also had a visit from cousin Emmy today from Aptos with her three adorable babysitting charges (all under the age of 4) whom she brought from Aptos via the bus, the train and some walking... pretty impressive feat for a twenty year old and three little kids! We had fun at the "Brilliant Babies Photo Shoot" we hosted at the office in the afternoon (pictures to follow) and after they headed home Heff and I had dinner with our friends Larry and Lucy and another couple they knew who actually live on the other side of our fenceline! Always fun to meet new neighbors and we had a delicious dinner at Larry and Lucy's house.

Tomorrow... Heff gets to work now that his office is, as he says "dialed in"!