The other weekend my sweet friend Liz Carpenter was kind enough to throw me a baby shower with a bunch of the girls here in San Francisco. It was so much fun and I can't even believe all the hard work she put into it. She did such a great job! Another thing that made the whole weekend great was that we got to have some family come into town and stay with us too! My big sister Allyson and her two little girls Carlie and Rachel came up from Visalia and then Dan's mom and Grandma Meier flew up from San Diego. It was definitely a girl's weekend and even though it was busy it was a blast! It was so fun to see my sister and spend time with her as well as Dan's mom and grandma. The shower turned out perfectly and we all had a great time. We got so many cute and useful things for our little boy. I can't wait to try them out! Now he just needs to get here so we can put everything to good use! Thank you SO much to all the girls who came!
Besides the baby shower, the rest of the weekend we just spent relaxing with family and hanging out at home. Dan's brother Matt just left for another coast guard tour for 4 months so we had a little goodbye dinner for him. We'll miss seeing him but we're so glad April is still close by and we're so excited about their little one on the way!
Me with my good friends Ginny Miller (who is living in San Jose for the summer with her husband Jason) and Liz Carpenter (who did such a great job putting the shower together!)
A group picture with most of the girls at the shower
Me and my sweet sister Allyson
Me and Gin
Henrys & Millers
This is the cutest decoration that Liz made for the shower! Isn't it adorable?!
Ali is the best Momma! Here she is with baby Rach at dinner time!
My precious little niece Rachel
A Family shot: Me, Danny, Grandma Meier, April, Matt, Tami, & Grandpa Bob
Carlie, Rachel, and me 
Me and my girl
Baby Shower & Spending Time with Family
So Fun to See the Fam....
Two weeks ago Dan's brother Andrew, Sister Mel, and her little boy Alex drove up from San Diego for a visit. It was so fun to see them and spend some time with them. Andy is just getting ready to put in his mission papers so we're grateful to get to spend all the time we possibly can with him. We also haven't gotten to see Mel and Alex since October and so it was wonderful to see them. Alex is the cutest little boy ever and he is growing up so fast. We mostly just hung out and relaxed but we did get out and see a few of the sites. Here are some pictures from their visit.
Dan, Mel, Alex, & Andy with the classic bridge shot
A view of the city from Crissy Field
An awesome view
Matt & Liz gave us the SWEETEST radio flyer scooter that they found at a yard sale for our little boy. Alex really enjoyed taking it on a test ride or two for him while he was here. He couldn't quite figure out how to scoot it by himself so luckily Uncle Andy was there to help. Alex tucked his feet right under the scooter and got pushed all around the house. It was adorable.
Uncle time
Just chillin' with Uncle Dan
Account Executive - Hooray!!!
So we have great news this week! Dan got his first promotion at Grey to an Account Executive! Dan has worked so hard and deserves this more than anyone! He has been doing such a good job and it is so great to see him recognized for his talent and effort. They told him this is the fastest they've ever seen anyone get promoted so it is really quite an honor. I could go on and on saying all the amazing things about my husband but I'll try not to embarrass him too much. I'm just so proud of him for all that he has accomplished over such a short amount of time. We love you so much sweetie!!
To celebrate, Dan and I went out to dinner Monday night at The Franciscan Restaurant on Pier 43 1/2. We had a wonderful evening out and Dan even enjoyed Crab for the first time! We had so much fun. What a great reason to celebrate!
4th of July Fun!
The 4th of July is one of my all time favorite holidays. I think it is because of all the fun memories I have spending it in Colorado. But even though we weren't able to be in Colorado this year we still had a great time. Dan and I got the bright idea in the morning that we should drive down to Santa Cruz and enjoy a nice warm beach for a change. Unfortunately, it would seem everyone else had the same idea! Although we expected crowds once we got down there we had no idea how packed the 17 freeway would be from San Jose down to Santa Cruz! But despite the long car ride we still had a great time. We picked up our good friend Jason Miller in San Jose on the way down and he spent the afternoon with us. It was great having him with us. We had a relaxing and fun time in the warm sunshine down on the beach by the Santa Cruz Boardwalk amusement park. We played frisbee, got a little sun, had some yummy snacks, and the boys even ventured for a swim. We left in time to beat the crowds home fortunately and our drive was much much faster back up north. We even made it in time to go to Ghirardelli Square/Fisherman's Wharf to watch an amazing fireworks show with a bunch of friends from our ward. I don't have the pictures from that yet because we forgot our camera, but as soon as I get some copies from our friend I will post them too! We really did have a great day! Unfortunately, we must have had a little too much fun because we ended up back in the hosptial for a few hours around 2 am with consistent contractions. Fortunately, they were able to stop them yet again and the baby is fine. They think I just contract a lot more easily than most people. So as long as nothing is progressing as far as real active labor then the doctors aren't too concerned. They still just want me to take it easy and monitor things over the next couple weeks until I'm in 'safe' territory. I think the combination of the busy day and some dehydration just added up to no good. But luckily everything is fine and we'll see how things go the next few weeks!
Enjoying the sunshine!
The boys after their freezing cold swim!
