It had been the longest we had gone without seeing each other, so when i put in the call to my mom a couple months ago that she needed to come visit, especially since im expecting, it was a no brainer! It seemed like forever from the booking of the flights, to their arrival, but as always, it was totally worth the wait!   As you saw in the last post, we surprised them both at the airport with balloons to tell them the sex of baby louis! And well if you didn't see that post, click here!!

We went to dinner and got settled back at the apartment before we all went to bed, it had been a long, exciting evening!   Friday, Mom, Nic and I were able to just spend the day together. I showed them the hospital where we'd be delivering the baby, and we had lunch at the Palo Alto Creamery, one of my faves!

We strolled around downtown Palo Alto and window shopped and grabbed a coffee. We also spotted Waldo! ha!   We then headed to Stanford University to see what campus had to offer. it was beautiful out and still needed to walk off that slice of apple pie!

 

 

 

 That evening we had a dinner planned with my cousin Veronica and her roommate Ari, Carmen and Jared, and of course me, CL, Mom and Nic. CL made reservations at Gravity and it was delish! It was so nice having an evening with everyone and getting the chance to catch up!

 

 

Nic had to leave early the next morning, so I really only got a day with him, but it was the best 24 hours ever! He's grown up to be such a talented musician and music producer and I can't wait 'til we can officially call him Uncle Nic!

Saturday we headed into the city to spend the day. We decided to take BART into the city, which for my mom was an adventure in and of itself! We started off at Ferry Building to wander the farmers market. It's seriously one of my favorite things to do on the weekends. CL even bought me the most delicious smelling bouquet of dried lavender. mmm!

 

we headed to china town for lunch, and we headed back to Nanking, and it was yummy as ever!

We walked Chinatown after lunch and perused the hundreds of shops. CL bought baby louis a knitted minion hat! its too cute! We also found out that baby louis will be born in the year of the horse, so he will be a strong, hard worker! We even stopped in the catholic church and lit a candle for Nic's flight (it was super delayed) and one for baby louis.

 

 

 

 

We headed back to the ferry building to grab a blue bottle coffee (or hot chocolate in my case) and rest a little before heading back home. we sat on the pier, had our drinks and tried the macaroons we purchased earlier that day. it was the perfect way to end the day.

 

 

we got home, exhausted, and relaxed for the rest of the evening before getting Mom her first In-and-Out burger! Her request! CL even got It's It ice cream sandwiches for dessert! Sunday we slept in, and headed to a early lunch before going shopping! I needed a few more 'maternity' shirts and another pair of jeans. I say maternity because im still rocking non-maternity shirts. Oh yeah.    as fast as the weekend came, it went even faster. by the time we got home it was already time to get Mom to the airport. I tried my best not to cry when we dropped her off, but of course, that lasted about 2 seconds! luckily i'll get to see her again over the holidays! it really was a fun, family weekend!

It's a.....

B O Y !

20 weeks! it's a boy!

Colby and I are so excited to welcome a baby boy in February! We found out about a month before saying anything to anyone- family included!

right after we found out!

as soon as the anatomy sonogram this was the first thing we saw, no joke! CL and i both were like 'looks like boy!!'

 We wanted to surprise my Mom and brother when they came to visit and I think it was definitely worth the wait! We surprised them at the airport when they arrived!

 

 

We also sent my Dad and Grandparents a little surprise in the mail since they couldn't be there too! They both got (hot pink) envelopes with a 'hooray!' card with this inside!

 My mom got a card too, but i forgot to take a photo of it.. womp womp. there was blue 'its a boy!' confetti in it along with a couple of sonogram pictures of baby boy!

I was able to talk to both my Dad and Grandparents as they opened their cards and learned the sex of the baby. They were both equally surprised! All the kids in our family have girls first, so the new generation is starting off with a boy!
I got to share the news with my bestie Carmen and cousin Veronica over that weekend as well! Carmen thought it was a boy but hoped for a girl and Veronica was certain it was a girl! They were shocked as well! We all went to dinner (Carmen & Jared, Mom & Nic, Veronica & Ari, and Me  &Colby!) to celebrate and spend some quality time together!

Everyone else got a text with this photo! We also posted it to instagram and facebook so that once the A team found out, the rest of our friends and family would know too!

We could not be more excited to meet our little man! and I don't care what people say, baby boy/ little boy stuff is totally adorable! We will definitely have the most stylish hip baby boy in the south bay!
oh and Molly & Bailey are super excited to have a little brother as well!

 

PS im currently 26, almost 27 weeks, so this was no lie a long time waiting!

The Epic Jones Visit!

Before we left Austin, we knew that there were certain friends that would have to come visit. We really had just started hanging out a lot and it was so sad to leave them! So when the stars, or football schedules aligned and the Houston Texans were scheduled to play the San Francisco 49ers in San Francisco, Bryan and Courtney planned an extended weekend trip to come visit us, see the city, and of course go to the game! Colby picked them up from the airport on Thursday night and I met them at Gott's Roadside in Palo Alto. It was SO good to see our friends, and even better to see friendly faces! Bryan and Courtney are seriously the nicest people and really great friends and we really missed seeing them! We took them on a short tour of Palo Alto, and finally got a Cream ice cream sandwich. Y'all. A build your own ice cream sandwich made with fresh baked cookies of your choice and your choice of ice cream. SO worth the line!

i had a 1/2 sandwich with a turtle cookie and cookies and cream ice cream! a pregos dream!

They stayed with us on Thursday night which was fun. We came home had a drink (non-alcoholic for me, duh) and went to bed!  They spent Friday exploring the city along as CL and I both had work. We are pretty sure they had a fun day walking all over the city. literally, they walked all day! Saturday we had plans to pick them up and head to Napa for the day! We started off at Mumm for bubbles like always! It was a beautiful day and being outside drinking was just what we all needed. 

 

 

non-alcoholic pinot noir juice for the prego!

 

 

 

We headed to Auberge du Soleil for lunch-- it's seriously one of our favorites. The view is spectacular and the food is good. And it makes you feel fancy, so thats always a plus. haha.

After lunch we headed to Robert Sinskey for a tasting. It wasn't as fun as the last time, but then again, im not drinking, so I dont get an opinion! The wine was, from what im told, was still as good! We had an hour or so left before all the wineries closed, so we made the executive decision to make it to one last winery before we called it a day. We headed to Trefethen Family Winery and yall it was the best google find in a while. The staff was awesome and from what eveyone said, the wine was great! It was also good for some vineyard photos and grapes. (They were actually pretty good and served as a delicious snack! hah!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had planned on dinner in the city and headed to House of Nanking in china town, but not before a sunset trip to the beach for some pics!  

 

 

 I hadn't been to Nanking in years, but knew it was good, and 8 years later if it's still in business and has good yelp reviews, it has to be good! and it was! 

 

 

Sunday was game day. We had such high expectations for the Texans. We all arrived  (late to the stadium) and found our amazing seats. While the game stunk (the Texans lost 34-3) we all had a great time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The weekend seemed to go by SO fast, but it was SO much fun! We are really blessed to have such awesome friends that will fly 1000s of miles to come visit us! We love you Jones'!!