Halloween 2008

UPDATE 11/3/08: Picture of Dave at work!

Doesn't he look so wizardly/scholarly? He's just missing the long goatee. :)

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Last year, I tried to be a Transformer, transforming from a scarecrow to a pumpkin. Unfortunately, we couldn't get the pumpkin part to cooperate, so I just ended up being a scarecrow (using some leftover haybale that didn't get burnt by the fires). It was a pretty cool costume. I left hay EVERYWHERE at work!

This year, Dave and I were both pretty lazy. He decided to dress up at the 11th hour... so he wore a wizard's robe to work. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of him. I decided to just wear his old jester hat he had lying around. I was trying to put together a bright ensemble, but as I went through my wardrobe, let's just say, all the brightest, potential pieces I had got dumped in the "doesn't fit right now" pile. Ah, maybe next year, I'll be more creative.

Anyhoo, here's a group shot of my coworkers from work: (We're the best department. Everyone dresses up!)

Me in my "jester" outfit....

(a few days shy of 33 weeks!)

After I got home, a couple of my favorite neighbors couldn't resist starting their trick-or-treating bright and early.... before any sign of dusk!

Cute Pocahontas (Micaela) and a macho The Thing (Evan)

I told them that they couldn't have any candy until I finished taking pictures of them! hahahahahah

32 week Ultrasound

Yes, it has been confirmed. Baby Liu is still a girl!

Baby Shower

Today, Heather organized a Baby Shower for me at a nearby park. We originally planned on doing it at the Splash Park in 4S Ranch. However, when Heather went there at 7am to reserve 2 tables, 2 guys were already there. One showed up at 4am to reserve space for a birthday party expecting 100+ (!!!!!) guests. The other guy showed up at 5:15am to reserve some space for another party.... Uh, we decided to relocate at the last minute since we were expecting a small cozy group.

We held it at Heritage Park. It was a beautiful sunny day, albeit a bit on the warm side (80s?)... Dave came out to help Heather set up and take a nice picture of the two of us. He then ran off home to save himself from estrogen overload....

Heather, me, Caroline, and Jen (Michele graciously offered to be photog of the day) I have never been to a baby shower before, so this was all new to me. Heather spent so much time organizing many cute games! The first was to guess how many M&Ms fit in a baby bottle. I guessed 275. Dave's cousin, Angeline, guessed 270. The answer was 270!

There was another game where Heather posted a bunch of pictures of celebrities' kids. We were supposed to guess who's kid it was! That was a hard one. There was much cheating and chatting. :) We also had to match socks in 10 seconds. Heather tricked us with a few that looked the same, with slight variation on color.

The next game was a big hit and led to many pictures. She had a row of diapers with nice surprises in them. She melted chocolate bars and made us guess what they were. There were a lot of noses shoved in the diapers, and Jen even tasted one of them! The photog opportunities were irresistable!

Michele, Jen, Gwen, Angeline, Me, Caroline, half of Marta's head
A good whiff of that...

The next game was a bunch of bags which spelled BABY SHOWER. Each bag contained an item starting with the letter on the bag. Marta's little girl, Annica, helped me open the bags afterwards to show what the answers were....

One of them was Bibs:
Annie is modeling the other Bib, and trying to show us how Onesies are put on...

What a good time with friends and silly games!

Thanks so much to Heather for putting in the time and energy organizing this event! It was so much fun!

31 weeks

In our beautiful "front yard" (the park across the street).

A nice parking spot...

Hee hee... it was nice to finally take advantage of this at UTC mall!

Pickin' some apples in Julian

Today, Dave and I finally decided to check out Julian, CA. It's a short drive from San Diego, known for it's fall foliage and more importantly... apple pie! We drove out. It was a cute little village, albeit a bit crazy since our timing wasn't so great. It was the Apple Festival and the place was PACKED.

On the way back, we saw a little orchard selling organic apples and pears, with the option to pick your own apples. Neither of us had done that since we were young kids, so it was fun going around trying to pick the best apples we could find.

They were tasty!

29 weeks

Online Photo Journal

Dave found a way to publish the photo journal he made for our vow renewal. It's a walk down memory lane, through our childhood and our 12 years together!...

Check it out here.

"Wedding" Pics! - A teaser

CLICK HERE

Tri pics from Mike!

Mike had an awesome new camera that he brought with him to Dave's race. We finally got the pics!

From August 9th... the Camp Pendleton Sprint Triathlon

Dave hanging out in the transition area, anxiously waiting for it to start.

Working those tired muscles, running on super soft sand...
Where's my bike?

Nice start to the bike ride
Coming in strong

5K left to go!
Sprinting to the finish!
Yay!
Dave and his favorite cheerleader (and cheerleader in training - 5 months)