Final Countdown

We are in final countdown mode around the Brown household. Just playing the waiting game seeing when Tater Tot decides to make her grand entrance. Like a true celebrity I think she is going to be fashionably late. However she still has two days to prove me wrong! We took advantage of the nice weather today to get out and do what will most likely be our last hike pre-baby. TT enjoyed the hike, but I'm pretty sure she slept the whole way!

We have kept pretty busy the past couple months nesting and preparing for the little one. In early August we decided to take our last overnight trip and escape the frigid San Francisco 'summer' and headed north to the warmth. We spent two days in Ukiah which is north of Sonoma Valley and enjoyed the natural hot springs at Vichy Springs. In the picture below Tater Tot and I are enjoying the 'champagne' baths. They are called that because the water forms little bubbles all over your skin. Don't worry the temp was a cool 90 degrees just fine for me and little one.

We even got in a little hike to a small waterfall before heading home the next day. Perfect getaway before heading back to the fog and cold.

Tater Tot had some Texas visitors when dear friends Angela and Jana (aka Jangela - possible name for TT?!?!) came for a long weekend. We had a great time seeing some of the SF sites including driving down Lombard street.

On Saturday we headed north to wine country. Tater Tot enjoyed hanging out with the ladies at Iron Horse and a picnic at Armida. We even topped the evening with dinner at our favorite restaurant Zazu.

A trip to SF is not complete without visiting some of our favorite friends - the Pier 39 Sea Lions. While they are a bit smelly and noisy they sure are hysterical! Thanks for coming to visit Jangela!

In August our San Francisco friends threw us a joint baby shower with fellow parents-to-be Amy and Brian Crawford. It was such a fun day filled with great food, dear friends, and some fabulous original onesie designs. Thanks Freys, Bradys, and Kris and all our fabulous friends who helped celebrate our soon-to-be little one.

While there weren't any official shower games, we did force the fathers-to-be to get a little taste of what it would be like to be pregnant.  I think Stephen's going to need a bigger shirt!

The soon-to-be Moms.

Some of the great onsies that Tater Tot will be sporting around town soon.

In between all the fun we have made many Babies R Us and Target trips and feel that we are as ready as we can be for Tater Tot's arrival. Now we just wait and see what happens. While TT's official due date is Tuesday, if she decides she's just not ready to join us we have an induction scheduled for September 21st. We just can't wait to meet her!