Happy Thanksgiving & Happy Birthday!

In true Richards family fashion, we celebrated Thanksgiving on Friday. My sister is a nurse and works on most holidays, so we often celebrate holidays a day before or a day after. We had a wonderful feast and celebrated my niece Camryn's 8th birthday. I love Thanksgiving dinner and had seconds of everything, for Baby D of course. : )

Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday to the best Dad ever!

November Check-Up

Pat had a check-up at UCSF on Wednesday. Everything is great! We have not been there for two months and it felt like a long time. They did the usual neck and mouth check and it all looks great! Pat's next appointment is in January and we can't wait to bring the baby to UCSF to meet Pat's doctors and nurses.

Go Bears!

My dad went to UC Berkeley and is a die hard Cal Bears fan. Growing up we went to every home football game and many of the basketball games. On Saturday, my dad and I went to the Cal/Arizona game. It had been about 10 years since I had been to a game and I have missed it. The Bears won and it was pretty exciting game. Grrrrr-Rah!

Last Day At Work

WoooHoooo! Today is my last day of work before maternity leave. I feel like my life is going to change so much in the next month or so...I am embarking on a new life. I'm not sure if I am going to go back to work full time. I would actually like to do something completely different - something I am eager to figure out in the next few months.

As excited as I am to have an extended leave from my job in San Francisco, there is a little part of me that is sad I won't be in this beautiful city everyday of the week.

One Month To Go!

I can't believe we only have one month left.

We can't wait to meet our baby!

Picture is random - I took it at work in the bathroom. : )

I feel the need to share today, the one month countdown has begun!

Halloween

We had an awesome Halloween celebrating my friend Linsdey's 30th birthday. Pat and I dressed up as Juno and Paulie Bleeker. If you have not seen the movie Juno, it is a must see.

I can't believe it is November already. I was too slow in putting up our Halloween decorations - and now Halloween has come and gone. Sad. I should start putting up our Christmas decorations now! Ha!

Happy Birthday Michele!

Happy birthday to the best big sister a girl could ever ask for!

Apple Hill

A few weeks ago we took a trip up to our favorite fall place - Apple Hill. It is near Placerville on the way to South Lake Tahoe on the 50 - it is such a beautiful place. We try to go every year for some Halloween cheer and apple pie. When we retire we dream of living on an apple farm. Pat has memories of apple picking growing up in the Midwest. It has become our family tradition to go to apple hill in October, eat some apple crisp and bring home a pumpkin!

Baby D is going to love it next year!