Pizza Port with the Bialas and Scheidlers

We went to Pizza Port in Solana Beach last weekend and met up with Mike and Sarah Bialas and Nick and Joey Scheidler. My old carpool buddy/co-worker Mindy also met us there with some of her UCSD MBA friends and we had a good time catching up and enjoyed some good pizza and beer.



We ran into our friends Brad, Jeff and Jason along with Brad's boy Jonas. Jonas as usual was eating everything and scaring the dogs around us, although they were punters, not Kuma size dogs. Khloe Mai was pretty chill, she got the usual pass around the tables and cruised in her new "running" outfit from Michael and Nicholee Nietch. It's a 12mth size and she was filling it out, I'm sure the Nietch's boy Trevor would be proud, KM and Trevor are on the "sumo" side of infants.

Khloe Mai's First Walk!

So, Khloe Mai went on her first walk! Just kidding, she went "running" in her new outfit from Michael, Nicholee and Trevor Nietch thanks to a little help from mom. I think she liked the outfit because she was smiling for a while just sitting in the hallway. Hopefully it will be a while before she actually does start to walk/run because I am not looking forward to baby proofing the house!

Nick Scheidler's 30th

Unfortunately we were not able to make it to the "real" party for Nick the night before due to babysitter issues but we were lucky enough to spend the following day with the Scheidler and Prout families in a little home BBQ action. Nick and some of us partook in some scotch and IPA, I think it's a nice transition from scotch to IPA. Geanie and KM had fun, Geanie got to have some IPA also thanks to Joey's mom and Nick's siblings taking turns holding the little Gremlin. It was our first time at Nick and Joey's new house and it's pretty awesome! It's got a lot of SD history in it and a trap door! Plus it's relatively close to downtown, the park, zoo and Nick's favorite stomping grounds, Hillcrest, just kidding Nick. Did I mention IPA is good after scotch? It makes for a nice car ride home too...

Moonlight beach

We were able to meet the Meeuwsens at Moonlight beach in Encinitas on Sunday for a nice walk in the park and down the beach. Jonas showed us his swinging skills and then the kids took a nice nap as we pushed their strollers down the beach. KM tried her hand at driving after she had a nice poop, funny how happy they seem to be after squeezing on out!

The DeMore's Baby Shower

We headed down to Chu-V (Chula Vista) for our friend's Duane and Lydia DeMore's baby shower. They're in the final stages of adopting their soon to be born son, whose mother Ashley is a really kind person who wants to make sure her baby boy is properly cared for. The shower was fun, lots of food and plenty of booze, just what we like! There were a ton of kids though, a 2wk old, 4mth old, plenty of toddlers, at least 10 and a lot of nice family. Duane's parents came out too and had fun holding KM, I think she might have left her mark on Grandma DeMore though, I had to change a minor blowout and it had a good potential of migrating...oops! It was good to see my old co-workers and friends, both the Bialas and DeMore's used to live in PB near us, now we're parents or soon to be parents!

Brunch at the Sundseths

We actually hosted a fun brunch at our house with some of our friends who have the joy of changing diapers and cleaning up puke, from kids, not your roommates! The two O'Day families, the Meeuwsens, and the Czyszczons were all able to join us for some brunch and mimosas. Riley and Liam had a good time running through the yard and having balls thrown at them by their loving dads, typical O'Days. Jonas was his usual self, laughing and playing, he actually only spit up on me once! Khloe Mai, Marley and Isabella were all pretty chill, just taking in all of the sites and sounds and pooping and peeing as usual. After the 60th piece of bacon was eaten and the 4th bottle of champagne was kicked everyone was pretty much done. Thanks to those that came, hopefully Geanie and I can host some more fun events once I get the yard finished.

'Bachan Visit

We were so stoked to have my mom come and stay with us for two weeks at the beginning of her month long whirlwind trip through the states. Mom helped out around the house and babysat Khloe Mai while Geanie was transitioning back into work. We had a lot of fun times going to the farmers market, walking at the beach and having nice family dinners together. Mom also purchased our first five trees for our house. They were and avocado, nectarine, Valencia orange, dwarf Mexican lime, and dwarf mandarin. Mom also helped weed our yard, which it is in constant need of. Once she left it was pretty sad, no one to make dinner, no one to do dishes, no one to babysit while Geanie and I went on a date, etc! It was definitely an appreciated visit, and if you can step up to the plate like my mom, you're more than welcome to stay too!