Bursting with the News

So... yeah. Cat's outta the bag. I'm pregnant!

I'm now in my 5th month, and the due date is June 24. Russell and I don't want to know the gender, which made the last ultrasound a bit interesting because the doctor/technician has to tell us to "look away" every time they got to the boy/girl parts. This was the ultrasound at which they could discern the gender, and the doctor just ended up saying "whichever one it is, one or the other, all the parts are there and it looks totally normal!" Yay, a "normal" baby!

Russell has been taking a weekly picture of the... um, "growth" every week since my 3rd month, which was when I really started showing. You can see them HERE and on the link to the right titled "Pictures of the Preggo in Progress". What SUCKED is that we found out I was pregnant a couple weeks before we went on our roadtrip to Oregon & Washington. This means I couldn't drink any beer in Portland. No. Beer. In Portland. If that isn't hell, I don't know what is.

We've been telling Corser that he has to be a good Big Brother to the little one, set a good example, and not hog the couch all the time because he will soon have to share it with his little sibling. Of course, as usual, Corser was not impressed.

A lot of our friends have been giving birth, either with their 1st or 2nd child (or 3rd for the Rozales family), in the past and next few months. In less than a 12 month period, our group of friends will have produced 8 new babies (counting ours). That's already in addition to the several little kids who are already running around at our backyard barbecues. Oh my goodness, look at what our lives are turning into!

We're lucky to be living in such a great city to raise a kid, and we're looking forward to experiencing new adventures with our second urban baby (our first baby being Corser, of course!)

Sunny Day at Stow Lake

The sun was shining warmly for the first time in a loooooong while, so we took advantage of the weather, packed a picnic lunch, and headed out to our playground, Golden Gate Park. Or more specifically, Stow Lake.

This is one of our favorite spots in Golden Gate Park, and we even took some of our wedding shots there!

Of course, we had to have the requisite Icee and Pink Popcorn snack. No visit to Stow Lake is complete without it.


Corser and I had a wonderful time relaxing and enjoying the scenery


While Russell did all the hard work


After the boat ride, we walked over to the lawns near the De Young Museum & Academy Of Sciences, and basked in the sun.


What a great way to spend a warm February afternoon!

For more pics, click HERE.

Cabo Wabo Xmas IV Revisited

Update! Click HERE to see Monica's pics!

Cabo Wabo Xmas IV

It's another Cabo Wabo Xmas for the Cayco family! This year, the de Joyas & Chuidians were joined by Miko, Bea, and Monica. Yep, it was a full(er) house this year!

As usual, everyone gathered on Christmas Eve for a Filipino dinner at Tita Yeyet & Tito Pepeng's house.


Save some for the rest of us, Isa!

Christmas Dinner was held at Chris and Erica's place. Keeping our tradition from last year, the "kids" made the Christmas dinner. Everyone was in charge of their own dishes, but we all chipped in to help each other with the prep work in the morning.

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It was another wonderful Christmas filled with Food, Family, and FUUUNNN! For more pics, click HERE to see the album.

O Tannenbaum

We had our annual Xmas tree ornament-making party, and boy oh boy did our friends deliver this year! Here's a creepy christmas poem, music and words by Russell, and read by a friend.

Family Haircut Day

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After:

Ta Daaaaaaah!

Giving Thanks

We spent Thanksgiving at Tita Lorna & Tito Raul's house in Thousand Oaks. What a spread!



Thank you Tita Lorna, Isa, Chris, JP, and Sylvie for cooking up such an amazing feast!



Click HERE for more pics.