A New Chapter: maybe a baby?

Last night, while nibbling on some dinner, I casually mentioned to Reza that I will start taking prenatal vitamins. With casualness, I meant not looking into his eyes or waiting for an agreement. We have talked about and agreed on having a baby in a couple of years when we are settled with our little dream house and stable careers. But for a few months now, my maternal instincts have been kicking in like crazy, and I have dropped hints here and there. But Reza always had a good way of saying no without physically saying no. He would smile, look away and change the subject. Or he would talk about our two adorable dogs who are keeping us busy or that we should do more traveling. And honestly, I didn't expect last night to be any different.

However, last night, to my surprise, he uttered those words, I think that would be a great idea. My head spang to his direction like a new spring to make sure those words were his. For all that I know, it could have been one of our male neighboring fellas at the restaurant talking aloud. With uncertainty, I said, What? and he turned to me with a big grin and said it again, I think that would be a great idea.

So there you have it. We're going to try for a baby - soon. I am ecstatic!

I don't have a photo of me jumping off the walls, but what's a photo blog without a photo? So here is one of my handsome hubby - a promising father:

Evalina

She's smart.
She's beautiful.
She's funny.
And she loves everyone!

We all love her, too, especially on her birthday!

Happy Birthday, Lina!



Singing the birthday song to the birthday girl :-)

Ahhh...Home Sweet Home

We're back from our one-week-Northern-California road trip.

It was beyond awesome! Kudos to my hubby who drove all the 1500 miles while I caught those beauty zzz's and who was thoroughly entertained by my silly dances in the car when I was awake, hehehe.

So, we started out in beautiful Monterey/Pacific Cove:
(We actually started out in Visalia, but it was all hard-sweaty-labor of moving a HUMONGOUS sofa lounge chair into Saman's new apartment ;-]. Thanks [anyways..lol], Saman, for having us and taking us out for Carrow's.)





Then we wandered up to foggy San Francisco:





Then to Reno/Lake Tahoe:




And finally, we met up with the family in Yosemite:


Our hike in Sequioia Grove:



A classic pose from Niosha, my 'lil sis in law (She's the WILD one, can't you tell?):


Our hike to Bridalveil Fall:



Water break for our widdle Rocky



A big thank you to my Edalat family for doing this pose for me :-) and spending your Labor Day weekend with us. Oh, and Rock says thanks to his aunts and uncles for taking him out for walks in the morning. He had lots of fun! ;-)