In August we visited our families on the East Coast. Two months later I am finally posting pictures. Here are some of the highlights.
At my parents house:
Miss Leyba LOVED the dogs we met:
We finished up the trip with a visit to David’s aunt and uncle’s beach house at the Jersey shore:
It was a great trip.
Wow, has it really been almost four weeks since I last updated?! Where has June gone?!
Here’s what we’ve been up to.
We went on vacation to New Mexico (first flights for Miss Leyba — she traveled beautifully!):
We saw family and friends:
We practiced standing:
and breastfeeding in public:
We celebrated Father’s Day and Grandma’s birthday:
and the arrival of our daughter with a gigantic tea party:
We also had massages, ate lots of gelato, took baths over at Gram Gram’s house, and hung out at Grandma and Grandpa’s store:
It was a great trip.
What we haven’t been doing:
Spending time online.
Right now I am feeling like every moment spent on the phone, answering email, or puttering online is a moment away from my daughter, so I apologize for basically dropping off the planet. My priorities keep shifting more and more towards family and things like updating this website are falling by the wayside. While I will continue to try to update here, for regular updates follow along to my thread on Twitter (also available through my Facebook profile). And I’ll try to get back to you soon. Thank you for your wonderful messages!
We had a fantastic time on our honeymoon to Baja California Sur! It was a total blast! The hotel was beautiful, the staff so friendly, the food and drinks both plentiful and delicious, the spa incredibly relaxing, the ocean warm, the town fun, the seaside delightful, the shells diverse, the yoga challenging and calming, and the time with my husband — priceless!
Last weekend I headed to the Washington, D.C. area for April’s Baby Shower throw by one of April’s running buddies, Emily, in Potomac, Maryland. We had such a fantastic time! There were seven of us from the Biosphere MPA program at the party and I loved seeing Maeve, Janelle, Ellen, Amy, Beth and April! What a group of brilliant women with high-powered jobs! I also met several of April’s other friends and chatted with her mom, whom I haven’t seen in two years; it was great! The food was yummy, the house where the party was at was stunning, the conversation first rate, and the gifts for April plentiful! Above is a sampling of photographs from the party for you to enjoy.
I just got back from a three day business trip to Florence/Canon City, Colorado, where I met some really nice people, identified a town’s worth of irrigated areas, really got the hang of driving stick shift (while using our company car), and got a ton of work done. The trip was very productive and I am so pleased with how it went. I also had a really good time.
Nevertheless, after being apart from my husband for six days of the past week, I am looking forward to our dinner date tonight and the upcoming eleven days of uninterrupted Spritzer Leyba honeymoon time down in Mexico.
p.s. Here’s a fun website for your surfing pleasure: Minimian created by Akiko Ida and Pierre Javelle. Be sure to visit the ‘Galerie’ (note: the site is in French, but navigation is easy even for non-French speakers!)!