Last night at 8:04pm, Alanna and I were sitting on our bed reading a bedtime story. Justin was at the edge of the bed watching us. All of a sudden, our house started to rattle, the cats scurried under the bed, Justin immediately went to the doorway, and I said, "what's going on?!" Clearly, I am not a California native! Justin explained that it was an earthquake, and then the 3 of us stood in the doorway together.

After it was over (about 30 seconds), we checked on the USGS site and discovered that the epicenter of the quake was in San Jose. It was 5.6 on the Richter scale, the biggest quake in the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta in 1989.

No worries, we're all fine. I don't think Alanna even noticed it!

On Friday morning, Justin, Alanna, and I headed down to Morgan Hill to celebrate Alanna's birthday at the pumpkin patch with her friends. We went on a hayride, played near the pumpkins, and ate cupcakes. It was a lot of fun!































































Here is a link to more photos:

alanna's birthday at the pumpkin patch

Happy Birthday Alanna Rose!!! Our little girl is 2 today!

Happy Birthday Jon! Have a great day!!!

Yesterday was my Dad's birthday. Happy birthday Dad, hope you have a wonderful year!!! Love you!

Yesterday Dad came over to spend the morning with us. It was so much fun! The three of us went to Happy Hollow Zoo in San Jose. We looked at the animals and went on a couple of rides. After the zoo, we had lunch at Willow Street.

It's Monday, Alanna just went down for her nap, so I thought I'd blog a bit. We had a really nice weekend. Justin and I headed up to San Francicso, Friday evening for Rob's 30th birthday party. Irene hosted a dinner at Asia SF. It's a restaurant/bar where the waitresses are "gender illusionists." It was definitely an experience! While we were partying in the city, Alanna had a sleepover with Grandma and Grandpa in Santa Cruz. The next morning Mom and Dad drove Alanna back to San Jose and we visited for awhile.

Saturday afternoon we went to Alanna's friend Jackson's 2nd birthday party at Oak Meadow Park in Los Gatos. Alanna and Jackson met when they were a few weeks old at the Good Sam Mom's group. The kids had fun riding on the carousel and train at the park. They also enjoyed eating cupcakes (see picture below). After the party, we had dinner in Los Gatos with friends. It was a fun afternoon!

Sunday we went to a park, ran errands, got Alanna's flu shot (she didn't cry!), and checked out the Italian Family Festival in Willow Glen. The highlights of the festival were watching performers from the Silicon Valley Accordion Club and eating a cannoli, yum! We ended the day with a delicious barbeque dinner at home.

Here's a cute picture of our little ham:















Playing with the party favors:




















The birthday boy:




















Eating a cupcake: