A Day in the Life...

We have been here a little over a week now and we just keep having more and more fun. Yesterday was Mother's Day and we had a wonderful morning with breakfast at home and then we played at the park. Nick also took me out to dinner at NOPA (picture) with Katherine and Eli and another friend of ours from back East. It was an awesome restaurant and a great time with friends and without the kids.

We've started to get the hang of things, and so far this is what a typical day in San Francisco looks like for us:

7:30am Nick leaves for the hospital and Chloe and I eat breakfast

8:00am Morning run while Katherine watches the girls and then we switch, or just playtime

9:00am Chloe takes a nap and mommy has her coffee and computer time

10:30am We usually take a walk or go to a rec center while we wait for Nick to get off

12:30pm Nick is home and we either have lunch together at the apartment or we walk somewhere for a lunch out

1:30pm Chloe takes a nap and mommy and daddy have quiet time reading or playing video games for Nick

3:30pm We all go out to either a farmer's market, the park, a rec center or shopping

5:30pm Chloe has dinner while Nick and I sit outside and people watch or have a drink and snack

6:30pm Bedtime for Chloe

7:00pm Dinnertime for Manda and Nick. We've been either going up to Katherine and Eli's or they come down here to our apartment.

We have been really enjoying all our time together. We live in the Castro which makes it very fun to people watch and walk around. Chloe has made a big statement with her bright bows. We've figured out that little girls don't really wear bows here in San Francisco, so Chloe is a sight to be seen I guess. We get stopped literally 10 times everytime we are out with someone commenting on how "fancy" she is! You can imagine that the gay men in the Castro think she is an angel from heaven with her extravagant "hairpieces" as they call them!

Our time with Katherine and Eli has also been wonderful. We are truly blessed to have them in our lives. They are not only really great people, but they encourage and challenge us in our marriage and with life issues. They are a couple who are in it for the long haul even though the stress of residency and kids are sometimes overwhelming. It is good to see people who try really hard to stay together and stay happy and in love...such an inspiration to us.

Well, that was a long blog. So much is happening and we love every minute. We'll keep you all posted.