The Stork Has Landed!

On January 25, 2007 the most precious person arrived to meet us--Brooke Victoria Blevins! We are so happy to get to know our new little daughter.!

Baby Showers, Belly's and Christmas

Leslie & the bump decorating the tree
Opening a gift at the babyshower
John & Vikki on Christmas Eve

Leslie's Baby Shower was held the first weekend in December. April flew down for the event and it was held at Amy's house. It was a fun weekend full of lots of little tiny clothing.

The Bailey's came to visit for Christmas. While they were here, Rich and John put together the crib and started setting up the nursery. John took more belly shots--Leslie is finally starting to get big. One more month to go!

Thanksgiving with the Quells

For Thanksgiving, John's mother and stepdad came to visit us in San Francisco. We also took our first childbirth prepartion class this month and started decorating for Christmas and took more belly shots.

Shark Dive!

John went on a shark dive at the Farallon Islands in November. Read "The Devil's Teeth" to learn more.

Halloween & Half Moon Bay

We sat in the pumpkin patch at Half Moon Bay and thought about OUR little pumpkin who will arrive in 3 months. We bought about $70 worth of pumpkins (not sure what happened--must be the Halloween spirit!).

More belly photos, also!

Second Anniversary

We spent our second anniversary in Aspen--got to spend some time with the Olivers while there. John went on to Boulder to go to the CU/CSU game. We also took our first set of pregnancy photos this month.

Baptise Me!

In August, we went to Portland, OR for Ethan's baptism! Leslie is his Godmother. We also celebrated John's birthday this month.

Whirlwind July!

After a stop in Illinois to see John's family (to announce our pregnancy!), we stopped off in NYC for a few days and then on to Cape Cod for a vacation with Leslie's family! We got to spend time with Ethan and Leslie got to deal with the start of morning sickness.

Escape from Alcatraz--Once More with Feeling!

Rachel Weds!

February brought Rachel's wedding to Mark in St. Croix! John wasn't able to take the time off of work, but Leslie made the quick trip out there. What a beautiful bride! While she was there, April gave birth to Ethan Hadley Baker!

National Championship Game/Rose Bowl

John got to go down to Southern CA to see UT play USC in the National Championship--he even stood in the same line for drinks as Matthew McConaghey.

Christmas & New Year's In Aspen (again!)

Leslie's luggage was lost by UAL (and never recovered), so she got to go on a fun shopping spree in Aspen. New Year's Eve was spent at the Sky Hotel.

Our Annual Holiday Excursion

Our annual visit to see the SF Ballet in The Nutcracker. This year, we joined the ballet as donors so we had the best seats we have ever had.

Over the River and Through the Woods

MA to visit the Bailey's for Thanksgiving!

Bevo vs Ralphie

Trip Back to Austin for the CU/UT game!

One Year Anniversary in Cabo San Lucas

For our one year anniversary, we went to Cabo San Lucas and stayed at the Hotel Twin Dolphin. The weather was hot, hot, hot but the hotel was very empty as it was off-season.

Napa With the Bailey's & Paddy Shelby's Wedding on Orcas Island

Memorial Day in Mammoth

First Married Christmas

Our first Christmas as a married couple was spent in Boston with Leslie's parents and Leslie's sister and her husband, Brian.

Honeymoon in Italy

John & Leslie honeymooned in Italy for 2.5 weeks. The first week was spent in Rome (one of Leslie's favorite citys), the next week was spent sailing along the Amalfi Coast south of Naples on a small sailboat. They visited such picturesque places as the islands of Ischia & Capri & the beautiful cities of Positano, Sorrento, Amalfi, Ravello, Herculaneum & Pompeii, to name but a few. When the sailboat trip was over, they spent the last few days of their honeymoon shopping in Florence (where Leslie spend time taking art classes after graduating from college).