happy birthday great grandma sadie

mark's grandmother is in town for her remarkable 89th birthday! we helped her celebrate last night with peruvian chicken, cake and lots of great-grandkids. happy birthday!

zigman updates

ziggy's said some things that have made my heart melt like wax. i sold an old toy of his, a wooden activity cube and he got so upset! i told him that we needed to make some space and get rid of big things. he said "get it back! it's for my baby!" while hugging my belly. the next day we went and chose a toy for the baby together. he chose a sleep sheep.
he also told me that i was beautiful, dad was cool and he was cute. when dad asked who was the most beautiful he said "grandma"

oh boy

and it's another boy for us. mark's happy to have another lego pal and i'm excited to meet this little guy and ziggy is just over the moon. based on the ultrasound, seems like he will have my lips :)

game of the year

congrats to everyone who has worked so hard on skyrim (especially my poo #1)! this is us at the launch party in l.a. it's won the game of the year in a year when so many awesome games have come out.

markiepoo's blog

mark started a blog! yippie! ziggy and mark have been obsessed with legos. his blog has photos of some of ziggy's creations like our family portrait above and other lego likes. check it out here.

roof

ziggy climbed the ladder onto the roof. we have a bird family nesting in our gutter and didn't have the heart to remove it. maybe this spring we'll gently move it out.

the office

thanksgiving

i'm thankful for my family. we had a black dahlia turkey. best meal all year!

pilgrim vs indian cookies

cookies made for ziggy's preschool thanksgiving. these took forever to make but ms. posner said they were a hit with the kids.

tree

we set our tree up a week before thanksgiving.

richmond visit

went to visit niya and silas whom i haven't seen in ages. we stayed at her temporary house since her house had a tree fall on it during the hurricane. we had so much fun. hana and shana joined us the following day and we spent the time at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. it was such a fun trip and ziggy and silas are so sweet together.

thanks

mark's family showed ziggy such a great time while we were away. they took him fishing, bouncing on the trapoline, on nice bike trails, to watch a hockey practice and plenty of uncle and cousin time. we celebrated with lunch at the cheesecake factory where i learned that ziggy can balance a spoon on his nose, no joke! he has such a great extended family.

skyrim

it's out today. if you're a gamer i recommend this game. it's got an average review of 96% and might win game of the year. i'm so proud of mark, he's so talented and all his hard work has finally paid off in a great way. three cheers to mark!

skyrim launch

started out with dinner and cocktails at wolfgang puck's WP 24. a pregnant woman's nightmare since it was sashimi and fancy drinks on the house and i couldn't indulge. do you see the picture of wan and purkey? the guy in the white chef coat is wolfgang puck. then to the launch party. mark got to fulfil a life dream of his by seeing jane's addiction play. they sang 'jane says' perry farrell was being a jerk on stage and asked some girl for a BJ. dave navarro still looks young and centaur like and had a harem of groupies pining at him. there were a lot of stars too, xtina, a couple guys from that 70s show, harold from harold and kumar, some people from the hills, all american rejects and mostly people that you've seen in movies but don't know their names. also many hot chicks who were barfing all night long in the bathrooms. hollywood is a strange scene.