Our date night pictures - we went out to a nice dinner and walked along the beach of Laguna:
Also in Laguna, we went on a day outing and met some tourists from Canada - interesting, my hair looks very "lionish" this day!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Babymoon pics (May '08)
We planned for a "babymoon" get-a-way before Ethan arrived beginning of May, '08. Since we only had a few days we pricelined it and stayed local in Newport Beach - we realized just how much we take advantage of the gorgeous place we live! We stayed at the Newport Hyatt, went to all the surrounding beach cities and "acted as tourists" and had the time of our lives! Of course many of the days were spent around the pool under the cabanas :)
Our date night pictures - we went out to a nice dinner and walked along the beach of Laguna:
Also in Laguna, we went on a day outing and met some tourists from Canada - interesting, my hair looks very "lionish" this day!
Our date night pictures - we went out to a nice dinner and walked along the beach of Laguna:
Also in Laguna, we went on a day outing and met some tourists from Canada - interesting, my hair looks very "lionish" this day!
belly pictures (Dec-June '08)
Journey with me through the progression of my belly shots - my husband is a good photographer eh? :)
December 1, 2008 (2 months prego)
February 16, 2008 (4 1/2 months)
December 1, 2008 (2 months prego)
February 16, 2008 (4 1/2 months)
1 month to go!
Wow, what a journey our pregnancy has been - so fun! We would highly recommend it to all our married friends, we've been married just over 4 years, so we feel we've really been able to create a solid foundation in our relationship to be ready (well as ready as you can be) for little Ethan to arrive into this world. Now we're only 1 month away from our due date (July 18th) and can hardly believe how quickly time has flown by!! SOOOO, for all ya'll just chomping at the bit to see my prego belly, I thought we'd FINALLY post some belly pics for you :) (check out our post on "belly pictures" to see them). I find out today what position the baby is in (i.e. hopefully he'll be head down) so we'll let you know more as we find out - so surreal to know he'll be here soon, so unreal to think that he has characteristics of both Eric and I, can't wait to meet him! Love to you, Cathy
Alaska (August '05)
One of our most fond and treasured trips with the Wayman family: Alaska. Ken, Eric's dad, chartered a boat in which 8 of us went into the wild for a 3 week adventure - one of the most beautiful/breathtaking places in the world, especially when you can experience it without being on a huge cruise-ship... this is the way to go! ... to be continued for Eric to share more... and for more pictures to be downloaded... visit back soon :)
Yes, this is Eric and his brother Tyler on an iceburg in the middle of the ocean... a little scary for me, but the boys loved the adventure!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Sweet Italia (May '07)
Really, lets just call it how it is, Italy is the BEST place on earth :) So, after I graduated with my Master's, Eric decided it was time to take a big trip together to my fav place.
We spent 3 weeks in beautiful Italia, starting out in Florence (the next 5 pictures)...
Here is the convent that we stayed in, just across the Arno River, about a 5 minute block from the main part of the city... really such a neat experience with the nuns, but a little ackward as this was the starting grounds of trying to have our first child ;)
The famous "ponte vecchio" bridge
The architecture in Florence is unreal - this is my fav "big city" in Italy
Michaelangelo's "The David" - AMAZING!!! Some say this is a self-portrait... who knows, but he carved this out of left-over marble, and it was done in one piece with no other supporting structures like many statues of this size... if you are ever there, this is a MUST SEE.
We met up for the day with a group of friends I graduated with - so fun we were all in Florence at the same time :)
After Florence, we ventured just 18 kilometers from Florence to the cutest villa in Tuscany, called 'La Fornella' in a little town called Paterno (http://www.lafornella.com/) - we stayed here for a week and visited various hilltowns in Tuscany - this was quite the experience as we had our own apartment, so we shopped and felt like a local. By far, one of our very favorite places on our trip.
Most nights at the villa we made dinner and came outside to eat - how can you not with this amazing view?
Ahhh... fresh fruit
We rented a car while in Tuscany, and unfortunately got into a fender-bender while visiting the hilltown of 'Lucca' - even so, they called it a "no fault" accident, and before we knew it the people that we hit were asking us to send them a postcard from Cali :) Such nice people!
Venezia!! (next 3 pictures)
We spent 3 weeks in beautiful Italia, starting out in Florence (the next 5 pictures)...
Here is the convent that we stayed in, just across the Arno River, about a 5 minute block from the main part of the city... really such a neat experience with the nuns, but a little ackward as this was the starting grounds of trying to have our first child ;)
The famous "ponte vecchio" bridge
The architecture in Florence is unreal - this is my fav "big city" in Italy
Michaelangelo's "The David" - AMAZING!!! Some say this is a self-portrait... who knows, but he carved this out of left-over marble, and it was done in one piece with no other supporting structures like many statues of this size... if you are ever there, this is a MUST SEE.
We met up for the day with a group of friends I graduated with - so fun we were all in Florence at the same time :)
After Florence, we ventured just 18 kilometers from Florence to the cutest villa in Tuscany, called 'La Fornella' in a little town called Paterno (http://www.lafornella.com/) - we stayed here for a week and visited various hilltowns in Tuscany - this was quite the experience as we had our own apartment, so we shopped and felt like a local. By far, one of our very favorite places on our trip.
Most nights at the villa we made dinner and came outside to eat - how can you not with this amazing view?
Ahhh... fresh fruit
We rented a car while in Tuscany, and unfortunately got into a fender-bender while visiting the hilltown of 'Lucca' - even so, they called it a "no fault" accident, and before we knew it the people that we hit were asking us to send them a postcard from Cali :) Such nice people!
Venezia!! (next 3 pictures)The famous Saint Mark's Square - it was rainy while we were there, so every night the square would flood and people would just walk right through it.
Picture taken while standing on the 'Rialto bridge'
Just one of many canals in beautiful Venice
We stayed in a bed/breakfast with the Troker family - they only spoke German, so it was really interesting trying to communicate... just the nicest family! And oddly enough, we noticed that all the older men wore aprons everywhere they went!
During our stay in Castelrotto, we travelled by bus up the mountain and hiked in the Dolomites (Alpe di Siusi) for 6 hours - the first part was freezing, as you can tell it was snowed over - the second part (as you can see in the next picture) was sunny and full of greenery.
Eric couldn't help but sing "The hills are alive...." (you can finish the song!)
After the Dolomites, we headed over to Lake Como (next 2 pictures) and stayed in this great little town called 'Varenna' - isn't it beautiful? This was also one of our most favorite stops - like Rick Steves' says "see how slow you can get your heart rate to go when you visit lake como"... so relaxing...
Varenna has beautiful gardens...
From Lake Como we took a train to the 'Cinque Terre' along the coast (next 2 pictures) - there are 5 towns built on the rocks of the Cinque Terre - you can hike, boat or take a train between the towns - in this picture we were hiking down towards the town of 'Vernazza'
We were able to hook up and travel to the Cinque Terre with Peter & Julie, Eric's aunt and uncle and spent the night in their villa along the coast - it's so fun to get to see relatives/friends while overseas!
From the Cinque Terre we took a LONG train ride South to Sorrento... while there, we visited the ruins of 'Pompeii" right outside of Naples
The last trek of our journey was conquering Rome - but as Eric said, Rome conquered us as we tried to see it in just a few days - amazing place, but very large with a lot to see!
The famous Roman Colosseum
Eric showing off ;)
Picture taken while standing on the 'Rialto bridge'
Just one of many canals in beautiful Venice
After Venezia, we took a train to the Austrian Alps, in the Dolomite region of Italy... we stayed in a quaint town called 'Castelrotto' (another favorite part of our trip)... (next 4 pictures)
We stayed in a bed/breakfast with the Troker family - they only spoke German, so it was really interesting trying to communicate... just the nicest family! And oddly enough, we noticed that all the older men wore aprons everywhere they went!
During our stay in Castelrotto, we travelled by bus up the mountain and hiked in the Dolomites (Alpe di Siusi) for 6 hours - the first part was freezing, as you can tell it was snowed over - the second part (as you can see in the next picture) was sunny and full of greenery.
Eric couldn't help but sing "The hills are alive...." (you can finish the song!)
After the Dolomites, we headed over to Lake Como (next 2 pictures) and stayed in this great little town called 'Varenna' - isn't it beautiful? This was also one of our most favorite stops - like Rick Steves' says "see how slow you can get your heart rate to go when you visit lake como"... so relaxing...
Varenna has beautiful gardens...
From Lake Como we took a train to the 'Cinque Terre' along the coast (next 2 pictures) - there are 5 towns built on the rocks of the Cinque Terre - you can hike, boat or take a train between the towns - in this picture we were hiking down towards the town of 'Vernazza'
We were able to hook up and travel to the Cinque Terre with Peter & Julie, Eric's aunt and uncle and spent the night in their villa along the coast - it's so fun to get to see relatives/friends while overseas!From the Cinque Terre we took a LONG train ride South to Sorrento... while there, we visited the ruins of 'Pompeii" right outside of Naples
The last trek of our journey was conquering Rome - but as Eric said, Rome conquered us as we tried to see it in just a few days - amazing place, but very large with a lot to see!This is St. Peter's Bascilica and the Vatican
The famous Roman Colosseum
Eric showing off ;)
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