baby boozen's first pants

...hot pink, of course! 

lea couldn't wait to give us these mini calle 'golf' pants!

for a little boy, most stylish...

for a girl, simply adorable.

baby boyen

this cute face is what nicole looks at each morning when she gets ready in her bathroom - ingo the cat snoozing in the top drawer of the dresser, on top of his favorite blankie.

baby shower!

sexy shorts & a few bbq's

the weekend forecast initially called for rain, but with a shift in the winds and a modified forecast, we were ready for sunshine!  calle dared to wear his new shorts, sans flip flops, and we headed to our first stop of the day: a bbq on balboa island at the wonderful cottage home of andrea & evan [some of my favorite co-workers].
parking on balboa can be quite tricky, with narrow streets and many visitors, but somehow we managed to find front row parking at the raabe/poltorak home.  calle and i are a great parallel parking team; with me behind the wheel and calle providing visual distance of the car behind me, by way of very helpul hand gestures, we made it into the cozy spot in only two tries. 
in no time at all calle was very much at home; barefoot with beer in hand.  
since we had double booked our saturday, we sent only about an hour at bbq #1.  after a delicious hamburger, we thanked our generous hosts and hit the road...
or ferry to be exact.  since andrea & evan live only one street from the ferry, we were happy to take alfie for a little ride to the newport side of town.
as a side note:

this sailboat encompasses my dreams.  if ever we are financially sound and independently wealthy, i will learn to sail & buy a boat like this.  it's been a fantastical dream of mine as long as i can remember...
a few short minutes later, we were almost to the other side!
we arrived at "lt's place to be" [lea & trevor's deck] where lea was standing in as bartender and quickly made me a "virgin" mojito.
our friend trevor is slightly obsessed with purchasing items on amazon and most recently ordered a centellino wine aerator.  considering he had purchased one for calle as a birthday gift over one month ago, we were pretty surprised it took him so long to give in and purchase one of his own.  when the package arrived he was probably the happiest guy on the block.
this is a double action shot; the girls posing for a photo and calle smoothly operating the centellino.
we enjoyed trevor's famous and most delicious smoked ribs and then went for a bike road down to our old house on 52nd street.  another wonderful saturday passes us by in the blink of an eye!

friday night

nothing makes me happier than coming home at 9:00 pm on a friday night, after a long week at work, and being greated by my shaved little kitten, and my lovely wife making "flying jakob" and having a glass of wine ready for me.

it turns out nicole went to the store to buy our first baby toys. she bought all wooden building blocks and made it clear that our kid will not play with gameboy or dora the explorer. it's all old school toys if nicole gets to decide.

ingemar managed to spell out his own nickname.

boy or a girl? 

mio or sofia?

in a about a month we will know.

nicole also bought this little robe for the little one - sooo cute!

ingemar's new 'do'

the prettiest cat on the block is now even prettier. 

sporting his new fur do, ingemar thinks his new lion haircut, named "the modified lion" does a great job showing off his muscular legs.

ingemar does his best lion roar!

easter hike in moro canyon

crystal cove state park is located off pacific coast highway, only a mile away from pelican hill golf course. this is where mimi, stefan, nicole and i went on easter sunday to go hiking. nicole and i have both become keen hikers, and so have our friends. we all enjoy the exercise, good company and, often times, scenic views. 

stefan and i routing our hike in el moro canyon.

off we go.

the hike offered stunning views, and also a rattle snake sighting.

desert like vegetation.

halfway through our hike, before going down

the canyon and up on the other side.

we ended our hike with a picnic at crystal cove beach.

while not as memorable as the easter a few years back

when we played bocceball and drank beer & ate tacos at cabo cantina 

with mom & dad down in newport beach, it was definitely a pleasant experience.

sunday morning

breakfast in bed for my two girls, and ingo. 

note ingemar's new haircut - he loves it!

leisurely day today - cotie enjoying a movie upstairs and ingemar and i watching the golf - hoping tiger will crumble, which it seems he is, and phil will win. 

baby mama & baby boozen are growing!

the beautiful baby mama with the first present for baby boozen - a giraffe that plays music, from cousin jen and her husband clint. note the growing baby bump.

this ultrasound picture was taken on march 22. baby boozen now has both arms and legs! (this is when i want to say the baby has three legs, just like it's dad. and this is also when nicole slaps me in the face.)