Standing tall

Today D and I hung out at home. We had a very eventful day of crawling and playing. He is now pulling himself up on things, like his crib. Here he is standing infront of a toy that can convert from a kick and play all the way into a standing sing along center. He's standing there now gnawing on anything he can reach.

He is crawling really well now. It was so cute, he heard the door open this evening and I said "Daddy's home!". He pushed out of my lap and crawled out of his room really fast and started down the hallway towards his Daddy. It was sweet. He really gets excited to see Karl, and the feeling is mutual. :)
~Kat

Independence Trail

We went walking at the Independence Trail along the Yuba River. We being me, Dorian, Maria, Milo and Micah. It was the first gorgeously sunny day in quite a while, and after that much rain, no power and snow, we were all ready to get out. It was still a bit chilly, but we bundled up. Dorian had a bit of a hat issue, it kept slipping down, but he was happy bouncing along, and talking the whole time.

The Yuba river is where I grew up swimming. This is a shot from above, one of the little "landings" along the trail. We walked for a good hour and a half, and the trail continued long after we turned around. It's funny, I've lived in this area for 20 years and I never knew you could walk downriver on this trail also. I've only ever gone in the other directions. So this was a nice treat for me too. Everything smelled all fresh and clean becaue of the rain, and all the green things were going nuts, moss and ferns everywhere!

power outtage

Well, when the big storm hit us, we had no power for 5 days! It was all very interesting, but I was more than ready when we had power again. :) Driving home one day, it had just snowed, and I was lucky enough to end up right behind the snow plow! Best person to be following! We were lucky, the roads were plowed and the snow only stuck around for about two days. The power however took a bit longer since there were 150 mile per hour winds rushing about. Gale force, I believe they called them.

During this lovely power outage it was also my Dad's birthday. We had planned a big chocolate cake and flowers, the whole nine yards. Well we ended up with a big cookie and a little candle. Ah well. It's hard to bake without power.

Halloween!

Well, Dorian was a bee for halloween. I think that is what Karl was for his first Halloween, so of course, like father like son. :) We didn't actually go trick or treating, it was really really cold. But, he got to wear the cute outfit for some pictures.

I don't think that he will fit into it next year, so we'll have to think of a good outfit then. Any suggestions?

Office

Well, since so many people have been asking about what my office looks like, I thought I would put up some pictures. There is a picture of my front room with seats, the hallway and the massage room. The hallway has the first two rooms which are adjusting rooms, the third room which is the massage room, the office is the 4th room, the restroom at the end and then a big x-ray room at the end on the right.

The front office also has nutritional stuff, the gigantic information board and my vitamin gumball machine! The massage room is an orangish color, though when the lights are up, it really does look like a highlighter exploded. Oops.

Well there is a view of everything! This is where I hang out for 8-9-10 hours per day. Yay. I have a massage therapist who works with me and also a personal trainer who teaches fitness and stretching classes upstairs (HUGE open space above the office). That's it! :)

Lake Tahoe

We went to Lake Tahoe to show Omi around when she was visiting. There was some fresh snow on the hills but it was actually pretty warm. The scenery of course was beautiful. Dorian got his first look at that much water, though he seemed to be more concerned with trying to climb out of our arms so he could explore on his own. We



There is a representation of lake tahoe carved out of this piece of rock. Karl knows more about it, but it looked pretty neat. It shows the shape of the lake and talks about how deep it is at certain points. Mom, Omi, Karl and I all went together.

family portraits

Like I said, my Omi was here for 5 weeks at the end of October. We went to take family pictures because we haven't done that since I graduated from college in 1998 (wow, now I feel old). So we went to a place called the Crystal Hermitage with gorgeous flowers and trees and views of the Sierra Nevadas and took some there.

This again, is the little man with one of his hats. This is the one that used to be mine.

Let's see from left to right:
Nadja (my cousin)
Renate (my Aunt)
Dan (my uncle)
Karl (my lovey)
Me
Dorian (the cutest baby ever)
Omi (her name is actually Helga)
Maria (my sister)
Milo (her cutest baby ever)
Micah (my brother in law)
Mom (also known as Marion)
Dad (also known as Ed)

My other cousin, Chris and his girlfriend Jenny and their cutie pie Kavien were not there yet.