Dad's Annual Bday Weekend

For the last several years our family has had the tradition of not buying eachother Christmas gifts, and instead, we take off for my dad's birthday weekend and rent a house. We usually go up to the mountain and get a cozy cabin, and go skiing or tubing, but this time we decided to go the coast and make it CRAB FEST 2010! And that it was. We went on lots of walks, had delicious clam chowder, explored down town Astoria, tooled around Seaside, played some poker, and played lots of WII. Taking vacations with your family is probably the most relaxing way to travel. Though we always tell my Mom that we (meaning the kids) are going to do all the cooking, inevitably, Mom cooks up a storm all weekend long - including her famous plate-sized drowned-in-butter pancakes, bacon and fried eggs every morning for breakfast, and a bottomless bowl of lumpia (eggrolls) making appearances throughout the afternoon and evening. It was crazy.

Happy Birthday Dad! We love you!

Mom and Dad


Jeremy, Dad, and Jonathon

All the girls + Lionel (Mom, Me, Hannah (niece), Pam, Kathy, Lucy (the pug)

Cade exploring the beach

Sisters!

Sisters jumping!

Our little, and growing, family
Cade, Chris, Eileen, Hannah, Jonathon, Pam, Mom, Dad, Kathy, Jeremy, Lionel, and Lucy. If only my brother Mike and Logi could have been with us, but they were there in spirit!

Tutus, Tiaras, and Tea Parties...

We are having a baby girl!! We are so excited. Here are a few pics from our ultrasound this week.

Little darling was playing with her hands and swimming around alot. What else is there to do in a dark little baby condo? I imagine there's probably not much else to do down there, except for maybe kick me every so often and mostly when I'm finally sitting down and relaxed :)

Here are pics of her tiny feet...

I honestly didn't have a preference for gender, BUT, I did have a secret hope that this next one would be a girl, I will admit.

Some of the many things I'm looking forward to in the near future:

1. Cable knit tights, cute dresses, hair ribbons, and pony tails

2. Tutus, leotards, and ballet slippers

3. Tea parties, princesses, butterfly/fairy/angel wings

and looking forward to later:

1. Shopping and ice cream sundaes after a break-up

2. Manicures, lunches, watching plays and shows while the boys are watching football

3. Helping her buy a wedding dress and watching her walk down the aisle with her daddy, who will of course be crazy about her and whom she will have had wrapped around her little finger from day one. Sigh.

We are beyond blessed, and thrilled to meet this little angel. She is making her grand debut in early July. In the meantime, we are getting the nest ready to receive our little baby Burdie and savoring this time with Cade before we enter the chaos and sleeplessness of adding a newborn to our currently peaceful mix. Wish us luck!

Best Christmas EVER.

Christmas Catch-Up Blog :)

A round-up of our pics from the holiday season. Now that it's practically Valentines Day, we are finally wishing you all a Merry Christmas from the Burdicks and hope your holidays were filled with all kinds of fun. We most certainly had a fabulous holiday. Cade especially.

At the Christmas Tree Farm.

A sunny day for picking trees

Bathtime with Apu!


Playing on the slide with his best buddy Evan

The Playmobil firetruck from Lauren, Grace, and Millie was his most favorite toy hands down :)

But, he got alot of really fun toys for Christmas, including this Thomas the Train tugboat bath toy, that he LOVES. And he's been enjoying his basketball hoop too, and entertained us all Christmas morning with his hoop skillz :)

Cade and Papa Don - the best of friends.

Hope your season was merry and bright!