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I think I've figured out how to add videos. Sorry if this first one is boring, of course I think it's adorable!

Wine Tasting Birthday Weekend!

This past weekend we finally celebrated my 30th birthday! Since my birthday's in December with the busy holidays, we decided to wait until January to celebrate, and we sure are glad we did! It was a wonderfully sunny, beautiful day.


All I wanted for my birthday is for my friends to come up wine tasting, so Donnie and I sprang for a limo and we got to do it the real way! Also, it's the way Donnie and I met. 4 years ago, for Heather's bachelorette we came up wine tasting in a limo/bus. After our first winery, for some reason we told the bus driver we wanted beer! So he drove way down-valley out of the way to Safeway, where the fire truck was waiting in the parking lot. The rest is history!

We started our tasting at Madonna Estate, personal friends of Donnie and I and one of our favorites. We had a wonderful tour and private tasting!


Next, we went to Ceja Vineyards. Donnie and I will definitely be back there again, what a wonderful small vineyard, with Bocce Ball! We even found out the winery has weekly Saturday Salsa lessons downtown, we'll have to try that sometime.

The Bell at Ceja,





After spending time there we stopped for lunch at Oakville Grocery. The adorable grocery store on 29 that I always look at, but have never been in. We got sandwiches and chips and headed to our last winery, Fluery. Fluery was picturesque, with Adirondack chairs and vineyards all around. A beautiful end to the day! When we got home, Janet had made us a fabulous homey dinner, raviolis, casserole, and salad. I need to turn 30 again!

HGTV Dream Home 2009!

Wouldn't it be amazing to win the HGTV Dream House! I can already picture gardening, cooking what we grow in the beautiful kitchen, and reading to Jackson in the adorable kids room. Ah well, a girl can dream....

The Duck Pond

Yesterday we decided to get rid of Jazmin's dog food. :( (Very sad, but we will get a puppy someday soon) We'd had it in the garage and hadn't gotten rid of it yet. So since there were 2 bags of it, Donnie decided we should go down to the river where there is a huge duck pond. Aparently it has been taken over by seaguls, there were thousands of them! It was hilarious, other families were there feeding them. They fly right in front of you and you can throw the food into their mouths while they are flying! Jackson woke up and was fascinated by it.

Here's Donnie swarmed by them when he walked over to the other side of the pond to try to feed the actual ducks,

The Best of 2008!

Well, I will totally admit that Donnie and I were old folk this New Years and didn't even make it 'til 11pm. Maybe next year we'll be caught up on sleep and whoop it up!

28 greats of the year 2008 (not really in any particular order)

28. Chocolate cake for my 30th birthday lasting a week(and waiting to celebrate my birthday in 2009)
27. Family around for the holidays.
26. Getting back into regular clothes.
25. Donnie having a safe fire season.
24. Celebrating our first aniversary!
23. Kristen getting 2 months off with Jackson.
22. Making it through the worst of the sleepless nights.
21. Donnie getting to go crabbing with friends.
20. Not working during summer vacation.
19. Donnie getting to chaperone high schoolers in Palm Springs at the Fire Academy.
18. Telling family we're expecting.
17. Janet moving to Napa.
16. Jackson beginning to "talk."
15. Heather & Stacey throwing me an amazing baby shower.
14. Zinsvalley for Valentine's Day.
13. Celebrating our Baby's welcome dinner at Walnut Creek Kaiser & family coming to see us.
12. Having several visitors to the house to entertain throughout the year!
11. Many fabulous wine tastings with friends and family.
10. Sea World and petting sting rays.
9. Another year at Tahoe with the family.
8. Showing Donnie around Santa Monica & going to Jinkys.
7. Visiting the Privetts in San Diego.
6. Hosting our first Christmas.
5. Disneyland even when pregnant still being the happiest place on earth.
4. Donnie getting to go to Argentina.
3. Donnie passing the Fire Academy and becoming a permanent Engineer.
2. Our little blessing, Jackson Thomas.
1. All of us being alive, healthy, and blessed to be born into this world!

2 Months!

Jackson is 2 months old today! I need to start updating this more than once a month! I took him to the doctors today and he's now a whopping 14lbs 11oz and 24 inches long!


We had a great Christmas with lots of family around. It's actually really nice to have pass the baby and give our arms a break!






Jackson got lots of wonderful clothes and toys, he'll be using them in no time. We had a great holiday and I'm enjoying my last week off of work :( So sad to be going back.

Happy One Month Jackson!

Jackson turned one month old today! I can't believe it's already been a month, it does go by quickly.

Happy Thanksgiving

Well, we have lots to be thankful for this year. Jackson is here and we're all healthy and happy. This year we went to my mom's new house in Napa. It's so nice having her so close and seeing all of my family in Napa! Donnie even gave me a little hands-free time to make a broccoli salad and chocolate pecan pie for Thanksgiving!



Donnie and Jimmy frying one of the turkeys



Jackson of course loved being held by everyone, and it was so nice to sit without holding 10 pounds!

Jackson's Here!

It's beena a little while, because we've been so busy!

Jackson Thomas Privett arrived October 30, 2008, 5 days before he was due. Our big little boy 8 pounds, 12 ounces and 21 inches.

Donnie had 3 weeks off, thank goodness. Jackson does not like to be put down. Now that Donnie's back to work, the only time I have free hands is if Jackson is in the Bjorn.

But, we couldn't be happier, even without any sleep!

4 weeks!

Donnie and I went to our 35 week appointment this week, everything's looking good! Unfortunately the last time I went, the doc said he looked big and low and she thought he would come early. So, Donnie and I (mostly me) freaked out a little about his Mexico trip this coming up week. Donnie called to try to make it a shorter trip and the automated machine cancelled the whole trip. So I feel a little badly about that, but he's not too bummed. He won't miss our first class next week, which should be interesting! Of course when we went this week, the different doctor we had said I'm measuring right on track, whoops.

We got little one's room all ready though! We're watching Tucker while my mom is in the process of moving to Napa, and he wanted to be in all of the pictures!




My mom's cousin Michael sells his photography. I wasn't really thinking about one, but the coloring in this one turned out to match perfectly.