Thanks to my friend JR, I was able to play the Olympic Club’s Lake Course today. This is the 2012 US Open course and it was a humbling experience. Not only did it work me but the choice to walk the hilly track made me feel every day of my 36 yrs. Still a great bday treat - now it’s time for a beer and many Advil.

A Bix Birthday. Andrea treated me to a fantastic dinner at Bix tonight. Fun cocktails, great food, lively jazz… the works.

Having a great happy hour with the Millers. Yes, that’s my son with his thumb in his mouth - not exactly the best cocktail choice but it seems to work for him

Celebrating J-Downs birthday with the kids at Roam - a new burger place on Union St. I went with the Bison

One of the activities that come with being new parents is having grandparents dig up old pictures for comparisons.  My mom dug up a picture the other day of me at 5 months in what can only be described as a ridiculous outfit.  Just our luck… she saved that outfit and sent it to us for a couple of pics with Jake in it.  I still claim that Jake doesn’t look like Andrea or me, just looks like a baby.  Matt Koidin wrote a great post this weekend talking about 1 year of blogging for his daughter, Maile, and how she will have thousands of pictures (and videos) to review later in life.  We are excited that Jake will have the same and be able to show his kids some of the ridiculous outfits that Dre and I put him in.

Fantastic San Francisco day.  I met Keo, Bain, and Alex for golf at the Presidio in the morning.  There are only a handful of days a year when the weather is perfect in the city for golf and yesterday was one of them.  No wind, warm air, sunny, and there was NO ONE on th course.  Also nice to birdie the 18th for a 75, easy to be excited after that.

The second half of the day was spent with friends back at our place.  Chicken, steak tips, corn, cookies, and plenty of mayonnaise-based side dishes.  We finished the night with the UFC fight (my first) and it was surprisingly entertaining.  Our Founding Fathers would have been proud

After a long day of golf and biz meetings, one of the best places to grab a drink is Traps at Spanish Bay. Just a guy and a guitar entertaining the crowd - good times

We made it to Pebble Beach. Typical new parents, we barely got everything in the car for the 2hr trip and two night stay. Now our hotel room looks ridiculous. Small price to pay for what should be a great weekend.

The new happy hour. Fridays are a little different than a few years ago but we were excited to have friends and babies over for a new type of happy hour. We still had all the wine and stories from the week like thebold days only now it clears out by 7pm for bed times. As you can see, Jake just assumes our deck is like a club - ladies everywhere pawing all over him.

Been a pretty cool week for us watching Jake make some nice advancements.  He is sleeping better, starting to interact more, and becoming pretty fun to play with

2 month pics

Thanks to some help from Alex Bain and Scotty Fausel, we christened the new grill and enjoyed some great weather in the city this weekend.  The deck is 99% complete and the lovely people at Home Depot made sure we got plenty of grill for our outdoor cooking adventures.  Should be a great summer with more of these nights to come

Fun weekend with Aunt Kim (Scott’s sister) in town to meet Jake and hang out in the city.  With three kids of her own, she was a pro.  We took advantage of the sunny Sunday afternoon and toured around the city snapping pics.  Dre and I were able to sneak out to a great dinner with the Downs’ at Fish & Farm (amazing food) and then the Uncorked wine festival on Saturday.  Big weekend

OK, so I’m late to the game on Skype.  Its been around for years and millions of people use it but I never had any need or desire to call someone from my laptop… until now.  My job requires travel each week for at least one or two nights so when I get back to the hotel, I Skype with Dre and Jake back home.  Its the perfect way to stave off the homesick bug for a little while.  Oh - the grandparents love it too!

One of our favorite events in Napa is the Insignia Days up at the Joseph Phelps winery.  As a treat for their wine club members, Phelps hosts a great event with open tastings of their current releases, barrel tastings (not so tasty) of the new release, lots of food, and gorgeous views/weather.

This was also our first day trip with Jake. After some careful planning for timing of our feedings, we ventured the 1.5hrs north and enjoyed the day in the sun.  I am happy to say that he came through with flying colors - no meltdowns or even any real fussing.  Might have been due to the new formula we were trying… one part Phelps Insignia (we prefer the ‘04) and 3 parts breast milk :)

Thanks to Jeremy for a great blog post on Sophie’s page covering our Mother’s Day fun.  No reason for me to create a new one so enjoy his prose and pictures