The News From Noe

Christmas 09

2010-01-24T13:58:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas just the three of us this year and then we headed up to Tahoe for the New Year with friends. The snow pictures will come in the next post. These are a few of Lily at her first cookie party up at Grandma Terry's house, opening her presents, checking out the tree and playing with her friends Luca and Laura. We hope everyone has a great 2010!

October/November 09 & A Hint of December

2009-12-07T23:45:00.000-08:00

Well, we are finally getting our photos posted from the second half of the year. Better late than never, I guess. ;) Here are some pictures from this October and November. Carl's dad came to visit early October, we went the pumpkin patch and Lily and her friend Bryce had fun on the train and hunting for the perfect pumpkin. Lily also got to visit with her cousin Caleb in October and for Thanksgiving we went to Southern California where we all enjoyed a visit to the Long Beach Aquarium. Lily loved the Seal and you can see why from the photos. She also had a blast showing us her banana, yes while eating it. There is also a few pictures of Lily eating a sandwich like a big girl - where has our baby gone? Finally there are a few snaps of Lily at the Christmas Tree Lot picking out the tree. She loves the Christmas tree and is really good at not touching the ornaments on the tree. She just looks and says, WOW!

Some Snaps from June - October 09

2009-12-07T23:20:00.000-08:00

We had a busy summer this year which included Lily's first birthday in July and a big celebration with all the kids, moms and dads from Tracy's mothers group. There are some cute pictures from the celebration. We also took a trip to the east coast in August to visit Grandma and Far Far (Grandpa in Swedish), Lily had a blast picking and eating wild strawberries from Grandma's garden. We then we had a long weekend in Newport, RI for a friend's wedding (Julia and Angus) from London. Next thing you know it is early October and we are picking out pumpkins at the patch and these are some serious patches in Half Moon Bay with animals, trains, corn mazes and a men dressed as gladiators, who Lily loved. Enjoy

Lily's Photoshoot

2009-12-07T23:05:00.001-08:00

We asked Annie Florin - an excellent child photographer in San Francisco - to spend the morning with us back in April to take some photos of Lily (just 9 months at the time) and these were the best of the bunch. Some very sweet moments we all shared that day - can't believe she is now 17 months old. They always say it goes so fast, glad we can capture some of the moments with pictures. Enjoy.

Spring cleaning

2009-05-31T15:43:00.000-07:00

We've been busy the last few months, and are finally getting a chance to get some of our pictures up that have been collecting dust since January.

First up, some pictures from our vacation to Akumal in Mexico with Bella, Jeff, and Paolo. It was a relaxing break for Tracy and me, and so fun to see Lily on the beach by the water. I could tell the sound of the waves helped her relax too - we had a lot of good times just sitting and watching the waves roll in.

The next batch of pictures is from Tracy's mom's group in February. Every time they have a big get together they take pictures of the kids in these onsies with their names on them. So cute! They are looking forward to the one year reunion coming up soon.

Finally, a roundup album of the last two months. We've got some great pictures of Lily and her new friend Charlie (you wouldn't know from the pictures that Charlie is like 6 months younger than her!), Easter pictures, my good friend Sujit's wedding in Houston, and finally some pictures of Lily with her great-grandpa. I hope I'm crawling around on the floor when I'm 95 -- amazing!

Hope everyone is well -- love from all of us.

Akumal Vacation

2009-04-21T12:12:00.000-07:00

We're still working on getting our pictures up, but Tracy, Lily and I recently got back from a great vacation to Akumal, Mexico. Highly recommended if you're looking for a chill beach getaway -- its a hidden little town south of Cancun that's tourist friendly without seeming touristy.

I put together a guide on nextstop of all the places we went -- and its a great excuse to show off our new nextstop embedding feature.

Rockin' In The New Year

2009-02-21T22:33:00.000-08:00

Well it's already 2009, yes we know we are a good two months into it now but life with a 7 month old, starting a new company and a massive construction project tends to make time fly by fast. Lily will be 8 months on March 4th and we are just amazed every day at all her new discoveries. She was lucky and had two of her grandparents come to visit in January. Enjoy some of these new pics of the little lady.

Holiday Fun

2009-01-02T21:30:00.000-08:00

Lily's first Christmas was so much fun - she attended her first holiday cookie party, went to see Jolly Santa (of course she was a good girl this year), visited with her family and opened lots of presents on Christmas morning. She liked the wrapping paper best of all. Lily is changing and growing so much every day, she is eating solid foods like a champ, laughing up a storm and even repeating the sound "bah" when mom and dad ask her to. We can't believe she will be six months on January 4th!

Wishing you all a very happy and healthy new year.

November fun and a tiny bit of December mixed in

2008-12-12T19:30:00.001-08:00

November was a busy month in the land of Miss Lily. The month started off(well technically it was the end of October) with Lily rolling over for the first time and we caught it on camera. You can also see more photos of Lily dressed as Nemo on actual Halloween night. Lily got to witness first hand the election - we had a party at our house election night to celebrate. We went over to brunch at Pat and Alain's house and Lily got to meet up with lots of her girlfriends. Our construction garage project is still going on and we stayed up at Jessica's house in Sonoma for a week to escape some of the nasty jackhammering and concrete dust. There are some pictures of Lily with the boys - they are going to keep her entertained for years to come. We also tried solid food toward the end of the month and you can see some pics of Lily with avocado all over her face. So cute! We headed to Huntington Beach for Thanksgiving and had a great celebration with family and friends. Lily got to meet a friend of the family who is 99 years old. That is one massive age gap. There are also some pictures from my mom's group of the babies - they are all getting so old and growing so fast. Finally we picked out our Christmas tree and are all ready for the holidays which we will be spending in San Francisco.

Big Events in October

2008-10-30T10:12:00.000-07:00

This October we have had a ton going and the fun never ever stops. For starters, Carl turned 30 and we surprised him at work with an ice cream cake from BiRite and also had a dinner party with close friends. Our good friends Peter and Chantal from Sydney came to stay for a week and we got to meet baby Liam. We headed to the pumpkin patch where Lily dressed as Nemo the clown fish. (Little does she know [because she was in my belly] that we were on the hunt for Nemo at the Great Barrier Reef before leaving Australia so thought the costume was perfect for her first Halloween)

Lily also got to meet her Grandpa Claes for the first time when he came to visit from New York earlier in the month. The first version of Carl's travel website launched in October http://www.nextstop.com/ he and his partners have been working their behinds off. Check it out when you have a chance and ask for an account so you can start adding your favorite recommendations. As if starting a company and having a baby all at once wasn't enough, we also broke ground on our garage construction project. That's right jack hammering all day and a baby trying to take naps don't exactly mix well but having a garage in the city seems all worth it.

Enjoy the photos and we hope you are all well.

Sunny September

2008-10-30T07:57:00.000-07:00

This fall we have been busy with the little one. We had lots of visitors come and stay with us which has been fun. In September we went to see our goddaughter's soccer game which Lily loved to watch in the Bjorn. There is no facing in for this kid, it is all about looking out and checking out what is happening in this great big world. We also took our first family vacation up to Mendocino for a long weekend filled with coastal walks, beautiful drives and mom and dad even managed to get in some wine tasting in the Anderson Valley. You will also see some pictures of Lily right out of the bath - she loves the water and bath time is the best part of her day!

Busy Times

2008-10-20T16:16:00.001-07:00

Hello all - Sorry for not getting up the many pictures we have taken the past few weeks of our little Lily on the blog. Things are busy at the house with baby time and Carl's exciting new start-up (www.nextstop.com) Lily is now 16 weeks old and growing bigger and bigger every day. We took our first family vacation to Mendocino and Carl turned 30 since we last updated our blog. Here are a few pictures taken two weeks ago to hold you all over until we get some time to make a new posting. Hope you are all well.

Labor Day and First Trip

2008-09-07T11:38:00.001-07:00

This Labor day we headed up to Tahoe for a visit with Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Steve. Lily also got to meet her great grandma Phyllis or as most people know her "Mucka". We took a lot of four generation pictures with Lily, Tracy, Kathy and Mucka. Lily was a champ in the car given the awful San Francisco to Tahoe holiday traffic. We had a relaxing weekend with lots of yummy food and a few competitive card games. Carl was victorious and liked to rub it in each time he won. This week ushered in Lily's 8th week of life. We can't believe she is already two months old.

Play Gym Love

2008-09-07T11:32:00.000-07:00

Lily loves her play gym and can't stop grabbing and batting at all the hanging toys. She is 7 weeks old in these photos. We also have a few photos of our living room that we are almost finished decorating - we will also get around to taking other photos of the house now that we are finished with our move back in project.

Lily in the Gardens

2008-09-07T11:22:00.000-07:00

This group of pictures are from Lily's 5th and 6th week of life. She is getting so big and smiles are coming all the time. Her Grandma Martha was visiting during this time and we all took a trip down to Filoli Gardens. Our favorite photo is Lily with the Lilies. For all the fans of the 1980s big shoulder pad television show Dynasty you will notice the house at the Gardens is the one you see in the opening credits.

Lily's Friends

2008-09-06T11:54:00.000-07:00

These are the cutest photos from Tracy's mothers group. The moms made their little munchkins a onesie with their names on the front for a group photo. The babies were all lined up and believe it or not there were no upset babies during the photo. They all loved being stacked up like little human dominoes. Lily is 6 weeks old in this photo.

One Month Already

2008-08-10T21:55:00.002-07:00

Its hard to believe that Lily is 5 weeks old already -- Tracy and I are still feeling like we are in a whirlwind, but we're loving every minute with her -- well, maybe not LOVING the 3AM feeds. ;)

We've had a number of visitors of late and some more additions to the many cute pics of Lily (including some from the hospital we missed on previous rounds). It was also Tracy's birthday so we had the opportunity for extra visitors, and finally, you'll see some pictures of our recently signed new office space.

Enjoy

2 More Weeks With Lilypad

2008-07-26T17:13:00.002-07:00

Hey everyone -- here are some more pics with our little Lily. She got to meet a few more people, and we had grandma Kathy here to help us take care of Lily pad and us while we figure everything else out. Thanks so much Kathy -- we couldn't have made it through this time without you!

Week 1 with Lily

2008-07-13T22:22:00.001-07:00

Well, its been an interesting week getting used to our gorgeous daughter. Tracy and I are still trying to figure out which end is up, and its a good day if we leave the house at all, but we're enjoying every minute with our little peanut. Tracy and Lily are recovering well, and we're starting to get our routine down. Here are some pictures of Lily in her first week where she got her first bath, had some visitors, and generally looked adorable as always.

Enjoy the pics.

Welcoming Lily Sutton

2008-07-07T11:17:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't know, we welcomed our daughter Lily Sutton into the world at 5:05PM on July 4th, 2008. She weighed 9 lbs 8 ounces (4.3 kg) and is 21.5 inches long (54.5 cm) -- one big firecracker! Tracy and Lily are both doing great.

We made it home yesterday and are adjusting to life with our new best friend -- here are the first pics of our darling little girl and the events around the delivery.

Love,

Tracy, Carl, and Lily

Back in the US of A

2008-06-21T15:28:00.003-07:00

As avid readers of our blog I'm sure have noticed, its been a little quiet on www.tracyandcarl.com for a while. We arrived back in San Francisco in early April and its been non stop ever since. Between moving, doing some remodelling, setting up the nursery, Tracy's growing belly and Carl getting started on his new company there hasn't been a lot of time for pictures and blogging. However we found some time this weekend to get all caught up on the last few months of our Australia stay and some of what we've been up to since we've been back in Noe.

We're looking forward to seeing people we haven't seen yet, and are currently in count-down mode for the new arrival. Next time we post here, there will be three of us!

Love,

Tracy and Carl

40 Year Old Marriage

2008-06-21T15:11:00.002-07:00

My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this year and it happened to be on Mother's Day so it made for a fun and eventful weekend up in Tahoe at their newly built house. The entire family had an amazing dinner at The West Shore Cafe on the lake and then the next morning we all cooked brunch for the moms and soon-to-be mom. The main attraction of the brunch were the ricotta pancakes from the Bill's Sydney cookbook. Yum Yum! Enjoy the pictures of the happy couple and also check out my ever growing basketball bump.

Leaving Oz

2008-06-21T15:09:00.006-07:00

I guess all good things must come to an end. Saying goodbye is always hard but we made so many wonderful friends that we will see again so it was really just bye for now when we left Sydney. We had farwell drinks at a pub in Paddington prior to leaving and Carl had a going away dim sum (or as they say in Australia, yum cha) lunch with his co-workers. All the pictures are below as well as some additional ones from Chantal from our going away drinks that can be viewed here

We Made it to the Great Barrier Reef

2008-06-21T15:08:00.004-07:00

Carl and I with our friend Michael spent our last week in Australia up in the great barrier reef on Hamilton island. It was an area of Australia we really wanted to see before we left, and Carl and Michael were excited to put their newly minted dive certifications to work while I snorkled (on the hunt for Nemo!). We also had the chance to hold koalas and go on a plane ride over the great barrier reef and to Whitehaven beach which is only accessible by boat or plane -- its the whitest sand we've ever seen. It was a very relaxing week before the chaos of the move, and a great conclusion to our Aussie adventure.

On A Different West Coast

2008-06-21T15:07:00.002-07:00

Over Easter, we took a long weekend to travel to Australia's west coast and spent some time with friends in Perth and then spent a few days in the Margaret River -- one of Australia's well known wine regions. The scenery was fantastic with waves meeting the rolling vineyards along the coast, and Carl enjoyed having a designated driver so he could taste all the great wines.