We be Parents

Nope, she hasn’t gotten rid of me – she’s just got a whitey of a new variety – a new car!  On Saturday, my 30th birthday, Yenari thought the best way to celebrate would be for us to go out and buy her a new car…definitely an awesome birthday present, just not for me!  Here she is with her new beaute – a 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid:

Yenari with her new whitey

So now I’m definitely on the road to being a grownup – 30 years old, married, preggers wifey, and a family car!  No official belly shot this time, but she did just move past 30 weeks – that’s 3/4 of the way there!  Yenari is all dressed up in the picture because we were going out for a fancy dinner.  My mother and grandmother teamed up to give me a gift certificate to have dinner at Chez Panisse in Berkeley.

The food was great – here are some photos of the meal we had tonight:

Deep-fried green asparagus and onions with mustard Chantilly

Fish and shellfish ragoût with fava beans and chervil

Grilled Marin Sun Farm grass-fed beef rib eye with cabernet sauce, sautéed new potatoes

In our excitement on seeing the dessert we dug in without taking a photo, but I managed to get a shot of Yenari finishing off the ‘Bittersweet chocolate fondant with candied kumquat ice cream’ that topped off the great meal.

Yenari finishing off her dessert

Yup – I was there too – don’t I look so mature now that I’m all grown up?

me!

Chez Panisse sign on the way out after an excellent meal

We’re trying to sneak in as many nice dinners out and as much quality time as we can be for the impending (doom?) excitement that should be heading our way in 10 weeks or so.   Thanks to ‘moms’ and nana for a great birthday present!