Weekend fun

Lots of things happening this weekend. On Saturday, we met my family at the World Food Festival. I can't believe that last year when I attended this event, I was pregnant and nauseous. This year was much more fun, even though we had to wait in line for a long time for most of the food we tried. But we had great company whilst waiting.

Aunties and a hungry/grumpy papa

Jack admiring his dido's hat.

With majka and did

With cousin B & his g/f

Daddy just had to try frog legs

The look of disappointment

On Sunday, we visited some family friends, where Jackers got to hang out with some of his baby buddies.

Jack is fascinated with dresses

"Yum!" - "Boy, you are weird!"

Cuteness overload

Dear friends

Spanish class

This baby was tuckered out after all the weekend fun. I think he is going to sleep well tonight.

1st birthday party

This past weekend we celebrated a friend's first birthday party. Jackers was so good the entire time. I was so proud of him. 

Mama and Jack

Papa and Jack

With his grandpa

With his friend Mila

With auntie and the birthday girl Kalina

It was a nice weekend with friends and family.

Fun at the fair

And another summer concludes with the the Iowa State Fair. We chose to go with our friends S and A this year. This was Jack's first visit, and he was just wonderful. The weather was nice and we found some free parking. Baby boy took everything in and seemed to enjoy it all. Here are some photos from the day.

Dinner with a famous hobo

If you are local, you've probably caught him on the news. Or saw him on the local morning show (appears at 2:23). He is a hobo visiting 50 states in 50 weeks starting with only $50 in his pocket. You can track him on his website, hobodyssey.com. During his visit to Iowa, he stayed with my friends S, A, and D. We had dinner together and listened to stories of his adventures.

Jack meets Emmett, the hobo

D holding my funny boy

After a while, he got fussy, but auntie S calmed him

A does not hold babies. He wants to put them in the dryer.

Yummy dinner.

HD camera a hobo uses for his documentary

Hobos are high tech these days

It was cool to meet Emmett. He is a nice dude with an interesting life. It'll be fun to see where all this leads him to.

This weekend

I love May. It smells of summer, but it's not quite yet hot and unbearable. Of course, we are taking advantage of the weather and going outside whenever we can. On Thursday, we had dinner with aunt S.

 And after dinner, we went for an evening stroll around sculpture park.

On Friday we visited husband's grandparents. On Saturday, Jack and I met my parents and sisters at the Asian Festival.

 It was a gorgeous day!

My sisters and I participated in setting a world record (most fortune cookies eaten at the same time in one place, or something like that.)

In the evening, we went to my parents' house to celebrate Mother's Day with my mom. Baby boy was fussy, so we tried out the Johnny Jump Up my parents bought for him. He is still too little for it, but I can tell he is going to love this thing.

 His little feet are barely yet reaching the floor. :)

Game night

Yesterday was an all over awesome day. First I was made two job offers and ended up accepting a job in a growing area of my awesome company. I don't start until after my maternity leave, whenever that is. In the evening, our friends S and A came over to play some really cool European board games. We had so much fun. These days it's all about relaxation and distractions.

We played Carcassonne and Catan - didn't get to Dixit

Carcassonne - building towns and roads and scoring points

Catan - sort of an early settlers Monopoly game

Baby Showers

I love my family, friends and coworkers. They are so kind and caring. I wish I could express my gratitude in a more profound way. Maybe one day I will be able to repay every single one of them with the kindness they bestowed upon me. This past week, I was showered with baby gifts and good wishes. The first one took place on Sunday.

Opening many, many wonderful gifts

Decorations

There were so many guests

Greeting everyone at the door

Presents for baby

My friend B was the photographer

The spread

Decorations at teta Mirjana's house

Beautiful winter day

Party favors: robin's egg scented soap in a nest

My mom prepared everything by herself - the food was delicious

Owls

It was so nice seeing everyone on Sunday. My baby is so lucky to have all these people in his life.

Baby shower at work

Today, there was also a baby shower at work thrown by my gal pals Jenny and Jana.  Lots of my favorite coworkers showed up for some cake and punch bringing beautiful presents. I took one picture but then got completely absorbed into meeting with everyone and forgot to take more photos.
I am so lucky to have these people in my life. I appreciate everything they have done for me.