last month oma and grandpa came for a visit, where they got to have
a brief taste of spring before heading back to colorado. we did have a lot of rain that weekend, but enjoyed one dry day by visiting golden gate park. the blossoms were starting to pop as we visited the japanese tea garden, botatanical gardens, and you could just make out the tops of the tulips by the windmill. before the rains came on saturday oma and grandpa helped us in our own garden--thank you! oma and grandpa even played babysitter one night as hugh and i went to the ccc school auction. they were a big help and we were sad to say good bye.
our next big event was st. johnston's day, complete with corned beef, cabbage, and home brewed green beer--hugh's first time home brewing again (with joel faber) since our wedding brew. a little rain
didn't stop the festivities--little can stand in the way of green jello shots and irish car bombs. and a big thank you to beppe and pake for giving up their own st. patrick's day festivities to watch gerrit with anneke and arie.
of course gerrit is keeping us busy. he is at a very fun age and has become a little parrot mimicking everything we do and performing all his tricks on command--clap, wave, nodding 'no' and the latest feat 'yes'. our big push right now is walking, but he seems quite content as crawling and cruising around the furniture gets him where ever he needs to go.