April 12th, 2007

   Chris and Jacqueline got to spend an entire week with us! We took a couple of days off work and were able to get a lot of shopping and sightseeing in.

   Speaking of "sightseeing", check out Nicole's latest tummy progress!

    How much more will it grow? We'll have another (and final) photo update in 6 more weeks...

    Even after living here for 7 years, we'd still never done the cheesy "Hollywood Tourists" thing and checked out the museums along Hollywood Blvd. Luckily we got discounts for being locals. That's all we're going to say about it.

    Another thing we'd always wanted to do was check out the Getty Villa in Malibu. It's the original home to J. Paul Getty's collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan artifacts. It's now open to the public with free admission, (but there's a waiting list.)

    The villa was pretty amazing, and it was hard to imagine the time and work it must have taken to collect so many antiquities. Some of the statues and urns are over 4000 years old.

    On Fiday night we saw "Grindhouse". All we can say is it was incredibly outrageous, and a breath of fresh air. The four of us laughed our asses off and seeing it in a theatre definitely added to the experience. We usually hate theatre-going, but it was really fun. This is one of the most purely-entertaining movies we've ever seen.

    It was great having Nicole's mom and sister down for so much hang-out time. The next time we see them, there will be a new member of the family squirming around!

-Rob and Nicole

The next morning, Bob joined the family for breakfast at "11" on Santa Monica, Blvd.

After fainting twice and being revived, Nicole manages to stand on her own two feet long enough to get her picture taken in front of her fantasy pirate-man.

Rob tries to impersonate Samuel L. Jackson and succeeds on some level, according to him and him alone.

Nicole tries to get herself mentally-prepared for the last 2 months of pregnancy.

In front of that sign thing you always see.

Shopping, shopping, shopping... Here's Nicole's favorite baby store on Montana in Santa Monica.

Our kid is going to have way too much stuff. Maybe we can start a children's charity with all the stuff he grows out of.

One of the many freaky fountains around the grounds.

"Female Figure, (Star Gazer)" from the early Bronze Age from Anatolia (present-day Turkey). 2800-2200 BC.

From altars with Aphrodite and Adonis, Greek 400-375 BC.

"Aphrodite, Goddess of Love" Greek 100 BC.

Nicole's mom fixes her hair while trying on some new dresses at Max Studio in Santa Monica

We spent some time exploring the vast Pacific Design Center, and got some good ideas for our house up north.

The girls hit the town "Tourist Style", stopping by the Chinese Theatre, Guinness Book of World Records, and the Hollywood Wax Museum. Of course, they drag Rob along to document the whole thing with the camera.

At the Wax Museum, "Jason" decides to kill Rob for taking pictures.

Rob cowers just before having his camera murdered.

The girls do their best Charlie's Angels moves.

The girls took a day trip to Pasadena and visited the Rose Tree Cottage tea house.

Picking out baby stuff is pretty fast with six arms.

Luckily for us we were able to visit the Getty Villa on a weekday, so there weren't too many people milling about.

So many heads, so little time...

"Herm of Dionysos" Greek, 100-50 BC.

Cute pregnant girl, 2007 AD.

"Head of Bearded Man" Greek 160-150 BC.

One of the many mosaics from 300-400 AD

Rob terrorizes the city near the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.