• Unfortunately for Nishi, I was under the weather for the first couple of days.  Can we say "Montezuma's Revenge"?....Yep, I got it.  My poor wife, was my nurse for those days and put up with me as I know I was not an easy patient. 
• Once "we" got healthy, it was finally time to be tourists in the beautiful city of Amsterdam.  We looked at a map, and plotted out the things that we had in our mind, what was on the map, and saved room for some spontaneity (see "coffee shops" below).  One of things was walking through the city and noticing how many people were either walking, on cruiser bikes, trains, buses, or motor bikes. 
• Canal Tours: it was really cool, we road in a motor boat that took through the famous canals of Amsterdam.  For those that don't know, Amsterdam is built on stilts.  Lots of history and amazing architecture.  Absolutely impressive the amount of engineering and innovation to create such a beautiful city.  
• Anne Frank House: when in Amsterdam, you gotta visit the AFH.  The line was so long that we just took pictures from the outside.  Still good times and felt we experienced it enough...
• Red Light District, "Coffee Shops": the famous RLD.....I'll be honest coming from a guy, it wasn't that great, it was what it was (I'll just leave it at that for this crowd).  Now, the "Coffee Shops" on the otherhand....wow, for those that have never been to Amsterdam, I'll just say that they don't just serve coffee there....they have other items on the menu of the organic variety.  Good times....
   
  

First of all, we know we have been out of pocket.  Guess that's what happens when life flies so fast. 

So for those wondering, here's the high level update (it's actually amazing just thinking about all of this as I'm typing)....

• We're expecting a baby!  That's right, the stork is making a visit to our house!  We are so excited and happy!  Admittedly, a little scary of this new responsibility, but we feel very fortunate to have each other and we look forward to raising "Baby Mads".  We just started the 2nd tri-mester and "Baby Mads" and Baby's Mama are doing well and healthy.  We plan to deliver the baby at the U of Washington Medical Center (go Dawgs!....for those that don't know, both Nishi and I are alumni of the U of W). 
• We're moving!:  We sold and have moved out of our place in Shoreline, and temporarily living with the Kamran family (who are so gracious to allow us to stay w/ them).  We are actively looking for a new place and feel that the timing is great w/ the market favorable towards a buyer (and, don't want to wear out our welcome at the Kamran's).....
• Birthdays!  Nishi's birthday was a few months ago, on 11/3 (she's a Scorpio).  We had a great celebration - locally with family and just her and I.  My birthday was just recently, on 2/26 (I'm a Pisces).  I was sprinkled with so much love from both sides of the families, friends who greeted me the day of and throughout this week.  In addition to the love and gifts from Nishi, she also surprised me with an overnight stay at the Edgewater Hotel!  It was such a great time.  It was also where we stayed the night of our wedding....  <Uso's Birthday is next - it's on April Fool's Day (he's a Aries). 

Just a few things that have been keeping us busy. 

Thanks to our family, friends for all your love and support - we LOVE YOU ALL!  We look forward to catching up with you all in the near future.  In the meantime, we hope to be more fluid with the blog posts. 

Nishi, Ty, and Uso