Monday, February 16, 2009

4-Months-Old and Valentine's Day

Sorry in advance for the long post, we haven't posted in a while...

Tyler is now 4-months-old! My, how the time flies!! He had his 4 month wellness checkup with the pediatrician last week and he now weighs 16 1/2 lbs. He is in about the 70th percentile for his weight and height. We are so grateful for our healthy little boy! It's so fun to watch him learn and grow and figure out how things work. We took some pics to commemorate his being 4-months-old. He's becoming such a little character!













We also celebrated Valentine's Day and hope you all had a wonderful "day of love" as well! :) On Friday, Gordon took me out to dinner. We were attempting to avoid the crowds that undoubtedly made the wait far too long on Saturday and when we were seated right away, we were glad we decided to celebrate early. It was fun to spend some time as a fam. After that we went over to my parents to play a few games and eat some yummy and, might I add, beautiful Vday cake that Nancy made. On Saturday I made Gordon a candle light dinner and for some reason Tyler really got a kick out of the candles...All in all it was a wonderful holiday. On a funny note, some of you know the story of the infamous Valentine's Day napkin holders I purchased a couple of years back but for those that don't... Gordon always gives me a hard time about purchasing any holiday decorations, placemats, or door hangers insisting that we don't ever use them. Well, I definitely had an "I told you so" moment when we were loading the dishes in the dishwasher and I went to put the placemats away. Lo and behold, what did I see laying in the drawer unused? MY VALENTINE'S DAY NAPKIN HOLDERS!!!! I had forgotten all about them. Alas, Gordon was right, we have-as yet- not used them...

The beautiful roses Gordon got me for vday.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Summer 2009


Destination: Austin, TX!!

We found out that this summer we will be making the move to the great Lone Star State. This is a first for us. We have yet to live in Texas so I'm sure it will be an adventure as always. At first I was pretty psyched that it would be a few states closer from destinations of past summers but after a geography review found that it will still be a 22 hour drive. :( Looking on the bright side, we will be only 1 hour and 20 min away from John and Nancy who will be in San Antonio! That's about as good as it gets without actually being in the same office!! If only we could move the state of Texas closer to Phili without increasing the driving time...

On another note, my true dread for the summer comes from trying to figure out how to travel 22 hours in the car with a 7-month-old and keep my sanity. I truly am having nightmares already. Any ideas?