back from Boston...

for over a month now! Yes, it has taken me quite a while to post these but I wanted to get these up from our trip to Boston last month. Pierce and I headed up to visit Shelly and the rest of Ward family for a long weekend and it was just the get-a-way we desperately needed. Highlights included the Big Apple Circus, a Duck Tour, a Red Sox vs. Yankees game but most importantly plenty of time with my big sister and her wonderful family. How those trips leave me wishing that we all lived closer...

31

So... I have to say that thirty-one hasn't been so bad so far. We had a great birthday weekend together- Curt, P and I. Highlights included seeing Horton Hears a Whoo, lunch at Tacodeli with my friend Dani, napping with Pierce, talking on the phone with friends and family, a trip to Amy's Ice Cream Shop, beautiful weather, a long bike ride with our little fam to Town Lake Park and lunch at Central Market together. I am hoping that this weekend was a good indication of the year to come :)

Much love to you all-

Mimi, Lesley and Henry

Last weekend Mimi, Lesley and Henry came to visit. The boys were so excited to see one another but it was touch and go all weekend. There were many highs and lows... crazy happiness and within a split second, things could make a drastic change for the worse. Overall, we had a great time and enjoyed a trip to the rodeo, Zilker Park, and of course our favorite restaurants.

We are excited that we will have much more room in our new house for guests:)

March 2008 Already?

Wow! I have really had good intentions to post to the blog this year but I have fallen short to do so. So... now here we are in March and big things are happening with us. We now have a contract on a house in Southwest Austin and things seem to be moving right along. Here are a few photos... yes, the trim is green and the shutters are blue. Quite odd but we will take care of that pretty quickly after closing on the 26th of March. That color combo seems to bother me more than anyone else:)

Our skinny pant wearing upstairs neighbors have been obnoxiously louder than usual so we are crossing our fingers that everything goes smoothly with the home purchase.

I will send everyone updated contact info. once we are in and have that information.

Christmas Recap!

We are now a day away from the new year and I have now had a chance to go through some of our pictures from this Christmas. We went to Louisiana (Wee-siana as Pierce says it :) for the holiday to visit friends and family. We left of Friday and stopped in Lafayette to visit the Blakeman's. Once we arrived, Curtis went to their hunting camp with Shannon while Pierce and I stayed with Haley and Ava. As always, we had a great time visiting and I definitely think it is a good way to start off a trip back home.

Then it was on to Mimi's house where we all enjoyed hanging out with Mimi, Lesley and Henry. Pierce could hardly wait for Henry to arrive on Saturday afternoon and the two boys were very cute together. Then on Sunday, I was very excited that we were all able to get out of the house in time to make it to early church at Rayne in New Orleans. It was truly great to be back at our favorite church and enjoy time in New Orleans with Mocha and Al. We all enjoyed a ride on the street car and the view from Al's 2st floor office on Poydras Street. The view of the Crescent City and the river was very cool from up there- both boys really loved it!

We had a nice Christmas Eve with Lesley and Henry, then headed to the Bougeious' for a party before we set out treats for Santa. Christmas was pretty magical this year for Pierce. I think this is the first year he really got it all and he was excited about everything. He was so excited to see if Santa had eaten his treat that he flew right by all the presents and stocking on Christmas morning. Everything was "just what he wanted" so we were pretty psyched.

We left for New Roads on Christmas morning and enjoyed the day with that side of the family. I came back to Austin on Wednesday morning but C and P stayed for a few more days. Pierce had fun going to the hunting camp, hanging out with his Mama Elaine, riding the 4 wheeler and generally being spoiled by everyone. So overall, we had a great Christmas!

We all hope you all had a magical Christmas and hope that 2008 brings everyone many blessings!

It's only Tuesday?

It is a little crazy to say this but this week has been so crazy and it's only Tuesday :( Hopefully things will settle at work tomorrow, Curtis will be back in town from his conference and I will start the day off right by treating myself to a peppermint mocha (1/2 the syrup) while listening to Christmas tunes on the way into work. For starters, that should make my week go in the right direction towards Christmas.

Being a single parent for a few days sure is rough stuff. No tag teaming and too much to mention for just one! Pierce and I have had fun with me getting off of work a bit early. We have been busy preparing for Christmas- wrapping presents, making a Gingerbread house and lining up Pierce's presents that he is so patiently waiting to unwrap.

And hooray! I finally got all of my Christmas cards out today. Most will probably not arrive until after Christmas but I think everyone will still enjoy receiving them with the picture of our marvelous little P.

Love to you all-

A couple of photos from the weekend. Pierce loved playing with Ava when we visited the Blakeman's in Lafayette and here is a shot of Pierce pausing to smile for the camera in Mocha's backyard.