Our House

We have a contract on our new house! Although this isn't the first house we put an offer on . . . it is "ours" assuming nothing goes wrong with the inspection, insurance, etc. I am a little afraid of jinxing it with a post . . . now we just need to sell our house here. The shutters have been painted to match the door (chocolate brown). It is certainly big enough to entertain guests for any of you that want to come and visit!

Loungin'

So, we got up to the pool for an hour yesterday. I set Connor down on the lounge chair so I could grab his bottle. I was a little concerned that he would try to crawl off the chair or climb up the back. Instead, he finally shows signs that he is indeed my child. . .
Connor has also proven he his his daddy's child (well, if it wasn't obvious by looking at him) he has also taken over his daddy's blackberry habits.

We spent Saturday with family. We saw Connor's cousins (2nd) at his Great Uncle Scott's 60th birthday. Connor with Uncle Scott and Aunt Karen -
The cousins playing in the baby pool . . .

Baby Emi and Connor - Emi walked right up to Connor and gave him a hug and a kiss (which of course I missed with the camera) . . . Emi is only 5 weeks older than Connor but is walking and is SUPER ADORABLE!

Pattycakes

So, Connor learned to "pattycake" himself last week. Well, the credit is really due to my mom. She patiently taught Connor to clap. And now . . . he claps all the time. It is so freaking adorable! I must get it on video but I am on a video hiatus at the moment. (I left the camera in Alabama). He claps for himself when he eats a Cheerio. He has been such a trooper the past few weeks travelling from place to place and crib to crib. The fact that he is sleeping at all is truly amazing. He isn't back to full sleeping through the night . . . but he is pretty close most nights so . . .

We went house hunting again when we returned from Key West. We put an offer in on a place and are waiting to hear back. We got our house listed so now it is just a waiting game. The wedding in Key West was beautiful. The weather was amazing! A "few" more pictures from our trip . . .

The front of our house we rented in Key West

Our pool in Key West - nice huh?

My Fav pic of Colin and Connor - so cute!

Colin asleep on the hammock swing (I must have one for our new place - but I want the one with the foot rest - it is the heavenly!)

Connor out for a walk with Uncle Ben - the fire hydrant was made in Albertville (where "our people" are from) - this picture makes me laugh.

The Bride and Groom (people would not get out of my way so I could get a good picture)

Ben, Colin and KK

The reception on the pier . . .

Connor passed out after too many Cheerios

Connor having too much fun at the reception (after his nap)

Wedding Sunset

Vaca . . .

Hi from Key West! We are really enjoying our time down in Key West. Connor went for his first swim and LOVED it! Here are a few pics of Connor in the pool at our place.

Con Air

Connor enjoyed his first private flight yesterday into Key West. It was a smooth flight into sunny 80 degree Key West. Colin and I agree that the best part of the flight was not having to interact with any people, period. It was wonderful and a quick trip.

6 Weeks, 6 Months, Eggs, Mustard, Mayo and HAM

When Connor was 6 weeks old, Colin came home from work and said he was presented with an interesting/unbelievale offer. Move to Dubai for at least 1 year! Dubai? Yes, as in the UAE. While the thought of going to Dubai was certainly exciting/scary/crazy - how were we going to do it with a 6 week old? After careful consideration, Colin decided to turn down the opportunity and continue his law practice right here in the good old US of A. Fast Forward.




3 months ago Connor celebrated his 6 month (half birthday), Uncle Neal turned 28, and I am guessing most of the readers of this blog did something for Valentines Day. A LOT has happened since then. I am not really sure where to begin . . . but maybe I should start with Colin going to get a root canal (finally), heading to work, getting to work, and then getting laid off. Now, I know that over 600,000 people lost their jobs in February - but I never thought it would be Colin. He works harder than pretty much anyone I know - so it was both surprising and devastating for us. Not to mention that the root canal was clearly not the worst part of his day. That was exactly 3 months ago.


We did some soul searching and job searching. I should mention for those of you who don't know - I didn't return to work after my maternity leave. So all this soul searching and job searching left Colin, Connor and me home alone TOGETHER! All Day! I wouldn't trade it for the world. Colin was home to see Connor crawl for the first time, pull up, stand and cruise! At this rate, he will also be home to see him walk!


Since Colin is a real catch (clearly I thought/think) so! Not surprisingly employers thought/think so too (great minds!). Colin had several offers to choose from when he finally made a decision . . . .





We are moving!!!! We have been so busy packing/staging (HGTVing) our house to put on the market/trying to remember what day it is so we don't miss our flight to Key West for my cousin Matt's wedding that I really haven't had a chance to make a post -really I haven't. In addition, last Thursday night we went to the Club for dinner. I usually have the veggie quesedilla (there aren't too many veggie options) but for some reason last Thursday I decided I would have the Roasted Vegetable Wellington (essentially roasted veggies in a puff pastry). Well, I had had it once before (actually the night Colin got laid off - but I digress). When I got home I thought I had burnt my lip on the food - but no big deal - I had a nice glass of white wine after Connor was asleep and was ready to wake up and start packing on Friday. Friday morning I was sitting at the computer trying to get documents together for our mortgage application and I noticed a few red VERY ITCHY bumps on my right elbow. Weird - but not that weird.

It must be said that our cats are very afraid (for some reason) of our printer. So as I was scanning/printing documents, Aubie walked across the keyboard to take a closer (yet still at a distance) look at the printer machine. I really didn't need him stalling out the computer at this point - so I smoothed out his beautiful orange fur and then picked him up to set him down on the floor. OOOOOCHHHHHHHHH! the little brat scratched the *(*^&*%^$ out of my arm (yes, the one with the bumps)!!! So, I really freaked out - thinking how horrible this scar/scratch was going to be in Key West (sadly this turned out to be the least of my problems). After Colin calmed me and Connor down we started packing and getting a move on. I started to notice MORE bumps (but only on my right side) - WEIRD. I decided to take a Benadryl (but only after I had seconds (leftovers) from Thursday night's Wellington). REALLY DUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REALLY DUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I should also mention that it wasn't even GOOD - but leftovers are for eating - so I ate a little more and then the bumps continued. Great. Saturday morning I woke up and the bumps moved over to my left side too. I went to the Doc in a Box - got a prescription(s) one for the cat scratch too! Luckily my mom flew in that same morning to help us with Connor/packing/HGTVing our house so she could tell/remind me that this same thing happened to me when I was Connor's age (so 30 years ago). My parents fed me my first egg around 8 or 9 months and I turned pink/purple/red all over and they really thought they had killed me. I survived with only an allergy to eggs (although I eat pankcakes and cookies, etc., just not egg eggs). I also have an allergy to mustard and mayo. (Never has a reaction been like this though - well not in 30 years). In order to make myself not want to eat these items I have convinced myself that they are utterly disgusting items that should never be eaten, period. In general this has worked and I have not knowingly eaten any of the offending items. After the Saturday breakout, Colin called the Club to determine what if anything was in the Wellington - although we will probably never know the true culprit - it appears it was an egg wash on the pastry that has caused these darn bumps - today is Wednesday (almost Thursday) and my mom and Colin say the bumps are getting better - but trust me - this is the slowest "better" I have even seen (did I mention that I am impatient???). Well, I am. I mean, hello, I am supposed to fly to Key West on Sunday and I have bumps all over me - I am scheduled to wear this really cute pink dress but how cute can it be with pink bumps??? NOT VERY!!! Anyway, so I am a little distressed about the bumps and stressed about the move but otherwise things are good.

So, you want to know where we are going to move??? Thought so . . . .


Starts with a B and is about 800 miles south of Baltimore! Yes, we are moving to BirmingHAM! Colin accepted a job with a great law firm and we are really looking forward to a fresh start. If you know someone that wants to move to Baltimore - we have a house available - for a great price/ deal!

Here is a quick picture of the 3 of us a few weeks ago at Heather and Matt's wedding in Alabama - the wedding was beautiful - a perfect day -

The happy couple! They were high school sweethearts who took about 12 years off!

BIG News . . .

I only have a minute - not even long enough to post a picture but Connor went to his 9 month appointment yesterady (he will really be 9 months old tomorrow) - he is 20 pounds 2 ounces and 29 3/4 inches long! Nearly 30 inches - Wow! Still in the same 90+ percentile for height and down to 50% for weight (but don't worry - he eats plenty).

We have had a very hectic few months (especially the last few weeks) and are trying to finish up all the projects we have started. As soon as we do . . . I will post our BIG NEWS (and other stories -- including my most recent encounter with a food allergy - which has been awful for me (and thus for Colin too)). Gotta run not enough time for the BIG NEWS in this post - hopefully later this week before we get to take a vacation!