Thanksgiving Woodland Fun

No postings for awhile as we are headed up to a rented cabin the Catskill Mountains this week for a little Thanksgivings vacation with Helen, Phil, Patrick & Kir. Don't worry, we will take the camera with us and post lots of pictures when we get back!

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Hooray!

We've given them 24 hours to tell people themselves, so I think that it is safe to post now...

Carter is getting a new, official aunt! Patrick and Kirstin got engaged last night! We are so very happy for them, and are so happy to officially be getting Kirstin as part of the family.

Congratulations, Patrick and Kirstin!

Only in New York

Thomas and I had a rare night out tonight. We were planning to go to dinner and a movie, but dinner took too long, so we just had dinner and coffee. Dinner took too long because we picked a very crowded restaurant. We were originally told that the wait would only be five minutes, but five quickly became fifteen. The hostess was very apologetic and eventually came over to us and one other couple and offered us an interesting option. We could dine at a different restaurant with the menu of the restaurant we originally picked (and/or the menu of the new restaurant). Apparently these two restaurants are owned by the same people, so not only could we do this, but we didn't even have to go outside. The hostess led the four of us through the shared kitchen in the back and into the other restaurant. We had a lovely dinner.

Headed Home

I am headed home bright and early in the morning. This will be my second pre-5am trip to the airport this week. I am missing my boys, but they seem to have done just fine, and I have kept busy with work (and pumping... so far I have about 50 ounces to carefully pack up and take home!). I've been traveling to do market research this week, which has been very interesting - I have been behind the one-way mirror all week. I'm looking forward to being home with my family tomorrow night.

Staring Contest

In an unexpected showdown this evening, Carter challenged Theodore to a staring contest. In the beginning they were neck and neck (so to speak).



As the challenge wore on, I thought Carter would do well as I have rarely seen him blink (babies do that, which looks weird, but it works for them).

What I did not expect was that Theodore, trained in China, was some sort of 9th Degree Grand Master Uber-Sensei of the No-Blink Technique. Carter started to wither.



After an epic battle, Theodore prevailed, Carter was beaten.

He has vowed revenge and is currently in training (we are considering going to a barn in Russia).

Don't Worry

Everyone have no fear, Carter and I are doing fine (though one of us is a bit sleepier than the other). Shortly after the crack of dawn this morning Carter decided his newfound skill of the consonant "ba" or "bla" needed practicing, so off he went. "bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-ba-bla-ba-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-ba-ba-bla-bla-bla-bla-ba" for about 25 minutes. While it is one of the cutest things he does, I must admit that it is much less cute an hour before the alarm goes off. Regardless, we talked for awhile and got dressed and even made it to school on time and would have made it to work on time save the stupidly long line at the Starbucks.

I'll try to post more, but I may also just try to sleep. I see a few long days ahead.

Slow Blogging

You may not be seeing many posts from us this week. Well before the crack of dawn tomorrow I am headed to Boston for work. I return late tomorrow night and then turn around and head to Austin Wednesday afternoon. I'm there until Friday morning. It will be up to Thomas to keep up the blogging while I'm away - and to take care of the wee one. As for now, I'm off to catch my five hours of sleep. Lucky for me, I'm used to little sleep!

UPDATE: Catch Video

YouTube still seems to be having issues, so I posted the new video on our website. Check it out there.

Catch?

Be sure to turn the volume up to hear some serious baby laughter. (NOTE: YouTube is having some issues, so sometimes the video won't load. If you are having that problem, try again later.)

Day with Kirstin

We had a fun day with Kirstin today. Kirstin, Carter and I went to the park to swing and then went to lunch. Kir watched Carter while Thomas and I went to a friend's afternoon party and then Kirstin, Carter and I went for another walk. Kirstin taught Carter all kinds of things! By the end of our day, he was sticking his tongue out (almost) on command and had picked up a couple of new consonant sounds!