A Solid Performance

Tonight, we introduced "solids" on recommendation from the pediatrician. It was no surprise that Hunter loved his rice cereal, since he's always had an appetite the size of Texas. But, we were surprised at how well he responded to the goo-filled spoon fulls. Check out our little cereal-eating-cutie in the video below.

Where is Thumbkin, Where is Thumbkin?

...Here I am!!! Yep, you guessed it! Despite our best paci attempts, Hunter has found his thumb and has enjoyed sucking his favorite little digit for the past two weeks. When he woke up from his afternoon nap, I could hear the smacking from the other room. I figured he was just gumming his little hand like he always does when he loses his paci, so I went in to pop the paci back in his mouth hoping for a few more minutes of "nap time". To my surprise, Hunter was happily gumming his thumb. He's no pro thumb-sucker yet, but it won't be long!

Rachael Ray with Special Guest...

Check out the video below to see who starred on the Friday, Jan 16th Rachael Ray show!

In honor of our Moms

I think it only fitting to use the blog to pay tribute to our moms, without whom, we might not know how to make our beds or wash dishes or fold laundry and we certainly wouldn't be the successful adults we are today. From both of us, thank you and we love you!

For Jamie and I, this pretty much encapsulates our entire childhood. Yep, over 20 years in under 3 minutes:



Dad's understand how important moms are too! See here:

Reston and Responsibility

Hello again. As many of you know, Jamie is out of town again (*sigh*). He's training in Reston, VA for something... he'd probably kill me if he knew I didn't remember... but oh well. It's called Citrix, or Cisco, or Crisco or something... Anyways, I have a little soap box speech today, so bear with me.

We were supposed to be maintaining this blog together, but as you can see, I'm the only one posting. I will admit that I do enjoy it, so I'm not too terribly upset about it. However, I thought you might like to see what Jamie has been doing while I've been keeping you all updated on our many adventures. Yes, he got another toy... it's called Guitar Hero, and yes, it's another video game.

Without further ado, I present my husband, the rock star:



I think it's only fair that I get a new toy too, right? I'm thinking a pair of Manolo Blahniks. ;)

Love,
Allison

Couples who play together, stay together

Thanks to Mama, we FINALLY got a Wii!!! Last night, we had to pry that little white wireless game controller from each other's hands as we took turns punching, swinging and flinging our way towards the TV until late into the night. (For those who may be a wii-bit confused... each Wii comes with pre-loaded games, including boxing, bowling, baseball, tennis and golf.)

In case you were wondering, Jamie is great at all the games... Me on the other hand, well, I'm good at bowling (I even beat Jamie!) and boxing (my opponents were all KO by the end of the first round!). Tennis is a different story... I feel like I'm swatting invisible bees. But, I'm positive that with diligent practice, I'll be beating Anna Kournikova in no time!

Here are videos of us playing, albeit however haphazardly, our beloved Wii.

Love,
Allison