Doggie!

For some crazy reason, we made a day trip to Austin to visit friends.  Here we are at Deven's house and the boys were quite fascinated with her dog Reilly.  They followed him around everywhere and watched him.  Reilly was a really good sport, considering that he'd just had surgery (thus, the t-shirt).  Yeah, Sean kept asking why he was wearing a t-shirt too.

Houston Restaurant Week 2010

Just had dinner with my gal pals at Brenner's.  Looking forward to next year's restaurant week!

The Whole Gang

So Excited for My Friend April!

My Friend Sarah's Wedding

Daddy had to work, but Sean, Jack, and I went to my friend Sarah's wedding.  Here's Sean with my friend Tracie.

Jack has been having separation anxiety lately, so he virtually the entire evening in my lap.  Thank goodness, Tracie was there to help me with Sean!

 Sarah's aunt had goody bags for all the kids.  Great distraction for the evening!

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Just us gals...

Goin' Back to Cali...

My friend Lilly is moving to California, so we had a nice dinner to see her off. Will miss her dearly!

A Visit from Uncle John

Uncle John showed Sean his juggling skills and Sean just thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread. Sean "juggles" too, but he doesn't catch the blocks after he tosses them into the air.

Jack is Four Weeks Old

Thanks to Auntie Deven for Jack's cool onesie that came all the way from Hawaii. It says "Humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua-a," which is the state fish of Hawaii. Hoomoo-hoomoo-nookoo-nookoo-ah-poo-ah-ah. Say that five times fast!

Someday we'll get to see those fish in person...

An Impromptu Baby Shower

Thanks to my friends who got together for dinner and to give me some gifts for Jack. It was a little difficult to get everybody together on such short notice and before I get induced on saturday. Plus, my friend Theresa is due in a couple of weeks herself. Our firstborns are 10 days apart and our secondborns maybe as well.

Santa? No, Thank You

I was soooo looking forward to this evening because our friends Thai & Huy invited us to their neighborhood for Santa, a reindeer, and some snow (from a snow machine, of course). I had planned to get pictures of Sean in the snow for our Christmas card. (Coming to a mailbox near you!) So Sean and I went out there, but the snow was really packed ice and Sean didn't like it. Then once we got to Santa, I told Sean I was going to put him in Santa's lap, but he said no. So they just shook hands instead.

Thai and Huy already had their Christmas tree up so they offered to let us take Sean's pictures there for our card. (Thank you so much!)

Making a New Friend

Sean made a new friend today. Her name is Gianna and she has a blog too! Her mom Allison was one of my preceptors and we were pregnant at the same time. So we finally met up for lunch with hubbies and babies in tow and got to catch up. Hubbies say we need more babies and babies say they want to get down and walk around. Allison took this picture because I forgot my camera, but it was after lunch and Sean was ready for a nap.

Lunch Date with Auntie Sarah

Today we went to my favorite sushi place for lunch. Sean usually eats tofu, but he didn't like it as much today. Still ate it, but he made faces the entire time. Also, he's not so gaga over bananas anymore. I guess those taste buds are a-changin'.

Sean's First Birthday Party

First Meeting with Auntie Deven

C.S.I.

Sean and I went with my friend Greer to check out the C.S.I exhibit today. Here we are admiring the garden while we are waiting outside.

Yay! Greer's phone!

After lunch, we went to The Cookie Jar for a sweet treat. (This is why I am not a good example of how breastfeeding helps moms lose the pregnancy weight faster.) While I indulged my sweet tooth, Sean enjoyed the play area.

Par-tay!

Sean and I went to a party at my friend Theresa's house. His buddy Kevin was there and the boys climbed the stairs together. Gettin' into trouble already! ;)

A Second Playdate

Sean and I went to Mimi and Dylan's house this morning. While the moms had fun, I think the boys needed a little more time to get used to each other. Dylan was a great host and offered me lots to eat: one of his Cheerios and a nibble of his cookie. Mimi took this picture of Sean and me, and I'm posting it since my friend Judy (Hi, Judy!) said that I need more photos of me on the blog.

Today was the first day that Sean had separation anxiety/stranger anxiety. I've been careful with him since he's in the age range for it, slowly introducing him to other people, etc. But today he cried when I left the room and tried to follow me to wherever I was going. We are bonded for life now.

Lunch with the Ladies...

Today we had lunch with my gal pal GC whom I hadn't seen in forever. (What up, G!) Sean was very well-behaved but showed his "typical boy" qualities like not wanting to have his face wiped after eating. Just makes me laugh to wonder what other "typical boy" qualities he'll have in the future.

Sean's First Playdate

What eyebrows!

Sean always wants to touch people's faces. It makes me nervous that he's going to poke someone's eye out.

It's a race!

Dim Sum with Uncle John

Uncle John came by for a visit, so we took him to our usual Sunday dim sum place.