Ohio Pictures

It may be mid-January now, but why not post pictures from Christmas?!

Christmas Tree and Lights at The Green


Matt, John, and Jenni on Christmas


Dad, Mom, Brendan and Paddy on Christmas


Brendan, John, and me on Christmas (I was surprised how big I look in the photo. I knew the baby was growing, but it is different to see it in a photo.)


Some of Alex's first Christmas gifts

John's Blog

Check out John's blog. It focus on his robots and "digital projects," but it has some content for those of us who are not that geeky. The Trees are Stupid video is humorous, and I like the picture of John in the Junkbot post.

http://digitalprojects.blogspot.com/

We have a crib!

Some parts of pregnancy have been easier than I expected while other parts have been harder than I expected. It was easy to pick out a name and Alex has stuck. For some reason, I found it difficult to choose a crib. I think that reading about recent recalls did not help, but I want to be informed.

I saw a crib I really liked at Baby Depot in Ohio, so yesterday John and I went searching for it here in San Antonio. We found it, both liked it, and bought it. The challenging part was how to get it home. (Note to self, large crib boxes do not fit in a Camry.) It was time to call a friend with a truck. Thanks to Keith we got the crib home that night. John put the crib together today, and we can keep working on the rest of the nursery.

Back in San Antonio

We arrived back in San Antonio this evening. We enjoyed our last Ohio meal at Marion's Pizza today. The bags are unpacked and we did a load of laundry. We are ready to tackle some project this weekend and have lots to do before Alex arrives.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2009!

We rang in the new year with some of our Ohio friends. We've had a great visit and are heading back to warmer weather soon.

This will be a big year with our first baby on the way. John and I will also turn 30 this year and will celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary.

New Desks

This is our Christmas present to ourselves. (No more folding tables in the family room!) The desks look larger in our house than they did in the store, but they work great.

No Honey, I am NOT getting you one for Christmas

Pictured is John with a propane torch at Neal's surprise birthday party last Saturday. Vince brought the BBQ pit and the torch to speed up the cooking process. John had a little too much fun with the torch. The food was good and nothing caught fire in the process. I was relieved... (Photo taken by John's boss, Brent)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jenni is visiting until Sunday, so John and I both took yesterday off work. We're having a relaxing Thanksgiving weekend and will be doing some cooking later today.

Alex was moving around a lot yesterday. (Maybe it was the Thai food I had for dinner...) It was enough movement for John to feel, which was a first.