SNOW SNOW SNOW!

So.. I think it snowed.. Brian is continuously walking in the room telling me we have snow.. For the record we have about 14+ inches of snow.. and he knows I HATE snow!  I think he is just rubbing it in :)  But on the bright side of things, we are stuck at home for the time being and I have gotten lots done!  Including some cleaning, christmas cookies, relaxation and tv time!  We even had a date night last night!!!  Date night included putting Burke to bed and watching Up, but hey it was nice!

Part of me hopes we are stuck inside for the next two weeks and we can just stay here for the holidays and do absolutely nothing, but then I would totally miss Christmas morning at my parents and be sad!  I am absolutely dreading the trip next week.. Last trip we took, Burke wasn't a bad traveler, but we did a LOT of driving (Richmond, C'ville, back to Richmond and back to Blacksburg).  and don't forget it took about 5.5 hours to get back (when it usually takes about 3).. and it took Burke about 2 weeks to get back on a schedule (which we are still struggling with a month later!), so I am dreading it :)  I do look forward to visiting family, but next year we need to have everyone come here! Having kids makes traveling way too complicated!

I think we are finally done with Christmas shopping, although everytime I say that, I am reminded of one more thing that needs to be done!  We are looking forward to the fun of Burke's first Christmas!  Hope you and your family have a good one!!

Grandma's Birthday and Santa!

My mom's birthday was Decemeber 6th so we sent her a picture from Burke...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

SANTA!

This weekend we were supposed to go have brunch with santa (well, i was going to work and Brian and Burke were going to get pictures, pays to work at the club :)) but it was postponed due to the bad weather, but luckily Santa flew in for an hour, so we took Burke to get a few pictures!  As you can tell, he didn't even notice! I have a better picture, but I can't seem to figure out how to turn it sideways?! But here you have it...

Burke and daddy had some fun hanging out in the office while I helped Santa!

Well, I think we are all ready for Christmas!  Finally finished shopping and wrapping.. Now time to enjoy the season right?!? 

Going Private?

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Burke is 5 months old!

Burke's First Meal!

my 5 month old baby!

At 5 months old Burke is:

 - about 12 lbs, still in size 1 diapers and wears 0-3 months clothes (some things 3-6 months)

- smiles, talks and laughs lots!

 - especially loves laughing at barking dogs and when daddy fake coughs!

- has rolled over from tummy to back twice

- is just being introduced to solid foods and seems to like it (rice cereal!)

- happy most of the time

-not sleeping through the night anymore (uggg..)

- is reaching for and playing with toys

- loves eating his hands but hasn't found his feet

-turns when someone is talking

-enjoys tummy time much more these days!

-during tummy time rests on his elbows (sometimes)

- goes to sleep on his own (no rocking or holding!) in his crib

- possibly going to rehab for his pacifier addiction ;)

BIG NEWS!

We met some major milestones today in our home! 

First we woke up to our first snowfall of the season!  Now if you know me, you know I hate snow, but regardless it was a first..

Burke rolled over for the first time today!  Stomach to back!  We've known it was coming for awhile, but today was the day.  I was cooking dinner and put Burke on his belly on his mat for some tummy time.. next thing I know Brian yells, he just rolled over! I was slightly sad to miss it, but he did it!

Next milestone is cereal!! I finally decided since Burke is five months old (can you believe it?!?) that we should probably start feeding him real food... And to be honest I was going to wait even longer because I am lazy and my nutrition background tells me he doesn't have to have it yet (and he was 5.5 weeks early), but since we are going to Disney in mid-May and I want to take as little baby stuff with us as possible, I decided we needed to get going, so he would have some table foods under his belt by May!! SO.. Today was the day... Burke will be 5 months tomorrow, but we both have to work, so we decided to go with it a day early (so we could both watch!).  Brian put together his highchair this afternoon, which was an early christmas present from Santa!  We fed him rice cereal this evening after his evening nap and it seemed to go great!  The first few bites he wasn't too sure about the flavor and what was going on.. but then he was definitely going back for more.. When he started to get fussy we called it quits and we'll try more tomorrow.  Much better first attempt than we were expecting!

Burke also actually reached for and was playing with toys today!

Exciting day!  I'll try and add photos later of all  the fun!

Thanksgiving Week

So I did not meet my goal last week of a post!  Bummer!  But to my credit, we had a VERY busy week!!  Monday night we went to the office to decorate Hutch's office for his big 3-0!

Tuesday we had a surprise party/dinner for him, then Wednesday we left for Richmond and a long weekend with the family!  And some how I packed my whole house in there too to get to Richmond!  We left Wednesday mid morning for Richmond to spend the Thanksgiving weekend with my family.  We had lots of fun and saw tons of people!  We made it there by about 2:30pm and spent some time with my family.  Everyone is way more excited to see us these days (since Burke was born), not sure why?! :)  Brian made his way over to Tim's to hang out that evening and Burke and I helped mom do some last minute grocery shopping and pre-cooking for Thanksgiving.

Burke's first Thanksgiving was GREAT!  We spent the day with my family, most people we have had for thanksgiving in a LONG time (once again I have a sneaking suspicion it was due to a certain baby)! Burke slept through Thanksgiving lunch and then was passed around after pie :)  We ate way too much and hung out for the rest of the day.  It was great to see everyone! 

Mom and Dad cooking

Friday Morning/Thursday night we spent doing a little christmas shopping.  We made the mistake of going to ToysRus with everyone else in Richmond in the POURING rain and lightning and thunder at midnight! But I did get everything I wanted!! We then made our way to bed and got up around 6:30 and left the house about 7:30 to get the rest of our black friday shopping done.  It was great!  We got a decent amont of sleep and got lots of good deals.  Sleeping in was well worth it and we really didn't miss anything!

Saturday was a BIG day in our house!  We got my dad VT vs UVA football tickets and all went to the game in Charlottesville.  It was lots of fun and the Hokies won! It was Burke's first away game and all of our first VT vs UVA game in C'ville.  We found great parking and beat the traffic which was great!  Generally speaking, the UVA fans were nice and it was a nice family outing!  We'll definitely have to do it again in 2011 (don't worry, we'll be at the game in Blacksburg next year)... Too bad they fired Groh, it might actually be a game next year (okay, i'll admit it we were all nervous at the beginning this year...)?

After a 5.5 hour drive home, we finally made it back Sunday night.. 81 was horrible and there were a million accidents, but we made it safely (and Burke was so good too!).. We were all definitely ready to be home and to get back to a sense of normalcy.. Now I'm playing catch-up and get ready for Christmas!  A couple weeks and we'll be making the same trip back for Christmas!