Christmas card

Most of you may have gotten this in the mail, but here is our Christmas card from this year. The pictures and card were designed by the amazingly talented Chrissy Hall of Christine Hall Photography. I go tomorrow to pick out the images I want from the shoot. It is going to be so hard to pick and I am going to be so broke!

Front:


Inside Birth announcement


Inside:


Back:

Cecilia-3 months!

Cecilia is three months old! She is getting so big. She has graduated to size 2 diapers and 3-6 month clothes. She is still sleeping in the bassinet in our room and her sleeping patterns change but the last couple of nights she has slept for 5 hours! She is super smiley and for the most part a laid back baby. Her big brother still loves her and loves to give her hugs and kisses. He also likes to inform us when she is crying. She has started using her baby swing some. Jimmy likes to cover her up with his Meek (his blanket...I plan to do a post on Meek soon) and he thinks it would be fun for Woody, Buzz and Dinosaur to swing with baby sister too.

Here are some pics of Jimmy at 3 months and Cecilia at three months. Do you think they look alike?

Cecilia:




Jimmy:




Jimmy just chillaxin

A little of this...a little of that...

My first week back to work went well. We were really busy so it went by really fast! It will take a little bit to get the routine down but all in all it went well.

My mom ended up in the hospital early Friday morning. The severe pain in her abdomen ended up being a very large kidney stone. She was supposed to go home yesterday but she also had a blood infection so needed to stay two more nights to get some heavy duty antibiotics. She should go home tomorrow. She has had a rough six months!

With my mom out that leaves some creative child care on our part. With this only being my second week back to work I am not really able to take time off so Jimmy will be playing Mr. Mom Monday and Tuesday with the help of Eliza and Ginny. I am SO THANKFUL to have friends and family close by to help out and they are always so willing.

It is COLD in Savannah! The lows have been consistently in the 20's the past week. My hydrangea leaves are black but luckily they will come back in the spring. Some ferns that I was nursing back to life after last winter's freeze are history. I am trying to keep my topiaries on the front porch alive but they are getting a little dried out from being inside in the heat. I might be fighting a losing battle. We are dripping our faucets outside so they won't freeze. Savannah/Chatham County ALMOST cancelled school for the PREDICTION of snow/ice on Friday. Ha! So funny coming from Virginia. I am sure that the county does not have ANY equipment (plows, salt, etc) to deal with ice/snow. They ended up not canceling/delaying school and we just got a little bit of rain. The last time it snowed in Savannah was Christmas day 1985.

Tomorrow is my first day of school! Back to class at Georgia Southern for my master's degree. I am taking a class about Higher Education Law and looking forward to it.

Cecilia will be 3 months on the 12th so will be posting pics in the next couple of days!

Back to Life, Back to Reality...

Yesterday was my first day back to work. I just jumped right back in and we were pretty busy with the first day of add/drop for the winter quarter. Crazy how it feels like I never left. Seems like the days get longer but the months and years are shorter. I was sad on Sunday that my maternity leave had come to an end, but then excited to see my friends and co-workers again and get back into a routine.

New Year, New Art!

Pink Poppies: A Prayer

When Jimmy was born we bought a piece of art to mark his birth with the idea that it would someday be his. We did the same with Cecilia and purchased this piece from Savannah artist and SCAD graduate, Tiffani Taylor and someday it will be hers as well.

Happy New Year!

We rang in the new year (well, until 1030, at least) at dinner with Jimmy's sister Ginny and her husband Marty along with a wonderful friend, Blaine with dinner at Il Pasticcio. It was YUM!! I had the apricot scored flounder with lobster mac and cheese which was divine. We had some great wine from Buehler Vineyards in Napa. Grand Marnier white chocolate cheesecake for dessert (we split) and coffee. I know, I am an old lady and love coffee with my dessert :).

Today we had a late lunch at Jimmy's parents and had our greens (for money) and black eyed peas (for luck). Hope this is a great 2010!

I am back to work on Monday. I have really enjoyed being home this past three months but there comes a time when you have to go back to work! Or at least I do. Luckily, I am still only going to be part time and my parents are up for keeping both kiddos so I think the transition back to work will go well.

As for resolutions...none here. At dinner we did go around the table and talk about the good things that happened in 2009 and what we are looking forward to in the new year. We are so thankful that Ginny and Marty and Amelia moved to Savannah in September. We are so fortunate to have so much family close by. Both Jimmy and I are going to try to appreciate more and want less. We have more than we need. We might not have the biggest house, a fancy car (though the Odyssey is a pretty hip minivan!), or hip clothes but we have our health and our family and we hope we can remember that when the wants get the best of us.

Our new toy!

for cruising around Isle of Hope