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The babies are down for naps and next up, drinks for the adults!!
Cristin made Henry this Hank the Tank shirt. He was kind enough to model it.
Amy came recently for her annual post-Thanksgiving visit to Raleigh. This year she helped us get and decorate our Christmas tree, extra fun because it’s Henry’s first Christmas tree.
We managed to fit in a trip to the Saucer.
And then went to get our tree at the Booger Mountain lot we always go to.
And she and I had a great time decorating the tree, especially all the ornaments that she and Ali have gotten for us. Dave mostly made cookies – YUM!!!
It was a wonderful weekend and I’m so glad that Aunt Amy was able to spend some good quality time with her nef’ie. They seemed to get along quite well.
Amy’s new loft is so super awesome! I just loved it and think it’s such a perfect fit for her. Here is my photo tour of her place.
I had a great weekend with Amy and Ali in Destin. It was a funny trip. I flew to Atlanta, then Amy and I drove to Birmingham. The next morning the three of us drove down to Destin. On Sunday, we all drove back to Birmingham, then Amy and I drove back to Atlanta, and I flew home. Still, we had nearly two full days out in Destin.
We didn’t stay in Niceville very long.
There were a dozen rattlesnakes in this roadside attraction.
The bridge over the bay to Destin.
At lunch on Friday.
Our condo at Silver Beach Towers.
The view from our porch. You can see the pool, the hot tub and the beach.
At Cafe Rendez-Vous on Saturday.
In Seaside.
Cristin and I finally got around to watching Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars this week, which was quite excellent.
We had yummy pizza dinner and Cristin got to feed Henry. She brought him this amazing shirt that she made, featuring Hank the Tank.
All of her pictures are here.
Here’s my list of favorite Bowie songs. This is the CD I’d make you if you wanted an introduction to David’s music.
I’m not sure that would all fit on an 80 minute CD, so if I made you this CD it might be a bit shorter. But in a perfect world…
Now, here’s Cristin’s list.
Cristin is super awesome. Y’all already know that. But just to be sure, it’s true.
She came over to do a photo shoot of Henry and the family. We got some amazing pictures. We also had a little lunch and a wee bit of champagne. Of course. Here are some of my favorite pics. You can also view her post to see her favorite pictures.
We spent the second part of our Austin trip with Grant, Michelle, Larry and Hiroe. It was super awesome. Here are my favorite pictures (more after the fold).
Come on in, the water’s great!
Yummy beer tastes even better in my own glass
Grant made breakfast
Enjoying the hot tub waterfall
Recently Will, Ele and Finn came by to visit with us. Getting together was a late afternoon plan. I was happy to do something spontaneous on a night we usually spend in. We had a nice evening with a few drinks and Finn got to have dinner over here. Henry managed to coerce us to keep him up past his bedtime – he refused to go to sleep when he knew Finn was still downstairs playing with his toys!
Having Finn over is helpful to us because we see where we need to start shoring up our defenses. Our house is still not toddler proof because Henry is not crawling yet.
I like this shot – there’s Henry on Will’s shoulders and Finn on Dave’s.
