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Grace

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:05:36 +0000

Last month my Brother and his wife gave birth to their first child. I say “they” but she’s the one who endured the 22 hour labor. Ouch.

Every child is different, but as a parent it can be difficult to not try and share your own experiences with the newbies. Especially the horror stories like “just wait until they vomit in your crotch…on an airplane” and “you’re not going to sleep well for 15 months.” My kids are a little older but the memories of them as newborns is still fresh in my memory. I’ve tried to keep my unwanted advice to myself as much as possible, but I don’t see my brother often so I’ve got to get my abuse in when I can. He’s in a weakened, exhausted state and just ripe for the ribbing. The problem is Grace is too damn cute, and lucky. She has two loving parents who’ve made her the center of their universe. All the exciting possibilities of the woman she is to become makes all the nasty bumps, bruises and bodily fluids along the way seem trivial.

Welcome to the world Baby Grace.

Aruba Sunsets

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:36:39 +0000

From the freezing blizzards in Maryland and Massachusetts we briefly escaped to an oasis of an island with perfect sunsets every evening. White sand, crystal clear blue water and deep orange skies are the perfect recipe for relaxation.

Jackie and Keith

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:42:40 +0000

My cousin Keith and his beautiful bride Jackie tied the knot this past weekend at the Tower Club in Tysons Corner, VA.

Happy Birthday Mark

admin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:44:40 +0000

Continuing the birthday theme for this month, we celebrated my good friend Mark’s 40th at the Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard this past weekend. The winery put on a tasting in his honor and I was shocked pleasantly surprised at how good the wine was. As always it was a blast seeing old friends, making new ones and catching the birthday boy drinking out of a mystery jug. Seriously.

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Holland’s 1st Birthday

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:07:49 +0000

We had a little party today to celebrate our daughters 1st birthday and I still can’t believe a year has past this fast. Every piece of advice I got on being a father always included “…enjoy it now because it flies by.” I certainly don’t always slow down enough to put it into practice, but this was a great reminder.

I want to give huge shout-out to kindermusik teacher Becky for doing an awesome job entertaining the little ones. And also to big cousin Jupes for graciously sharing his birthday with his little cousin.

Lynn and I are grateful to everyone for stopping by and sharing in the celebration.

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