Quarter of a Century

tonight we hit the maximum capacity of people crammed into our apartment 

I ate a lot of beignets

and it was awesome.

February

The shortest month of the year definitely flew by.

Claire got her helmet off

G-Lo (Grandma Loraine) came to visit

I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy (on Valentines day)-- I have a body of an 80 year old.

Spencer and I enjoyed a date and delicious pear and Gorgonzola pizza.

Claire learned to crawl, got two teeth, and is working on two more.

We met Taylor and Alisa in Scranton and had a wonderful time catching up with them since their wedding.
then we went to the "Big City"  for a fun weekend.

We went to New York City for a whirlwind weekend (it rained the entire time)
 - we walked through Central Park on a beautiful misty morning.
 - ate some NY pizza and hotdogs.
 - saw the WTC memorial, Times Square, Museum of Natural History, shopped on Canal st.
 - stayed at our friends really cute apartment

Spencer and Drew had the flu and I did a lot of laundry.

Drew is talking up a storm and learning to love Claire more and more.

And of course, it continued to snow in Ithaca.

Helmetless

we have just experienced the fastest 8 weeks ever. Claire was in her helmet for exactly 2 months.

and now she's done.

check out her brand spankin' new head. it's awesome.

leaving the orthotics office someone said she was "a cute little guy, a handsome little boy..." I think we will have to replace the pink helmet with a lot of pink bows.

A few more weeks of physical therapy to resolve the Torticollis and she will be good to go.

the rest of winter break...

It's February. I still haven't blogged about the rest of our 6 week Atlanta Christmas vacation, so here's the quick run down.

We went to Medieval Times- ate delicious food with our hands. cheered on the blue team, and lost our voices. 

Attempted family pictures- it was the first time everyone had been together in 4 years.

Explored the Georgia Aquarium- saw the dolphin show and peered around hoards of people at the fish tanks.

Claire got use to her helmet and didn't mind it at all.

Sang karaoke, ate tons of good food, went panning for gold, shopping, saw a lot of movies, Drew played with all of his cousins and started to acknowledge his sister. Both the babes enjoyed leisurely baths and all the attention.

It was a great vacation. The warm weather didn't make it easy to come back to the frigid temperatures of Ithaca... but we were excited to get back and to reunite with friends. Spencer also passed his half way point of law school, time sure flies when you're having fun. 

2013

We rang in the New Year with a "bang"... all the kids loved it. 

Drew was sad when he wasn't able to jump over the fireworks like his uncle Mike...

maybe next year Drewby, when you can actually see over the ball of fire.

Happy New Year!

December 25th

It was perfect.