Happy Birthday

My sister-in-law Sarah and I have birthdays on back to back days, and have never before lived in the same state, so we decided to throw ourselves a joint birthday party this year. First we grilled up some pizzas, (it stopped raining just for the party) and then played wii all afternoon.














Thanks, Josh, for selecting such a lovely and delicious cake. Also, thank you for forgetting the rest of it in our fridge. Clay and I just had another slice. Mmmmmm.

Jacob comes for a visit

We spent the weekend hanging out with my brother Jacob, who was visiting California to interview for his residency. We haven't seen his family in a while, and had a chance to meet their new baby. He is adorable as you can see. As is his older sister!




We got to host them for a day, so we went up to the hills above Berkeley to Tilden Park for a little hike and train ride.



All five of us on the tiny train car.



After the park we headed off to see the grandparents. We had a lot of fun with them and the cousins. On Monday we went to the Sierra's for some snow fun. We rocked it.



A six minute movie for your viewing pleasure.

Please watch carefully at the end of the movie for some awesome slow motion action of Papa. Ouch!  We hope you are recovering fully!

"First" lost tooth

So, a couple of days ago, Neve lost another tooth (the third one).  Her first two teeth were lost in a sort of violent way involving a bit of youthful exuberance and a bicycle.  Please see below. Click to view larger.

So now, a few months later, Neve finally had a tooth that she started to wiggle, and twist, and get ready to come out the natural way...no caesarian here.  She did her tooth wiggling exercises until I had to (read: the thing was hanging by a thread and flirting with her lips) help it out just that last little bit.

Our little  Neve is growing up!

Now if only that tooth on top would grow in sometime. Sometime in '09 I suppose.

New Year's Resolutions

I have forever been "meaning to" set one of these things up, but found it impossible to start. You always wonder if you should give a little life update when you start, but I have decided...um, no. That would be too organized and with it. Thinking about having to do something like that is why I have not done this yet. We also never send a letter with our Christmas card. So I guess I will use the New Year as an excuse to start fresh on something.

We had a fabulous Christmas. Our first one in California since 2001. It was really nice. We were able to hang out with some of our cousins, go sledding, take the girls to the Nutcracker, make gingerbread houses, checking out some awesome lights in Clovis, and EAT. It was super fun to watch Uncle Corey bake. and bake. and bake.

We miss all our family and friends in Memphis.

Enjoy our Christmas video if you so desire.