Long time no see

Well... it's been a really long time since I blogged ... or Brian blogged. I blame both of us.
Basically being a parent is harder than we thought. Much harder than you see on TV (ha). I keep waiting for the lesson music to come in at the end of the day like on "Full House", but alas, the day usually ends with me sprawled out on the couch watching "Phineas and Ferb" trying to stay up past 8 so that I can see Brian and tell him he's on his own for dinner.

Here's what's been going on:

•Our little bean is now 7 months old, has 2 bottom teeth and cracks us up. She's hilarious. She has brought so much joy into our lives. She "talks" a ton, sits up and loves baby food - especially pears and oatmeal. She sleeps about 12 hours - which is awesome, except that the 12 hours begins at 5:30pm.

•We got REAL snow in Atlanta, which is very exciting to us, but didn't really impress Miss P too much.

• Savannah and Ruby love Penelope. They often do a run-by licking. Savannah has even been known to sit by Bean and let her pet her and pull her doggy fur.

• Birthday fail: Brian and I decided to celebrate our birthdays together during a lunch with our families at a restaurant very close to us. We thought that would be easiest with an infant. Unfortunately, both families came down with the same nasty stomach flu that's been going around.

• Family Photo Shoot - we were recommended a photographer and had a great photo shoot. Visit www.studiohollyb.com. Penelope wasn't too happy about it until Mommy started singing and dancing on the streets of downtown Buford the theme songs to "Wonder Pets", her fave show. I have been stripped of all dignity.

• Brian's sister is engaged and the whole family is in the wedding. We're so excited for Amy and Andrew and their wedding in August!

• 2010 has cost a lot of money. It all began Christmas Eve when the heat stopped working, followed by the hot water heater exploding Christmas Day. We followed that up in January with a hole in our pool liner (Brian hired an ex-wrestler to replace it), our new tile in our new master bath started popping up, both of our windshields got cracks in them and... well, I won't bore you with the rest. You get the idea.


Things have been stressful and we grab sleep where we can, but we're learning so much and growing at such an alarming rate. We're thankful to be surrounded by great friends and family.