All Grown Up...

It's official.
After a few months of attempting to sell our house by owner, we decided to list it with a realtor last week. The sign is in the yard and everything. And after our first showing turned into a same-day 2nd showing, it turns out we made the right decision.
Having a real big-boy house for sale is just another thing that reminds me how "grown up" life has become. I say life has grown up because, well, I clearly haven't. I mean, in some ways I have, but even when caring for our little angel and her double ear infections, meeting with a financial advisor, racing off to work and doing everything I can to be a dutiful husband, I still can't help but feel like a 12 year-old kid whose stress level is equivalent to his record in Madden Football.
Although the stresses today are a bit more real and life-altering, I can't help but bask in my surroundings. The more crazy life becomes the more I appreciate having someone so wonderful to go through it all with.

Blessings,
Adam

Snow Day

A "snow day" proved not to be a "thing of the past" in our house today as the whole family settled in to wait out the Blizzard of 07 (a title the weather folks have given this latest round of snow). We are still getting slammed with snow at 7 pm and if my memory serves me correctly, it has been snowing since about 1 am last night. We probably have about 10 inches of snow on the ground- give or take an inch.

For many reasons this snow certainly is a pain in the butt. Adam wasn't able to get down to southern Indiana for work this morning (oh darn), we have been out with the shovel a few times trying to keep up with the snow, we are having to beg and plead with our 10 pound princess, Bella, to use the bathroom outside despite the frigid temperatures, and most notably we have been stuck "inside" all day which is a mixed blessing with a little person. Avery's toys loose their shine and intrigue after about 3 hours of playing with them.

But we managed to make the best of the situation. Well, I shouldn't even say that, we ended up having a great snow day together. We ordered pizza, watched a movie and brought a little of the "outside" indoors for Avery's playing enjoyment. We figured a bowl full of snow was about as close to braving this mess as we wanted her to experience. And I think she probably agreed... just like her toys, the snow was old news after about 5 minutes of sticking her hands in it.



Blessings,
Katie

PS- We added a couple of pictures from the Rally at the Dome for the Colts following their Superbowl victory under the Super Bowl Champions entry for those that are interested.

Family Fun In The "Bus"

At long last, we met our beautiful nieces and Avery's first two cousins, Lucy and Addison, this weekend. After having to delay our trip over to Columbus a couple of weeks ago due to a cold Avery caught, this weekend proved to be worth the wait as we all got our first glimpses at the "girls." And even though it was just 8 short months ago that we had our own little newborn, Adam and I couldn't get over how small and delicate they both were....and how much they slept!!! We had a wonderful time holding them, cuddling them and feeding them and even more fun listening to Scott and Amanda recount their experiences of the first few weeks of parenthood.

And while we had been anticpating the first meeting between cousins, it was rather anti-climatic as none of the three girls seemed all that interested in the new faces. Avery did show some mild interest in Lucy on Sunday morning and crawled over to where she was peacefully sleeping. What we thought was going to be a "sweet" moment turned into Avery trying to take some swipes at her innocent cousin and eventually turned into some attempts at crawling onto the vibrating seat with Lucy. Nonetheless, all of us couldn't help but think about how fun they and we were all going to have with one another as the "girls" get a little older. Amanda said it best when she imagined a conversation she might have with one of her girls, "I am sorry you aren't getting along, but you are going to need to go work it out yourselves, Mommy and Daddy and Aunt Katie and Uncle Adam are having some drinks on the patio right now...." Ah, yes, the things we have to look forward to.

Some of the highlights of the weekend...

1. Of course, getting out first look at at Lucy and Addison for the first time.

2. The photo session we tried to create to get a picture of all three girls. What ended up happening almost every time we got all three arranged....Avery got bored and started to crawl away just as we were trying to snap the photo.

3. Avery meeting her new best friend for the weekend, Murphy, the family dog. And Murphy sure did know how to play nice, he shared his toys with Avery. From his mouth to hers all weekend long. And yes, I am a horrible parent, I didn't even stop them or "wash" the toy before Avery put her mouth all over them. So she came home with an increased immunity to dog saliva. No big deal!!! :)

4. Reuniting with a wonderful friend from Miami. Courtney, a fellow teammate and friend, dropped by for a visit. It was wonderful catching up with her and introducing her to Avery.

5. And, of course, hanging out with family...what could be better.

Super Bowl Champions

The Colts did it- Super Bowl XLI Champions!!

We're headed to the parade and rally at the RCA Dome on Monday to cheer on the Colts for all of you "out of town" Colts fans.

Go Horse!!!

A few pics from the Rally at the Dome...