Sunday, July 28, 2013

5 Months Already? Unbelievable!

In honor of 5 Months, here are some of Tiger Cub's favorite things.

Toys!  The more colorful, loud, and reflective, the better.  Mirrors are a favorite.


Mornings.  Even though the wake-up call sometimes comes earlier than I would prefer, I can't complain about starting every day with this smile.  And on the positive side, I get so much done in the mornings now.  Grocery shopping at 7:30 am is the best.


Geography.  We couldn't resist this educational gem of a rug for Tiger Cub's new room.  Shortly after this photo was taken, he spit up on Asia.


Dressing up like African animals.



Milk.  Although on a flight to Denver it looked like he could go for Coke too.  That's my boy!  Atlanta roots!


And at 5 months, Tiger Cub is weighing in at 17 lbs.  No wonder my arms get so tired!

Sunday, July 21, 2013

A Colorado Wedding

Last weekend we went to Denver, Colorado for the wedding of my cousin Lindsay and her now-husband Chris.  It was a fine mix of seeing family, eating well, and partying hard at all the wedding festivities.

The outdoor ceremony, which we will all remember as "the most perfectly-timed ceremony ever," was at the beautiful Red Rocks Ampitheatre outside of Denver.  It was sprinkling when we arrived, the sun came out just in time for the ceremony, and afterward it rained hard.  The kind of downpour that causes flash flood alarms to go off on your cell phone and makes everyone breathe a sigh of relief that the wedding was at four instead of five.  Luckily by that time most of us were safely inside our cars!

Father and Mother walking you down the aisle = great idea!
 


The pleasant breeze made for some fun veil action.

Like the rest of us, Tiger Cub was wary of the approaching storm clouds.


We squeezed in a nice family photo.  Only the Colorado constituency is missing but I think the real photographer got one of ALL of us.

 Photo credit:  Stacy the Bridesmaid

We spent a ridiculous amount of effort trying to get two grandparents and a baby to all look in the same direction. 

 Major thanks to them for all the baby holding, watching, and even bathing.

Followed by two parents and a baby...

 
And this was the beginning of the end.  Tiger Cub called it quits for the night about 15 minutes into cocktail hour.  He's saving his dance moves for another time.


Thursday, July 11, 2013

Summer Lovin' Part I

It's been a nice summer so far.  Full of stifling hot and humid days and fun times with friends just like an east coast summer should be.  Here is some of the good stuff we've been up to.  I don't have any plans for a "Part II" but the season is young!

Tiger Cub was really excited to go on his first (non-subway) train ride.



We visited some friends (who have a backyard!) and Tiger Cub got to play water toys with his buddy "Long Island Cub."
 
 

He's now rolling over so this is what he usually looks like at nap retrieval.


We spent at least one warm evening taking in NYC sights.


And in non-baby news, a Moe's opened up on Third Avenue.  It's not as good as every Moe's in our (and Moe's) home state of Georgia but at least it's a step in the right direction.