Vegas Baby

Dear Alistair,
You will probably do the math one day and realize your sweet, moral, law abiding parents were not actually married at the time of your conception or birth. It was just a detail, really. It had nothing to do with our love for you or each other. It' s just that sometimes life speeds up and then you have to play catch up which is what mommy and daddy were doing on this particular weekend. I love you so much!

Love,
Your Mommy

Dear Greg,
I can not imagine my life without you. You are my best friend. You are so funny and handsome and an amazing dad and I love you with all of my heart. Our life together has been an adventure from the moment we met and I can't wait to how the rest of the story unfolds. I am grateful for you every day of my life.

Love,
Your Wife

UPDATE

I am officially 4 months on the 9th but my check up came a week early. The doc says I am now in the 77th percentile for weight and the 90th for height......but my head is still lagging behind at 45%. What the heck? At this rate it looks like pro basketball is my best bet at a lucrative future.

Me so Miso

Ali tried his first big people food the other night. We got sushi take out and he seemed interested in what we were doing so I stuck my finger in the miso soup and he almost ate my finger. So we got a spoon and gave him some. Japanese food yum yum. He's a boy after my own heart.

I party like a rock star!

Alistair absolutely refused to miss a minute of our family fun and so he did not nap all day on Thanksgiving and even managed to stay up for a few hot rounds of Taboo (but barely). The amazing thing was that he then proceeded to sleep through the night and was even still sleeping when I got up the next morning. I was so amazed, I took a picture.

Thanksgiving 2007

Alistair had his first Thanksgiving at Honey and Pappa's in Susanville. Here are the pics from our trip.

Santa's Little Helper

This week we took Ali to Sears to get his holiday photo. As you can see from the pictures, the experience was a roller coaster of emotion. But I get it. For a baby, a photo session at Sears is like being on acid. You are stuck in a room tinged with a faint hint of baby poo, bright lights flashing everywhere as an ominous black robot on stilts provides the feeling that dark forces are at work here. You look to your right and there's your mom on the sidelines sweating and grinning unnaturally big, shouting words of encouragement while a woman in a clown wig is whirring and clucking behind the black robot and waving a fushia teddy bear. Behind you is a winter wonderland but you can't play in it or make snow angels, and it's 80 degrees.

We did get one good shot though (not featured here) which we will be including with the Christmas letter.

Bath Time

And one day we'll look back and say "You use to fit in the sink!"

Halloween

Halloween was waaaaaaay more mellow than I was hoping. We had plans man, big plans. There were parties to go to, pumpkins to carve, babies to dress up, masks to put on. But alas when the day was done, so were we. I carved our pumpkin and we roasted seeds and stayed in and watched Halloween II, III & IV on Tv.

Alistair and Henry

The Play Group

Well life really does come full circle. Today Alistair and I went to our first play date with the other moms and babies and dads and siblings of what I'm hoping will become a life long group of friends who's kids get to grow up together. My mom belonged to a play group when we were small and although none of us kids remained friends, she still gets together with those moms once every few months and they are still a great support for each other through life. Everyone I met today I thought was awesome and I'm excited to see how things are going to develope. The babies, in chronological order are: Logan, Jack, Luci, Henry and Alistair. But there were other kids there; Charlie who is one and a little girl who's name I never learned was also one and Stella and Boone who were probably four or five. I'm not sure how that all works out now. But I do know this. A few months ago, right after Ali was born, I had a very strong thought. I wanted to invite a group of really great people to share life with Greg and Ali and I and today when I got home and downloaded the pics, I saw the one of the group and thought, wow, these are those people.

Father and Son

Family Portrait