Sunday, February 25, 2007

book tag

I got tagged by Lindsay :)

The rules of the game:
1. Find the nearest book to you.
2. Name the book and author.
3. Turn to page 123.
4. Go to the fifth sentence on the page.
5. Copy out the next 3 sentences and post to your blog.
6. Tag three other people.

Book: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Author: Lawrence Wright

"The heresy of takfir, or excommunication, has been a problem in Islam since its early days. In the mid seventh century a group known as the Kharijites revolted against the rule of Ali, the fourth caliph. The particular issue that triggered their rebellion was Ali's decision to compromise with a political opponent rather than to wage a fratricidal war."

Rob borrowed this book from a co-worker and I read it and now he is reading it. It sounds dry I guess, but is REALLY interesting.

So I guess I'm supposed to "tag" 3 people now... I choose Felicity, Tiffany and my mom.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

healthy, happy and hungry

Charlotte had her four-month check-up with Dr. Vento today, and she is doing very well. She is now 25 inches long and weighs 15 pounds exactly. Rob and I had been wagering on her weight beforehand... yeah, we weren't even close! Anyway, we were glad to hear that all is well with her health and maybe this week we will venture into oatmeal and maybe even an exciting vegetable. Woo-hoo! :)

Okay, with that last sentence some of you probably re-affirmed that stay-at-home motherhood is definitely not for you, but I will have you know that this week I actually feel like I'm hitting my stride--- I'm finally starting to do those things that I said I was going to do "being home all day." I have been baking apple nut bread, taking Charlotte for walks in the stroller, scraping the textured junk off our bedroom ceiling (in prep for fresh paint) and I even returned to a quilt that I haven't worked on since about this time last year. Overall, I'm really enjoying having this time in my life to focus on being a wife and a mother. :)

Baby, you can drive my car

My family :)

Thursday, February 15, 2007

We are livin' in a cereal world...

... and Charlotte is a cereal girl!

Okay, so I have no patience when it comes to fun things. :) I've been dying to let Charlotte try rice cereal for the first time, and since we were snowed in yesterday for Valentine's Day we decided to see how she liked it (even though I had previously said we'd wait until after her 4 month check-up next week.) Well Mikey, she likes it!


We used my mom's silver baby spoon for Charlotte's first bites just so we could tell her that she was fed with a silver spoon (clearly, the bowl we used is not so fancy.) ;)

"Mmmm... here Dad, let me help you with that."

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

106 candles!!!

That's how many should've been on this cake for Pam, Melissa and I to celebrate our birthdays together this year. Three was a much more manageable number. (All of our birthdays are within a month of each other.)


Happy birthday to Linda as well this week... Charlotte had to warm up to Pop-Pop a little bit, but he had her making faces and sticking her tongue out before too long.

Rob even took a few runs down the hill on a sled at the Haydt's.

It was great to see everyone and have a nice visit to PA... now you'll have to come visit us for a weekend sometime!