5 years went by so fast!

May has always been a busy month and by these posts this year was no exception! Since we were home and could take advantage of free babysitters, we spent a night away to celebrate our 5 year anniversary! I had always hoped we could spend this anniversary at Fearrington Inn, where we spent our wedding night. We splurged for our wedding night and stayed in a deluxe suite, but decided just to book a standard room for this stay. Upon check in we were happily surprised that they had upgraded our reservation and were taken to Room 33, the same room from our wedding night!

On May 30, 2004

Redecorated in 2009...
We got the whole Fearrington experience this time--afternoon tea, shopping around the village, dinner at the Fearrington House Restaurant and breakfast the next morning.

Joel after tea

Doves in one of the village shops


All dressed up for dinner...it was delicious!


It was a great anniversary!

Home again, home again

Here are a few pics from the past 2 weeks at home. Nate is getting so fun to play with!

Sammy still thinks that most of Nate's toys are his...

Joel says this bib should say "billionaire"...being a millionaire isn't that big of a deal anymore

And the only pics I took at VBS...this is Nate's friend Micah. These pictures were taken on his first birthday! He's a sweet, miracle baby who was born at 25 weeks. Sadly, Nate will outweigh poor Micah in a few weeks...but Micah will be running circles (literally) around Nate soon!

Update coming soon....

But for now, we've changed our picture website. At the recommendation of Sharla & Josh, we've moved to Smug Mug.

Check out our pictures at pennyfamily.smugmug.com

Slow start, but he's on his way!

Nate had barely regained his birth weight by three weeks...but now at 9 weeks he's up to 13 lbs. 9 oz. (90 %)! My big boy loves to eat! He's also 23 inches long (50%).

We had a good checkup today and Nate is looking great. He got his first round of vaccines and is now soundly sleeping. Mommy is hoping that the vaccines help out with naps today...Nate's not a fan of sleeping for more than 45 minutes at a time...and I have lots of packing to do!

First Mother's Day

I had a very nice first Mother's Day. I received cards from Joel and Nate and a gift certificate to a spa--yay! We went to church, Aunt Lauren came to watch Nate for a few hours and Joel and I went to the outlets and then we enjoyed a dinner of Outback take out. We have a busy week ahead and Nate and I leave on Thursday for North Carolina!

Two Months!

Nate is two months old today! Here are a few pictures of what he's been up to lately!

There was a rainbow during our Saturday night trip to the park

Nate and Sammy are getting along fine! Sammy knows not to get too close to Nate and is really more interested in stealing his bottle, pacifiers or other toys.

Nate absolutely loves his mobile...sadly though it only runs for 3 minutes after winding it. I bought a new mobile today that runs for 18 minutes. Hopefully he will just as much as his sailboat one.

This robe was a gift from a friend at church...too cute with the sailboat on it!

And here's Nate's 2 month picture with Oatmeal and his 6 week picture for comparison. Since he has on the same outfit you can see that he's filling it out a lot more! He's starting to outgrow some of his 0-3 month clothes. He has his checkup on Tuesday and will get his first round of vaccinations :-( I'll update with his length and weight stats after the appointment.

Bouncin

Nate has finally taken a liking to his bouncy seat. This makes us very happy as it is another thing to help entertain him...and he looks pretty cute in it too!