two weeks behind

I seem to be perpetually two weeks behind on posting to our family blog. I'm sorry! I've vowed to get caught up and stay caught up, at least until the kids' birthdays are over ;)

Camping out- part 2 (see part 1 - click here)
This time Daddy camped out with Evyn in the living room. And instead of a rolling fire, there were candles in the fireplace. Scott was nearly asleep, and Evyn reading books by lantern-light, when I snapped this picture at 9:30 pm:



Evyn had a day off school, so Scott took her to Bird-in Hand Inn to swim!





Andrew LOVES our bed. He thinks it's the greatest place to play in the whole house.



He tests the edge- he does this with the stairs, too. Runs his little hand over the edge, as if to see what will happen to it.
He's brave enough now to dive over the edge of the bed. Let's hope he doesn't think he can do that with the stairs, too!




Oops! He spied the camera. I actually have a tough time getting pictures of Andrew, because he is so fascinated with the camera, that I usually end up with a bunch of photos of his hand reaching up to grab the lens.

Sixers 98, Kings 86

Our first 'real' time away from Andrew happened on January 15th. Scott's family came to watch the kids, and we went to Philly for a quick dinner and a Sixers game.

I was a little emotional about leaving Andrew for the first time. He's been away from me quite a few times, but never more than about 3 hours. Plus, this time, we would be gone until after his bedtime. Scott teased me for wearing my Teething Bling necklace, but hey, it helped me anyhow.


First stop, steaks at Tony Luke's (I had the Steak Italian... it was phenomenal... I'm still thinking about that sandwich more than two weeks later!)

Then off to the stadium to find our seats... ROW 1!





(click on any of the images in this post to enlarge)


Scott has been to a few other games, but this was the first time he was able to see Allen Iverson play (he was injured last time).






We really felt for Sammy Dalembert, who played fantastically despite it being just days after the earthquake in his native country, Haiti. He made a personal appeal for donations to relief funds... pretty emotional....



Halftime entertainment includes Hip Hop, an urban-garbed rabbit that shoots souvenir shirts from a cannon. I couldn't get a good picture because my camera battery died, but you can check him out in action here. He seems to be a pretty popular mascot... however I was a bit creeped out.... is it just me, or does Hip Hop conjure thoughs of Donnie Darko?


Anyway, great night, great game. The kids survived without us, although Andrew was awake for the second time when we got home around midnight. He seemed a little rattled, but was fine the next day!

We even made the press photos and highlight reels (ha!):