Henry is crawling!!

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A great week

Last Monday, I had an epiphany that we had to get Brooksie (my mom) over here before she starts school again so that Todd and I could investigate possible 'burbs for our big move next year. So, I called her Monday morning, and she was here by that afternoon. She starts school in a couple of weeks, so time was of the essence. Tuesday night, I met Todd at his office at quitting time, and we tried the drive to Grapevine and then Keller. The time to the Grapevine exit was 30 minutes, and it was 55 minutes to the Keller border. We were pretty down b/c we have heard so many wonderful things about Keller. We decided that we must find a way to avoid as much of 121 as possible - it was a parking lot.

Wednesday, I met him again, and we tried Coppell - and I think we've found a winner! We made it all the way to the northern border of Coppell in 25 minutes, so anything within it's borders would be a great commute. The best part is that he only has to be on a major freeway for a few miles. Coppell has schools with wonderful reputations, and we liked the areas we saw on our drive. We feel great about it.

Friday, Gran came into town to keep the boys so that Todd and I could have a little "date" weekend. She brought Leo's cousin Lauren (Aunt Andrea came, too, and went to visit a relative in FW), and they stayed here and played while we had a mini vacation. Saturday morning, we did a 5K in the sticky humidity, but it was a fun race. Todd beat me, of course, but my time was 32:44 (10:32 pace!!!) - that's an accomplishment for me! Todd's time was 30:47! A great way to start the weekend.

We ate breakfast at Poor Richard's, and then later we went to see Hairspray (left before the end - I'd give it a C). We checked into the Crowne Plaza down in Dallas and lounged around until going to dinner at Mango, a Thai restaurant down in Dallas. The highlight of that meal was a delicious Seafood Curry that Todd ordered.

We came back to the hotel and continued our wine and dark chocolate date night tradition. This time, we tried chocolate with orange bits, dark chocolate with cinnamon and red pepper, and Central Market Truffles. They were all delicious.

From all accounts, Gran and the kids had a wonderful time at the house! Leo was wiped out and fell asleep before bedtime last night.

My Little Texan

Leo sings the Yellow Rose of Texas...


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First "official" haircut

I took Leo to get his hair cut today, and something came over me as I stood there. Decided to let her trim Henry's hair. I think it looks nice. He wasn't super keen on the idea, but Mommy sang silly songs and that helped.

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These are the "portraits" (haha) that I did of us in the car on our way back to Dallas. Daddy driving, Leo eating (of course), Henry being entertained by Mommy, and Mommy's self-portrait so I wouldn't be left out. Once again...squished between two carseats.