Julia's New trick

Julia started the belly crawl over the weekend. She's also really starting to imitate what we do with waving and stretching. So much fun right now!!

Hi Ho Hi Ho, it's off to work i go....

You know you have a wonderful husband when you tell him that you have a huge deadline moved up on ya by two weeks and need to spend pretty much all my time at the office and he completely understands. Every night this past week I have worked late. Today is Saturday and I'm back here at the office. I will be coming in again tomorrow for most of the day and will be working late every night next week. March is usually like this for me but never has it been this bad. I've never had a client move up a deadline but when there's stimulus funds on the line, you gotta do what you gotta do.

Last year at this time, i was in the same boat. I had two projects that were due at the end of March. And lets see..... what else was due at the end of March last year..... :) of course, Julia was due at the same time. I remember signing & sealing plans on a Wed and having Julia the next day. Now a year later, I have another project due but this time Julia is here at the office with me.

In like a lion...

KC got some snow yesterday and not just a little bit. We got around 5-6" which is pretty big for us. Mark was out early shoveling and it was still snowing. Julia enjoyed the snow too but not as much as Nina. She went sledding and had a ball playing in the snow with the neighbor kids.

My parents came down last night too for my bday today. It was fun to have them here. I can't remember the last time i actually spent my bday with my parents. I got a Wii Fit which i can't wait to use. I certainly need it!! Mark got me some golf lessons at the golf club just outside our neighborhood. I'm anxious to use them too and learn how to play.

Where did this month go???

As always, we've been crazy busy these days. Both Mark and I have been traveling for work. Nina's basketball team just finished up their last game yesterday. We're looking forward to volleyball starting in a couple of weeks!!

Julia is full of energy these days and wanting to walk around holding onto our fingers. She can stand on her own if she doesn't realize she is doing it. Once she notices that we don't have her, she falls. She is also starting to eat more table food. Cheese is her favorite as are cheerios. Tonight was an experience with spaghetti noodles. She loved them but had a hard time getting the noodles in her mouth. We finally lowered her crib down too and the pic is from her standing in it for the first time lowered.

5th grade bball

Nina is in her 3rd year of playing bball. It's amazing how much she has improved these last 3 years. She can shoot the ball into the 10' goal with ease. Her first year, they had a 8' goal and she could barely get the ball to the rim. However, her team hasn't fared as well. They have won only one game this season. They are definitely improving as the season goes but so are the other teams. Pictures from Friday nights game.

Shrimp Bingo

It's that time of year again for the annual Shrimp Bingo night or as Mark calls it "Nerd Nite". Yes, it's a night for engineers to gather (approx 1200 of them) for a night of all you can eat shrimp, six games of bingo with prizes and of course, our favorite part, the open bar. The KC Engrs Club puts on this annual event as a fundraiser for scholarships. I cannot remember how many years I've been going but i lost count when i ran out of fingers... This year's event has to be the best though because for the first time in all these many years, I actually got BINGO!! Yes, i jumped from my seat, screamed as loud as i could BINGO to the crowd of 1200 engrs and clients. Ran up to the front of the room to have my card checked (god knows you don't want to NOT have a bingo, the shame....). Each games has 4 prizes so first come first serve. I was the second winner of game 3. So with the first prize already won (new 26" HDTV), i got a new blue ray disk player. I called Mark and said we need to go and buy some blue ray dvd's. So needless to say, i had a great time.

Party Arty

Last Sat night Mark and I went with our friends Steve and Beth to the 2009 Party Arty at the Nelson Atkins Museum. It's an annual fundraiser for the museum sponsered by young friends of the arts. The night featured a fashion show and music by the Nadas. The Nadas are a band from Iowa that plays at ISU frequently. Thus the main reason we went. We also got to look around at some of the exhibits in the new Bloch bldg. Of course the open bar was a big draw as well.