End of the Neighborhood: February 2009

Such cute Kids

05-31-09
Today we had the chance to go to our Grandma Sheny's house for dinner. As we sat down at the table instead of having to say the words out loud "time for the prayer" we looked over and Teagan already had his hands clasped waiting for the moment. It is truly amazing how children learn from their environment so well. It is more amazing how often they remind you of the important things and moments in life.

4-16-09
We pulled out some old toys yesterday that Marco bought for Tony when he was much younger, and the boys loved playing with them. But, Tony in common form had to ask, "were these your toys when you were little?". Tony is obsessed with everything about our childhoods and loves to hear stories from both of us growing up, from toys, to favorite cereals, or even cartoons he loves to watch!

03-28-08
When I get a telephone call from my wife while at work and I don't answer, she will tend to leave a voice mail if it is something that can wait. If she shows up on my caller ID twice in consecutive order, I tend to worry. So, as I answered the second call, quite worried and excusing myself from a meeting with a customer, I simply answered "Hello"! With a meek, quiet and jovial tone a voice came back "It's me daddy". I said hello once again, and the little voice said "Hello daddy it's me Booger Nose!" (the name that is used often when Tony is sick).
As Tony proceeded to tell me all about his school day he ran to tell Amber that he had called dad and became uninterested in his prior conversation. You can't buy this level of happiness!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Toronto and the Auto Show

Dad had the chance to go to Toronto last week for work and is excited to show off some of the pictures from the trip and especially the Auto Show there.

The Toronto skyline is unmistakable

Another skyline pic from the downtown area

He was visiting Ford of Canada so he made sure to stop by their booth

The new Ford Raptor looked Awesome! (note the non-American fuel rating in the background)

The new C70 from Volvo looked great

Honda's concept!

Just another new 'greener' car

Muchos Besos

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day to my wonderful family - they are my heart and soul, life and breath, joy and happiness! Here is how we celebrated.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Teagan's 1st Birthday

February 5, 2009! This day came way too soon! But everything with Teagan has happened much sooner than I expected. Time is truly fleeting and so precious with these little ones. They change almost everyday and I have cherished every minute with our little boy. He had tons of fun on his birthday. He LOVED his balloons, opening presents, and eating cake(homemade by the best dad ever)! It was all so adorable and so special to see our little angel celebrate the wonderful first year of his life. I am truly, madly in love with him and so grateful to be his mother. Happy Birthday to my Teagolicious!

Monday, February 9, 2009

1 Year Old stats for Teagan

Teagan's first birthday brought another visit to the doctor and another checkup (with some not so fun shots).

He is officially
30.6" tall (75% on the height scale)
22 lbs (again only 40% on the weight scale)
19.2" head circumference (again 97% on the circumference scale!)

That is compared to his 9 month checkup
28.2" tall (50% on the height scale)
19.75 lbs (40% on the weight scale)
18.8" head circumference (95% on the circumference scale)

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

New Orleans Trip

Since my wife has not posted in months, I thought I would help out the blog with a quick set of snapshots of my WORK to New Orleans (yes it looked like a lot of fun but it was for work).