Sweet St. Louie

I can hardly contain my excitement!

We booked tickets today for a trip to St. Louis at the end of the month!  Josh, Noah, and I will arrive in the Lou on July 30th and stay through August 3rd... hooray!

Home again, home again...

I arrived back safe and sound in T-Town yesterday, feeling refreshed except for the large stripe of sunburn across my back.  

(Will I ever learn?)

Noah gave me a half-smile (which is a big deal these days) when he saw me for the first time and then proceeded to welcome me home by puking baby food chicken and prunes all over the place.  Yes, it was as nasty as it sounds!  

The good news was that was the first time he threw up since I left... Josh focused on giving him solid foods and that seemed to get his stomach calmed down to a large extent (at least until I arrived home and Noah felt like he needed to revisit old times).  We are still working to increase his tolerance of the formula as a supplement because it simply has more calories than any of the solid foods.  The battle continues...

Here are a couple pics from my time along the Gulf of Mexico!

Playing hookey...

Thanks to a few generous friends*, I am posting to the blog from FLORIDA!!  

Noah is back in Tuscaloosa enjoying "Boys Weekend 08" with his dad while I have ventured to the beach for a few days to hang out with the girls.  I'm going to do my best to rest and relax before heading back to T-town... especially because Josh leaves for a week long recruiting trip on Thursday!

So... if you don't hear from me for a few days, I'm just soaking up the sun along the Emerald Coast!  

(*Thanks Deana, Ashley, Anne, & Lindsey... you're the best!)

Our trip in pictures

(The video wasn't working yesterday... but I think I fixed the bug so it should work now.)

Here is a 5 minute slide show of our trip to New Haven... I tried to make it snazzier in iMovie but my computer was acting up. So this is the un-snazzy version. Enjoy.

Back home again.

After a long day of traveling, we are home safe and sound from our trip to New Haven. We had a wonderful time... Noah LOVED hanging out with his aunt and uncle! I'm working on compiling our pictures into a slide show, but here are a few to give you a taste...

Nick and Beth during our walk around the Yale campus.  

(Yes, it was cold enough for jackets that day...)

Our little family at the beach in Rhode Island

(Yes, it was hot enough for the beach this day...)

A pacifier, the ocean, and a nap... what more do you need?