Eliza's first movie

Eliza went to the movies for the first time on Sunday. We saw The Princess and the Frog. The movie was so-so, but Eliza did great (for an 18-month-old). Aside from some squirming after the first 45 minutes or so, and a couple of rounds of "who's/what's that?", she was great! Glad we went to a G-rated movie matinee, though.

Also, we'd like to wish Grandmommy a big GET WELL SOON!

More on our mini vacation and Eliza's first movie!

For Memorial Day we went to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg with Brian's Mom and his sister. The weather wasn't the greatest, but we managed to get in a game of miniature golf and some swimming in the indoor pool. Mostly, we just chilled in the hotel room and got some R&R. Here are some pictures.




We've had a bit of a crazy week. I had some medical tests that turned out a little yucky last week, so the end of this week is going to bring a cardiac catheterization. Yikes! Scary stuff. We're hoping for good news, so keep your fingers crossed for me.

In the meantime, we've been enjoying some family time together. Last night we went to the drive-in to see Up and see Star Trek for the second time. The first movie was cute, but wasn't as fantastic as everyone seemed to say. The drive-in is such a cool, retro place to go and hang out. Last night was a little chilly, but it couldn't have been a more beautiful night to be out on a blanket under the stars enjoying a movie with your family. Eliza had a bit of a freakout when she got sleepy, but we managed to put her in the car seat to sleep as we sat in the front and enjoyed the second film.

Brian was excited because Eliza looks poised to be a car enthusiast like her Dad and Poppa. Here's a little video from our trip to the drive-in last night.

Monday, Monday...

Another weekend down, another workweek to go.

Eliza's doing much better with sleeping. She's waking up at most once during the night to eat, which is a welcome change from getting up every two hours.

I stayed up all night Friday night working on the new computer I got as an early Christmas present (thanks, Mom!) so Janie slept while I was on baby patrol. The good news is, pending a RAM upgrade this week, we should have a lot more YouTube videos of Eliza shortly. It's nice when you can upload and edit video without having to worry about the computer crashing.

Lee's home for a few days, so we saw "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" yesterday afternoon. My rating: ehh. Not a bad film by any stretch of the imagination (I'm looking at you, "Beverly Hills Chihuahua") but not as good as most of Michael Cera's resume. Certainly not as good as "Juno."

Janie has a seatbelt in her back seat now, which means she and Eliza are mobile. They're supposed to be out adventuring right now. Janie's also on the employment hunt, so I think she's trying to have as much fun as possible with Eliza before she has a job. (Janie, not Eliza. We're not putting the baby to work... yet.)

In other other news, it's three weeks to Election Day. Excitement abounds.