Birmingham!

Sorry for the hiatus! Now that Emmie is rolling from one end of the house and grunting her orders, time seems to slip away and I'm not sure exactly where it all goes. We are doing great and Emmie is growing and changing every day. I'm sure that I am a bit biased, but she truly is a fabulous and good-natured baby. She's very engaging and people stop us everywhere to play with her and tell her how beautiful she is. Her little personality is so funny and it's amazing what a true sense of humor she has at such a young age. I must say I've never watched a baby develop and it's really neat to see the new facets of her personality that emerge each day. Liz and I consider ourselves very blessed to have this precious soul in our lives.

We went to Birmingham last weekend to visit family and friends. It was so fun being back in the 'ham. I miss some of my fave old restaurants so we tried to hit as many as possible. I was really glad to have a fantastic dinner at Little Savannah with Lauren, Jim, and Liz. Nonie, Aunt Marsha, and Nicolas babysat Emmie so we could catch up with Jim and Lauren. Dinner was great and the company was even better. While in B'ham, Emmie finally got to meet her Aunt Holly and Casey (2 thumbs up Holly). Other than that, we hung out with Nonie, Pops, Aunt Marsha, Nicolas and the Hughey clan. Emmie had a blast with Nicolas, Emma, Fletcher and Campbell. She is fascinated by other children. You can just see on her face that she's trying to figure out how to run around and play like they do.

Birmingham was great. There are certainly things that we miss especially family, friends, and restaurants. Funny, we live in one of the best cities for food, but we still long for dinner at Bottega and margaritas at Sol y Luna. Time was too short there and there was so many people we wanted to see especially the Finch clan but we all had a bit of a cold and didn't want to spread our germs. We'll catch them next trip. Thanks to all of our Birmingham peeps for such a great trip! We love and miss you all!