Our little Tiger, class of 2031

It has been a busy week here for us! Friday night we were invited over to Addison's house for an impromptu cookout. We are so lucky to have such great friends! It's so nice to be able to go to someone's house that has a baby so you don't have to worry about taking everything with you! (Thanks, Amanda!) Sometimes as homesick as I get, it's fun living in such a large city. Monday night my aunt and uncle flew through Atlanta and had a long enough layover that we got to meet them for dinner:-)

Last night we made it downtown for an alumni event for Wittenberg! So, most of you know that Adam and I went to a small liberal arts university in Ohio and that is where we met. Last summer they started a tour called Witt Nation where they pack 2 recent grads into a van and send them cross country stopping in many different cities and holding alumni events. Well, last night they were in Atlanta and we dressed Jake in his Wittenberg onesie (Thanks, Grandma!) and he was the hit of the party! Here are the pictures of the event on the Witt Nation website (there is a picture of Jake and another baby that is 2 months older than Jake, and one of me and Jake along with the other baby and his mommy.)



Today Jake and I had a lunch date with a friend that is going to have a baby in November! Yeah, another playmate for Jake that's a little boy!! Let me tell you, don't ever go to lunch at the California Pizza Kitchen. I'm sorry, but $17 for lunch is outrageous. Someone needs to tell them to get a lunch menu.

We've been busy!

Before:

















After:












So we have been constantly trying to update our house for the past 2 years and erase every part of country that the previous owners had left. They were also terrible painters and every night when I laid in bed I would look up and see the terrible trim job they did. Since Adam is now done with his MBA we have started to tackle those projects that have been piling up and the most recent one was to paint the master bedroom and replace the trim. Needless to say pre-baby we could get it knocked out in a weekend. Post-baby it took 2 weekends to paint and 2 weekends for Adam to replace all of the trim. It sucked that it took us a month in all, but I just love the finished product. It's hard to tell the difference in the paint color from the before and after pictures, but believe me, it really looks a ton better. Put that with the new white trim, the new blinds, ceiling fan and bedding we we have a very calming retreat! I must also admit my sewing skills are getting much better as I made the cat blanked on the bottom of the bed and this past weekend I made the valences since we couldn't find any to match. I did have some help from Grandma, who just left. It was SO nice having her here and it sucks to have to send her home. I get to see her in 2 weeks thought as we are all flying to Chicago to meet my half-sister's new baby who was born at 32 weeks. The baby is doing fine and has been sent home. Little Arianna weighed 3 lbs 10 ounces when she was born and has now gained a whole pound! My dad claims that Arianna is the size of Jake's left leg. I'm excited to meet her but already stressing about flying with Jake. I know people do it all the time, but I haven't and it worries me that I'm going to be that lady with the screaming baby that everybody hates on the plane. I'll keep you posted! Here are some recent pictures of Grandma's visit and some June and July pics of Jake!