The Baby Bug is Spreading

Congratulations to our friends Channing and Kelly down in Austin, they have a new healthy nine pound baby boy! We're sure he'll grow up to be every bit the rock star that his dad is. Congratulations are also in order for our Houston friends Bill & Katherine, they called the other day with a little bit of exciting news, they're expecting a baby too! Katherine is due about two weeks after Elaine, so it's nice that Elaine has a friend going through some of the same things.

We've been thinking about going back to Texas in May to visit folks, and there certainly would be some great photo opportunities, but Elaine's not sure she'll be up for flying that late in the pregnancy. Last weekend we flew up to Boston with Joe & Cate to visit Nabeel, Megan, and Kaden as well as Billy, and the flight was a bit rough. 55 mph wind gusts in Boston forced us to circle for almost an hour with some heavy turbulence, and that quickly disabused Elaine of the notion that the she left the morning sickness behind with the first trimester.

Despite the rough flight, we had a great time in Boston. It was fun seeing Kaden again, and I don't care what CBS news says, it really was exciting to see him up and walking around. (I won't get into the whole daddy blog debate here, you can follow the links and read all about it over at Start-Up Dad or Daddy Types. Needless to say this blog is simply designed to share pictures and stories with family and friends, not to earn a million dollars or impress CBS). Billy served up a served up a bounty of McDonalds and donuts for Sunday brunch (thankfully he also made omelets). We played some poker, visited some museums, and toured Nabeel and Megan's new house. Of course that's now set off our own home search back here in DC, but that's a whole different story.

(click here to see my pictures from Boston, or here for the slideshow)
(click here to see Nabeel's pictures, or here for the slideshow)