Visit to Aunt Kathy and Uncle Tom's House..

Speaking of the big storm, we finally got a chance to visit Aunt Kathy and Uncle Tom after having to cancel our pre-Christmas visit because we were all snowed in at our respective houses (and Pat was stranded in Charlottesville).
We had a nice visit and I took a few great pictures... didn't take all of the pictures I wanted to, but that's because time always gets away from me.
I realized today when I got the camera out to take a picture of Savannah that I had not downloaded the great pictures from our visit. We had a great time and look forward to visiting again soon.

Our front yard - a month later

Pat took these photos of our yard earlier this week... and the snow is still here. I can look out and see snow on rooftops and yards all along our street... which doesn't seem possible since we haven't had real snow flurries since the week before Christmas.
I guess time flies, but the white stuff stays behind.
Can you tell I'm ready for spring?

The Fitzgeralds- The Younger Years

This week on Facebook is Retro Week and everyone is encouraged to dig out old photos and put them on their page. I pulled these off our iPhoto page and wanted to share them as I think our children are a perfect mixture of the two of us.
Pat says Savannah looks like him and Julius looks like me... but I think they are a good blend of the two of us.

Little Man Walking...

Julius, who officially turns 11 months old on the 18th, has started walking on his own. He can take about six or seven steps and usually runs into some sort of clutter on the floor (or gets too excited) when he falls over and gives into crawling.
I captured a few photos yesterday and will be getting the old camera (which has video on it) out so I can actually capture him taking a few steps.
We don't have any babies in the Fitzgerald house... although it's a little sad, it's nice to see both of my children coming into their own.

A beautiful photo...

I just think this is the most beautiful photo I've taken thus far with my new camera... but maybe I'm a little biased because I helped bring the model into the world.
This is a scarf my future sister-in-law, Cynthia, made for me last Christmas. Yesterday was the first chance I've had to wear it and Savannah had to try it on her head.
Here is the result.

A Savannah in Julius' clothing...

Pat caught a few pictures of Savannah wearing her brother's clothing. She has gotten extremely jealous in the last week or so and has taken to attacking her brother. I really think it's because he's getting to the point where he's walking on his own.
I'm not sure what we're going to do, but we have to figure out a way for Savannah to be less violent with her brother.

Happy 2010...

I just went back to last year at this time and read the posting... and it should have been a hint into how crazy our 2009 would be. Last year, Pat and Savannah were both suffering with a stomach virus and I was trying to make it through the last weeks of my pregnancy.
This year was much better as everyone was healthy and we rang in the new year with a few glasses of champagne (although Pat did conk out long before I did). We had a wonderful dinner on New Year's Day (spiral ham, scalloped potatoes, asparagus casserole, deviled eggs, rolls and key lime cheesecake) and it was overall a good day.
It's hard to believe how quickly 2009 went by and the best thing we brought out of the year was our Julius... who has lit up our lives in so many ways. We also had a few more babies added to both sides of the family, mended fences that needed to be mended and walked away from things that needed to be left in the past.
Here is a to a better 2010... we already know it's going to be interesting because Pat's job is ending in the next few months as they move his part of the newspaper to another location.
Pat is waiting for a call on a job interview he had in December and we're all eager for new challenges that lay ahead.