Good ol' San Anton'

We spent the last few days in San Antonio taking care of some business. First there was the business of attending a dinner honoring Joey's Da as a distinguished alumnus of St. Mary's University. Then there was daddy's work business to take care of. And of course there was Joey's usual business of meeting and seeing everyone in SA!

Here is Joey feeding Da a little hot dog snack before the St. Mary's dinner - I guess Joey knows that you never can tell whether or not the food at those things is going to be any good!

Joey and mommy went to visit our friends the Stepans. Here is Joey meeting Trevor and Ethan for the very first time.

One of daddy's childhood friends, Kyle, came over to the house to catch up and meet Joey. As you can see, Joey was very intrigued by the leaf that Kyle was wearing on his head.

Joey with his ladies - Oma, Mima and mommy.



Joey and Da share a goodbye hug before we hit the road back home.

First haircut

We took a family outing to the salon yesterday so that we could all get beautified for the start of spring. And most importantly, Joey got his first haircut! Although he was a bit unsure of what the heck was going on, he was a real trooper and looks more handsome (and sadly, more grown up) than ever. We were even able to catch a few strands for his baby book. A big shout-out to Kirk (who has been doing mommy's hair since I was Joey's age - no, not really but it feels like it) for being so patient with us and for giving Joey such a stylish little look!

Here we are describing to Kirk the look we're going for.

Joey giving Kirk a very suspicious glance as if to say, "What do you think you're going to do with those scissors?"

Here is Kirk giving Joey some texture up top. I think this is one of the few moments when Joey sat absolutely still.

Group 'before' shot - we all look different now with our new haircuts.

Whew! Beauty is hard work. This is Joey at the tail end of his 2.5 hour nap after the haircut.

Happy Easter!

Joey participated in his first Easter egg hunt last week with our neighborhood playgroup. Joey wanted me to tell everyone that the weather was beautiful, the company was delightful and he had lots of fun. He promises that next year he will be more interested in looking for eggs and not so into eating the grass and mulch.

Here's Joey with his first Easter basket and a big ol' egg.

Joey and friends - these are some of the younger babies in the group.

All of the playgroup babies and mommies. Big kudos to the hostess for being brave enough to welcome all of us into her home!

March Madness

As sports fans are well aware, this week kicked off the NCAA men's basketball tournament. And like his daddy and mommy, Joey has also caught a case of March Madness! On Friday afternoon, we went to Joe's Bar & Grill downtown to enjoy some libations, queso and live game action.

Here's Grandma trying out shuffleboard for the first time.

Uh-oh, think we all got hustled by the g-ma...she looked like she knew what she was doing!

Cousin Michael holding down our corner booth.

Joey and his posse (from l-r) cousin Scott, cousin Michael, mommy and Grandma (with daddy behind the camera).

Do the choo-choo crawl!

We thought that Joey would be one of those babies who would skip crawling altogether, but he decided recently that he would give it a shot. Now, of course, he's a little speed demon when he's on all fours. His new favorite activity is to chase his little toy train around the house.