Birthday Blog

Last weekend we celebrated Chris's 40th Birthday. It has taken me a week to post the details.

On Friday I picked Chris up from work in a Limo. I know it was a little goofy but it was nice to just sit back and enjoy the Friday rush hour drive to downtown with my sweet hubby. We checked in the the Ritz Carlton in Dallas on Friday afternoon. This hotel is beautiful and the staff there is wonderful. We headed down to the Rattlesnake Bar to enjoy an afternoon snack and a little happy drinks before dinner. Chris sand I were able to just sit and have some great conversation. Talk about important things. It is great to know we are both on the same page as to where we want our lives to head in the future.

Our good friends Clay and Debbie met us for dinner and this was a big surprise to Chris. We always have a great time with Clay and Debbie. They are a ton of fun. Chef Dean Feering came by our table several times to chat with us. he looked a little confused when I told him I would like to have the #1 and go ahead value size it since it's a special occasion and all. On a serious note Feerings is one of the best restaurants I have ever been to. Food and service were amazing and if you live in Dallas you must go here sometime.

After Dinner we headed to the back to the bar and enjoyed some of the best people watching I have seen in years. This was the place to see and be seen in Dallas. As a bonus I got to see Sting.

My Mom and Harper came the next morning to pick us up and enjoy a wonderful brunch. Later Chris and I went to hang out with all the crazy Parrot Heads for the Jimmy Buffet concert. Words can't describe everything I saw there and some how i don't have many pictures either. We spent all day in the sun drinking cold beer and hanging out with some friends from the hood.

We finished the weekend with brunch and Blue Mesa and a little shopping.

No crazy Birthday just a good time. Here are the pics.

Lordy Lordy Chris is 40!

Can't wait to celebrate his birthday this weekend. I have some big surprises in store from him tonight. Wish I could share on here but sometimes he reads my Blog. I will post as soon as I can.

A Visit from Grandpa

Sorry it has been so long since my last post.  Things have been crazy around here and I pretty sure I worked at least 94 hours last week. 

Harper had a great visit from her Grandpa Ron recently.  We had been expecting him for months and it had been a few years since Chris and I had seen his Dad.  It was such a fantastic visit.  I’m pretty sure that Ron fell in love with Harpy in the first few min of meeting her.  It was special to us because he is the only Grandfather she will ever have.  My father passed away 14 years ago. 

Chris had a great time with his Dad and they both enjoyed the weekend. We really hope we can make a trip to Seattle soon to visit Grandpa again.  Until then we will just enjoy the memories we made.

 

Dear Tory Burch

Dear Tory:

This weekend was going to be our time. I was planning on making a secret trip to Neimans this weekend and pick up a new pair of your wonderful shoes. But yesterday I ran over something in the road and blew out my back tire. So instead of shoes for me I had to spend $600 on new shoes for my car. So sad that we our spring meeting will be delayed. I will have to start saving my lunch money again.

Until then I will admire your website.

Love,

Tracy

Our 4 Month Checkup

We finally had our 4 month checkup today.  It is a little overdue because Harper was too sick for a while to have it done.  Now we are a perfectly healthy baby so it was time to head back to the Doctor.

Stats:

Weight –15 pounds 1 oz – 75th percentile.  Harpy lost some weight when she was sick but she is working hard on putting it back on.

Height – 26 inches – 95th percentile.

The big news is that she is ready to start Cereal.  Hopefully this will get her back to sleeping through the night since for the past 2 weeks she has been waking up for a 3am feeding.

She got 2 vaccines and has been pretty fussy all day since then.  So about noon I decided to stop fighting it and took the day off from work. Much better to comfort her.  I finally got her down for a much needed nap and have now enjoyed 2 hours of no crying and even got to write this Blog.

Gotta Go…. The princess is waking up.

The Sister Twister

That is what Chris has called my sisters and I.  He says we come in just like a tornado. 

Last week we took our annual “Heath Ladies Trip” to San Antonio.  On Friday we loaded up the Suburban with 8 ladies waved good bye to our husbands and son’s and headed out for a little relaxation in the beautiful Texas Hill Country just north of San Antonio.  The road trip down was great.  It included a stop in the town of West, Texas for the most amazing Kolaches you will ever have.  I stop in West every time I head south.  It is just a tradition that I’m unwilling to break. The girls were amazing in the car and Harper slept the entire time.  Boy were we lucky.

Marriott just opened the new JW Resort in San Antonio this past January.  I had heard good feedback about the reports but let me tell you this place ROCKS!!!!  Marriott you have out done yourself on this one.  This place was perfect! It had a great pool area complete with Lazy River, 6 Water slides, awesome frozen Mojitos and terrific live music all afternoon. I just can’t even begin to describe all the great things we did in one weekend.  Can’t wait to go back.  Chris and I are already planning a trip down there.  Anyone else want to go???

I hope that our daughters remember weekends like this for the rest of their lives and continue to follow this tradition.  It is a must for all generations.

 

Dreaming of Summer

Seems like winter decided to come back again this weekend. I must say I'm ready for summer to be here soon. So all weekend I have been thinking of this place. I'm headed here next weekend for a quick little girls trip with my Mom, my sisters, and all the nieces. So looking forward to relaxing for a little while. It will be Harper's first overnight trip so lets hope all goes well. until then i will be counting down the days until Friday.