Since the last post on January 29, Tess celebrated her first birthday on February 15, 2007. We celebrated with our families by making a trip to Newport on the Sunday prior. It was great to see everyone, especially Jack, Danielle and Jackson who met Tess for the first time.
In addition to celebrating Tess's birthday, we managed to get two small ski trips in this winter at Okemo and Mount Tremlant. Tess also got to spend time up in VT being spoiled by her aunt, uncle and cousin.
Baxter and Shampoo continue to adjust and Shampoo has settled into our family nicely. She is still a fatty, but I've been taking her more regularly on my runs with Baxter. She can usually make it 15-20 minutes. Hopefully she'll shed more weight soon.
Tess continues to amaze us. We've discovered she's a foodie. We haven't found any foods that she won't eat. Some nights she eats more than Mitch! She starts every morning by helping me with my cereal and banana which is before Tracy makes her an egg or oatmeal. She's also making great progress catching up. We have early intervention 4 times a week working with her.
Tracy started back at work the this month. In addition, she started up her running and despite the cold winter managed to complete the MORE Half-Marathon this past weekend in Central Park. She did great, finishing 2:02:57.
Mitch has been keeping busy as well. We've taken up rock climbing at the rock gym in New Rochelle and he passed his test for his Orange belt in Tae Kwon Do and Little League begins in two weeks.
If all goes well we will visit San Francisco in May to have Tess meet Vilma and our friends.
Our summer will be busy with Jack and Danielle's wedding in Maine and the usual summer activities. Hopefully, my posts will come more regularly.
