Brunch and Blue Jeans

Today Harper got to meet one of our favorite DC-departees. Our good buddy Brian, whom we met through softball and now lives in Denver, was in town, and we were able to meet up with him and his girlfriend, Angie, at Old Ebbitt Grille for brunch. The last time we saw them, we met up for lunch when I was waaaaaay pregnant. So it's been too long. It was a great time catching up with them! And Harper had a big day, too. It was the first time she's sat in a big kid highchair at a restaurant. Up until now she's been in her carrier or simply held by someone in our party. I think the big girl loved having the big girl chair. Plus, our server gave her a toy car. Doesn't get much better than that. Oh, and it was the first time she's worn jeans. And she looked gooooood; daddy's wallet had better get used to getting lighter by way of jeans.

Happy New Year

The biggest year of our lives has come to a close! We rang in 2010 at home with a few friends and way more food than we could ever eat (I get that from my mom). Our favorite discovery of the night was that Harper has now lived in two decades, and all before her half birthday. Here are some photos from the long weekend.

Thanksgiving

Harper's first Thanksgiving weekend was a fabulous and relaxing one here in D.C. The holiday weekend photo journal begins on Thanksgiving Day, where we stayed at home, and I made a scaled down Thanksgiving dinner for Daniel and me.




In the evening, our friends Matt and Lindsay came over for dessert, and brought a fabulous champagne cocktail with them. As you can see, Harper was clearly a big fan of Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Matt!



Thanksgiving Friday, Harper got to meet Uncle Lee, in from Boston where he's in medical school. Harper tried to talk him into specializing in pediatrics and coming here to be her doctor. Mommy and daddy LOVE that idea.


On Saturday morning, my "Aunt 'Nette" and her husband Jim stopped by to meet Harper as they were passing through on the way to the airport.



On Sunday we got outside for some fresh air along the Potomac near Mount Vernon. As an ode to some of the hilarious outfits Daniel dressed Harper in while they were home together, I bundled Harper up for the outdoors using the most ridiculous combination of patterns and colors I had at my disposal. A fun photo to end the weekend.

Urban family

The biggest downside of living in Washington is that we don't have any "real" family anywhere near us. At all. (When Aunt Wendy gets to Harrisburg, Penn., she'll be our closest! Can't wait for our surrogate grandma to be within 2.5 hours!) But we're so fortunate to have an extended urban family: the close friends we've picked up here over the past 7 years who serve as our in-town family ... and hopefully our free, family-style babysitters (wink wink). Here are some of the members of our fab urban family who've already had a chance to meet Harper and be caught on camera.