Vegas Baby (literally)

After much planning and thought, we decided to brave the elements and leave wintry Detroit for a short visit to sunny Las Vegas. Traveling with little Samantha was no easy chore, we had minor issues both leaving and returning. But overall the trip was worth it. She got to see her grandparents, and meet her great-grandmother Marlyne for the first time. As always the trips are too short, but we had a wonderful time seeing everyone!

Mommy & Me

Samantha says ... me likie nap time!

(Mommy says, me no likie sore neck sleeping sideways ...)

North American Intl Auto Show

We enjoyed a nice outing to the Cobo Center where the annual North American Auto Show was going on. We got a chance to see all the new and exciting happenings in the auto industry that will be taking place over the next year. It was a nice place to get Samantha out and about since the temperatures are around 10 degrees now...
Justin picked out his Jaguar and I'm standing in front of the Ferrari. It was just a lot of fun to walk around. There were 2 crash test dummies handing out some information . Samantha enjoyed her outing by sleeping through the whole event. We knew it was time to go when she woke up screaming due to hunger. We were ready to feed her and go home.

One month old, and growing!

So Michelle took Samantha to the pediatrician's one-month office visit, and to our surprise she's already over 9 lbs! (9# 1.8 oz to be exact). She was a tiny 6 lbs, 12.5 oz at birth. We're seeing her grow every day, her cheeks filling in more and with better skin turgor. Quite an amazing process to say the least. Parents are still a bit sleep-deprived and trying to stay sane in the same process! Here are some random house shots ...

Winter wonderland ...

Two decent snowstorms so far this winter, a nice deck-shot of the sun setting on our frozen golf course ...