What We've Been Up To

April has been a busy month for us. Here's a recap of what we've been up to:

• We spent the first weekend this month celebrating Joe's birthday and Tripp's first Easter. The Easter Bunny came to our house and brought Tripp his first Easter basket filled with argyle socks, link toys, a sunhat, and some bunny ears. Tripp did a great job modeling the ears when our friends Jake and Inga came over to take some pictures for us.
• Joe and I went out to dinner for his birthday at Chop House and enjoyed perfectly cooked filets that filled our iron requirements for the week. We also had some wine, poblano mac and cheese, and asparagus. We then came home and Joe watched the end of the Master's (his second favorite sporting event of the year after the Derby) while I put Tripp to bed.
• We also spent some time in Pinckney celebrating our friend Nash's second birthday. Tripp was a little overwhelmed with his first birthday party experience. He isn't used to so much toddler screeching :)
• The second weekend was highlighted with visits from my aunt from NY and Erin from Chicago. This was my aunt's first time meeting Tripp which was so fun. I wanted to take some pictures of her with him but totally forgot.
• Erin was here to run the Big House Big Heart race. She ran the 5k with some of our other friends and we had everyone over for brunch afterward. Joe and I signed up for the 1-mile fun run with Tripp, but there was so much chaos that we wound up just walking around the Big House a while and then going back home. We still managed to get a picture of Tripp's first visit to the Big House.
• Last weekend I also attended a baby shower for my friend Payal who is expecting a baby boy in May. There are so many babies being added to our group of friends!

In between all of these activities Joe has been trying to study as much as possible, write papers and finish out the semester. I've had tons of work to do - ironically more than most projects - so I'm trying to wrap it all up before the end of the month. Being busy has made the month go by quickly which is nice because we are very ready for this semester to be over!