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Palm Springs part Deux

Palm Springs was so much fun!  Shem and I got to go out to an awesome Italian dinner one night.  Another night I got to go out with my cousin Paige for some Mexican and and a margarita and yet another night my whole family went out to a great fish place while Thomas had a babysitter.  That's 3 nights at a restaurant in a week for me...a record since having Thomas for sure!  I almost couldn't handle all the good food.  Thomas also got to meet a bunch of relatives.  Kevin, Peggy, Lindsay and Paul and Joe, Jennifer, Paige and Leah all came over to see Thomas for the first time.  It was really fun seeing everyone.  We can't wait to go back at some point because it actually felt like a real vacation!  Flash forward to the present----TW is almost 7 months old (in 3 days).  He is getting his top tooth in right now.  I actually didn't even notice; our babysitter pointed it out!  So far he has handled teething really well.  But since he is getting them early, the doctor said he will have the worst of it (molars) around a year old.  Thomas also had his 6 month check up a few weeks ago.  He was 18 pounds and is still in the 99th percentile for height.  The doctor said that means he will be TALL!  He's starting to eat more food although he still isn't real into it.  So far we have tried carrots, sweet potatoes, peas, squash, pears, and avocado.  I am thinking Thomas will be crawling sometime soon.  He has started to push up onto all fours and sort of shoot himself forward.  

Palm Springs---Thomas swims

There are so many pictures from our Palm Springs trip that I am going to do a couple of posts.  The first one is featuring Thomas swimming!!!!  It was so much fun bringing Thomas into the pool.  It gave us something to do during his awake time and he seemed to enjoy it.  He didn't really seem to know what to make of it, but he just kind of floated around or was carried by us.  We also swam and layed by the pool alot while he was napping so, it felt like we were actually on vacation too!  Thomas was quite fascinated/terrified by Uncle Doug's beard.  Once he acclimated to it, his favorite thing to do was to pull on it as you can see from the picture in the pool.  

Shem's art opening

Shem has a show up right now at Gallery Route One in Point Reyes and we had the opening on February 22nd.  I have been lagging on the blog!  Anyway, we had tons of fun at the opening.  It was a slight bummer because we were in the middle of a major storm and it poured rain that entire day, but lots of people still came and we had a great time.  Shem's show is up through the end of March and he has sold 4 paintings so far!  We are super proud of him and thought the show looked great.  Thomas came along for the opening and cried at most of the people, but all in all, he had fun too.  Next up on our blog are pictures from our week long trip to Palm Springs that we just arrived home from!