Friday, December 21, 2012

santa brunch

Fin sat on santa's lap for a bit. he was pretty easy going.




and here are the east coast travis men, just chillin, in front of the service closet for the bar.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

day at the game

remember back when vera went tailgating at the UD game? well, finley went too.






and he hung out with andre, who came to visit for awhile.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

newborn pics

awhile back, i promised i would have some professional newborn pics up for your viewing pleasure. then, jess kept them from me in her attempt to win the blog war. she finally conceded them to me and i am posting them poste haste, or something like that.

here are my favorites....














and by favorites, i mean, all of the ones we ordered from devon anne photography.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Sunday, December 2, 2012

baby drop

man, we love dropping our kids. they seem to enjoy it too. these videos of finley laughing are the gravy on the mashed potatoes of life. i just love the way this boy laughs and smiles. like our previous laughter vids, we had been doing this already for quite some time before getting it on film, so this boy was a little laughed out, but he came through long enough for a good recording. thanks to aunt s again for picking up the camera.


Saturday, December 1, 2012

pool

fin went to the pool for the first time a few weeks back. he took to it pretty fast.

Friday, November 30, 2012

Monday, November 26, 2012

hiatus

finley took a hiatus from the fast lane of the blogging world while he grew, laughed, cried and loved. to make up for it, here is a video of him laughing.

the things i want to remember about him from the 3-4 month period..... he doesnt sleep that well, but during the daytime he is really quick to smile and laugh and he is pretty darn easy going.


we'll see you a little more often here.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

amstergardens

i am struggling with the idea of adding more text. i realize i may want to remember what the lives of us adults were like as well, while finley grows up. however, i don't want to take away attention from finley, the star of this show. i'll do this for the next few posts. feedback is welcome. here are some randoms to start us off.


jess takes fin and vera to longwood gardens a lot. she is back to working 2 days a week for november and december and still plans fun stuff for fin on her days off. we hoped to go back all together while the leaves were in peak fall colors, but our plans got washed out by hurricane sandy, and so did the pretty leaves.


shout out to melony at amsterdinner. we meet with friends at la tolteca. they first met there to plan a trip to amsterdam and dubbed it "amsterdinner". they invited us because la tolteca is 2 blocks from our house. in fact, i probably should have asked the amstercommittee if it was ok to title this post "amstergardens". anyway, i couldnt make it to this gathering since i got a cold. melony took finley for the whole meal, like a boss! jess was really appreciative.


just so i dont forget. this kid is super cute. this picture will help me remember.

Monday, October 15, 2012

sarah

so, one of the things i want to remember is the "sarah and newborn finley chemistry". Sarah has got the touch. shoot, did i capitolize a word there? my apologies. sarah has got the touch. there are some other family members that have a good way with fin, but sarah and fin have a special thing going. sarah comes over, chills on the couch and holds fin. fin sleeps, and sleeps and sleeps, then grumbles for 3 seconds, then sleeps and sleeps. then, finley falls into a deep sleep. even when fin isnt sleeping in sarahs arms, he is sleeping in her arms. thats how good sarah is. but when finley is actually awake and sarah is holding him, he seems pretty happy. so, here are some pictures of the sleeping.


funny mom.
 even more funnier







i know its hard to see past the cuteness of finley, but look behind him. yep, thats me in the background chillin with a goblet of wine, comfortable knowing that my son is in good hands with an aunt like sarah.


Thursday, October 4, 2012

race track

fin came to visit me at my first track day of the year. pretty sweet.