Now Jessica...this one will make me cry.
I have to say that I have made some really great friends since we have moved here. Lately I have been thinking about how hard it will be when the time comes to say goodbye. Boy, I thought leaving NYC was tough. I think it will also be really hard on Reese too. Tonight we went to dinner with many people from our MOMS club, but then after dinner we were outside with some of our friends and Reese was just having a great time. The fact that she feels a strong attachment to my friends-especially Jessica and Ryan as of late-will be hard to remove her from here. I do hope that we can continue our friendships when our time comes to leave because Rob and I have always been able to continue long distance friendships.
It also shows that I can rely on many of the people that I have met for the support that our MOMS club is supposed to offer-Kristi, I will definitely call you! Rob works late a lot too and I know that Reese adores Nathan.
I just have to say that it is so nice to meet such quality friends at this point in our lives!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
me
Well, I am sitting here on a Thurs morning at 7:30 and it is rare, but Reese is not up yet. It is kind of nice because I was able to scan her artwork correctly this morning....couldn't quite get the scanner to function properly yesterday (this is why I need Rob around!!!).
I miss Rob so much...I think this is the longest we have been apart since we moved in together in 2003. He did go to Kazakhstan while I was pregnant, but I don't think that trip was as long. I am used to being the one who travels....I hate being alone overnight. I have to say that having Reese here has made a world of difference overnight! I get a little spooked at night....don't know what I would've done if we were in a big house (would probably have to have guests every night!).
Rob's trip has not been that great. He has been working since sunrise to well into the night. He certainly has not seen any of the sites of Seoul nor do I think has he even been able to pick up a little trinket for Reese (which is ok since she doesn't even realize where he is). He is leaving for home tonight....they are 13 hours ahead of us so it will be morning for him. I am dropping Reese off tomorrow at Royal Learners since his flight will get in around nap time and then also Rob and I can have some time to catch up (that is if he is awake!).
Reese and I have certainly kept ourselves busy this week (easier than just sitting here moping that Rob isn't around). Reese loves the pool so we usually go there in the afternoons. It is nice because after 5 pm the pool starts to go in the shade and so I don't have to worry about burning!
Hope you are having a great day and good travel wishes for Rob as he makes his way home to us.
I miss Rob so much...I think this is the longest we have been apart since we moved in together in 2003. He did go to Kazakhstan while I was pregnant, but I don't think that trip was as long. I am used to being the one who travels....I hate being alone overnight. I have to say that having Reese here has made a world of difference overnight! I get a little spooked at night....don't know what I would've done if we were in a big house (would probably have to have guests every night!).
Rob's trip has not been that great. He has been working since sunrise to well into the night. He certainly has not seen any of the sites of Seoul nor do I think has he even been able to pick up a little trinket for Reese (which is ok since she doesn't even realize where he is). He is leaving for home tonight....they are 13 hours ahead of us so it will be morning for him. I am dropping Reese off tomorrow at Royal Learners since his flight will get in around nap time and then also Rob and I can have some time to catch up (that is if he is awake!).
Reese and I have certainly kept ourselves busy this week (easier than just sitting here moping that Rob isn't around). Reese loves the pool so we usually go there in the afternoons. It is nice because after 5 pm the pool starts to go in the shade and so I don't have to worry about burning!
Hope you are having a great day and good travel wishes for Rob as he makes his way home to us.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
What's new with us
Just a little update on what is going on here at the Halverson's. I took my French test for Delta again (figured if I have to fly 3-day trips I may as well start going back to Paris!) and so I have resumed going to Europe again. I am dreading the jet lag, but hopefully I will find a balance like I have done with returning back to work. Also with the Paris flights I get to see Reese on the morning of the first day of my trip and the afternoon when I return, so I really only miss her one day. It is hard not putting her to bed each night, but I must say that we have all adjusted.
Reese is doing really well at daycare too. I feel that at least she is not growing up in daycare since she only goes 2-3 days/week. It is also a chance for her grammy to see her on the live camera broadcasting from her daycare (well that is when it is working!). She has started counting to 10 and she is also saying her ABC's...not all the ABC's in a row, but when you sing the Alphabet song she says certain letters in the right places!!! So cool. She talks so much too. When we pick her up from daycare she tells you all about her day...the teachers, other kids, what they did, etc. I really think that she is enjoying herself there.
Rob is in Korea this week. He is over there for the project that he is working on. He left yesterday and will be back on Friday. We got to say hello to him this morning when he called....he was sooo tired and anxious to get to bed.
We have our new bed (thank goodness). Amazing how a queen can feel so big when you are used to a double!!! The bed itself is beautiful too. So glad that we finally bought it...since we have been talking about getting it for some time now. I don't really know what was holding me back!
Oh, the last little new piece of news....I bought Reese some sunglasses in Paris last week (they were just so cute and I really want her to wear them since she is always sensitive to the light). She absolutely loves them....this is a picture of her wearing them while eating her snack on Father's day! Rob
says that she insisted on
wearing them while eating! She looks too cool, huh?
Reese is doing really well at daycare too. I feel that at least she is not growing up in daycare since she only goes 2-3 days/week. It is also a chance for her grammy to see her on the live camera broadcasting from her daycare (well that is when it is working!). She has started counting to 10 and she is also saying her ABC's...not all the ABC's in a row, but when you sing the Alphabet song she says certain letters in the right places!!! So cool. She talks so much too. When we pick her up from daycare she tells you all about her day...the teachers, other kids, what they did, etc. I really think that she is enjoying herself there.
Rob is in Korea this week. He is over there for the project that he is working on. He left yesterday and will be back on Friday. We got to say hello to him this morning when he called....he was sooo tired and anxious to get to bed.
We have our new bed (thank goodness). Amazing how a queen can feel so big when you are used to a double!!! The bed itself is beautiful too. So glad that we finally bought it...since we have been talking about getting it for some time now. I don't really know what was holding me back!
Oh, the last little new piece of news....I bought Reese some sunglasses in Paris last week (they were just so cute and I really want her to wear them since she is always sensitive to the light). She absolutely loves them....this is a picture of her wearing them while eating her snack on Father's day! Rob
says that she insisted on
wearing them while eating! She looks too cool, huh?
Day at Six Flags
Well on the 7th of June we went to Six Flags for Rob's company picnic. My brother, sister-in-law and their two boys joined us. We had a really grea
t time. Reese absolutely adores her cousins Hudson (7) and Sam (5). They take really good care of her as well. We stayed there...yes in the extreme heat....for 6 hours. Reese rode one ride with her cousins and then the carousel. We met Bugs Bunny at the picnic too. Reese loved the carousel. She didn't want to sit on the horses (she always wants to sit in the little car) but she loved to imitate how the horses had their mouths open and you can see their tongues....too cute!
t time. Reese absolutely adores her cousins Hudson (7) and Sam (5). They take really good care of her as well. We stayed there...yes in the extreme heat....for 6 hours. Reese rode one ride with her cousins and then the carousel. We met Bugs Bunny at the picnic too. Reese loved the carousel. She didn't want to sit on the horses (she always wants to sit in the little car) but she loved to imitate how the horses had their mouths open and you can see their tongues....too cute! 
Reese amazingly took a nap in the heat....she is resting in her stroller. She slept for about an hour. Dad was moving her stroller back and forth to keep the movement going....I wish I could sleep like a baby!
Right before we left we went to the much talked about Thomas Town-really nothing more than a playground and a train ride on Thomas-Reese loved it as you can see by her expression! She didn't play on the playground...but we did go for a ride on the train and she loved the gift shop afterward that had the train table. If you are thinking of going to Six Flags just for Thomas Town it would be a waste of money. We were glad that it was a company thing 
and that we didn't pay for it!
and that we didn't pay for it!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Memorial Weekend
So this memorial weekend we took our first family vacation (that means just the three of us!). It was wonderful. We went to Charleston, SC...one of my very favorite cities. This was Reese's first time at the beach and she absolutely loved it. I wasn't sure if she would like it because we had visited our friend Jessica's house and played in her daughter Isabella's sandbox...and Reese didn't like the sand at all. She didn't mind the packed sand at the beach though. We were only there for a short while and she was wiped out when we left...take a look at the pictures!
While in Charl
eston we also took the tour on the carriage ride. It was really nice, but I will warn anyone who is traveling there with a toddler...they tell you that the toddler is free, but forget to mention that the toddler will be sitting on your lap with three other adults in your row! We are so lucky that Reese is a pretty low key baby b/c the tour took 1 1/2 hours and she sat in my lap the whole time...didn't whine or cry! Now wouldn't you think that all the adults (especially the ones next to me) would have told us what an amazing baby we have that she was so good for that long in the third row back from the horses????
We had a great time.
While in Charl
eston we also took the tour on the carriage ride. It was really nice, but I will warn anyone who is traveling there with a toddler...they tell you that the toddler is free, but forget to mention that the toddler will be sitting on your lap with three other adults in your row! We are so lucky that Reese is a pretty low key baby b/c the tour took 1 1/2 hours and she sat in my lap the whole time...didn't whine or cry! Now wouldn't you think that all the adults (especially the ones next to me) would have told us what an amazing baby we have that she was so good for that long in the third row back from the horses????
We had a great time.Sunday, June 1, 2008
First Start
Well,
first attempt at blogging! Kristi, you will have to be my inspiration for this.
So us in a nutshell to get started. Rob and I met in NYC on a rooftop (we were neighbors) in Sep 1999. Seems so long ago. We started dating immediately and it was great....just like any NYC romance. When Rob decided to go to graduate school at Yale in 2001 I moved to Boston (a little more affordable by yourself!). It was great being in Boston with my extended family and it was awesome to be closer to the ski slopes! Rob would come up on the weekends in the winter and we would drive to Vermont to ski. Boy, that reminds me that it has been way too long since we have skiied.
When he graduated from Yale in 2003 we moved back to NYC, but this time we were living together. We had the best apartment in the best neighborhood and we really enjoyed ourselves. Eating and going out nightly was the norm! Later that year we got engaged and started planning our wedding. We got married in 2004 at a church at 38th and Park Avenue and we had our reception on the rooftop of the Yale Club (fitting since we met on a rooftop!).
In October 2006 we had our first child-our daughter Reese. We moved to Atlanta in Feb 2007 and that is where we are today!
first attempt at blogging! Kristi, you will have to be my inspiration for this.
So us in a nutshell to get started. Rob and I met in NYC on a rooftop (we were neighbors) in Sep 1999. Seems so long ago. We started dating immediately and it was great....just like any NYC romance. When Rob decided to go to graduate school at Yale in 2001 I moved to Boston (a little more affordable by yourself!). It was great being in Boston with my extended family and it was awesome to be closer to the ski slopes! Rob would come up on the weekends in the winter and we would drive to Vermont to ski. Boy, that reminds me that it has been way too long since we have skiied.
When he graduated from Yale in 2003 we moved back to NYC, but this time we were living together. We had the best apartment in the best neighborhood and we really enjoyed ourselves. Eating and going out nightly was the norm! Later that year we got engaged and started planning our wedding. We got married in 2004 at a church at 38th and Park Avenue and we had our reception on the rooftop of the Yale Club (fitting since we met on a rooftop!).
In October 2006 we had our first child-our daughter Reese. We moved to Atlanta in Feb 2007 and that is where we are today!
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