Prescious Pooky

Here are a few teasers from Tiona until the full set of pictures come out from the birthday session last weekend.

If you are still reading our blog...

My challenge with blogging is that it seems to take so long to post! So instead of taking time to make excuses for why we've abandoned our blog for the past few months, I'm just going to jump in with family news and a few pics.

Tomorrow is Vivy's first birthday, and I can't believe it. She's very helpful-- here she brushing Randy's teeth. She likes to brush mine too, and it works out great because she'll let me brush hers at the same time!


Eric and Sarah and our long lost friends the Landons came over for dinner last Thursday. Vivy and Owen continue to be big buds, and the exersaucer is much more exciting when Owen is in it!


We went to Durham this weekend for Randy's annual Duke reunion and tailgated with "the Dookies" as I like to call them. Vivy went to her first football game and had a blast. She loved cheering, climbing the bleechers and dancing with the band. She also discovered Evy's Duke chair and took a minute to chill. The Metzls call this lounging.

Practicing to be a Cameron Crazy!

Vivy and Maddie at the game

By the way, Vivy is walking! I'll post more pics from her birthday and baptism this weekend.

Off To the Races II

Vivy loves the new toy Emily bought at the consignment sale yesterday - it won't be long until she's walking on her own, I bet. She's stylin' in the new outfit from the Bondurants.

Vivy Sightings

Here is the Pooky napping.
















Bathing is finally fun.
















Mommy and Pooky hangin' outside.

They're both wrong

I didn't know whether to shrug or laugh when I heard about the latest Edmunds fuel efficiency report on a Crown podcast. The bottom line is that properly inflating one's car tires doesn't make too much of a difference with fuel efficiency (do it anyway because it's important for safety and maintenance reasons). So McCain and Obama were vigorously agreeing on a moot point.

http://www.edmunds.com/advice/fueleconomy/articles/106842/article.html#test5

I Love American Express

American Express is a great company. Not only have I been able to decorate my entire dining room using AMEX points, but I have had two recent experiences with AMEX that makes me love them even more.

A few weeks ago, Steph's car broke down at our house. I called the AMEX roadside assistance service, and they dispatched someone to come tow the car. I was still waiting after an hour and a half, so I called AMEX again to follow up. The woman I spoke with was so great-- she said that it was unacceptable that I had waited over an hour for the tow truck and that she would send another tow truck to our house as well as follow up with the first guy. I truly felt like a valued customer and loved it!

If that weren't enough, I got a call on Friday from AMEX about a suspicious charge on my card. They had been monitoring my account and noticed that someone bought $488 worth of vitamins from an online vitamin distributor out of New Jersy. They had already suspended payment, and they closed my account in about 30 seconds over the phone. To top it off, I had a new card delivered to my door on Monday. Amazing!

I know, I sound like a cheesy add, but AMEX, you really are the best. I love you!