what a fun few days we have had around here! friday morning link and i went to a-town to see hunny and papa. then that evening we met up with jay and went to fort worth. link got to play with his little cousin, jack...so cute. they are exactly nine months apart and both so interested in each other. :) then jack's nanny put the kids to bed and all us old folks went out to lonesome dove for dinner. if you haven't been, go. and try the white truffle mac and cheese. t0-die-for.

link is borrowing jack's teething ring. those dang molars are torture! :)

saturday night jay took one for the team and let me go out with a group of my college girlfriends. we got a back table at taverna and stayed for hours. we had so much fun. we all get together a lot, but we are usually surrounded by toddlers and babies. while that is fun, it's soooo nice to get together with just us girls now and again. i can't say how lucky i feel to have bonded with such a great group in college and even more, to have all remained so close. shout out to the baylor girls...love you all (and love to the girls we were missing that night, too)!!

oh, and my dad would want me to share that link has "papa" in his regular vocabulary now. when they are not around, he loves to point, giggle, and smile at pictures of his hunny and papa, all the while walking around saying, "bopa" (papa) over and over again.

but for now, link would like to dazzle you with his awesome dance move. yes, i said move because there is only one...that he does everywhere. and i mean, everywhere, he is given the opportunity. and then he always looks up as if to say, "did you see that? i just did that. i'm awesome." giggle. wait for it, wait for it...

hope everyone is having a great week!!!

happy 2011!

a few years out of college i remember complaining that every year was starting to seem the same. go to work, hang out with friends, take a weekend trip here and there, see movies, take the dogs to the dog park, work out, sleep in...wait, what was i complaining about, again? :) but it seems that from the moment jay and i got engaged, each year has been a new adventure and a new roller coaster, which i love. i guess that's what happens when you go from a lifetime of taking care of just you and start a life with another person (and then start creating other little people!). gosh, it's been fun.

it always seems like each year flies by, and then i look at pictures and realize how much has really happened in such a seemingly short time. it's unbelievable to see a year on a toddler (teenagers seem to be the same way - every time i see my older nieces and nephews they look five years older!). i thought these "stages" i always heard about would be six months long. heck, some of them are six days long! too funny. anyway, it is hilarious to me to look back at link last january...

just chillin on the couch

taking care of some tummy time

and hanging out with mama

and now...my big boy that can't stop growing...he's grown almost three inches since his birthday in september! when did this happen?!

now he can dunk ;)

run...

and climb up on anything he wants!

read (vanity fair! ha!)...

and jump on the bed with his doggies!

2011 has a lot on the calendar for the pritchards...check in for updates when you get a chance, and keep us posted on you! can't wait to see what this wonderful year full of promise will bring. happy new year to you and yours!