Update...

I don't have much of an update, just some randomness I thought I would share.

We still don't have the permit for the house, but there are 11 coming in this week. We should be one of them! If that's the case, we'll have a meeting with the construction manager next week and things can get started. I've talked to a lot of people who say that they are not surprised that it is taking so long. "It's the city"... is the most common response I get.

On Sunday, Dave had this wonderful idea to plan out the whole day! We started by dropping Fenway off at a friend's house. It was kind of like taking our child to daycare for the first time...it was weird to leave him. Then we went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science to see a temporary exhibit of Leonardo da Vinci! It was amazing! They had prints of his drawings and art and models of tons of his inventions! They were just incredible! All of them were way ahead of his time! It was fascinating! After walking around the rest of the museum we went to lunch at one of our favorite sandwich places, PotBelly Sandwich Works. I'm not sure where they are all located, but if you have one near you, you should definitely try it! Oh and their ice cream is to die for...so save room! After lunch, we went to the theater to see Juno. We've been meaning to see it for awhile. We really loved it! It had a great message, was very entertaining and flowed extremely well. The main actors were wonderful! I loved Ellen Page as the very believable character, Juno! It is an inspirational comedy! I recommend this movie highly! We will be adding it to our collection when it comes out! Following the movie, we went back to our friend's house to hang out for the rest of the night. We watched some tv, played a couple games, consumed some adult beverages and played with the 3 dogs (they have 2). It really was a wonderful day! Thank you honey for planning the whole thing!

Although Dave's birthday isn't for a few months, I wanted to treat him to something special and I have no choice but to give him his present early. I bought us tickets to a new show called, Walking with Dinosaurs. It is a live show at the Toyota Center in downtown Houston next week. I got tickets for the opening night! The show consists of life size dinosaurs and a ringmaster who guides you through the daily lives of dinosaurs, as well as the years of their existence. Dave has always been fascinated by dinosaurs and really enjoyed seeing them at the museum this weekend. I've been thinking about this as an option for his gift, but when I saw him staring up at the models of dinosaurs on Sunday with a look of amazement and this child like fascination, I knew it was the right gift. He chose to not be surprised, so I told him yesterday! Anyway, check it out and we'll let you know how it is after we see it next Wednesday.