Tommy's Home

So Tommy has been living at Juneau Ave since Sunday and all has been going well...

Sleep is like gold....we take it when we can get it



Tillie has been great with her new brother......


Uncle Brent came to visit..


Grandma Dubow has been a great help

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The Stork has Landed

Welcome the newest Dubow family member

Thomas David Dubow

Born at 4:19pm on May 30th 2007

6lb 15oz, 20in

Check out the red hair!!

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We've Been Busy!

March was a busy month for us. We finished up more house projects in anticipation for Tommy's arrival. The nursery is coming along nicely. His closet is almost full (Mommy can't help herself...baby clothes are soooo cute!) Tillie had her friends come stay with us for a weekend. Shelby and Lucy's parent were away, so Tillie got to play with them the weekend of the big snowstorm. They had lots of fun!

April was also a busy month. The first weekend we were in Annapolis with our friends Connor, Jackie, Ken, Mer, and Brent. We rented a beautiful house and had a great time catching up. It was fun to see the boys try to recapture their college days. They can't party like they used to! Actually, they can party like they used to...but the recovery is a bit harder!! We were excited to meet Connor and Jackie's newest addition, Noah. Joe got some Daddy practice in:

We also had our 32nd week ultrasound this month. Tommy is weighing in at 4 pounds 7 ounces. It sounded awfully big to me, but they assured me that he was only in the 4oth percentile. They said we should expect a 6 1/2 - 8 1/2 pound baby. (I thought that was kind of a big range, but I guess it allows the doctors to say they were accurate...the weatherman should be so lucky!) Tommy is currently lying sideways with is feet curled up into my ribs!! We are getting really excited to meet our little guy. My students are also getting into Mrs. Dubow's baby. I have received many wonderful gifts, which is really thoughtful considering most of my students are from low income families. This was perhaps the sweetest one so far:

(It says: $3.56 From: Jasmine To: Mrs. Dubow Money for the baby)

I told my boss that I think I need a raise! Well that's all our news for now!

Slow your roll.......

So a lot has happened since the last time we posted...

We finished our makeover of the downstairs.....and now it is a happening hangout pad

The nursery was completed and......

Tillie is confused

The baby bump got bigger

and a bum tried to beat up Joe at Building 19 (no image available at this time)

Tough Tommy

Well...Tough Tommy is showing his strength. He sent Mommy to the doctor's earlier this week with a pulled ligament. I think we have a soccer player on our hands! While we were at the doctors they were able to give us a picture of what they think he will look like at age 9. They took both of our genetic make-up into account. The mixed Dubow and Rodger genes should look something like this:

Just kidding!!!

We are working hard to prepare for his arrival. Last weekend we went to Babies R Us to register. What an overwhelming experience! Even after all that, our friends are still telling us all the things we forgot to put on the registry. Who knew a tiny little guy could need so much! We sure didn't!

It's a boy!!!!!!!

We had the ultra sound last Thursday and found out we are having a baby boy!!!! We have decided to name him Thomas David Dubow. Joe is already calling him Tough Tommy....see him flexing his muscle in the pic. Tommy seems to be doing well. The doctors counted 10 toes, 10 fingers and 1 big "bleep" (this is a g-rated blog).

So we are at 21 weeks.....more than half baked. We both are gaining some pregnancy weight. Joe is keeping up to Amy quite nicely.

The news of having a boy has really kicked the house work into high gear. We bought the furniture for the nursery yesterday. We plan on redoing the down stairs to give us added space as well as redoing the 2 upstairs bathrooms. Just an FYI - We are accepting donations to help fund project "Tough Tommy Dubow" ;).....we accept all major credit cards and pay-pal.

The Dubow's European Vacation

So we are back from a wonderful vacation in Paris. We had tons of fun and ate a lot! We created our top ten and bottom ten list to share with you all.

Top 10 Things We Loved About Paris:

1. Chocolat at Cafe La Metro- after searching for the best place in Paris for hot chocolate (as recommended by the book Eating in Paris) and finding out that it is now an insurance agency... we stumbled upon Cafe La Metro. They serve a carafe of steamed milk with a smaller carafe of melted dark chocolate for you to mix your own Chocolat...yummy!!!

2. Banana Nutella Crepes- specifically the ones from the street vendor on Rue St. Andre des Artes. We preferred these to the gourmet ones served in restaurants. Sometimes Nutella is better than Godiva!

3. Dinner at Cafe Med- Great restaurant recommended by friends of Amy's mom and dad.

4. Falafel and Vegetarian Pitas- After a long morning of sight seeing and than and hour searching for the perfect place to eat a light lunch, we stumbled upon a small Lebonese cafe with the most delicious pitas. The best hummus Joe has ever tasted!

5. The Eiffel Tower at Night

6. Watching the police chase and tackle trinket sellers near the Eiffel Tower at Night- Amy was going to add this to the Bottom Ten, but Joe thought it was funny.

7. French Onion Soup on a Cold Day in Paris

8. Sacre-Coeur- Although some think it is not that impressive, we thought it was... We give props for anyone who continuously prays for 120 straight years!

9. The Louvre- all of it!

10. Ile St. Louis- Great shops...great restaurants. It was a quaint little neighborhood.

Bottom 10 Things We Did Not Like About Paris:

1. Waiting in line to go up the Eiffel Tower at Night. Brrrrr.......

2. The Eating In Paris book we bought at Borders. The restaurants were either Insurance Companies or closed for the holidays. We didn't find one useful tip.

3. CNN World News...The only English channel. Did anyone know that Saddam Hussein was executed?

4. Rule Breakers. This is the name we gave people who don't follow basic rules of etiquette. For example: Two French women in fur coats who cut the whole security line at the airport. Example 2: People who shove a pregnant woman out of the way to get a picture of the Mona Lisa (note: 2 rules broken).

5. Long Trans-atlantic flights with screaming babies (yes...we know we will have one soon) and teenage girls throwing up in the aisle.

6. No hablamos frances.

7. Crazy Drivers with no regard for pedestrians or passengers. Joe thought the limo driver was Italian...he drove like it!!

8. It was cold.

9. Charles De Gaulle Airport- rivals Philadelphia for the dirtiest and smelliest airport. Don't use the bathroom.

10. The shower at the hotel. Why can't Europeans figure out shower curtains?

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