First Birthday and First Snow

Charlie Says Hello

OK, he just lays there. But, he would say hello if he could! ;-) For now, we'll do the talking for him.

Welcome to the world

Welcome to the world, Charles Hayden Norfolk! On December 7, the little guy made his debut - at 3:10am! Thanks, Charlie! He weighed 8lbs, 11oz and had his dad's blond hair (hey - it used to be blond :-) and blue eyes, at least for now. We can't tell who he looks like yet, but he's got some big ole chubby cheeks, which have already earned him a nickname in Michelle's family, where everyone's got to have a nickname - Charlie Cheeks.

A word of caution - you might want to turn your speakers down a bit - someone does a lot of crying in this video ;-) ...

The Pea Pad!

We finally took pictures of the little pea pad. It started out with a pea pod theme, but sort of evolved into something else. We really don't know what to call it. But, hopefully Charlie likes it. ;-) Just click on the picture below to see the slideshow....

The Pea Pad

Florida, Revisited

We're already looking forward to our trip to Florida in April! It'll be 5 years since we were last down there for our wedding. We'll be there from April 18 - May 3. If you can make it down then, let us know and we'll get together!!

All Hail Her Maverickness....

Funny, but scary ;-) ..... Pull up this link and click on various items around the Oval Office to get an insight into a Palin Presidency. Also, a hint: there are a few places you can click on multiple times. Have fun!

Happy Fall!

Farmer Bri's even busy getting the farm ready for the baby! For more pictures from the pumpkin patch, visit our shutterfly website - http://michelleandbrian.shutterfly.com/3. And, Happy Fall to everyone!! We can't wait to see you all real soon!

Does she think VP stands for Very Pretty?

All we really needed to hear from the Vice Presidential debate. Three minutes of straight talk. This video is screaming for a drinking game! Line up the shots and ENJOY!

Drum Roll Please.....

As most of you know, we were waiting until Michelle's birthday (or pretty darn close to it) to find out the gender of the petit pea in the oven. We chose to do it yesterday! You'll hear in the video that we reference the earlier part of the day. Well, we had been filming at different times all day long, but figured that most people could care less about that and just wanted us to get to the good stuff! It's a rather long video, but we like to make people squirm and wait! ;-) We know some of you had bets or feelings or psychic premonitions about what we're having. So, to find out if you've just won some money, lost some money, or should open up your own psychic hotline like Dionne Warwick, check this out....

Servin' up the Dish on 'The Pea Tree'

Hello! And, welcome to the Pea Tree Dish! We're the Peas - it's been a theme for our relationship since we started dating, back in 2001, and has sort of stuck with us. Without getting too cute on your asses, I'll explain a little. This is meant to be sort of tongue in cheek, so bear with us.
We started referring to ourselves as "two crazy peas" when we first started dating because we felt like we were so in sync. Then Brian's roommate Jerome called us "two peas in a pod" one day and we thought that was, like, so bizarre because that's what we called ourselves (OMG! Man, people are silly when they first start dating...) Anyway, then Brian's sister Noelle got us a cute little ceramic pea pod as a stocking stuffer for a Christmas a couple years ago. Again, we thought it was Kismet! (geez, we're a couple of saps).
Anyway, now we're expecting a petit pea. ;-) After looking at all kinds of colors/themes for the nursery, what did we decide on? Bedding that's called Sweet Pea, of course! It wasn't on purpose; it just happened to be the one we liked the most. So, all roads just keep leading us to peas somehow. And, now you know the history of the Peas.

This blog is dedicated to giving our families and friends the "dish" on what's going on with our new family tree - The Pea Tree!
(We also liked that our blog title sounded like petri dish - a place you can peer into a little microcosm, so that works too!)