Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Saturday, November 20, 2010

I told you he's a country mega superstar

Want to give a quick shoutout to Bryan Edwards

1) He's getting married on New Year's Day!

2) He's been writing and performing country music in Nashville, and just had one of his songs put on Jason Aldean's new album, which came out a couple of weeks ago! "If she could see me now." Buy the album and support Bryan!
We went to Ashevile, NC in the fall for a little vacation

Hudson loves fish and the Georgia Aquarium!


Kelly and Ethan, Nicole and Hudson, and Crystal and Paxton - the three kids all have the same exact birthday - June 17th!!!

Fun at the Dekalb-Peachtree airport with Brady (son of Josh and Amy) and Eli (son of Andy and Joanna). Josh and Andy are cardiology fellows at Emory too.

Hudson loves his Baba! Airpwane!

Hudson's pop-pop!

Hudson's first love, Sydney (daughter of Nate and Amy).

Will (son of Jessica and Mike), Hudson and Nicole, and Nicki and Alice - friends from the neighborhood.

Hudson is obsessed with balls. Quite a soccer player too...

Jackie Chu's wedding at the Atlanta History Center in October, the same exact location where we got married!

Hudson at a pumpkin patch

Visiting Mark and Andi and their son Avery in NC during our fall vacation

Hudson's house party/birthday party in Atlanta!

Natalie (daughter of Dave and Karen), quite advanced for her age...=)


He loved the ferry (coast of NC) - his face says it all.

Yummy burgers in San Francisco!

So much fun visiting SF and Sonoma Valley

Hello everyone,

Well I already knew I was bad at keeping in touch, which is why I created this blog – to offer an outlet to keep in touch. Too bad its been months since my last post…really sorry that I am just terrible at keeping up.

This is our 6th month of being in Atlanta! Things have gone well, and there has been lots of change in our lives. First, Nicole’s mom Barbara is now living with us – moved in just 2 weeks ago It has been really great to have her be a major part of Hudson’s life. She is doing wonderfully – possibly even cancer free, and has recovered from heart failure from her chemotherapy. I don’t know what it is like to have a goal of “making it to my grandson’s first birthday” to now perhaps being “possibly cancer free”, but Barbara is living proof of the strength of the human spirit.

Hudson is growing up so fast! Now 17 months old, he speaks 20-30 words and seems to understand lots more. He’s putting phrases together…”more airplane”…”more bread”…”more shoe”…”that pine-apple”! He’s running around like crazy, and his favorite things are airplanes, cars, and animals! I think he may be a pilot. He can spot an airplane even if its miles away and looks like a dot in the sky. He often has us looking for what he’s already found in the sky…

Nicole and I are doing well also. We both are so busy with work right now, which is another reason why we’re grateful to have Barbara with us. Nicole is a liver surgery and liver transplant PA at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, where she sees patients who are referred for surgery, and also sees post-transplant patients. It’s a new and different world for her, definitely challenging, but she’s great at what she does. I am 5 months in to my cardiology fellowship at Emory and overall, really enjoying the work. We have developed a great network here and we love the neighborhood we live in, called Lake Claire, an intown neighborhood in Atlanta.

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Alan