Williamsburg, VA to celebrate the Defense…and a surprise baby shower! March 6, 2010

The weekend after I defended my thesis Scott and I drove to Williamsburg, VA to spend the weekend with Sarah, Drew, and Kaylin as well as Tad and Charlotte who drove in from Atlanta to celebrate.  
Scott had a good time bonding with Kaylin who is ~11 mo old and super cute!

On Sunday, Sarah and Charlotte surprised us with a baby shower! It was an intimate affair with Sarah, Drew, Tad, and Charlotte.  When we went to lunch at The Carrot Tree, I mentioned to Charlotte that the restaurant has a special meaning to Sarah and me because we went there for her baby shower a year ago.  Little did I know that we were going again this time for another shower :)  Charlotte gave a shirt with a tiger on it which was fun because we're moving to Bangladesh which is the land of the Bengal Tiger and our baby will be born in the year of the Tiger (of the white tiger in fact).  Scott was especially thrilled with at least one of the presents…

As the festivities wrapped up Drew asked Sarah and I who we thought would be the guest of honor at the next family baby shower:

None of us could pass up more adventures with Kaylin:

And the proud parents tried on some Easter gear that Charlotte gave to Kaylin in preparation for the holiday:

After breakfast the next day and an all too short visit, we fueled up with a great diner breakfast and headed back to Baltimore:

Thank you to Sarah and Drew for getting Scott the Settlers of Catan board game for his birthday. We’re hooked and can’t wait to introduce it to the Dhaka community.