Happy Holidays from Atlanta! It's hard to believe that we've been in Georgia for three years already. But we only need look at how big Charlie and Henry have gotten to realize how different things were only a year ago. 

Charlie turned three in October and has become Mom & Dad's little helper in everything we do, including correcting his little brother. It's clear that the sibling "relationship" between these two is in full gear already. When he's not "playing" with his brother, Charlie enjoys going to Little Gym, music classes and preschool at one of the local churches. Just this week he performed with all his classmates in the annual Christmas Pageant. Needless to say, it was very cute. His latest obsessions include all things related to Toy Story, Pokemon, Tarzan, Power Rangers and Star Wars. Although his interests seem to change weekly. 

Henry on the other hand is still a few steps behind. He turned one in October and has become a handful in his own right since he began walking a few months ago. His hobbies include climbing up and standing on all available furniture, and sneaking up our wooden staircase when no one is looking. So far there have been no major injuries, but in his first month of walking he had quite a knack for breaking his falls with his face. This resulted in him sporting the "Rocky" look for awhile and nearly knocking the few teeth he has out of his head. Fortunately, his balance has improved and his teeth remain intact. Henry's interests include Mommy, Elmo, anything Charlie has and his terry cloth Lambie rattle. 

As you can imagine, Charlie and Henry keep Beth running at full speed. But somehow she's found the time to pursue some new interests this year. Ever the talented artist, Beth began making beautifully hand painted toy and jewelry boxes as birthday gifts for friends. The recipients liked them so much that Beth found herself taking orders for more hand painted treasures. She's now got a thriving little enterprise going on the side. If that wasn't enough, Beth and a friend took up running this past summer. She's been a running machine ever since and has covered distances of as much as ten miles at a time. She just completed her first race today, a 5K run that she finished in 32 minutes. She's so far ahead of Chris in the fitness department, he may never catch up!  

After 7 years of sports related work, Chris accepted a corporate strategy position with Coca-Cola earlier this year. This led to a number of competitive strategy projects in Argentina, Peru and Chile. After some serious soul searching, Chris declined two different director level marketing positions in the Latin America Group and has accepted an offer to join a small marketing strategy consulting firm called Z Group. In addition to gaining high level exposure to a variety of companies, this new enterprise will allow us the flexibility to move back to the New York area. We hope to have set up shop there by summer of 2000.

Well, that's all the news for now. We hope you have a wonderful holiday and a happy and healthy New Year.  Be sure to check out all the new photos in Henry's Photo Album and Charlie's Photo Album while you're here. 

To check out news from previous months, just click on the date you'd like to see: 

October 10, 1998 Update 

August 30, 1998 Update 

July 19, 1998 Update 

May 25, 1998 Update 

April 12, 1998 Update 

February 28, 1998 Update 

January 28, 1998 Update 

December 14, 1997 Update 

November 5, 1997 Update