It's December Already!

It's so funny, I have thought of so many things to blog about over the last several weeks but haven't had a spare second to actually hop on here and expand on those thoughts. I'm sure everyone can identify, since the holidays always bring a certain amount of holy-geez-so-much-to-do-not-sure-how-to-do-it!

First, let me say I love love LOVE Thanksgiving and the weeks that follow leading up to Christmas. This Thanksgiving was different than in years past, since it was just my parents and me...my brother and his family was visiting the in-laws this year. While it didn't completely feel like Thanksgiving (I guess I've learned to need more chaos!), it was still wonderful to take it easy - start the turkey after 12 noon, drink wine before noon and still in pajamas, and play Wii and dominoes until we dropped. For the record, Mexican Train is an awesome way to kill a few hours!

I was also lucky enough to spend the remainder of the weekend in Fort Collins with Lande and his family. The time was much too short, but I'll take whatever I can get since this long-distance relationship doesn't allow for nearly as much together time as I would like! We had time to spend with our good friends Aaron and Colyn, to shop, to catch a movie and to catch up with each other before his 8:30am flight on Sunday. I have never been the first person in Starbucks before, but we hit them just as they were opening the doors on the way out of town. And...I didn't believe it, but it really is an hour and a half to DIA from Ft. Collins!

Let it suffice to say that for the rest of the day on Sunday, much sleeping ensued :).

And now, here it is, December again and already! My little nephew just turned 1 last Thursday and we had a family celebration on Saturday. My personal goal was to find a gift for him that would make noise - I'm on the offensive, since my brother would do the same given the opportunity. I chose an xylophone/keyboard, which turned out to be perfect. Andrew didn't really know what to do with it at first, but once I showed him how to use his whole hand (he's big on the one-finger thing right now) he completely got it. Beethoven's got nothing on my nephew, and I'm a proud auntie! I'll post photos as soon as I have two seconds to be at home...

And finally - my friend Niki nominated me for a blog award! Thanks, Niki, for keeping up with all of my stream of thought posts and random wanderings...it's wonderful encouragement for me to keep writing knowing at least a few people are reading! Love ya, mwa!