Thanks to everyone for all of the many wonderful gifts we received and to our gracious hosts and hostesses for making this a very memorable holiday!
The oft-ignored, but much-beloved home of my random thoughts and observations of life...now beyond Washington Street.
12.30.2008
Christmas '08
Thanks to everyone for all of the many wonderful gifts we received and to our gracious hosts and hostesses for making this a very memorable holiday!
MSM vs Georgetown
12.19.2008
12.18.2008
Out of a magazine...

Back in October, we traveled to Chicago for the wedding of Pat (Mark's cousin) and Mary. Their professional pictures are online now and are absolutely beautiful. If anyone is planning an event or wedding near Chicago, you should hire their photographer! He did such a fab job.
I especially like this shot of the happy couple...it could easily hold a page in The Knot magazine...
12.17.2008
Happy Four Months!

Eamon is four months old today! He is currently celebrating by snoozing away in his bouncy chair. For all of the various things the little guy's been up to lately, check out my blog dedicated to all things E.
(Oh--this is one of his "formal" Christmas photos taken last week...it's kind of a funny pose, and yes, he does have some high-wats on, but I had to get it...just look at that face!!)
12.16.2008
Cookie Day at Rose Lane
In what's becoming a very fun holiday tradition, w
As always, Bec and John were the consummate hosts, making sure we all had a comfy, cozy place to rest our heads and plenty to eat and drink. I'm seriously thinking about moving in to the apartment over their garage--I've had the best nights sleep there! (And thankfully, so did little E.)
Here are lots of pics from the weekend.
12.11.2008
Oh Christmas Tree...
Here are some before, during, and after shots of our Christmas tree. We opted for a smaller size after last year's debacle of getting our too-big and totally dead tree down the three flights of stairs--I'm still haunted by the sight of so many needles littering the hallways, steps, and just about every inch of the apartment! What a nightmare...



12.10.2008
BTW...
As you can see in the Santa pic below, most of Eamon's pants are high waters! Poor guy. He's not even 4 months old and has already grown out of his 3-6 months pants. The tops fit just fine, but, as Karl pointed out today, his bottoms are "like shorts" on him. Or at least Capri's. I'm still dressing him in the smaller size because he has too many cute clothes (thanks, Aleta!!) and I really want him to wear them all. But this kid is growing like a weed! It's hard to keep up.
Getting Spirited!

With Christmas just around the corner, my holiday spirit is kicking into high gear. Usually, I'm a bit sluggish with the whole present buying-decorating-feeling festive thing, but this year I'm trying not to wait until the last minute. It definitely helps to have Eamon around; even though he has no clue why I'm forcing a Santa hat on his head or sitting him in a strange old man's lap, he's giving me that extra motivation to start the celebration!
All of this festivity has not come without some exasperation on my part, however. I tend to get distracted when I'm running around with Eamon and have managed to do some pretty stupid things lately...some may call it a case of "Mommy Brain." In the past week, I've locked us out of the apartment (with a screaming, hungry Eamon, no less) and lost (then found, miraculously) prints of E's professional pictures I had to spend a good five hours at the lovely Paramus Park mall in order to receive. By some stroke(s) of dumb luck, all turned out fine--thanks to Mark's cat-burgling skills (ask him about them next time you see him) and an unknown good Samaritan at the mall (who turned in my photos after finding them, gulp, in the mall's parking lot. They'd been run over, but were completely salvageable!).
I guess all of the stress and stupidity is just part of the package during the holidays. But then I take one look at this adorable pic of E and Santa, and dealing with the crazies at a Jersey mall seems totally worth it. (BTW, the real pics I lost--then found--will be making their way to a Christmas card near you soon).
12.03.2008
More Thanksgiving
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