I'm back...

So, it's 2008 and it's gotten off to a busy start! I'm going through a re-org at work, so most days I don't feel like trying to write a witty post. You see, I'm not a real blogger--the ones who can just write posts about whatever and not have any pictures and it's actually interesting. No, I need pictures as a crutch and I need a party, holiday or something out of the ordinary to blog about. I guess I could make an effort to venture out of my comfort zone...but not today. Today I'm catching up on picture posting and recapping the holidays.

I can't complain about work too much, because EVERYONE in the company gets the whole week between Christmas and New Year's off. That's right, even me, the newest underling in the office. So we packed up the car-to the point where there was no room left and we definitely realized that we're going to need an SUV before we add any members to the family-and headed up to NC on Saturday. I had dinner with my sisters on Saturday night;which is becoming a tradition any time I make it up to visit...I definitely don't get to spend enough time with my girls! Joel took Sammy to stay at "Grandma's" house (his mom's) where he was completely spoiled for the week (i.e. she makes him eggs and bacon for breakfast...and she wonders why he won't leave her side...). On Sunday I spent the day with my mom and we went to see The Nutcracker ballet in Raleigh. Neither of us had seen it before and it was really fun because we had the best seats in the place. Christmas Eve was spent at my parent's house and Christmas at Joel's parents. So it was pretty much your standard Christmas... here's a pic that Lauren took of us on Christmas morning

We started the trip back home on Thursday...stopping at Josh and Sharla's to exchange our gifts. We were also planning on doing a pregnancy photo shoot, but Sharla was feeling under the weather, so it was postponed until New Year's Eve when we'd be passing through again. So we enjoyed a few days back at home and then made the trip back up to Charlotte for New Year's Eve. We got the photo shoot in and got some good shots! Rex and Liz had us and Sharla and Josh over for a fondue dinner that was soooooo good! And we played this new Cranium Wow game that was probably one of the best group board games I've ever played. I made it to midnight, but fell asleep (or was it passed out?) shortly after--no shocker there. 2007 was definitely the best year yet. But they do seem to be getting better and better--hopefully 2008 will not disappoint!