Home Alone

I just love this picture, it has no relevance to this entry what so ever:)

So Phil is camping tonight with the scouts and the baby is asleep so I thought I would write down a few things since I have so much time. Let me just say, I HATE being home alone at night. I get scared and I have the hardest time sleeping alone. Luckily, I just got off the phone with Phil and he doesn't think they are going to spend the night (they are "camping out" in the backyard of one of the other scout leaders.) So I am going to wait up for him:) 

Last week I joined a book club with some friends and I'm really excited about it.  Our book for this month is "I Capture the Castle" I haven't read it yet, but I look forward to it. We had our first meeting last week and it was SO much fun. We just made a list of all the books (and movies) that we want to read and watch. We should be busy for quite a while. The best part though was the food. There were cinnamon rolls, raspberry lemon scones (to die for), peanut butter bar things, lemonade and the list goes on and on! Let's face it, I will sit through just about anything if food is involved. The best part of the group is that we are all going to go and see Les Miserables in March!!! We are taking our husbands to this one which makes it even better. I LOVE that musical and haven't seen it since the 3rd grade. Needless to say, I'm beyond excited!

Today another friend had a potato bar and fruit smoothie get together. We all brought a different ingredient and had a food fest. I seriously drank 4 smoothies, they were some of the best I've ever had. And Olivia loved them too!  I absolutely love living in The Woodlands! I have never lived somewhere where the people are so friendly and normal! There is a group of about 6 of us that gets together at least every week. We meet every Tuesday to watch the Bachelor, we have the "Flavor of the Month" club, where we get together once a month and all bring a different dish to share.  And our husbands are friends so we can all get together and hang out as well. It's almost a utopian society. It will be a sad day if and when we move away.

Speaking of moving...Phil handed in his final grad school application last night!!! We will know where he got accepted in April. I'm so excited to see what's going to happen next! And I'm so excited that Phil is done writing his essays! Yeah!

Lack of Sleep

Livi has had some pretty erratic sleep patterns the last few days and last night was no exception. We put her to bed at 7 (that's normal), and then she woke up at 10pm, 1am, 3am and was up for the day at 6am. Needless to say, I'm a little sleepy today. I tried to get Livi to go down for a nap this afternoon and evertime I tried she just cried and cried (I am not a proponent of letting babies "cry it out").  I tried to put her on the floor and just let her play, but she only wanted to be held.  And while I was holding her she would not let go of the above pictured toy. I finally got her to take a nap, clinging to this toy all the while. It is so funny because she has never even really showed any particular interest in this toy, but today it was her life line. Whatever makes her happy! Hopefully, tonight is a little more successful than last night. I guess this is what I get for her sleeping through the night at 8 weeks. You can't have it all!

Christmas and such

Hanover New Hampshire

Christmas Morning

I finally have two seconds to write about our Christmas and other happenings. We had not only a great Christmas but a fabulous December. Christmas Eve was spent in true Texas fashion. Our neighbors invited us over to their parents house down in Spring.  We had an awesome, very nontraditional Christmas Eve feast. It consisted of: brisket, potato salad, coleslaw and rolls. When we arrived the dad asked if we liked brisket, and before we could respond, he said, "if you don't that's too damn bad, we have cereal and milk!" He was highly entertaining.  After dinner I put Olivia down in her pack and play and we watched The Mummy 3, also very nontraditional (and a lame movie I might add).  We got home and finished packing for our trip to Boston the next day. We were planning on just staying here in Houston and having a quiet little Christmas, but a week before, we decided to go to Boston to be with Phil's family. Jason hadn't met Olivia yet and neither had any of Phil's extended family.  I just have to say what a neat city Boston is! There is so much history and it is SO fascinating. We went to the top of the Prudential and got an audio tour which was awesome. We also went up to New Hampshire to Dartmouth's campus to watch Phil's cousin Carolyn play in a basketball tournament, and to also get a look at the campus since Phil is applying there for this fall. It's a beautiful school, but Hanover is small, I'm not sure what we would do for fun!

We got back from Boston New Years Eve at noon. I don't think I've ever been happier to live in Texas. We left Boston at a crisp 25 degrees and arrived to a refreshing 70 in Houston.  I never in my life thought that I would a) live in Texas and b) love it! For New Years Eve we went to a friends with a bunch of other couples.  We had a great time and stuffed our faces.