New Year.... New Post...

It's a really good thing I didn't commit to any daily (or even monthly) blogging goals because I fail. I fail miserably. So here's an abbreviated list of everything that has happened (in no particular order) with some details and promised posts (lol):

1) A new year happened... yea where did 2012 go cause I missed it too.. just saying. Happy New Year!  I'll be back with more on "resolutions."

2) T turned 7. I realize now how depressing birthdays are. As a kid I was SO pumped to turn another year older (fun fact: I also thought that being 25 for the rest of my life would be the ideal age), and now I dread them. I dread them for me and my kids. Obvious reasons on my own birthday... who likes getting older?... for the kids though its just farther and farther from them being babies. One would think this attitude would lead to more babies... I'm not missing it that much. SO yes I am the mother of a 7 year old boy. Another post about that...

3) Christmas/December happened. Phew... December was a whirlwind. I finished my first semester back to school since R was born.. ended with straight A's so that's awesome (go me!). Then it was full on Christmas prep time. I took the week off between Christmas Eve and New Years for the first time and it will become a yearly thing for me. I did a bunch of crafting which I will write about too. (post count so far... 3... this is getting to be a deep hole). We also had Christmas in our new house with everyone coming down for the first time. When I say for the first time I mean not just in the new house but having it at home with the entire family too. You see we live less than an hour from both sets of grandparents and therefore our presence is expected at the holidays. Before we moved we lived in a teeny tiny townhouse which definitely could not have accommodated everyone. So we did Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents and Christmas day with the other. It was exhausting but its for family and that made it fine. This year however we didn't have to go anywhere it was AWESOME.. let's say that again... IT WAS AWESOME!  I also kept it simple and had help with the food. (I gave out food assignments to the Grandmas/Aunt C). Everyone said they had a great time so hopefully this will become a yearly tradition. T was so cute and asked us on Christmas morning if we had to go anywhere, to which Aunt C replied "For the first time in your life, No!"

4) Thanksgiving... it happened. haha no, seriously though that was WAY too long ago to even attempt to recall any good details. The food was good though! :)

So yea in a nutshell that leads us to today.  Stay tuned for the above promised posts and maybe even a few more! :)

What's next in the world of the Gilsfam clan?

• Hockey... way more hockey
• A fancy work party.. I promise pictures on that. Mr. Gil will be in his brand new suit! (I'll be in a new dress but seriously I could talk for days about the suit.. just saying.)
• R turns 3... see above comment about birthdays. I mean seriously can they please get with the program on this growing up thing? We might be moving to Neverland where no one gets older... or L.A... whichever.

And that'll get us through to February...

XO
Mrs. Gil