Ring in the New Year!

Wow..2011... How crazy is that....?  New things that are happening in this house.....

1.  Aylen is trying solid foods.  It is seriously a joy to a part of this new food experience.  The look Aylen makes when he doesn't enjoy a food is seriously priceless!!  So far he has tried rice cereal, peaches, apples, green beans, sweet potatoes, and carrots.  He isn't a big fan of any of them, but we keep trying most nights!
2.  New Years.  This isn't the most exciting holiday for me by any means.  Usually, it involved driving around to find some fun hangout, but usually what happened is that we would be driving around when the clock struck midnight.  "Happy New Year".  Since I started working at my previous job New Years was the holiday that I was often on-call.  This year was the last time I would be on-call...(excited much!)  We had dinner with the Uncles.  And then Russell, Aylen and I returned home--with a nice fire and a good movie.  Aylen was asleep by 11.  So I ran around and found our awesome wedding flutes (any excuse I can use to get those out, you better believe I will).  So I filled them up with champagne (kudos to Russ for picking some up at the store) and awaited the midnight hour.  At around 11:56pm, Aylen decided that it was time to wake up for a snack.  So there we were at 1200 on the dot---our flutes in hand, baby in my other hand...I couldn't think of a better place to be--nursing my baby and celebrating the amazing year with my love. 
3.  New J.O.B.- Is going well!  I've made it my mission the last 2 weeks to get to know everyone that I can as I will be housed at Northstar starting next week.  Here are some way cool things about the new job.

• Got my own business cards.  That is right!  Big deal over here.
• People will file things for me.  In fact, it is encouraged!
• No weekends!  For sure!
• No on-call for sure!!
• People take out my trash for me:)
• I don't have to clean toilets, or do dishes!
• and i've signed myself up to be on a dodge ball team.  Heck yes!
• Everyone is super nice....and fun!  And I'm not the youngest by any means:)

Of course I miss my old co-workers (not old, co-workers--well you know what I mean y'all) something fierce. But I think I found a place that will work well for me.

4.  Lastly, I have severely enjoyed being able to have my husband back.  He was held captive by the MBA program for the last several months and he was released shortly before Christmas.  He received awesome grades--i would expect nothing less of him!  But I'm afraid the time has come for him to jump back into the madness of school.  Goodbye my love.  See you in May!

Love,
Momma