Since I have been out of the blogging routine for some time now, I have quite a bit to catch up on. Life started happening really fast and I did not even slow down enough to document it with pictures. We thought that October would be our crazy month with all the trips, but turns out November was just as wild.
1. The last of October we spent trick or treating. Or rather making sure we did not lose our little lady bug in the unlit streets of Denver.
2. Then the first weekend in November, Will's sister Erin came to visit us. This was such a welcome, last minute visit. Madison fell hard for Erin and totally ignored me the entire weekend. We were also able to enjoy a meal with out the wee little babe for the first time in a veeery long time. We went to super nice breakfast and enjoyed the simplicity of not having to wrestle a toddler.
3. Then the very next weekend, my sneaky brother and husband surprised me with a visit from Grant. He was on his way to North Carolina where he will be based for the next year and a half while he trains to become a Special Forces super ninja or something.
4. We then had about a week and a half of no visitors and then we geared up for Thanksgiving. Will's family drove up from Texas and stayed for several days. Our house was the most full it has ever been and I am still trying to recover, ha. It was great to have them all here and have them get to see our new house. We also ate a lot of delicious meals.
5. In between all the visitors we have been dealing with an extremely moody, sleep rioting 16 month old toddler. She has made our duty as parents a bit trying lately. Who knows what is ailing her, maybe those four molars popping in? Maybe her evil twin is taking over? But, she is making us bananas with all the crying. I am thinking about looking into seeing a homeopathic type doctor, maybe a chiropractor visit, anything to help the babe out (and us...).
6. I am almost finished with my second class for graduate school. Is it bad I am already tired of doing school? I am thankful that the course work is not that intensive yet and with every class I am just one step closer to having my Master's.
Now that November is over and we only have one month left in this year, I think we will finally be taking it easy. We are staying here for Christmas and it will be the first Christmas we are not surrounded by family. I am a little bit sad about that, but also thankful we have each other and a wonderful home to celebrate in. We are purchasing our first Christmas tree from a lot this weekend, and I am really excited to decorate with Madison (all our ornaments are plastic so nothing will be too badly damaged).
Hopefully, I will take more pictures this month and we will finish this year with Christmas cheer!
