Its time to play catch-up again!!

September 2009

Now, I know I included September in the last post but I have one thing to add. I went on my very first camping trip!! Granted it was only one night and it wasn't really hard camping...but I finally went. The thing that was hard about it is that is was COLD! There was a frost advisory that night and we definitely felt it! Oh and we didn't have sleeping bags.... they are somewhere in the abyss of our storage unit and that is where they were going to stay! We did take our air mattresses and blankets, but i also slept with my winter coat and hat on :)

camping

October

I had another first this month as well! We went to West Point for a football game. We had a great time seeing some of Matt's old friends and amazingly... ARMY WON!! Later in the month we had a visit from Valerie and her daughter Zoe. As well as Britany and Jordan. It was wonderful to get some time with my girls as well as to play and snuggle with Zoe. Let me tell you that Matt got major points during Valerie's visit!! One night he babysat so Valerie and I could have a girl's night out. THEN one morning Zoe woke up extra early and Matt got up with Zoe and sent Valerie back to bed with me!

Matt and Zoe watching for the train to come by

Valerie

Britany

November

I made a trip home (unfortunately without Matt this time) and got to celebrate mine and Julie's birthday together with the fam. Originally I was going home to see baby Davis because I last saw him the end of August and I just couldn't wait until January to see him again!!! It just happened to work out that I went home just after our birthdays.

VERY happy Aunt Amy :)

December

Because my work schedule didn't allow for much time off and it would be a NIGHTMARE to coordinate everyone's work and travel schedules...we didn't visit family for Christmas this year. We did however, get an early December visit from Pat and Jerry! We had a great time seeing some new sights in Boston, enjoyed a day at home watching Army vs Navy, and had a wonderful night out to see the Boston Pops Christmas concert. In fact, we had so much fun that we forgot to get a family picture during their visit!

Last year we didn't put up a Christmas tree because our apartment is so small...and since our apartment didn't get an bigger over the last year, we didn't put one up again this year. One day when i came home from work Matt had a small construction paper Christmas tree on the wall. I was impressed by his creativity because generally speaking when it comes to craft stuff, Matt is not that creative... I commented how I would have been even more impressed had he made some ornaments for it. Matt's response was "well, we still have to decorate it together" and he showed me his construction paper star and ornaments!! I absolutely loved it, and we even put our presents under the tree!

Since I had a few days off all together around Christmas, Matt and I decided to take a trip to NYC. One thing that I had said we had to do while in Boston wad to go to NYC and see the Rockefeller Christmas Tree. This was also my very first trip to NYC. We had a great time just walking around together and going to a few of the big tourist sites.

January 2010

I have yet to comment on the weather in Boston. Well, we didn't get near as much snow this winter as last. Seemed that whenever we did get a big snow, it would all melt before the next big snow. It has been cold and hit the single digits and negative wind chill which made for some very cold walks to work for me! (Matt calls me an Eskimo whenever I get all wrapped up.)

This month we had decided that while Matt was on his break that I would use some of my vacation time at work. Can you guess where we went? I know you can.... We went to Alabama. Since we hadn't been together at Christmas we did all of our Christmas "feasts" on this visit. We also got to celebrate Pat's birthday with her. While we were at Julie's we got a special day with just our Lena. Julie gave her the choice one day to go to "school" or to stay home with us...and she picked to stay with us!! Might not sound like a big deal but Lena loves going to "school." We had a fun day together going out to lunch and Lena helped to pick out some things for her birthday cake that I would make in Feb. We also made a gingerbread Christmas tree as a surprise for mom and dad that day. (by the way...the kit was only $5 at Michael's... 60 % off all of their gingerbread kits...for future reference!)

I had told Matt last winter that this year during the winter I was going to go somewhere warm and that he could come with me if he wanted. :) Well, he did decide to go with me! I had a long weekend off at work so we decided to go to Cancun. We never left the resort except to go to the airport. All we did was sleep in, eat, drink, and lay in the sun!! It was wonderful!!

<div>Hey...it's only been 4 months....</div> <div> </div> <div>September</div> <div>Now I know I included September in the last post but I have one thing to add. I went on my very first camping trip!! Granted it was only one night and it wasn't really hard camping...but I finally went. The thing that was hard about it is that is was COLD! There was a frost advisory that night and we definitely felt it! Oh and we didn't have sleeping bags.... our are somewhere in the abbys of our storage unit and that is where they were going to stay! We did take our air matresses and blankets, but i also slept with my winter coat and hat on :) </div> <div> </div> <div>October</div> <div>I had another first this month as well! We went to West Point for a football game. We had agreat time seeing some of Matt's old friends and amazingly... ARMY WON!! Later in the month we had a visit from Valerie and her daughter Zoe. As well as Britany and Jordan. I was wonderful to get some time with my girls as well as to play and snuggle with Zoe. Let me tell you that Matt got major points during Valerie's visit!! One night he babysat so Valerie and I could have a girl's night out. THEN one morning Zoe woke up extra early and Matt got up with Zoe and sent Valerie back to bed with me. </div> <div> </div> <div>November</div> <div>I made a trip home (unfortunately without Matt this time) and got to celebrate mine and Julie's birthday together with the fam. Originally I was going home to see baby Davis because I last saw him the end of August and I just couldn't wait until January to see him again!!! It just happened to work out that I went home just after our birthdays. </div> <div> </div> <div>December</div>Frozen and snowy Charles River

Pat loves baby Davis too!

February

Happy 4th Birthday to Lena!! We went home again this month for Lena's Birthday. She had a GREAT party at a place that has large inflatable slides, obstacle coarse, and bounce houses! Unfortunately, Julie and Mike were not able to make it to Lena's party because they were at home with a stomach virus!! It was very sad not to have them there but luckily there was plenty of family to run the party for them. Again this year I made Lena's Birthday cake. Let's just say this one was a little more ambitious than the other ones I did.... but it was worth all the hard work to make a special cake for Lena that she loved! (Lena had some fun helping me make it as well)

A plus for me this month was that all my Boston girls were now back together in Boston after being gone with their husbands for internship. We had a girl's night out and I don't think there was one moment of silence the entire time!! We actually were so excited to all be together again and were talking so much that we almost got lost on public transportation because none of us were paying attention where we were. :)

March

WOO HOO...I made it through that catch up!! So as we just recently announced... Matt has accepted a job in NC and we will be moving at the end of June or beginning of July. Now begins our hunt for a place to live! For the rest of this month we will be continuing with our regular school and work, and we have a trip scheduled to visit Matt's grandmother in Colorado.