December!!

Where has the month gone?? Between my birthday, vacation to Pittsburgh, Christmas and now New Years, this month has flown by! What an eventful month, to say the least.

Turning 30 was really no big deal. Just an excuse to get together with my girlies and have a good time. Now, the trip to Pittsburgh...THAT was a big deal. And again, a huge thank you to Monique and Brent for thinking of us and extending the most awesome gift to us. I will seriously never forget it! The trip was a blast. Max and I had never really had a real vacation before. I mean, moving to Florida together was pretty much an extended vacation, and our road trip to Savannah, GA was really stupid, so a real vacation was much needed and very much appreciated.

Our flight there was delayed two hours. Why? Oh, a flight attendant for a flight before ours was running late. But she sure did have time to stop for coffee on her way in. You should have seen the death-ray looks those people flying to Philly were shooting her when she finally arrived, with no urgency in her step, and with her grande latte. Seriously? Skeezer. Anywhoot, Pittsburgh was amazing. The snow was beautiful, the cold weather was awesome and the game. THE GAME! Oh my. I know my pals aren't as big of football fans as I am, so I will spare the details, but that game was the most awesome game we could have ever asked to see live. Simply Amazing. We had a wonderful, amazing and spectactular trip, but we were happy to get back to the baby. I missed her so much. During a dinner phone call I made to my mom, I completely broke down in tears! She was in the background talking and saying "hiii" and I just couldn't stop myself from crying. I knew then, that we were ready to go home. I missed her so much!

Christmas was good. Lola got her big-girl canopy princess bed! She loves it. She also got puzzles, art supplies, fingerpaints, markers, coloring books, play-doh, 3 baby dolls, clothes, a table and chairs, dish sets, pajamas, alphabet toys, bath toys, toys that make LOTS of noise, blocks, etc., etc. Since she racked up the gifts, I was able to purge her old toys and clothes and get everything into boxes and bags to take to Goodwill. All I know is that with all of the donations I've made this year, my tax return will be nice! Actually, I really don't know how the whole charity-deduction thing works, but I have about 10 receipts for all of the donations I've made! Yay. It feels good to get rid of stuff. And I always feel really good about donating. It makes me happy.

So, on to the new year. Haven't compiled a list yet of things I hope to accomplish, but it is coming soon! Because, who doesn't love a good list??