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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Wednesday, Oui? My Nose is growing!

Having divorced parents is a challenge for a lot of obvious reasons, however, one small perk would definitely be celebrating holidays more than once. This year we celebrated Christmas multiple times! I love Christmas (but not as much as my sister does) and I love to spend time with my friends and family. That said, my favorite part of Christmas is spending time at home with my husband and "kids."

The first of our Christmas celebrations started in Maine with my mother and Dan, and Nicki, Rich, Xander and Sarah (her FIRST Christmas!)

I'm the cool I-ya who bought Banana a guitar!

On Christmas Eve we went to Aaron's parent's house so we could basically celebrate a

Christmas for dogs. Boy were they spoiled!

Once home, we sat in front of our tree enjoying the remainder of Christmas Eve. We didn't stay up too late waiting for Santa because we were heading off to Boston early in the morning to celebrate Christmas Day at Matt & Nelsons!

We unwrapped a few things before we left that morning and let the "kids" have their stockings.

Merry Christmas, Lewis!

The final celebration took place on New Year's Day in Portland. My Dad, his girlfriend, my sister and her family and my brother and his wife all met at a restaurant to enjoy food, fun and time with Pepe.

Xander selected cranberry sauce from the salad bar-- which he later discovered was a beet.

He wasn't pleased.

Sarah LOVES her uncle-- and now that she isn't a tiny infant, I think Uncle isn't so terrified of breaking her.

Amity and Wally

This year I was given many nice gifts. There are a few that I will probably blog about simply because they are so thoughtful but, for me, Christmas isn't about the gifts. I am so fortunate to be living the life I do. Every day is a gift and I have so much to be grateful for. However, my favorite gift this year was a very meaningful gift from Aaron.

In early November I went shopping with Hilary and spotted a Jim Shore item; I love and collect Jim Shore. One of the items I fell in love with was completely out of character for me simply because it wasn't something that would normally fall into my decorating taste... unless I was decorating a baby's room. Hold the phone, hopefuls, I *AM NOT* pregnant, nor do I plan to be in the next 6 months (think: Alaska) but that doesn't mean my biological clock isn't ticking so loudly that I can't hear myself think! I don't know what it was about this Pinocchio Marionette but I really wanted it. Luckily, my bestie, Hilary, (unbeknownst to me) texted Aaron with all the details. You would NEVER believe my surprise when I opened the box at Christmas to find Pinocchio was mine!

As I sat in awe of Aaron's thoughtfulness he said, "I know it's not something we can use right now but it will be really cute in the baby's room." Obviously it's not a toy but more of a decoration. I have yet to purchase anything for our would-be child with the exception of books; I've held out on clothes, furniture and decorations. I love that Aaron took the leap and the fact that he's counting the days as much as I am, and we're so in sync, is the BEST Christmas gift ever. Oui?

1 comment:

Amy said...: Oui!!!!

I'm not the biggest fan of the movie - I have a completely irrational fear of crickets, so to have one talking as the voice of a conscience completely screws with my head. I love that Hilary and Aaron conspire together <3; January 5, 2011 at 9:45 AM

Quotes that define my life:

"Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back -- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack." -- Rudyard Kipling
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." -- Unknown
"Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave to wealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to have done nothing and succeeded at it." -- E. Lutzer
“There is pleasure in the pathless woods, There is rapture on the lonely shore, There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea and the music in its roar; I love not man the less, but Nature more.” -- Lord Byron
"There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don't seem to help." -- Mr. Rogers
"If you don't crack the shell, you can't eat the nut." -- Persian Proverb
"Real peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mountains we climb

+ Currently: Life
+ Magalloway Mountain: Pittsburg, NH: 3,350 ft. Fire tower @ summit
+ Uncanoonuc Mountains: Goffstown, NH; Elevation: North Peak 1,324 ft. South Peak, 1,321 ft. *Indian Translation: "woman lying down" or "breasts"*
+ Mt. Major: Alton Bay, NH: Approx 4 mi. round trip; 1,100 ft. @ summit.
+ Monument Mt., Berkshire Area, MA: Approx 3 mi. round trip; *Beautiful waterfall* 1,735 ft @ summit.
+ Welch-Dickey- Loop Trail, Waterville Valley Area: 4.4 mi. round trip; 2,605 ft. @ Welch summit, 2,734 ft. @ Dickey summit.
+ Mt. Kearsarge- Barlow Trail, Winslow State Park, Wilmot: 2.8 mi. round trip; 2,937 ft @ summit.
+ Mt. Monadnock- White Dot Trail, Jaffrey: 4.2 mi. round trip, 3,165 ft. @ summit
+ Mt. Layafette- Old Bridle Path, Franconia Notch State Park: 8 mi. round trip, 5,260 ft @ summit.
+ Mt. Cardigan- East Side Loop, Alexandria: 5.3 mi. round trip, 3,121 ft @ summit. * some of the mountain was left bare from a fire in 1855
+ Mt. Morgan & Mt. Percival- Squaw Mountains, Holderness & Center Sandwich: 5.1 mi. round trip; 2,220 & 2,212 ft. @ summit
+ Mt. Osceola- White Mountain National Forest: 6.4 mi. round trip, 4,340 ft. @ summit

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