Back to the Grind

Wow, I can't believe it's almost halfway through January already! It sure seems like the end of 2012 flew by, huh? I hope you had a wonderful holiday season, full of friends & family, good food, and a little bit of extra sleep!

All three of us were sick for much of Christmas break, so that was kind of a bummer. Henry came down with a little cold, and then Elvis and I took turns having the flu. He had it for Christmas Eve, when we celebrated with his parents, and then I got it Christmas morning, when my family came to celebrate. Good timing, no? Well, at least we got to spend our sickness surrounded by the people we love most, so that's something. And despite being sick as a dog, I think we all had a great Christmas. We (Elvis) cooked some delicious meals, everyone enjoyed their gifts, and Henry was so sweet. He could tell we weren't feeling well, and every so often he'd stop playing to come over and give one of us a kiss. Such a little angel.

New Year's Eve was a different story. My dad was out at the family ranch hunting, so my mom offered to babysit so that Elvis and I could do something fun. Last year we went to a baby-friendly party with some of our new-parent friends, and that was awesome, but it sounded great to be able to have some alone time. That's getting rarer and rarer. We went out for a nice dinner (thanks to some thoughtful giftcard givers!), and then came home and moved out onto our patio. It wasn't very cold, so we sat out there in our fancy dinner clothes and drank champagne. At midnight we were able to see fireworks shows from about 5 of the little surrounding towns, so that was really cool. As always, I felt so happy and so blessed to be able to ring in the new year with the love of my life at my side. And, of course, I look greatly forward to the new fun and adventures that 2013 will bring.

And now the school semester has started back up. Elvis is back to working his 12-hour days, and Henry and I are getting back into the swing of things without Poppa. The first few days were pretty rough, with Henry missing his Poppa dreadfully. But I think we're just about back to normal now, playing and frolicking all day long with minimal temper tantrums. My little one is such a sweet, funny, good-natured little thing, and I am so lucky to have him.