Christmas in January

Sorry I've missed a few days. I have a good excuse, though. Remember how sad I was that my sisters weren't here for Christmas? Well ... they were here this weekend!


Micah met Uncle Chris and Aunt Valeen for the first time. He was obviously thrilled.

We had waited to exchange Christmas gifts until everyone was together. It actually felt more like Christmas than it did on December 25th.

Valeen got a shirt with Zach's face on it. Cause who doesn't want one of those?

We also had a shower/reception for The Sach their wedding is in NY. Zach is a sailor and so the theme was sailing. Because of my brilliant idea for a centerpiece, I now am the proud owner of 10 pet goldfish.

Yesterday we celebrated the 26th annual Denver Day. We spent the day at the Denver Zoo and then had dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory.

At a table for 27.

A good time was had by all.
Merry Christmas!

I Win

I know everyone thinks that their nephew is the cutest but seriously?

I win.
Would you like to see the rest?

Micah for your Monday

My sister sent me this picture of Micah wearing his latest Aunt Becky present.

Nothing like a baby's smile to brighten my day.

Thus Ends the Vacation

Inhale. Hold ... and exhale slowly. Ahhhhh. Twelve sweet days of vacation. And for once, I actually went on vacation ... no checking email. No talking - or even thinking - about work. It was glorious!

I'm back at work now and digging out from a mountain of email. But in the meantime ... here are the last of the vacation photos. First, one final photo of Micah. (Sorry for being the crazy aunt who posts one zillion pictures, but I seriously can't get enough of him.) He has a perpetual look of surprise on his chubby little face. The kid's a real life cartoon.


These are from our time in D.C., which is a surprisingly beautiful place. Here we are in the glass house in the Hirschhorn Sculpture Gardens.


They had statues that looked just like us. Weird, huh?


Then we ran into some famous people at Union Station. They wanted their picture with Chris.


My favorite.


Here I am acting like the Washington Monument.


The new WWII memorial is beautiful.


We ended the trip with dinner at an authentic Ethiopian restaurant. Which, judging from a previous injera experience I thought would be gross. Thankfully, it wasn't.

Now ends the photo diary. Thanks for indulging me. Tomorrow I shall resume posting on whatever random topics happen to be on my mind (doing my best to avoid overdone issues such as the financial crisis, the election and climate change.)

"Aunt Becky is My Favorite!" -Micah

Time in Albany has been great so far. And the fun news ... the trip is only halfway over! This little guy has made it worth every second. I'm seriously considering a move to New York for the next 18 years.