Bon Annee

I will miss these faces!

 But not at 3am...

Bon voyage our little kitties!

See you in 2012.

Julia's Dinner

Duck confit to practice for the trip to France.

Stephen Dunne at Volo makes it the best.

I love this girl.

I'm glad she was born.

Happy Birthday, Julia.

Christmas Lights Run

It was a glorious night for a run.

This last house definitely gets an 'A' for effort!

Lots o' lights!

Representin' Chi-town

Two people are the best:

Jason S. Thompson

(the best boyfriend in the whole world)

&

Kate Sanderson

(the best purse maker in the whole world)

(Sink or Swim)

Tis the Season!

Jason and I had a fancy party to go to off of Michigan Ave last night.

It was great timing because the Bush family was also in the area!

Coops was having a great time with his new Lego guys.

Clara was very excited that we popped in. I'm glad we did! It's always fun to see my family in MY neck of the woods. :)

We also had a drawing contest where Jason, Trent and I each drew the Christmas tree.

Cooper drew Elf for our fridge.

~~~Happy Holidays~~~

Train

Brown line - Paulina stop.

Destination - Harrington College of Design
Just finalized my schedule for January - April.

I will be doing this commute Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday nights.

__________, give me strength!

:)

7 years ago

I was on my way from Chicago to the Quad Cities.

It was unexpected.

I had just arrived back to Chicago after a Thanksgiving weekend with everyone.

I was numb. I don't remember much from the ride...

only that I didn't want there to be any reason for the phone to ring.

It was a long stay in the NICU for baby and another unexpected stay in the hospital for her mom. Another car ride that I can't really remember...

...because those memories are being layered over with so many wonderful new ones.

I mean, look at this girl go!

Nothing will stop her.

7 years of a sweet girl and her strong mama.

That's something to be thankful for.