Life Lately.

I can't believe that it's already December 2, it seems like life goes by quicker and quicker the older I get. Michael and I have been living in DC for almost 9 months and really love living here. We feel so blessed to be living in such a beautiful city and to have jobs that we love. We've also been able to make some really great friends that we know we'll friends with forever.

Since I know I'll never be able to fully catch up, I'm going to go over some highlights from the past few months.

*We went to New York over Labor Day weekend and hung out with Reghan and Kristian. We love having them so close to us, I've seen Reghan more this year than I have over the past 5+ years.

*Michael and I love to eat good food. Lucky for us DC has a plethora of the best restaurants. The Washingtonian comes out with a 'cheap eats' guide every year that lists the best restaurants around the DC, Virginia, Maryland area. So, we spent a lot of time scoping out new places to eat this fall.

*We ate a lot of pumpkin everything this year, mostly from Trader Joe's. Trader Joe's just makes life better around our house.

*We also went to our first Truckeroo. Food truck's are everywhere in DC and in the summer once a month all of the food trucks get together in a huge parking lot and they have bands play and basically you just get to eat!

*October was also full of visitors. First, one of Michael's best friends Tony and his girlfriend came to town for a weekend.

*My dad came in town the next weekend and we went to Theodore Roosevelt island for the first time.

*The next week we had Somer, Brock and baby Ada come to town along with my mom, Greg and Reghan who came in town just for the weekend. I loved having my family around and getting to ooohh and aaahhh over Ada. She is just the cutest. We put her crib in my closet and she didn't make one peep throughout the night and I didn't hear her cry once while she was here. She's just the happiest little soul.

*We carved pumpkins with our friends the William's who also threw a bomb Halloween party.

*On 11.11.11 we attended my friend Jody's birthday party. She went all out with the 11 business and served us 11 courses of food. Also, at 11:11 pm we drove to a nearby park on the water and made wishes while we lit lanterns into the sky! It was AMAZING to see all of the lanterns in the sky over the water and city lights.

*Also, in November Thanksgiving and my birthday were the highlights of the month. On Thanksgiving we got up early and went over to the Capitol where Michael played some football with work friends. It was pretty amazing, the weather was perfect and they let them set up the field right on the grass in front of the Capitol.

*We also stopped by the US Botanical Gardens, I have been wanting to go since we moved here but haven't made the time. The gardens were gorgeous that they had fun Christmas displays! It definitely put us in the holiday spirit.

*For my birthday we did a little black Friday shopping, which was completely hastle free since there's a Best Buy, Costco, and huge mall a block away from our apartment. We went to the Newseum, which I was really excited about because I'd been wanting to go but have been too cheap to spend the $$. When all the museums around are free it's hard to want to spend money to go to one, but I'm glad we did. Later we went to Georgetown and did some shopping, ate at one of our favorite restaurants and got dessert at Serendipity.

*For now, that basically wraps up our lives. Another highlight is that Michael is officially a CPA, he has been studying day and night for the past 7 months for all of his tests and I'm so proud of him. I feel so blessed to have him in my life, he is truly my best friend. Sometimes we sit around and laugh about how we are the same person and how we are lucky we found each other because I don't think anyone else could put up with me like he does.

Happy December to all of our friends & family. We miss you all so much.

With love,

L