Christmas traditions

For the past few years we have been getting together with Kelley and Rosemary sometime in the week or two before Christmas to decorate cookies. Just a little something to put us in the Christmas spirit and be able to spend some time together. This year, we didn't take any photos of the cookies themselves, but here's the lovely cookie decorating crew. Aaron and Zach were good sports as usual and also decorated, but sorry dudes, this pic is dedicated to the ladies!

Baby Shower!

My long time girlfriends Kelley and Rosemary hosted a shower for me, Aaron, and the baby girls. They really out-did themselves - the party was excellent! It felt so good to have so many friends come to help us celebrate and prepare for the arrival of our two precious little girls.

Happy Hanukkah!

Hanukkah traditions continue this year with a lovely meal at Denny & Nan's house, a gift exchange, and some prizes meant for the Bingo game. Bingo was skipped this year, but we all still ate way too much and had a great time!

Plans are officially underway

Aaron and I are about to start a little construction project here at the house. Yes, some might call it crazy timing - being 7 months pregnant with twins - but we're going for it. The plan is to add a second story over our detached garage. The designer we chose came out today to take measurements and a deposit. If the first step goes smoothly, we should have plans submitted to the city for permits before the year end!

Baby shower from friends at Deloitte

What better excuse than anticipating the arrival of two baby girls to have a game of pictionary and some yummy cupcakes 20 stories above the street in the middle of the day in the middle of the week!? A big thank you to my friends at Deloitte who helped me celebrate our babies earlier this week with a shower. A few photos are here (not many, doh!).

AAFA Auction: 2009

Just as we have in years past, we enjoyed ourselves at the 2009 AAFA Auction and Ball earlier this week. This year might be remembered by two things. 1) Aaron hovering near the baby monitor during the silent auction, but some other woman swooping in illegally after the auctioneer called 'time' and taking it from under us. 2) The extra plate of mashed potatoes our table staff brought me after I had practically licked mine, Aaron's and Beth's plates clean of all potatoes.