Welcome!

This is my first attempt at a blog and I am partially doing it because I read so many other blogs. So here's to jumping on the bandwagon.

We had a great weekend. We had two christmas-y events to go to, a party at my mother-in-law's house and the annual tree trimming get-together at my mom's house. Both were pretty fun, however going to multiple family functions in one day was usually somewhat overwhelming before I had Annie, so now it can be a little much. Nursing makes everything a little bit more difficult, as I periodically have to sneak away for twenty minutes. Sitting in my old bedroom at mom's house where I can hear the conversations but can't join in is an easy way to feel socially isolated.

I was somewhat behaved at my in-laws, I know that it is best to be nice to them and to just deal with the small things they do that annoy me. I never realized how different every family is until I became a part of Eric's family. They just do things so differently sometimes that it just drives me crazy.

On baby milestone news, Annie has started laughing, which has to be the cutest thing I have ever witnessed in my life!!

Tomorrow cousin Rebecca is coming to visit for the day. Hopefully things, including potty training, go smoothly. I'm hoping that it will will be warm and not rainy tomorrow so that we can kill some time/toddler energy and burn some calories. I'm still trying to work on the whole baby weight thing, keeping in mind that it took me 9 months to gain it all.

Well, I'm going to go spend a little more time with my hubby before we head off to bed!