don't call it a comeback! i've been here for years...

Yesterday was indeed a blog-worthy day.

It was even a little difficult to sleep Wednesday night knowing how great the next day was going to be. It was a bit like the night before Christmas. Thursday morning, Monica and I headed to Whitmore Lake to visit Joss, Gwen, Lynn and little Emmett! After a little detour due to my extremely poor sense of direction and a quick stop in Brighton to pick up some Panera lunch for the ladies, we spent the afternoon marveling at the wee man, playing with Gwen, and catching up with Joss. Gwen continues to impress me with how smart and funny she is, and what a vivid imagination she has. She had me cracking up. Little Emmett is painfully sweet and adorable, even (in my opinion, anyway) when he's upset. I got to witness a little pee-geyser-while-diaper-changing event. I thought I might die laughing. :)

After a few hours, Monica and I then headed to Portland to have dinner at Britta's with her, the kids, Dillon, and my Mom and Derek. Another lovely get-together with lots of kiddie-time and conversation. I didn't realize how long it'd been since I've seen everyone! I'd been missing everyone something fierce!

Meanwhile, Jocelyn had given me a glorious, life-sized stand-up of Edward Cullen, which I set up behind the pizzas at the Spitzley house. I knew he was there, and I thought everyone else did too, but I guess he was giving everyone's heart a little jump start every time they went to get another slice. (How appropriate, he had the same effect on Bella's heart...) Oops, my nerd is showing.

It's actually quite beneficial having him around. Since Ben's on tour (today he's in Gainesville, FL at the Harvest of Hope Festival), I set Edward up so that he's visible in the living room window so passers-by will think I have a big, strong man with me and won't try to steal anything. :) At the very least, I feel a little less alone! Not much of a personality, though. More the strong, silent type.
...the dogs don't care very much for him either. They bark at him. (Again, how appropriate! Though I'm not sure domesticated dogs were mentioned as an item on the Cullen's menu...)

:)

Game Day '08

What a great weekend!

Cheap Girls played a show in Ann Arbor Friday night at a club called the Blind Pig, and afterwards Ben and I got dropped off in Whitmore Lake to stay with Joss & Jacob for the night. Saturday morning, as my alarm is going off, I hear the pitter-patter of little feet scooting along the kitchen floor, then the hallway, then up the stairs...and then I see a little blonde head peek around the doorway. So cute! Gwen had come up to say good morning! It definitely started the day off right, with a big smile. :)

Saturday was an all-around great day. In the morning we had coffee and breakfast with Jocelyn and Gwen, visited with Ben and Britta for a bit before we left for the game. Ben and I had a great time at the game, though I was wearing my Michigan sweatshirt most of the time and by the end of the game I had to take it off and freeze for a bit in punishment (I was wearing my State shirt underneath). After the game we stopped by the tailgate and snacked and chatted with the Aunts & Uncles and a few of the cousins. Back at Jocelyn's we hung out with all of the brothers and sisters and played games and danced with Gwen (and each other!). It was a super-blast. Peektures!

p.s....

Turns out Gwen has a little Broski on the way! Jocelyn and Jacob are simply geeked!

Happy Birthday Gwendolynnnn!

What a day! It all went by so quickly, but so much fun. I'm still uncomfortably full of food but I just couldn't stop munching, it was so good. Babies, pony rides, barbie jeep, presents...sounds like a party to me. :)


Driving Miss Gwendolyn...

first day of school!

Waiting to go into my first class. Boy, I sure hope everyone likes me...I hope someone will sit with me at lunch! Agh, the pressure!

Just jokinggg.
But my Mt. Dew isn't really stirrin' the kool-aid this morning. Wish I'd gotten coffee instead...

Playtime with the Gwenster

Gwen Time @ Papa & Grandma's

Tuesday morning Ben went to the Manager's golf outing - which just happened to be at the Portland County Club, so we drove together so I could spend the day at my Mom's while they did their thing. I got to spend lots of playtime with Gwen! We watched some Spongebob during breakfast, which I loved because I, um, love that show. Afterwards she said "Hey, you wanna play some dice?" Which really all we did was roll them around and talk about which colors the dice were and then she decided which one was 'mine' which was 'hers' and which ones were 'diddins', 'gmas' and 'papas.'

She showed me her 'big girl' bed that was all set up for her in the spare bedroom, and she told me that it was night time and that it was time for me to go to sleep. So she showed me where to lay down, gave me a blankie, and read me a story. Then she turned off the light and shut the door, but when she came back to check on me and I was sitting up she said "No, you're still sleeping! I'm shutting the door for you, and I'll be back when it's morning!" She came back like two minutes later and said "Ok, you can get up now, it's morning time." So cute. And so smart!

All afternoon we played in the sandbox with Dillon, watered plants with Grandma Trina, and helped inspect the work Papa Derek was doing on the barn in the backyard. Winnie was in the backyard pen for a little while, and she was making little barks at random things and everytime she did, Gwen said "Winnie, no!" and she had to say it so many times that finally she tromped over to the kennel, put her hands on her hips and said "I'm not going to tell you again! No, no!" I was cracking up. This is all in three-year old speak, of course, which makes it that much cuter.

It was a super-fun day, but it was a full day of play - by the time I got to work that night I was ready to fall asleep standing up! It was worth it though! :)

Some Stuff about Some Stuff...

So, I've been feeling some guilt lately about my lack in posting anything super substantial about our lives, but to be honest it's been pretty quiet around here. Nothing terribly exciting has been happening! We both work quite a bit, spend as much time together as possible, try and spend time with our families, hang out with friends, etc. Not that I'm complaining, mind you! We've been quite content. :)

Some happy news, my good friend Dani and her longtime boyfriend Dave got engaged on Sunday. They're ecstatic, and have already started talking wedding plans. They're moving to L.A. in November so Dave can start his internship with a music recording company. Ugh, again, a friend moving across the country (oh, by the way, Katie is moving back to SanDeigo in January with her sister). Do I smell? Anyway, they mentioned a possible Vegas wedding, and I really hope they keep that one going because I'd love an excuse to go back out there. Sigh.

Meanwhile, that's the long and short of it. For now we're just keepin' on keepin' on. :)