I think I can....

So, I'm halfway through pretty much the busiest week of my life, only to realize that I had completely forgotten about a final I have TOMORROW! Yes, as in less than 24 hours from now I need to be fully prepared for a comprehensive final. SIGH! So, now here I am, prioritizing, childishly bugging teachers about changing due dates, and then screaming on my blog instead of writing, studying, and preparing. I'm a genius, eh?

Please Excuse Me...

Please excuse me, but I'm asking that you don't judge me for writing this instead of doing homework. The truth of the matter is that I have a TON to do today; I have two semester projects and a final this next week, but I really don't feel like even thinking about any of it. So, instead I'm here, writing to you, my ever attentive and loving, *cough, cough* readers. If, after reading this, any of you are compelled to drive up here and motivate me, I would be ever so grateful.

But until that happens, I will continue to find various ways of wasting my time (and feeling the guilt that goes along with avoiding responsibilities)

Ariannah's First Birthday

Well, Ariannah's first birthday was a tremendous success! Alaina worked really hard to make it super special, and Grandpa and Grandma came over for the day. I'm just warning you though, there were just so many cute pics I couldn't really decide what to post, so this is going to be a long one. You might want to go brew a cup of coffee, grab some leftover Thanksgiving treats and park it for awhile :-) It took Ariannah awhile to figure out the whole present opening thing, but once she did, you couldn't stop her; she loved it!

Alaina made (from scratch I might add) these adorable cakes. The littlest puppy was just for Ariannah :-)This is Ariannah patiently waiting for the cake to be brought to her. She has no idea what's happening, but she's excited!

Once Alaina put the frosting on her face, it didn't take her long to dig in and fully enjoy the whole experience.


Yeah, I'd be wondering what in the world I was supposed to do with that contraption too :-)

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So I know this is sideways, but I'm not patient enough to figure out how to turn it around before posting, hehe...but if you turn your head just right, you'll see how stinkin' cute my niece is :-)

Taking a break from the hard work and reading a story :-)

No first birthday is complete without a Veggie Tales; she seems to be pretty happy about it too :-)

Trying to get a peak in :-)

And now for what I gave her...now before everyone who knows me freaks out, yes, I bought her a doll, but I'm still not giving in to the whole girly girl stuff! I just knew she would love it and couldn't resist making her happy...

Yeah, she couldn't wait for Alaina to get it out of the packaging

But once she got her hands on it, what was the first thing she did?

Yeah, I'd say it was a hit :-)

It was definitely a birthday to remember. Lots of presents and lots of laughs. I just can't believe it's already been a year! Crazy. Anyway, it's a good thing we have a whole year to recover before the next one :-)

Followers

Well, after a long absence, I'm back! Yay! I'm sure you're all squealing and jumping up and down with joy :-)

This is no ordinary blog, this is a blog of celebration because I just saw the most wonderful thing: my blog now has 2 followers! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! sigh...yes, my sarcasm has now waned and my true feelings shall be revealed...2 people? Granted, the two people are absolutely fabulous and apparently my only true friends, so I'm not complaining...ahem, really, I'm not.

Well, my long absence hasn't been because I haven't wanted to blog, rather by the fact that my life is completely devoid of anything interesting. Well, at least things that would interest my two fabulous, loving readers :-) Even now I'm running through my brain files trying desperately to come up with something, anything, that could interest you, but unfortunately the files seem to be blank. So, after a blog like this, I suppose I have no room to complain about my lack of readers, do I? :-)

But, I suppose I could use this opportunity to beg of you to provide me with some excitement in my life...perhaps a visit, a card, some chocolate, spaghetti al pesto (that's just for you, Catherine) hehe You know, anything would do :-)

Enjoying Fall

Here's to fall and the best niece ever!

Her, Yeah, I'm adorable smile


For those of you who knew my sister when she was a baby...kind of freaky, huh?!
Awwwww!

They're having way too much fun!

It's nice to know that even 11 month old babies can appreciate the changing season and it just goes to show...you're never to young to climb a tree! :-)