Merry Christmas everyone!

Oh boy. Christmas with 2 families is a pain. There is no time for Dan and I to be with each other because we are too busy running between 2 families. Christmas eve we had dinner with my mom and dad, then went to service with Dan's family. After service we went to his parents to have cookies and eggnog and play booby trap. We got home and played with Lily for a long time, then finally went to bed.

Christmas day we opened our presents together. I got Dan a motorcycle tire, a toy helicopter and a bunch of little stuff. He got me a GPS and a jewelry box. As soon as we were done, we packed up presents and Lily and made our way to my parents house. We opened our gifts from them and bolted out of there in order to make it on time to Dan's side. We had brunch and then opened more gifts. After opening gifts we had pizza snackers and went back home to unwind before leaving and going back to my parents for dinner. We both fell asleep for 2 hours because we were zonked. We had dinner then played Mario Party 8 with Jenny and Jason, then came back home to bed. It didnt feel like christmas because we spent so much of our time running around. Plus it rained hard all day instead of snowing. Maybe next year we will have Christmas at our house!

Lily

Dan and I have been looking for a dog ever since we got married. We went to the pet expo in Novi and found an amazing dog. It was a mix, very friendly and very cute. We had to fill out this intense paperwork, and then had an interview with the lady in charge of adoptions. She didn't like us and kept telling us we needed certain things in order to adopt the dog. She told us that someone would call us to schdeual a home visit in a couple of weeks. Well no one called us, even after I called and emailed the company. So we knew it was time to look for another dog.

We went to Petsmart's adoptions day a couple of weeks ago and Dan was not comfortable adopting any of the dogs there. So Saturday we decided we would try Petsmart again, and if they didn't have any dogs we liked, we were going to go to the Human Society. We were looking at the dogs and the adoptive lady came over and asked us what type of dog we wanted and hooked us up with Lily right away. This was Lily's first showing, and she was very nervous and shakey. We took her home that day and she was so comfortable in our house that she climbed right up on the couch.

Lily loves to be petted. She will come sit with you on the couch and weasle her way into your lap to make sure you can pet her. She is still skittish, and loud noises scare her, but she is getting better. Dan loves her. He was so excited to get a dog! Plus her name is Lily and that was one of the names I wanted for my future child!

Wow, its been a while. I have just been so busy with being used to married life, and my new job. I got it right after Thanksgiving. I work 35-40 hours a week, which is amazing. I really like it there, much better than my old place. We even get a week off from Christmas eve to January 4th. How awesome is that? We just had our company Christmas party on Monday. All we did was eat food and talk. It was nice. Today we have the Christmas party for the kids. Santa is coming and they are singing songs for him, getting a present and eating. Speaking of Christmas, all my shopping is done. I hope no one expects big gifts. We are poor. I haven't gotten a pay check in over a month because of the way things worked out when I switched jobs, so that's hurting us. I get payed on Friday so lets hope its a big check.

Its been snowing here like crazy. Everyday we get a couple of inches, then it rains and freezes and makes everything icy. The good about the snow is that it makes it feel like Christmas even more. I love Christmas. Its a great time to spend with family and not worry about anything for a day.

Still haven't gotten my wedding pictures. I contacted my photographer and she said they were having problems loading all the pictures on the internet. I cant wait to see them. They better be good!