the big move

back on november 7, we moved from one side of annapolis to the other. we now live in the wonderful neighborhood of west annapolis and

we. love. it.

tons.

=D

here are some pictures of the moving process. once we get our christmas stuff all cleaned up, i'll post a video tour of our home sweet home. =)

this is the old house. we had the second floor all to ourselves. we even had a little screened-in front porch.


















this is our mailbox & house number.














this is us moving... we STUFFED the truck. it was like tetris =P




























i am an un-packing-ninja, obviously.


















this is me, unpacking and arranging kitchen decorations.


















and last but not least, me, painting the mirror for our bedroom =) fun!

photos... finally! =)

merry christmas, and happy new year! i hope you had WONDERFUL holidays. i'm tickled to say that ours aren't even over yet, because jeff & lauren are coming into town tonight!

i LOVE the holidays.

here's a photo recap...

just DAYS before Christmas, we got almost 2 ft of snow! it was awesome.














Christmas Eve Eve rolled around, and Daniel and I couldn't stand it a moment longer, so we gave each other one stocking stuffer. =)

Then, on Christmas Eve we read to each other from Isaiah, Luke & John. We gave each other one present.


















I gave Daniel his favorite kind of shirt - and it has RED on it, so he could wear it on Christmas day!

I was SO surprised by my gift =P














back in November, Daniel snagged me two boxes of Samoa Girl Scout cookies - my all time favorite - and saved them for me for Christmas. too fun.

so then we spent early Christmas morning together, just the two of us...
























































































...plus jack =D he devoured his Christmas goodie in about 5 minutes. sheesh.














this was my favorite wrap job of daniel's. we decided that it looked like a chipotle burrito with one little curly-Q of ribbon on it. heehee!














this is a lot of photos already, so i'll post pics of other Christmas stuff later.

my biggest Christmas news is that inside the BEAUTIFUL leather journal that daniel gave me was a note. there is a week-long dance intensive in houston in march that we've been talking about going to and - drum roll - in the note, he told me he's taking me! i'm super excited. the company, Dance Ad Deum, is one i've been eager to scope out for years. i've taken classes from the artistic director, and i adore dancing his choreography. PLUS it'll be such a nice getaway for the two of us.

more on Christmas soon...