i love the holidays

this time of year makes me so happy, what with the snow (again!), decorating the tree (see below), wrapping gifts, making cookies, all that jazz. here i am, enjoying the season.

long time, no see

well, i have been away from the blog for a bit. i have had a crazy, life changing, confusing, lonely, happy month, if that makes any sense at all. give me another month and we can talk about it.

but the great news, i am an auntie once again! my fertile sister gave birth to my new niece Penelope Jo Hanks, the most surprisiest birth of the whole bunch of pregnant chicks I know. I say surprisiest since everyone in the family, except mom, was pretty sure she was going to have a boy. the babes, born Nov 17th, is healthy and happy in her new pink onesies with a massive head of hair. here is a pic for all of you, i am not the best at taking a bunch of pics tho, so this is the best I have...

I don't want to slight my adorable nephew, who has been very helpful to his mommy and new sister. here is your shoutout, mr. jonas!!!