Cousins!!

You would think that the arrival of Grayson would be the most exciting thing that happened to our family this year. But just five weeks earlier my sister and her husband welcomed their first baby to the world! It was so neat for my sister and I to experience all things pregnancy and baby related together, but at the same time, it was a little sad to not be able to be there to meet my nephew when he was new to the world (they live in Atlanta!). Well, as you can imagine, the first family reunion post-baby was much anticipated. We all met up in Arizona for a weeklong Thanksgiving celebration...and we had so much to be thankful for. Here are some of my favorite pictures of Grayson hanging out with her cousin Ryan.

This was the first meeting....

Love / hate relationship :-)

Posing in our Christmas pajamas that Grandma and Grandpa bought us

Best buddies!

A very special birthday

I celebrated my first birthday as a mom this week. To treat myself, I left work early, went for a run outside to enjoy the unseasonably warm November day and then went to Smart Barre, a new exercise class that I have been trying out. Then Steve, Grandma Kathy and Grayson treated me to a dinner out at Terra Mediteranean Grill followed by ice cream sandwiches from Sweet Sammies. It was a perfect celebration!

Stephen surprised me with a gift from him and Grayson -- a necklace with her name and birthstone.

These pictures were from the next day -- I decided to get a jump on the holidays and Grayson was helping me trim the tree. She actually fell asleep as I was working.

Boise State Game

Last weekend, Stephen and I went to Boise, Idaho to see the infamous "blue field" and cheer on our Horned Frogs as they faced Boise State. It was our first time to leave Grayson, but we knew she was in great hands with Grandma Kathy. Boise was a really neat little town and we could not get over how friendly all of the people there were -- of course the win for TCU was the icing on the cake for a great weekend.

Although it looks like we are inside the stadium for this picture........

We are actually standing in front of someone's tailgating U-haul...the tailgating at Boise State was very impressive.

Celebrating the exciting win!

When I saw this onesie in a gift shop window, I couldn't contain myself....