December was a huge month for us- not only was it the holidays, but Eric started a new job! He works at fiveruns (www.fiveruns.com), a start-up company that does something cool dealing with the internet (haha, it is WAY over my head, so ask Eric if you want more details!). He absolutely loves working there, and is learning a lot. Often he is home from work before me, so we are really enjoying the extra time together especially because much of his free time last year was spent working on different entrepreneurial projects.

This year we did Christmas in Austin, so we really got into decorating the house. My sister Samantha made Sarah and I replicas of a “The Twelve Days of Christmas” banner that my parents had while we were growing up, so it was wonderful to put that up in our home. She spent two years making it (she would work on it every morning before work!) so it really meant a lot to me.

Eric and I really went all out this year on gifts for some reason. We didn’t really talk about it, but it just ended up being a big Christmas morning. After we opened gifts at our house we went over to the Coleman’s and opened gifts there and then ate brunch. Later we took both dogs to the dog park where the tower bells were playing Christmas Carols. It was the perfect day. My parents drove down from St. Louis a few days later so we got to extend the Christmas joy even longer.

Eric and I were very boring on New Years. We went to see Juno (very cute) and then came home and were in bed by 11. Haha, we’re so old!