Mobile Woman

Bobby and I have joined the irevolution... and since ilike to be intouch with everyone all the time, ithought iwould promote the new Apple iphone because ithink it's the coolest!

On that note, ihope you have a great Christmas Eve!

Hello, Love

Has it really been over a week since I blogged last?! Oh my... {striking hand} I'm sorry! I've been quite occupied this week with all the laying around, watching festive Christmas movies, sampling a wide assortment of cookies, drinking copious amounts of apple cider... whew. It's been a busy week, I must say!

To start off my lazy week, I received the most cherished of boxes brought to me by my favorite UPS man at work, Raul. Every time I see him, I hum the theme from "Phantom of the Opera" and wish I could sing like Christine (If you've never seen The Phantom, I highly suggest that you disregard my last comment). To what did my wandering eyes appear - but my brand spankin' new camera lens! I call him Mr. 300. This baby can catch Killian in all his glory from half way across our apartment. He can also catch Bobby making disapproving faces at me from the kitchen while I'm taking his picture. Oh how I love him.

The reason for Mr. 300? To take some SAWEET pictures that will hopefully boost my new business/hobby and continue to fill up our computer's hard drive! So post-Christmas, anticipate some pretty cool pictures taken with my new toy, a 75-300 mm telephoto lens!

Happy {Late} Birthday(s)!

I apologize for not being on the ball with the birthday's last week, but I've been doing some much-needed relaxing after finishing up with school.

However, one week ago from Friday was my oldest sisters' birthday! To Holly, who is the most patient, kind and caring person you will ever meet. She's a mean baker, a go-getter, and most of all, a Wonder-Mom of her two strapping boys. We are the alpha and the omega of the Wise family, baby! She's the oldest of the Wise clan and 18 years after she arrived, came me. We've always shared that common bond no matter how far apart we were. If you ever need comfort or compassion, Holly's your girl. Ever need a good meal and some phenomenal dessert? Holly's the one. We share one common weakness: a severe sweet-tooth. None the less, Holly is a strong, brave and loving person and she deserves to have the best birthday ever. Happy ___th Birthday Holly (I know how old you are!)!!

Now I'm only a few days late in posting this one, but still...

Happy Birthday to my one and only big bro, Bennett! I brag to all my friends that my big brother lives in North Carolina. I think it's perhaps I'm a bit jealous that he gets to live in the South. Anyway, Bennett is the rock of our family. Being the only boy surrounded by four beautiful (if I say so myself) sisters, I cannot imagine what girlie madness he must have endured over the years, however, he keeps all of us close, despite his geographical distance to us. Not only has Bennett been surrounded by his sisters for the first part of his life, he's now surrounded by his wife and two gorgeous daughters. I have never seen a man so smitten by three women all at once. The love he gives to all of his family is quite rare and quite incredible. Being the youngest of our family, I always looked to Bennett as "my cool brother" (which, he is TOTALLY cool). Not much has changed in that department, I mean, take a look at those aviator sunglasses!

Anyway, Happy Birthday to you BOTH and I'm sorry I'm late in delivering. I am totally blessed to have such awesome brothers and sisters (and I know I'm going to get made fun of for how many times I've said "totally" tonight. You'd think I'm from Severna Park or something...)!

Do you see what I see?

I have a major announcement to make:

I am officially D-O-N-E with my bachelors!!!!!! I took my last exam last Saturday and wrote my LAST paper on Monday. I celebrated today by taking a 4 hour nap... mm, life is good. On the same note, as of this coming Tuesday, Bobby will ALSO be finished with school! My Mr. Smarty Pants husband will have finished his Master's degree. I am so proud!

Anyway, we've wasted no time getting ready for Christmas as it will be especially nice this year due to NO impending homework or papers... what a relief. So we picked up our Christmas tree on Tuesday and spent the evening listening to Christmas music, decorating the tree and overall just enjoying doing it all together. Here are some shots to get you in the Christmas mood (if you aren't already!):

Bobby setting up the tree:

My golden poinsettia's:

I am branching out and have put little birds on my tree. It's very "natural" looking (as natural as a fake bird can be) but I kind of like it! (Please mind my reflection in the ornament beside it)

And my favorite ornament of all time... a Starbucks Coffee cup!!!

Killian rather enjoyed himself as he was occupied with my new wine box that fits around him perfectly!

P.S. Is Christmas really only a week and a half away?!

My New Fave

Here is my new favorite picture.

Erica, if you're reading this... this totally reminds me of an heirloom picture. You and your baby girl are precious here.

This is the kind of picture you see of your Grandma holding your mom when she was just a baby. Something that you'd find in an attic full of old pictures. I just love it and wanted to share it with you tonight!
Enjoy!

Christmas Time is Here

Christmas time is officially here. Not only have 7 days of "ornaments" gone up on our Advent Calendar, but Starbucks has released their divinely delicious trio of seasonal drinks, my favorite being the Egg Nog Latte or the Peppermint Mocha. Thanksgiving went by in a flurry and Bobby and I were at the Arundel Mills Mall at 5:00 a.m. on black Friday, only to be outdone by my sister, Christina, who was there at midnight when the mall opened.

Anyway, on a less Christmas-y note, I am happy to report that my final exams are O-V-E-R and I have one paper due today. After today, I will have finally completed my college education and will have that flimsy piece of card stock that cost thousands of dollars!! I'm just glad its over and I can actually spend time on the things that I've been wanting to do for a while: cooking, sewing, going to the gym, etc. I will be able to focus on and enjoy this Christmas season a little more this year...

SO, to begin my Christmas decorating, I'm starting with the decoration of my blog (I changed my Photo Blog, too)! AND a picture of Killian in his Christmas-y Red Collar.

Don't forget to check out yesterday's blog post of one adorable family with three CUTE kids!

Baby Face

If I haven't made it painfully clear before, let me say it again: I love babies. They are cute when they laugh, even more adorable when they cry, and just just plain hilarious to watch when they're all together. Today, I spent the day with 2 little babies and one very cute little boy. This was my first time taking formal pictures of so many people, but it was so much fun! The Adams/Sievers/Wathen families were so photogenic and they all make beautiful children with the biggest blue eyes I've ever seen. Anyway, here are just a few... you can find some more over on my Photo Blog! Enjoy! And thanks again, guys, for letting me spend the afternoon with ya'll!

In Summary

This is how I feel this week.

Final Exams.
Full-time job.
15-page paper.
South Beach Diet.

Someone call Bobby and give him some sympathy!