Wow

it has been a very very very long time since I have blogged.  I received an email from my mother last night informing me that she is going through Brian withdrawal.  I have been toying with the idea for the last few weeks of doing "365 days of Brian."  I think my mothers email was the kick in the rear that I needed to finally start on this.  I like the idea of the "365 days" because if I do not have the motivation, energy, ideas, etc for one of the very intelligent and humorous posts you have all come to know and love from me I can slap a photo of Brian up here and 99.9% of you will be happy.  To kick start this project I will walk you through what has kept me away from the blog for the last 9 months (OUCH!!).

In mid July we finally moved into a house after being in the apartment for a LONG 9 1/2 months.

10 days after we moved into the house we had Brians second birthday party.  I'm pretty sure I got less sleep in those 10 days than when Brian was a newborn.  I apologize for the lack of b-day pictures but we still need to get the family pics from Howards cousin.

A few weeks after Brians birthday we headed to Dana Point for Brians first beach vacation.  That was also the first time I got to experience the perks of being married to a partner.  Howard had a 3 day meeting at the St. Regis so Brian and I just tagged along.  It was a beautiful hotel.

About a week after we got home from Dana Point Aunt Laura and Uncle Mike came out for a wonderful visit.

Ten days later Howard and I were headed to China for our 4 day trip

To cap off our insane 3 months Howard surprised me with a trip to Hawaii for my 30th (still hurts to see that number) birthday.  Brian still mentions Hawaii at least 3-4 times a week.  I think another trip might be in order for October 2013.

I don't have an excuse for not blogging after mid October.  However, I think after how crazy things had been I got lazy and just never started up again.  I can't promise I won't get lazy again but at least you can expect something from me for the next 364 days.