today i am grateful for

today i am grateful for modern technology.
more specifically facetime

moving away has been hard. i think the hardest is leaving our family behind. this past week we missed two huge family events. but...thanks to facetime we weren't completely left out.

we were so excited to meet little lyla via ft. as you can see she loved hanging out with us!

oh my heck i couldn't get enough of her and how she would play with her tongue.

loved this moment we caught. hilarious. and i love lyla...it's like she is thinking "yep..these are my parents".

we also missed little lainey bug's first birthday party. i tried my hardest not to be bummed out all day on saturday. my cute parents helped me to ft in so i could see miss lainey sue dig into her cake. as you can (sorta) tell she loved it! this was her face when she first saw me on facetime. i like to think she was super excited to see her favorite aunt.

thank you facetime for helping us stay close to family. even though we miss out it's great to be able to join in where we can!

i love november

november
it's safe to say that this is my favorite month

-full of birthdays (including mine and my momma's)
-my favorite holiday...thanksgiving
-get to wear my cute sweaters
-favorite colors are all around (orange and red)
-cozy nights at home
-first hot coco of the season
-time for family

seriously. this month is my favorite. i have big hopes for november 2012.
to celebrate the beginning of my favorite month the mr. and i had a night out last night. we went coat shopping (thanks northface for keeping us warm for our first chicago winter), checked out some possible christmas decorations, at dinner at one of our new fun places, and walked hand in hand in the city we love.

so today...
i am grateful for a warm cozy place to live. we are so blessed to live where we live.

what are you grateful for today?