Festive

After a long and busy weekend, Keith and I took some time to relax on Sunday afternoon, take a nap, watch some tv, cook a delicious dinner and then decorate our Christmas tree. One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is getting to decorate the tree; to take out all my favorite nostalgic ornaments, and add some new ones to our collection each year. Now our mission is to keep Theo away from his new favorite toy :)

My beautiful Nutcracker ornaments my mom got me last year!

LOVE the creepy cat. Keith always tries to hide it in the back haha

Our tree kind of looks like it's for a little kid because we both have mostly childhood ornaments. Love it though :)

Jungle cat.

::grumble grumble grumble:: he's already taken quite a few off...

Stockings.

tinsel!

Guarding the tree haha

Doesn't it look like the tree isn't even decorated?! I tried so hard to keep the bottom free of anything fun, but he's just a great jumper :(

Now the only thing left on our holiday list is getting a Christmas card photo!

I really wish that Theo would never grow out of the chasing his tail phase because it truely is the cutest thing in the world to watch him try and attack himself haha

Theo was born on October 9th, making him almost 4 months old now. Hes grown up SOOO much since the day we brought him home. We are very proud of our little boogerhead, I don't think I've ever loved at cat as much as I love this little one (don't tell the others shhh)

Getting up to speed...

Just a short recap of 2009’s milestones:

• Obviously, I moved to Philadelphia! Said goodbye to my closest friends and family and headed north to pursue something awesome.
• Got accepted to, and started graduate school at Temple University. Another Art History degree, here I come!
• I moved in with my best friend and greatest roommate of a lifetime, Keith.
• We adopted the coolest little cat in the WORLD, Theo… aka boogerhead (more on him later)
• WE GOT ENGAGED!! Here’s a look at the fancy ring that I get to wear for the rest of my life (no complaints from me)

2009 was one of the most memorable and amazing years of my life. That’s not to say that it didn’t have its share of breakdowns and low points, but in the end, I got to share this entire year madly in love with the coolest dude around (and now I have another littler dude looking out for me, who loves to cuddle just as much, and probably has an equally fuzzy face as Keith haha. Thanks for being a winner of a cat, Theo). I got to share lots of great times with my best friends, lived with a few of them and ate way too much Moe’s :)

Now on to 2010, that is bound to be another amazing year full of more awesome adventures. Here are some things that I’m looking forward to this year:

• Continuing my masters, one semester down, three to go. I have a lot of work to do, and I’m hoping 2010 will motivate me to be the best student I can be.
• GETTING MARRIED! and getting a new last name. I love my family to pieces, but I can’t wait to start a family of my own (I promise, your family is going to be jealous of how awesome the Richards’ will be)
• Getting to wake up next to my favorite person every single day this year. 2009 was still a year of long distance dating, but now that we’re together, I can’t imagine living (or even BEING) miles away
• Continuing to explore our new city and all the exciting things it has to offer. Hopefully making so new Philadelphia friends in the process too haha

Cheers!