i can't believe it's been a year since W proposed!! gosh, that seems like such a long time ago...so much has happened in the last year! SO much. 2004 has been one of the best years so far. i think this will be hard to top.

christmas was fantastic! for christmas eve, we went to W's dad's house where his stepmom created a mexican feast. opened a million presents under the tree and wished A a merry first christmas. it's weird that they fuss so much over the baby's first christmas, when she has absolutely no appreciation for all the fuss that's being created over her. nor for all the great toys she got. i think she was more interested in the ribbon around the gifts than the actual gifts themselves. go figure.

christmas day, my parents came over to our house for dinner. this would be the first time i ever cooked for my parents. ever! the weird thing is, i love to cook, but my mom is the best cook in the world, and i would never even dream of competing with her. so she cooks, and we all eat. but this time, it was my turn. and thankfully, my traditional turkey dinner turned out quite nice. altho, i'll admit i was a bit nervous, being that i've a) never cooked a whole turkey in my life and b) was using a new roasting pan i've never used before so had no idea if i was even doing it right. and my chocolate pecan pie (my second time ever baking it) came out so good, i think that will be my one yearly tradition. i may bake it more often than just christmas, cuz it's deeeeelicious! we all ate so much, and everyone was happy. we opened up our gifts and called it a night. it was a really nice evening. entertaining is so much fun! and we have lots of leftovers, which is my favorite part about cooking big meals!

well, i'll save my year-end wrap up for another time. now that we have our pictures from our photographer, our new project is to tackle those thank you cards...yea.