Christmas with Tina

Did I mention we LOVE our new camera?!  Tina is so much fun!  Again, not super savvy with all of her tricks yet, but she's awesome!  Now that I have some pictures uploaded I'll let her speak for herself now with a 2012 Christmas recap.

New Year, New Toys

In review, our Christmas was dazzling!  We enjoyed lots of family (both Lords and Borup), laughs, some snow, and loved watching Brin experience the magic of the season.  And, we even got out with a few pretty awesome new "toys".

Item 1: Actual toys. Brinlee adores all of her new stuff.
Item 2: Insanity workout.  Arrived today, to begin Monday.  So far I am not completely motivated...
Item 3: Sewing Machine.  This one was actually gifted to us.  Well, to me really.  And I am SO excited!  Thank you Reed and Melody!  I already have a list of projects I can't wait to start!
Item 4: New Camera!  Her name is Tina and we love her.  She is a Canon EOS Rebel T4i and I know pretty much nothing about her.  Tim does a bit better.  But, even in our photography ignorance we captured Brin's first Christmas better than our other camera would have done.

Today we took down our Christmas tree and replaced it with a list of 2013 plans.  I told Tim a while back that this year I wanted to turn over a new leaf.  After seeing the list he says it's more like we're turing over a whole new tree... may be true.  We ended up with quite a few leaves.  By the end of the year we should have a beautiful looking tree though.  I'm pretty excited.

How blessed we feel to be entering the new year healthy, happy, and together.

2013. Here's lookin' at you kid!

Nurse's Note: Family Documentation

Not many of you may know this, but every nurse is at least bilingual.  

It's true.  

Medical profession folk are blessed with the ability to speak in legal documentation.

It's kind of fun actually.  The whole point of the language is to think of the most unnatural way to say something, and then type it for permanent record purposes.  Most of the time it's just time consuming and awkward.  But I have wondered at times what a night of my life would sound/look like if I were to document it the way I would a hospital note...

Dinner prepared and eaten without incident or complication.  Husband compliant with dish-duty at this time, encouraged to call for assistance as needed.  Angel baby in bed sleeping soundly, no s/s of distress or discomfort.  Dry diaper on, pacifier within reach.  Toys put away, baby monitor on and functioning.  Clean clothes folded, front door locked, Christmas tree lights glowing.  Warm pajamas applied and hot chocolate brewing as per wife request.  Husband and wife enjoying eachother's company. No complaints or further needs noted at this time.

Even in awkward nursing note language my life sounds pretty awesome.  Seriously, SO blessed!

The Four Seasons

As far as I know, the elementary school curriculum is still teaching that the four seasons of the year are Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.  However, those receiving the Borup family education learn that the four seasons of the year are

Spring,

Summer,

Soup,

and Christmas Music

It is no secret that (understatement alert) I am not the biggest fan of cold weather.  But I am however a huge fan of the things that cold weather brings and absolutely love this time of year!  It's just magical, don't you think?

We sadly have not seen much snow yet. But we have enjoyed several pots of tummy-friendly soup and have been playing/singing (/dancing to, but wouldn't admit it) Christmas music as much as we can.  It's the recipe for insta-happy home, I recommend it to everyone.

Happy Soup and Christmas Music season from our happy family to yours.  We hope it brings you as many smiles as it has for us!

6 Month Sweetie

On November 4th Miss Brin was half-a-year old.  Yesterday she was 7 months.
And I have decided that the world has never seen a cuter baby.
That little round angel is by far the most wonderful thing there ever was!

I rest my case.
She is completely monopolizing the role of entertainer at our house, I don't think we've ever smiled so much.  It's fantastic!  This mama and dada couldn't be happier!

Thanks Jaylene for the fabulous photos!

To-Do's and Done's

I took a brief hiatus from blogging in hopes that I would be more motivated to get a couple unfinished projects taken care of.  Productivity Report: none of those projects are done... apparently I need some practice focusing.

We did however successfully enjoy a few trick-or-treaters, Tim's 25th birthday, Brinlee's 6 month birthday, Thanksgiving, a few games of Tetris, a delicious pie, and lots of baby cuddles.

Not a bad list of "all done's".  Which makes me feel less worried (as if I was worried) about the "not done's".  A trade-off I can be totally happy with.  And yes, my "to-do" list has been tucked away, yet again, where I can't see it.  I'll pull it out and look at it again sometime...
later...
perhaps