Christmas at the Compound

We had a great time on our winter vacation this year! This year, we spent Christmas with Alex's family in Chestertown, Md. It was lovely meeting The Ray's! John, Betsy, Ben, Trixie, Sharon, Michele, Kyle and Scotchy were extremely welcoming and made me feel right at home. It was a little different for me as this was my first Christmas away from my family. Being that they are so special and kind, The Rays didn't forget anything and even Darcy got a gift to play with on Christmas Day! We spent the afternoon eating, drinking Sherry and watching home videos of Mr. Ray in his Penn days...The slide show was great also....they warned me that it was long, but I didn't care....I wanted to see all 25 slides of Ben, Alex and Trixie and their vacations every year in the Bahamas. Such a lovely piece of their family that they shared with me and now it is part of my Christmas tradition as well. I'm already looking forward to next year and those rum drinks!!!

Living in Sin is so scandalous!!!!

Alex moved into my apartment a few weeks ago. Week 1 was pretty easy as Alex was away on business 4 out of the 7 days. Heeehhheeee. Once he got back, we had a few days to spend together and then Week 2 was already over due to each of us going home for Thanksgiving...Once we got back we were finally able to settle in and get down to business.  I was able to reorganize the closet, shift some shelves around and make room so that the both of us could have plenty of space for our things. Since that has happened, Weeks 3 and 4 have been wonderful. We are both getting used to the idea of coming home every night to each other. We've had some kinks here and there...Alex opening the blinds and pulling down the curtains and rod that Jenny and I just installed. Within 5 minutes of that happening, Alex broke the handle off of the toilet so we couldn't flush the normal way for about 3 days. Then there are the banana peels. Alex eats bananas like its nobodies business. I fully support this, however, he has a habit of leaving banana peels around the house. In the kitchen and on the coffee table...banana peels...I don't think he even realizes he does it..and its actually pretty funny when you think about it because I'm sure every girl out there has their own banana peel story.
In any case, I did not flip out about it...I simply asked if he could do his best to make a point to throw them away. He said yes and whats done is done.

Its wonderful waking up to the person you love. I never knew what anyone meant when they said this. One of the greatest parts of my day starts in the morning waking up with him and ends at night when we go to sleep. We have meals together, work out together, go out together and don't get sick of each other. How is that possible? Whatever the case, its simply wonderful and I couldn't be happier.

In addition to our happiness, the real winner in all of this is Darcy. Darcy and Alex are best buds. She goes simply nuts for him and literally starts barking as soon as he gets off of the elevator because she is so excited to see him.
Fun and games time usually is in the morning and again when Alex gets home at night. She has literally nudged her way in so that she is between the both of us at all times. While we sleep she burrows herself in the bed and makes sure she is under the covers so that she is strategically placed between us.

So far we are all big fans of living together.....its a preview of our new family and I'm looking forward to it expanding!!!!