♥ Home again ♥

 MERRY BELATED CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

We are finally home again and boy, does it feel it good!! 

I loved our three weeks in Florida and we got to do and see and eat a lot of good stuff in addition to much wanted family time... but home is home. Ain't no getting around it. :)

So basically I've slept almost the entire day... not really jet lag per say, just happy to be in my own bed and enjoying cuddling with my big Koda bear and sleeping off three weeks of being on the go. 

I guess now that I've come clean to all my friends and family, I can post it here as well... 

This family is growing by one little girl as of June!! :)

.........so not sure if that explains why I was a HORRIBLE blogger last fall... talk about all day every day  "morning" sickness!!! Luckily that went away just in time for our trip and I was able to enjoy the time there to the fullest! :)

We had such an eventful trip (mainly shopping, lol!) but here are some highlights. 

Honestly, I didn't take many pictures. What can I say, I've seen it all a million times before so not much there seems special to me. Therefore, I passed on plenty of touristy shots. :D 

We celebrated Christmas Eve in South Florida Finnish style at my sister's with her family and my brother and his family. :)

Before the evening's festivities, hubby and I got up early and went to the beach to watch the sunrise. 

 

We celebrated Christmas morning in Northern Florida with my in-law's. It was our Baby Nephew's first Christmas and everyone outdid themselves with the presents! I think we all got pretty spoiled! :D 

After Christmas hubby headed for a mini trip to Maine to see relatives and I met my sister in Upstate New York to see my godmother. Here are a couple snapshots from where we stayed as well as the granny square blanket completed!!!

This picture doesn't do the colors and justice, but as you can see, it was a gray day. She loved the blanket as well and I think as a sometime crocheter, she understood what I meant when I said I crocheted it with her in mind and love and well wishes put into every stitch. 

 

After our respective trips, we continued spending time with my in-laws in Orlando.

I took lots of pictures of my nephews, including the furry one, Harley. :)

And I was amazed by this crazy huge flock of birds at my mother-in-law's house. They were some kind of little bird and there were soooo many of them swooping around in a cloud! Here they just look like little black specks, go figure. :D

And that's it. All the photos I took that weren't people pictures. I guess it was just one of those vacations. Like I said, it's hard to take pictures of things that are so ordinary to you. Especially when Florida is not a naturally beautiful state (besides the beach of course!). 

Ah, so back to daily life. 

I've graduated. Should probably get a job. Ick! ;)

I'm pregnant. Should probably start crocheting some girly stuff! (YAYYY!)

And I'm home... which means things are as they should be. :)

Hope your new year is off to a great start and only good things are to come!!

I think 2013 has a lot of good in store for me!! :)