Joshua's visit

Josh and Christie visited Philly over Thanksgiving. They did a little sight seeing in philly, we enjoyed a super relaxing and quiet Thanksgiving, went to dinner at Teresa's and spent a very cold Saturday in NYC. We had a ton of fun, especially loved getting to know Christie better. Wish we all lived closer : (

Josh and Christie - warm pasta lunch on a cold day in NYC

enjoying our fav restaurant in little italy

central park 

Mom and Dad's Visit

Here are some pictures from Mom and Dad's visit - it was perfect timing during my time off between jobs! And Brian and I got to sneak away for a night in Philly to celebrate our 6th anniversary, Brian's job promotion and my new job while Cian got spoiled by his grammie and pa.

legos with pa

reading stories with grammie

spaghetti dinner / mess while mommy and daddy were away

playing at the elementary playground by our house

tried the merry go round - some tears, we are getting better!

Goodbyes and New Adventures

After 10 months of job hunting, 6 months of talking with Lincoln Financial and 6 rounds of interviews - its time to start my new career adventure! After 17 (!) years of working at advertising agencies, I'm going client side. Very excited as I desperately needed a change.

But with new adventures, come goodbyes. And we know how I hate change. And goodbyes. Leaving my job was easy, but saying goodbye to Cian's first daycare was hard. He's been there since he was 3 months old and the place is awesome. He has his little friends (Rhielan, Sean, Andrew, Molly, and Ellington) that he has known since they were all 12 weeks old.

I cried when I had to tell them Cian was leaving. I cried when I had to pack up his stuff. I cried when his teachers gave me this photo album:

umm, this is the best picture ever!!!!

With every goodbye, comes a hello. So here's to our new adventures and new friends.