Winter Wonderland

We're up in Milwaukee for Christmas. We decided to leave a day early so that we would improve our chances for not having to drive through a snow storm. I didn't realize all the snow that was already on the ground - we will definitely be having a white Christmas!

bye bye baby bed

This week, we had the chance to catch up with Maia & Patri via the webcam. Maia made us some coffee and eggs for an after dinner night cap. Owen could care less about the virtual meal but was much more into Maia's bed. After we said goodbye, we began the nighttime ritual. As he said night, night to us and every inanimate object, he insisted on sleeping on his big choo-choo bed. We've officially have moved on - now if potty training was just that simple...hmmm.

a little more asian

Last night, we were at our first Christmas White Elephant party of the season. It was with a group of Asian leaders (and spouses) within our company. Tom decided to give himself a temporary new last name for the evening so we were Tom & Wendy Gong for the night :)

The group still is learning what White Elephant gift really means...we walked away with a $25 gift certificate to Beluga, a trendy sushi restaurant in Hyde Park. It's definitely the nicest white elephant gift I've received. I would've like to have seen their first White Elephant party, someone was telling me that people were gifting VERY nice gifts like Mikasa crystals.