christmas in philadelphia

Dan and I decided to take this dreary Sunday and drive into the city to see the light show and Dicken's Village at Macys. We've done it almost every year (maybe every?) since 2010 so it's a nice little tradition we've got going on. Luckily the rain held out except for a couple drops and it was weirdly warm - almost 70! We talked around the Christmas Village at Love Park as well and did a lap or two around Reading Terminal Market. Dan even took me for a cheesesteak after!

the most delicious pretzels! 

isn't he so cute? :)

soda break at Reading Terminal Market!!

i think the light show is pretty lovely. i can't wait to take a kid there one day

yum!!

Merry Christmas!

blogging again!

Life has definitely gotten very busy.... and I really have no excuse for not blogging. But apparently my blog has some demanding readers (ha!) so I figured it would be great to start this baby back up again, especially with Christmas right around the corner!

Well, we moved into our house! We've basically fixed up the whole thing (with a huge thanks to Dan's parents who built me a kitchen and new bedroom and to my dad who also has helped and let us use his truck to move things). The kitchen is not QUITE done, still some painting left to do and random other things but its usable!

The yellow is actually VERY cool - warm and happy! The lighting and crappy iphone quality makes it look sort of bright! I absolutely LOVE our new kitchen.

And we have a TV room.

It's a mess (when is my living arrangements not a mess?) but you get the idea :)

We also have a bathroom...

And here is OUR bedroom.... sorry for the unmade bed :)  Max likes to sleep there during the day!

That is messy too.... but mostly because I am still trying to figure out where to put things! And we need curtains......   but a Container Store is opening up near us soon so I'll be checking that out to look for good and nice boxes and organizational tools .....

We have a laundry room...

I've never been so happy to do my own laundry.......

There are also two other bedrooms but they are not done and are just filled with things from the apartment. So you'll get to see those another day.

And last but not least.... OUR SUNROOM!!!

I think this is my favorite part! Can't wait to have a party or two here...

And our backyard!

Plus I asked made Dan put up Christmas lights!

We're so excited to finally be homeowners! It's exciting and scary but we hope to be here for a long time. And Max likes it too.

Expect this blog to be updated each week (I PROMISE!!!)   :) :)