December Update

So it's been a while since I posted. Seriously, life has been busy! 

For anyone who doesn't know, I own a small engineering and surveying company, Civil Tec Engineering & Surveying PC. Our office had been in Orange County, NY and was about a 30 minute commute. A lot of the newer work we had been picking up had been closer to home and in Rockland County. So my partners and I decided to open an office down here which means I now have a commute that ranges from about 5-8 minutes! I never realized how much planning was needed to open an office. Between carpet installation, painting, moving furniture, buying new furniture and computers, having the computer wiring completed, even silly things like buying cleaning supplies and a new toilet paper holder! The last few weeks have involved lots of moving related tasks, but we are finally moved into the new office and my computer is up and running! Now we just need to keep the work flowing :)

We've also been busy chasing R around. He's crawling and cruising while holding on to things. He manages to get into everything! It's a lot of fun seeing him learning more and growing, but I am very scared of how fast he's going to be when he starts to walk!

R's 1st birthday is coming up quickly too so there has been lots of party planning! I cannot believe my little boy is getting so big and is going to be 1. It really has gone so fast! Since we're a big Disney family, we had to go with a Disney themed party. Nick was able to design the invitations on Photoshop and then we had them printed. We've also been working on some centerpieces thanks to some Pinterest inspiration. I'll share pictures after the party :)

December also means holidays of course. We started the holiday season by hosting Thanksgiving at our house. It's nice to be able to have both of our families together so we don't have to alternate sides each year. Thankfully everyone pitches in since I am not much of a cook! Due to R's interest in touching everything that he shouldn't, we've opted to keep our holiday decorating to a minimum. The thought of trying to keep him away from decorations was not a fun one. But he'll have enough celebrating between 8 nights of Hanukkah and all of Christmas! 

I keep thinking that things will calm down after vacation, after the holidays, but I'm starting to think that maybe busy is just our new normal...