Happy Birthday Rommie!!

Happy 28th Birthday to the Essamas good friend Rommie! Can't wait to celebrate with a Skins victory on Sunday night!

Wedding Video!

I am rather proud of my technological prowess in figuring out how to upload the highlight montage of our wedding to YouTube. So sit back and enjoy!

History

All I can say about the election on Tuesday is Wow. Regardless of your political affiliation it was history making and incredible to see the enormous crowds in Chicago and all the spontaneous celebrations around the country and the world. It was really interesting to see and cool that we are a part of history. I didn't even grow up in the 60s, but I never thought I'd see a black president. And to see all the African Americans (and other Americans and people around the world) who were so emotional and touched by Obama's election was really cool to witness. I teared up a little too. It really was incredible.

I don't know about you guys but I plan on going to the inauguration, sorry work! :-) This is one of those times when living in DC (and by living in DC I mean I really live far away in the suburbs but it's close enough that I can pretend like I'm still cool and have a life) has it's bonuses!!

Ha, look at what I just found on Google Images:

Bella's First Halloween

Since we don't have kids [yet], you all will have to settle for ridiculous pictures of our poor dog in costume on her First Halloween. I personally think she really enjoyed her costume, once she stopped struggling while I put it on her. The hat was a must. Belinga was not very pleased at what I was subjecting her to, but what does he know??

If you would rather see cute real babies, please see here and here. Oh and here's a bonus of our friend Renea and Trey's baby, Graham. Dying of cuteness!!!

Long Overdue Big Congrats!!

Congratulations to Jacqueline and Todd who completed the Marine Corps Marathon last weekend on a beautiful fall day. Big props for all their months of training--you guys are awesome!!!

6 Months Ago Today...

April 19, 2008...

6 Months later...



Today marks our 6 month anniversary and I realize many of you will scoff and say "6 months? Who cares?" but nevertheless it's a milestone! We had a fun time going up to Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland where we hiked a 5 mile trail that we swore was probably closer to 10 miles. But it was a gorgeous fall day and the scenery was very pretty! And it wore Bella out, finally!

Here are a couple more pics from our hike:

We followed up our very tiring hike with dinner at The Palm restaurant...mmmm filet oscar, yum!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Hooray for Lauren and Andrew!

My friend Lauren's husband is finally back on US soil permanently after a long 15 months (the first 15 months of their marriage no less!) in Afghanistan. Congrats Lauren and Andrew--glad you made it back safely and can't wait to meet you!