Spring is Here!!!

I know it's been quite a while since my last posting but I could simply not bear putting my mundane, work-driven, lack of a social life diatribe on here...really, how exciting is that? I am still working a lot, but have found some balance.

The big news is that Cory is pregnant! I am so excited to be an aunt, and now that she is into her 2nd trimester we can all breathe a little easier and look forward to the new addition to our family. Here is a picture of my niece or nephew-we keep calling Peanut 'He'...so we just have to wait another 8 weeks! It's pretty amazing that you can have such clarity so early on. My Dad sent out a "Top Ten Reasons Cory & Matt are not running the Chicago Marathon" announcement to tell their friends.

Other than preparing to be an Aunt-I have made some friends who are really fun, down-to-earth and have similar interests. We have been bowling, dinner parties complete with dance party, wine drinking, etc. I met Shelley through one of our new brokers, and we really hit it off. She and her husband, Joe are great-and they have good friends and a solid family. This weekend we are bowling for Nadine's birthday on St. Patrick's Day! I am still attending Mclean Bible church, but I am also interested in finding an Episcopal Church for some liturgical grounding and something a little smaller than MBC.

Next weekend I am off to Chicago for a few days. We have Olena's baby shower, The Shamrock Shuffle 10K (I am running as a bandit), shopping and then we are going to a taping of Oprah on Tuesday! I am keeping my fingers crossed for a 'Favorite Things' or Bobbi Brown episode...hopefully nothing on sex predators or prostitution...

That's all for now...but GO TERPS! They play this afternoon!