coffeeisgreen: January recap

This month was one giant case of cabin fever. Mother Nature has been unleashing havoc all across the world and our punishment was snow...and LOTS of it. Today it was more like the entire city became an ice rink. Too bad I don't own a pair of skates. Would have been useful for the walk to the train station this morning!

The month started off with Dorothy's wedding on the 1st, which I blogged about. Great way to kick off the new year. We got a visit from this cutie that day too.

Family time is always a plus.

There was dinners with my goofball sister...

And as always, trips to Brooklyn.

You can tell how cold it is based on the window.

But as cold as it is, there is still beauty everywhere.

I got to hang out with this cutie.

Even though the poor monkey wasn't feeling too well :(

On another visit to Brooklyn, Stephen joined us. "Uncle Stephen! Uncle Stephen!" Johnny yelled when he came in,

He keeps all his train cars in there.

And of course, no Brooklyn visit is complete without a trip to Roll N Roaster!

On the 23rd, I went to the bridal shower for John's sister, Diana. I was seated with a group of the funniest ladies, including an almost 3 year old, who is really just the most hilarious little girl I've ever met! So there definitely was entertainment to go around (i.e they were joking they could have a stripper there in 20 minutes if they pooled all their money together! Even funnier because of their age.) Here are some pictures of this affair. The details were so thought out too.

Yes, this was seriously the cake!

How adorable is she! I feel like she's giving me attitude here. Gotta love her!

Soon to be Mr & Mrs with their mothers.

How to keep Johnny quiet...stick an iPod in front of him.

Those flowers in the background are actually pens!

We had a toilet paper bride contest. One woman represented each table. Ours was the redhead! Isn't her dress fabulous?

Our table had worked very hard on her.

Although she didn't win, she kept hers on long after everyone else tore theirs off!

The bridal party.

If this shower was a preview of the wedding, April 9th is certainly a date to look forward to! :)

We also celebrate two big birthdays this month: my mom's (the 14th) and my Oma's (the 19th).

My mom looks SO thrilled to be having a birthday, haha.

And Alex was looking huge!

For Oma's 69th birthday, we had another gathering. Alex was under the weather so she sat this one out but we had two cakes for Oma. Hey, it's her last year in the 60s!

Oma & Opa <3

All you have to do is stick scratch offs in her card and she's a happy camper!

Speaking of births, a big congratulations to my friends Matt & Christy on the birth of their daughter Alexandria! She was born on January 11 and Stephen, Joe, Jonathan and I went to visit them the following day.