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Here’s what’s made me smile this week:

• Sweet Siku, who I need to hold right now. Gah! His cute little tongue kills me every time!!
• I’ve watched Bert the Cat multiple times on repeat. So funny.
• The wedding album we designed and gave to our parents for Christmas turned out amazing and were absolutely loved by their recipients. Preview – or even buy if you’re feeling overwhelmed with awe and generosity! – our wedding album, wedding weekend album, or honeymoon album on Blurb. They’re even available in iBook format!
• On Monday night we drove to Florence, Kentucky and treated ourselves to a feast of Famous Dave’s BBQ (mmm brisket…) and sweet tea. It was just about the best meal ever. Hit the spot after my long, insanely busy day at work! We even witnessed some excitement on the way there when a car and trailer carrying race horses collided at the intersection right in front of us. Horses and people, though shaken up, were all okay.
• I won a wicked game of Monopoly (except it was the catopoly version, obviously) against Ted. This is huge because I never, ever win board or Wii games against the man, but this time I clobbered him! HA.
• Reading everyone’s Christmas cards that arrived while we were in Texas. I love opening and enjoying lots of pretty cards and well-wishes all at once! It’s like wedding part 2!
• Christmas presies! We are so appreciative of all the goodies from our sweet friends and family. I’ve already worn these amazing, comfortable, warm, and super handsome Sorel rain shoes that my parents got me for living in rainy Cincinnati. Love them. Ted gave me the choice of any two items off my wish list, and now I just have to decide which two I want the most! We’ve been marathon watching Ballykissangel, a hilarious 1990s Irish TV series, gifted to us from my sister and her family, and we’re both psyched to use our new biking water bottles when we make a bike trip this spring, among other awesome presents from the rest of our fam. And Ted finally got his nice authentic Packers jersey – a throwback uniform Charles Woodson one from me, and an engraved pocket knife from my parents. But the gift we enjoyed the most was spending Christmas in Texas with the people we love!
• Saturday is New Years Eve, which means our tradition of staying in with lots of tasty eats, funny movies, a festive celebratory drink, and epic battles of Wii Party in our pajamas is ON, even if we’re in Cincinnati and our annual NYE dates (Ted’s sister and family) are in Milwaukee. That’s the joy of Wii – it connects over the internet so we can still play against each other and make it happen!
• My sparkly blush and silver New Years Eve nails! I did them myself and they don’t look like someone gave a donkey glitter. It’s the small things in life :-)

• We’re incredibly blessed to be warm, safe, dry, fed, employed, and loved this holiday season. And we all have each other. What better reason to smile?

What are you smiling about this week?