The Buerglers

This has been a very big year for our little blog, growing by leaps and bounds.  I'd like to share with you our top eleven blog post of the year. Eleven Anything with the label "debt free" After two and a half years of hard work, we paid off our cars, student loans and credit card debt, and saved up three to six months of living expenses. Ten   My expectations of motherhood Thanks to many tweeting mamas, my confessions on the challenges of being a new mom became one of my most popular posts over night. Nine Our Engagement Story In celebration of our three year engagement anniversary, I posted this link on Facebook and soon had lots of family and friends re-living our special day. Eight  Our Christmas vacation to Vieques Our week long trip to this tiny island of the cost of Puerto Rico afforded us the opportunity to fly in a 10 person plane and to cross "swimming in a bio bay" off the list of 1000 Places to See Before You ...

Living in the same city as our families comes with many, many blessings.  And a lot of holiday get togethers.  With many of our friends slowly moving away from their families in Atlanta, the holidays are also a time to visit with friends who have returned "home" for the week. Having a new baby has gotten us out of a few holiday obligations, but they have been replaced with visiting lots of friends who are in town.  We can't forget all the regularly schedule family traditions. In the weeks leading up to Christmas we had a blast keeping up with old friends, and visiting with family. The excitement began two weeks ago when Joey and Crystal were in town for Joey's family's Christmas . They brought us breakfast and spent a few hours loving on Evie. (Photos courtesy of their blog) That night was the Gingerperson Party  and the rest of the week was quiet other than play dates and doctors appointments. Last weekend began the craziness that is th...

For whatever reason six weeks seems to be a big milestone for babies.  From what I hear if you make it this far, things start to get better...and then again at three months.  We'll see if these rumors hold true! I head to the midwife tomorrow for my six week check up.  Certainly hope I recovered well.  I am feeling pretty good, especially on the days I remember to take all my vitamins, especially the vitamin D. Can you believe our baby girl has been with us that long? (Or that she scratched her face so hard last night that it was bleeding?! Poor thing!)

A few days ago we went over to our friend Alyshia 's to visit for the afternoon.  Evie and I packed up, and my co-worker/friend, Mandi and I drove over to the other side of Atlanta to spend time catching up with our friend. Her kids were napping most of the time we were there so we didn't get to see too much of them, but just as we were getting ready to leave Greg and Maria work up.  They were very skeptical of Evie.  I am pretty certain they were afraid she was going to stay with them. Poor things.  They were clinging to their mommy for dear life. Once they realized Evie was not staying, but in fact, going home with me, they were rather helpful in getting her packed up to go home. Thanks for the kisses, Greg.  Do I hear wedding bells?

It's that time of year again!  Sam hosted his annual Decorate a Ginger Person in Your Likeness Christmas Party.  Even though I've only been to four of the five, it's a tradition that we work the rest of our holiday schedule around. As each year passes, our gingers get a little more detailed. Katie  Buergler Family My uncle and aunt Sam and Katie Eric The rest of the gingers Evie and her Godmother, and Katie with her Godmother! Merry Christmas!

 Evie was due just four days before Thanksgiving.  I made my dad promise that if we were in the hospital for Thanksgiving he would bring me a real turkey dinner so that my holiday wouldn't consist of green jello and mystery meat. Fortunately Evie was born two weeks before her due date. Though still extremely tired and cranky (me, not Evie) we ventured to my parents to visit with family, enjoy a tasty dinner, and celebrate our thankfulness. As usual, my mother outdid herself with the tablescape And we all chipped in for an appetizer lunch (If you look carefully in the top left corner of this picture you can see the pot holders we made my dad a few years ago. He swears those are the best kind and our childhood ones finally bit the dust. Anyway...) And our dinner was delicious, of course. Desserts What's Thanksgiving without the squishy cranberry "sauce" in a can, complete with the can lines on it? Evie and Zach at "the kids tabl...