Christmas

this is a post from ohhhh. December. 

i suck at blogging.

{also: please excuse the terrible iphone pictures.}

since we are now east coasters going home for the holidays is a little harder than it used to be.

as a first year analyst, Mr. Larsen has been working hard for the money.

so hard for it honey.

first year analysts aren't supposed to take very many days off. and by very many, i mean any.

so let me rephrase that.

first year analysts aren't supposed to take any days off.

bummer.

we also learned that doing Christmas the "normal way" is a little hard to do in the city.  

you cannot just drive to the mountains and cut down the most beautiful tree you find.

no..we settled for a small faux tree this year...mainly because it is all we could fit in our studio apartment.

 our cutie pie tree topper from anthropologie

 i secretly love it.

 this is a picture of our first skiff of snow on our little island.

we didn't do most of the normal Christmas time things.

we sent out our Christmas cards to all of our loved ones back home and made holiday plans for the east coast.

Mr. Larsen has family in Maryland.

they are so sweet to us, and welcomed us into their home for our first Christmas away.

we had so much fun being in an actual house, eating yummy food, and spending time with family.

even though i was so sad to be away from my family on Christmas morning...(which just so happened to be the first time in my life)...Mr. Larsen's relatives totally filled that void and made my Christmas magical. 

 Christmas Eve gift from my family <3

i wore my holiday bow

 Mr. Larsen's aunt had stockings made for us

 relaxing by the Christmas tree

Mr. Larsen had fun being with his cousins and spent a little too much time goofing off.

after all of these magical holiday events took place we then endured ....{this}.....now you can get an idea of the time line I am working on at the moment.