I am sitting on my couch after a glass of wine and piece of pecan chocolate tart.  I turned on the NGHFB's DVD and I think I'm ready to write a post!

Today was Bennett's 4th Birthday that came with all of the cliche "my baby is growing up" feelings.  We took him to a very overwhelmingly huge train show in Denver and he did pretty well.  I can see where he gets some of his crowd anxiety moments.  There were multiple times I just wanted to run out of that building, but we all made it through and had some fun.  He opened his presents first thing this morning and has been loving his new trains the most.  Bernie had to work this afternoon/evening, so the rest of our festivities have been laid back.  I made cupcakes and Bennett blew out the candles.  I recorded a video while I was singing Happy Birthday.  He then watched it about a dozen times.  Every time it ended, he pushed play and said "I want to listen to Mama singing to me again!" Awwwwwww....

I don't think I wrote about the surprise birthday party Bernie through for me last month.  It was really a special day, one of those that I will always remember.  Marlena was able to drive down and we had a great time hanging out.  It also reminded me that I have made some great friends since moving to Colorado.  30 generally feels pretty good, no complaints on the aging front at the  moment.  But I suppose I better take my own gerontologist advice and remember how relative age is.

That's a lot of birthday talk.  They come fast and close together around here.  It won't be long until Bernie turns 35 on January 15th.

I have been running consistently and doing some exercise stuff on the Wii.  Pre-Thanksgiving-binge-fest, I was down below 140.  I'm feeling in decent shape and am excited to build on that for the rest of the winter.  I've conquered a couple of 5 mile runs and hope to increase the distance as my hips/knees allow.

My mom is talking about coming down in December.  Bernie and I are hoping to sneak out town for a night or two, maybe just to Boulder or the mountains.  We'll have to wait and see how her dates line up with Bernie's days off.  She likes to wait until the very last moment to see if she can get a cheap ticket.