Ben and I are in the capital city of Reykjavik, Iceland celebrating the New Year. We got here on December 29th, and we’re heading back to the States today, January 3rd. Since we arrived here, it has been one awesome adventure after another. We love it!
Well, today was my birthday (and to you would-be identity thieves who are reading this blog collecting personal data, my mother's maiden name is Melville and my first pet was named Twig). I woke up this morning to Arianna rubbing my face so she could sing Happy Birthday to me. Then I got the greatest birthday present ever: my wife and family all pooled together to buy me an afternoon flying a helicoptor! A real one, not a radio-controlled one. Complete with pilot/trainer and slim chance of crashing to my death. It's gonna be awesome! Do I have a fantastic wife or what?
Immediately upon returning from Christmas break, Melina was recruited for a great research position at a certain international biotechnology company based here in St Louis. It was a contract position for three months, during which time we were pretty busy juggling both of our schedules. But now Melina is back with Arianna at home and I have a lighter school schedule. So we can afford to spend more time updating our blog for the rest if you.
November has been an exciting month for us. First off, Ben's sister, Rachel, got married on the 7th, and we got to be there for the wedding in Virginia. Arianna was the flower girl at the wedding, and was so cute! She was doing really well before she face planted into the grass; but, she's always good for a quick recovery, and was happy to make her way up the rest of the aisle in mom's arms. Here are a few pictures from that happy day.