cheers.

morning, my fellow Christmas/Holiday LOVE-AH'ssssss:)

this time of year is my favorite. Besides my Birthday month. Anddddd our Annual MOA trip. Anyways...I LOVE this time of year. No doubt in the top 5 of my favorite times of the year;)

this year I am working a lot around the holiday's. I can hardly complain (but yet I'm going to;) because I'm now down to 24 hours a week - Auuuuuuuhhhhmazing:) But I've been working all weekend and then helping Jacob cater after work and then I work Christmas Day and New Years and so yeahhhhhh. Not ideal. But hopefully then next year will be much more relaxed.

thankfully, all that working doesn't take too much away from my giddiness about tonight. Tonight we kick off the beginning of many get-together's with family and friends!!!:)

here is our wonderful tree!!! And our wonderful son...with our wonderful tree:) 

it's painful to be SOOOO wonderful;)

whatever your holiday plans are...we hope you're able to spend it with those you love...lots of hugs and happiness...and maybe some wine and beer and cheer and scrumptious sleep-inducing food...and a few amazing gifts in there too....;)

daily happenings:)

there has been a lot of randomness happening around us lately and so I thought I'd sum it up in one post...lengthy, photo-filled post:)

UP crappy-ish/homemade Christmas Cards were made and sent. I'm disappointed in how they turned out this year. Normally we get the puppies together and take a group photo but somehow we got behind this year. I blame our busyness...or a nap I may have took instead...or the baby inside me (good excuse for anything;).

Next year we'll have a precious little baby. So obviously, it'll be amazing;)

UP laying on the couch...watching the cat, watch the Christmas tree:)

UP with this baby on the way...I find myself wanting to get rid of any and ALL things that I haven't looked at in the last year. That means anything IN closets...is currently on the floor outside of them.

and I discovered that I have an addiction to shopping bags;)

UP thanks to my new, and somewhat improved, schedule...I was able to attend one of my Goddaughter's Christmas Concerts! Felt great to see a surprised smile on her face when I walked in!

UP/DOWN more Christmas Concerts:):)

and a little preview of what I have to look forward to when my kids decide they want to be involved..in ANYTHING...

UP/DOWN as of recent, I've been spending a lot of time helping out with the kiddos (kinda;)...always great to get some play time in:)

UP oops. Forgot that I picked up this dandy a few days ago! An old antique dresser for $50! It's going to serve as the dresser/changing table in our baby room. So excited about this purchase.

1/ cause I'm in love with it

2/ i...love it?!

Crap. It rocks and I can't wait to see it refinished! Going to set aside some time to start sanding after the 1st of the year!!:)

UP/DOWN i had a day off last week and spent the entire day PAINTING! Man. I can't hardly believe I actually finished it. I know me...and me normally starts these things and then before you know it, Jacob's waking me up from a nap and I cry to him until he helps me finish it (and by help ME finish it - I mean...he does it while I drink chocolate milk and eat pop tarts;).

SO pat on the back to me...and I loveeeee the color. It's just a super neutral/pale gray. And I seriously lucked out with the color. My normal/actual paint store was closed the day I went to pick up paint and so I just got a gallon at Walmart (gag) and I was so annoyed at even being there that I literally closed my eyes and pointed at a color. PHEW!

I feel like it looks so much more grown up than the old blue color. This is my evil plan to fool the baby into thinking we can care for it;)

Baby's Thinking Process: ahhhh. What a soothing, mature room color. These 2 obviously know what they're doing:)

and that my friends is the quick version of what's been happening;)

SIDE NOTE: OMG. 4 days till Christmas and I'm seriouslyyyyyyyyyyy excited!!!!!

merry merry. joy joy.

a week ago already, we got out the Christmas decor and even found a Christmas tree:) It usually takes much longer but I'm trying to stay on top of things this year.

I'm a HUGE Holiday Lover...so the sooner things can get festive in the house...the happier this little camper is:)

and here is our tree:

we searched/hunted...in the dark:)

we found...it looked rough but it was 'the one', or so Jacob insisted;)

cutting it down took all of 3 seconds. I was lucky to get this shot! I seem to remember this being quite the process as a kid...maybe dad liked to give us a hard time;)

moreeeee posing:):)

and she's up!!!

jacob normally disappears after it's up and in the house but this time it was just him and I and it was so fun. I seriously did nothing. And not by choice. Jacob was shocked to find that I had no 'theme'. No 'organization'. No 'method'. So he pretty much took over. He never ceases to amaze me.

PS. he ended up wanting our theme to be 'white'. White lights on the tree, white lights around the house. This is supposed to represent our wedding, marriage and 1st Christmas together as a married couple. I love his thought process on this;)

the final result. Oh, so pretty:)

and our first gift under the tree. A little pillow for the baby:)

so ready for the holidays:) This will be the first Christmas morning that I have had off in years and I SO look forward to spending it with Jacob and some hot cocoa:)