Fa La La La La.....

I swear I feel like as soon as I start truly getting in the Christmas spirit, it's over! We had a wonderful Holiday.We started off at David's parents on Christmas Eve, we ate and ate and then we ate some more! Great food. After church service we came back, ate (yes,seriously) and then exchanged gifts. It was a smaller crowd than we are usually used to but it was still great. Saturday morning we woke up, ate breakfast and headed to Seven Lakes to Mom, Dad & Jason. Mom surprised us with stockings! Stockings have always been my absolute favorite part of Christmas morning...We had a great day of games and food and wine and just enjoying eachother. I have said it before and I will say it again...I have a great family! Sunday we woke up to a lot of snow that was still coming down so we took off very early as to not get snowed in. The drive that normally takes us  an hour and fifteen minutes took us 3 hours!

We leave for our cruise in 10 days!! I.CANNOT.WAIT!

Baby Fever

Because I am not "with child" yet I don't want to openly blog about how much I friggen can't wait to be pregnant. At least a   million hundred times a day I think about what our life will be like once we do get pregant, like how we are going to tell our parents, what will the moment we see a "positive" on the stick feel like it- everything. One of the things I think about often is how in the hell am I going to keep it from friends and co-workers for at least 3 months?! How do people do it. I mean the first time I go somewhere and I don't have a glass of wine in my hand people will obviously know! Work will obviously know if I am having morning sickness and look like crapola in the morning...I mean seriously, how do people do it? We already talked about the fact that we will tell our family right away, I mean duh, they are our family and I think they would know better to post anything on facebook etc. This brings up another question, how will we tell them, who will we tell first? If we have a dinner and invite David's parents and my parents they will surely know what it's for but I want a  bigger WOW factor...so this will take some scheming. I was eating dinner last night and the craziest thing came across my mind...I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT A BABY THAT HAS HALF OF ME AND HALF OF DAVID WILL LOOK LIKE! I mean to think of that is mind blowing!

So here I am with full blown baby fever, I mean I hear people talk about when you are ready, you are ready but who knew it would be like this. Stay tuned.

Tis' The Season

Christmas.Snuck.Up. Wow, this December has been so action packed! We have been to Christmas party after Christmas party and I have been working more and more at the wine shop. I am not complaining but it definitely makes the days speed by. Next week is Christmas and we will have another packed week. We are having dinner with David's parents on Thurday night and then celebrating Christmas Eve with them like last year then we will wake up early and head to Seven Lakes for the night. I love the holidays but I so wish there was away to be with my parents and David's parents Christmas Eve. I think I have missed Christmas Eve two times in my whole life. Jason and I would go to sleep and I would wake him up super early so we can open our stockings and then wait patiently for Mom and Dad to wake up. Of course as we "grew up" it got later and later and now that I am married things are definitely different. David and I will start our own traditions.

This year we decided with my family to go on a trip vs. buying presents for eachother. We always end up spending so much money and getting "things" that we really don't need, we thought why not go on a family trip together. We leave Jan. 7th for a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas, the ship leaves out of Charleston. I am SOOO EXCITED I could pee my pants. Not only am I looking forward to much needed time off work but I am looking forward to a real family vacation with David, Mom, Dad, Jason and Julie. This is probably (fingers crossed) going to be the last vacation we take all together without a baby on board. I can't wait to gamble,drink,eat,swim,play Mexican train and relax! And who knows maybe we'll come back from the trip with more than a tan....

Happy Birthday Love

My wonderful Husband turned 31 yesterday and we celebrated with a wonderful "Sunday Funday Party"...The menu:
-Nacho Cheese Fountain with all the "fixins" to make the perfect nachos
-Sabrett hot dogs to make the PERFECT cheese dog
-Corn Salad
-Bruschetta Pasta Salad
-Veggie Tray
-Homemade Coleslaw
And for dessert I made mini cupcakes, brownies and cookies

I truly failed at getting a  picture of the nacho cheese fountain in all it's glory. The party was a success and we had a great turnout. I was able to clean most of the kitchen before we went to sleep but there are still dishes waiting for me to get home :(

I can't believe my husband is 31,the years have been flying by. I can truly say I fall in love with him more and more with every year that passes.This Thursday will mark our 2 year anniversary from the day he proposed. WOW!

Christmas Book Advent Calendar

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I think this is such a cool idea for when kids are a little older and can a.) read and b.) unwrap something. 

When I was younger before December would start  my Grandmother would always get all the grandchildren an advent calendar. Starting in December we would  open a little window each day and get a piece of chocolate, it was always so exciting because it started hat "countdown to Christmas" anticipation!

This idea is to use 24 Christmas books that are wrapped and you unwrap one every day and read it. the books can be used over every year and it could be a great tradition!

...I think I need to go buy an advent calendar today

December 1st

Wow, I just can't believe how quickly this year is going by! David and I have been married for almost 9 months, it's almost Christmas!  Thanksgiving was wonderful, I think I really just loved having the 4 days off work-well kinda. I worked at the wine shop from 12-5 but that's not really like work anyway! We got our tree up and decorated, decorated the rest of the house and just relaxed, it was wonderful. Last night I went and got my hair cut and colored, it is the first time I have ever gotten all over color, I was a little nervous but I LOVE it and it's exactly what I needed to make me feel refreshed and ready for the Holidays ahead. This Sunday is David's birthday and I am throwing a party for him at the house, we will have about 20-25 people and I am even pulling out the nacho cheese fountain. I will try to remember to take some worthwhile pictures but for now I will leave you with a horrible phone pic of my new "look"