Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving 2012 is one for the books, afterall it is Baby Girl's FIRST Thanksgiving. 

We spent it with my husbands side of the family. Lots of food, family and football. Doesn't get any better than that. It was so good that I didnt take my camera out once! AGAIN! I have got to start remembering. Good thing we have TWO more Thanksgiving festivities to go before we are done! Tonight and tomorrow. I will be sure to take some pictures then!

Christmas shopping has been started (online) since I am working today ;-) Course baby girl decided to come help me at work. Can you tell lots is getting done?

We will put up our Christmas decorations in the next week or so and then go hunt down a tree (we do real) the 1st or 2nd weekend in December (tradition after all). I am thinking of getting an artificial tree (gasp) for one level and doing the real tree on the other level. I LOVE lights and Christmas decor and our house needs more decorations ... Not sure yet. I may end up buying a tree AFTER Christmas for next year. We'll see! Do you do real or fake, I mean artifical? ;-)

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are so blessed this year, it truly was our most memorable one yet.

Birthdays, Babies and Holidays Oh My

I think 2012 is the Year of the Baby - Not only in bloggy land but all my real life friends and family as well. Both of my siblings had babies this year! Three babies born within three months of each other. Insaneness and so much fun to have these experiences to share with those I love most - my sister and sister-in-law! I cannot wait to watch all three babies grow up together!

My husband turned the big 3-0! We had a BackYard BBQ/Dirty Thirty party. It was a great succcess, everyone had a fabulous time and I forgot to take ONE single picture :( Between running around preparing, hostessing and enjoying the company, my camera or phone didnt get taken out once. I will see if I can commandeer a few photos from family and friends to post for you all. Let me tell you this, the keg was emptied (yes we had a keg at the birthday party) and lots of cocktails were made and enjoyed by everyone - except myself. I still cannot manage to get a drink down without A) Guilt and B) feeling like poo after I manage to drink it. I need to contact some mommies that have this figured out b.c I miss my wine, and margherritas!

I am slowing realizing the holidays are ON us. Where did the time go? Lists have been started, to-do's are being prepared and budgeting is in FULL effect here. This holiday season I am sure will be different and WAY more fun than ever before - I am sad they are here already though. It means time is flying right on bye and I am not ready for my bitty baby to be getting bigger!

Speaking of Christmas - NEED to get on my Christmas cards. Normally every year I am way ahead of the game. This year, not so much. Pictures havent even been taken yet. Shame on me!

Is everyone else ready for holidays? Tis the season!

So What! Wednesday



So What! If

. I am so excited I dont have to work a full 5 day work week in a month!

.The weekend is almost here. I LOVE what I do but this week has been LONG.

.I wish my almost 6 month old baby would get the memo and SLEEP! in longer than 4 hour stretches. I cannot cannot force myself to let her cry it out. But something HAS to give or maybe I should just go to bed as soon as I get home from work!

. The DST was the WORST experience ever. I blame this for our recent BAD sleeping habits! My husband is a walking zombie! He needs his sleep badly or he is a bear!

. Is it sad that I am NOT looking forward to the Thanksgiving Holiday. I LOVE LOVE LOVE holidays but recently they make me miss my family that I dont get to see regularly and we just cant make it work for Thanksgiving this year :(

. On the flip side, I cannot WAIT to celebrate these holidays with our NEWEST and cutest family member. She has some GREAT outfits to wear!

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Fail and SWW

I should have know better than to say I would post daily! Silly me. Let's try this again, I will attempt to post daily and WILL post at least once a week :) On to one of my favorite link-ups...



So What If...

- I hate the spacing on this post but want to get it up today - so well I MAY fix it later.

- Cannot wait for the holiday season. I love them and now I get to start our OWN family traditions with our nugget

- I am NOT waiting for the next phase or stage in Baby Girl's life. I am soaking in EVERY minute of this one.

- I HATE DST. I mean with a passion. I used to LOVE it, not anymore or at least not right now.

- I am not a fan of grocery shopping. My #1 most hated household chore. Vacuuming love, dishes OK, sweeping mopping dusting Great, grocery shopping HATE HATE HATE...

- So ready for another three day weekend. Oh hey - Veteran's Day (celebrated) Monday! YES!

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Here but not really ...

I am present in the bloggy world daily, however I am not really here. As in I dont ever have time to get posts completed and up. I read everyone else's blog posts when nursing, or on my lunch break or any other break when needed :) I just cannot get myself into a routine to post regularly. And this breaks my heart. Why? Because I want my family to have these memories written down. Something to look back on in the coming years.

My grandmother was SO good about scrapbooking - and I mean the scrapbooking for memory sake. Lots of newspaper clippings, photos with notes written next to themtickets, ribbons, whatever reminded her of the memory. I LOVE LOVE LOVE looking back through those books. Since I was fairly young when she passed, I am able to "remember" every memory that included her in our lives. I do remember her, she was a huge part of our life growing up, but I dont remember everything. Through these scrapbooks I can see the things I dont remember. I want that for my children and their children.

So - this month! I AM GOING TO blog EVERYDAY. I am going to be thankful that I can blog and do not have to spend hours cutting out newspaper clippings that have a mention of a family member in them, or time glueing pictures to a book and writing notes.

So for those that have hung around and still follow, I hope you enjoy all of the upcoming posts.

And well because I cannot get enough of this sweet girl of mine :D