Christmas Photos

Here are some of the photos we took for Christmas this year. We have had our tree up since early November and are really enjoying it. Ian usually does not bother it since it is in the front living room.

You can see four of Ian's teeth in this picture. Now he has seven!! Luckily he has stopped biting me while he eats...not to say he has stopped biting us at other times. We've decided that his mouth must be his main sense because he is always putting everything in there. He even licks the couch as he stands up most of the time!

Thanksgiving Weekend

We hosted Thanksgiving at our new house this year. We had Nate's parents, his sister's family and his brother's family for a total of 17. I had fun decorating the tables and making place settings for everyone.

We used our vinyl machine to cut out everyone's name. I thought they turned out very nice, and the kids were excited for the candy inside!

Nate and his dad intently looking through all of the Black Friday ads. I think Nate's dad spent more time than the rest of us combined! Nate and I went out early on Friday after 2 1/2 hours of sleep (thanks Ian!) while Nate's mom watched Ian.

The cousins playing in our back yard. It was a pretty nice day and we didn't have any snow to worry about yet.

Me cutting up my first turkey. I soaked the turkey in a brine in a big bucket in the fridge overnight so that it would be nice and moist. It wasn't quite as moist as I had hoped, but it was a lot better than some of the turkeys I have had in the past. It also had a good flavor.

Everyone playing Rock Band.

We had a great time having everyone over for the holiday. It helped remind us of all the things we are grateful for.

Family

We are hosting it at our house this year and have 14 people coming over. Wish us luck!! I just love the holidays when you can get together with your family and eat good food. It's a win, win situation! Speaking of family, last night I had a dream about Nate. He was sick with something and he ended up dying. I was so distraught and sad. I woke up all sweaty and my heart was racing and I had tears in my eyes. It just reminded how short life can be and how much Nathan, Ian and the rest of my family and friends mean to me. I love you all!

High Five!

Nate recently taught Ian how to give a high five and clap his hands together. The other day at church, Nate was holding Ian and someone came up to them and held out their hand, Ian then slapped their hand like giving them a high five.

Giveaways

My sister-in-law over at Making Life Sweet is having a week full of giveaways. Her button is on my side bar so go over and check it out. She is giving away $25 in Scentsy that ends today. The coupon binder giveaway ends tomorrow, you can also win $30 to Custom Crochet or $300 worth of coupons.

My Workin' Man

Last night, Nate wanted to get into the crawl space to have a look around since he hadn't been down there since moving in. I was playing with Ian and glanced over and saw Nate wearing his garb. I wanted to get a picture cause it's not everyday that he wears clothes like this. (Although this is not the first time Nate has been in a crawl space...he used to do it quite often for his Dish installation job). He wouldn't pose for me, but I got a few candid shots. After He was done, I asked him how things looked. He said they looked pretty good, but then he saw a big spider and didn't want to be down there anymore. So funny! At least he's willing to do stuff like that. I'm sure he'll get a lot more experience as the years go on at doing not-so-pleasant jobs!

Here are a few of the things we have been doing around the house lately. These are the curtains in the Office and below are the curtains in Ian's room. I would like to paint a blue accent wall down the road in his room to go along with the curtains.

Here is the table that I recently got for the entryway. It's not a very big space, so we were keeping our eyes peeled wherever we went and I ran on to this at a local home decor store. We especially wanted to get the table to display our Willow Tree Nativity that Nate bought for me over the past couple of years. It is so beautiful, we didn't want to wait until after Thanksgiving to get it up, even though Christmas isn't for a little while.