Month in Review
Merry Christmas!
It’s December now, so I can say that, right?
We had a very fun & kick back November. I can’t believe it’s over already! But I am sooooo excited for the Christmas festivities to begin! And this year Santa’s coming! Yay!
But I won’t get ahead of myself yet. Lemme tell you about our November first.
Well, Tabs turned 6 months old and Olivia is now 20 months. Everybody is doing good. We got sick again this month. What the hell? I don’t know what is going on with us. Since August we’ve gone through 4 or 5 colds, it sucks! This last round I got it really bad – fever and all, and then Olivia got a bad fever, but didn’t last as long, thank goodness. Now John and I are fine, but the girls cannot kick this snot thing. I think it’s kharma, because I’ve always said how the worst thing about kids is a snotty nose, and now theirs just won’t go away, it’s runny and crusty and gaaaa-ROSS!
Tabs 6 Month Portraits
and happy again…
Session #2
& my most favorite picture…
Is that not the cutest face ever?? She’s like a little elfin pixie or something!
Most of this month has been pretty laid back, but the last week has been fun & lively. We got to actually go out to dinner with friends! That was a highlight! Olivia spent the night with Grandma & we took Tabs with us, she was pretty good. Man, that girl has got a temper though! Overall she was pleasant, but she had one outburst that was like bloody murder because I took the chopsticks away from her. Jeez, take anything away from that girl, and it’s like the end of the world. Drama Queen! I’m sure I’ve said it before, but she runs hot or cold. She is either in the best mood or the worst, and it can change on a dime. Sometimes she doesn’t know what she wants to be (happy or sad) so it’s literally scream, laugh, scream, laugh just in a matter of seconds. It’s quite amusing to watch until she ends with screaming that lasts a good ten minutes. Sigh. I can’t imagine how this is going to translate into teenage behavior. But after her little outburst, she was perfectly happy.
Tabs & Tim becoming buddies…
We had a surprisingly fun Thanksgiving too. We hosted our first blended Thanksgiving dinner, Johns side and my side together at one table! We had a really nice pretty lazy morning, watching the parade lounging in our jammies, then the girls went down for their nap and John and I got the turkey started. We had a 25lb bird, so we got the disposable aluminum pans. Thank gawd I got two! It was in the oven, and the pan ripped so the oil started dripping. I think the pictures tell the rest of the story…
Pissed off John in a smokey kitchen
John was pissed that instead of being worried about putting out the flames, I ran and got the camera! Hahahaha! Whoops! But everything turned out fine, and we had a pretty delicious turkey in the end.
After dinner mom & I went and experienced our first middle of the night black Friday shopping. Not as exciting as I thought. We got in line at ToysRUs around 10:30 and got a pretty good spot in line, they opened at midnight. We went for the Neat & Tidy Cottage playhouse for Olivia, it was on sale for $99, and we got it, but now I’m sort of thinking of saving it for her birthday. Santa is bringing her a kitchen, which is a pretty good gift that will keep her busy for a while and since her birthday is in March the playhouse would be perfect for outside play. Anyways, we got a few other good deals, too, and although the line was long, it moved pretty quickly. I was disappointed that there was no fighting or grabbing or running though, I thought it’d be like in the movies. After the toy store we headed back home, ate some left overs and went over to Old Navy for their 3am opening. Omg, what a mess. Getting in wasn’t too much of a problem, there was a line outside but they let everybody in at once, so we didn’t have to wait. But holy mother of Christmas shopping! The line to pay was RIDICULOUS! It went all the way to the back of the store and then all the way up to the front again. And it was sooooooo s-l-o-w. We were in line for 15 minutes and barely moved five feet. We finally just gave up and went home without anything. Sort of a bummer, they did have some good deals. Oh well.
Saturday we went Christmas tree hunting. We went up Bear Creek Road, off of 17, to the Peacock Farm around Lexington reservoir. Surprise, surprise we got sort of a late start so after an hour of searching for the “perfect” tree we were quickly loosing daylight, so I gave in and just let John pick it out. (That way I could blame him! Ha!) and yeah, there was blame to be given. The dinkiest tree. EVER. No seriously. I mean I’m not exaggerating, at all. We got home and it was such a disappointment. It was the closest thing to a Charlie Brown tree I’ve ever seen in real life. I really tried hard to be bummed out, the girls went to bed and I decorated it as best I could – it was so small it only took one itty bitty string of lights! Nope. Didn’t help. Still looked like the most pathetic tree ever.
And thank goodness for Lisa! She came with us for fun and totally kept Olivia in line, I don’t know how we would’ve managed without her!
Olivia found a rock, and decided to get comfortable…
very comfortable…
Tabs all bundled up
So, I put my true talent into play, made John feel guilty enough about it, and we were at Home Depot the next morning getting a “real” Christmas tree – 7′ tall and full and beautiful! I decorated it while the girls were napping and it was all totally worth it when Olivia got up, walked out to the family room, stopped dead in her tracks and said, “WHOOOOOOOA!”. Best feeling. EVER. Then she went over, smelled the tree and checked out each and every ornament with so much excitement. Totally worth it.
Olivia checking out our cut down crappy tree…
She is so weird. This is what she does when you tell her to smile. I smile at her to show her what to do, and this is her imitation. Seriously? Is this the face I make when I smile??
Love the leg pose…
Same morning, Tabs lovely bed head…
I’ll have to take some pictures of our cut down tree – that we put outside for decoration – and our new, fabulous tree & I’ll try to post them soon!
Happy Holidays!!
