Ornament exchange

Today we went over to Uncle Ray's house for the ornament exchange with all of Wes' mom's family. The food was EXCELLENT! Felt like eating Christmas dinner all over again. Geez and I gotta go to the doctor Monday for my 2 week appointment and he's gonna be like "Allison, we need to watch what we eat." Which was soo hard to do these past 2 days, but hey it's Christmas. ;-) I did however stay away from the sweets and that was hard, bc MeeMaw's banana pudding kept calling my name. But I was good and didn't get any.

Then came time to draw numbers and start picking out ornaments. I loved the little boxes I brought ours in, little chinese take out boxes, perfect for ornaments. I drew 10 and Wes 20....his number was better bc we only had 26 numbers...I was like great watch me get the best ornament and someone steal it. ;-) A bunch of little theives! lol jk. Well I ended up picking a red ball ornament with white glitter on it that said "Love". At first we were all like.... "What does that say, bc the V looks like a H. lol but its still cute. Then Wes picked the best ornament I thought. I was a little santa. I just thought it looked so cute and kind of vintage.

Well then the stealing began....lol I had told Wes if someone takes his santa to steal mine so I can get the santa back and then the ornament is dead and no one can get it....Sneaky huh?! But smart! So in the end I ended up with the santa and wes got my original ornament. lol All in all we got some really cute ornaments. Plus it was really fun! There was some funny ornaments in the bunch. Good times!

Well all before this I went to Target to look for discounts on christmas decorations. Successful trip! I bought icicle lights for the house and clips so we don't have to put holes in the gutters or house. Then I found Murphy's stocking $0.49!! It's green and I'm going to hot glue or iron on a little dog. But that's for another day. I just couldn't find any pet ones that I liked, so I'm going to make his. And to top it off I bought a really cheap storage bin for all my finds. lol I have bins for every holiday. Gotta get organized before Aiden gets here. Plus I will be thanking myself later instead of going "Where is that ____" lol

This is truly been a great christmas! Wes, Aiden, and myself are truly blessed. Couldn't ask for better family and friends! Can't wait to see all the exciting things the new year will bring.