Christmas in the air

Before I start talking about Christmas...doesn't Aiden look adorable in his Thanksgiving outfit. Don't worry he did have pants on...this was post nap hence his sleepy eyes in the 2nd pic. lol Aiden loves his ride on/walker we got him. He was a pro on the first try.

So Clark Griswold has visited our house! We got our tree saturday at the tree farm after taking our Christmas card pictures...I can't wait till next year. Aiden will be big enough to pick the tree then Wes can get to work chopping it down. haha! Awesome holiday tradition right?! It was fun decorating the tree and pulling out all the ornaments that have memories attached to them. Plus it was nice to finally put all the present under it and out of the office.

Since this year we are spending Christmas at my parents I still wanted to display our stockings....but Aiden is WAAY to curious to hang them off the tv console. I can just imagine the HEAVY stocking holders crashing on his head. So next best option get those 3M hangers. Just perfect! See our version of Elf on the Shelf.....and our permanent tv channel, Sprout TV. Aiden LOOVES all the preschool shows.

All weekend we spent hanging lights outside. Gosh, I can't wait to see the lights grow as the years go by....I want to wrap every tree...and get more things for the yard. Maybe deer? Oh and our lights on the house are icicles....well they are suppose to be icicles but for some reason they wouldn't fall straight. But they still look cool. I think we inspired the Christmas spirit among the neighbors because those who didn't do it last year did this year. YA!! Well that's all for now.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! I leave with some of our Christmas Card shoots.

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Black Friday

Today was an amazing day! We had a lovely lunch with the family...then the much needed nap after. So there I am passed out on the couch with Aiden in my arms just toasting me up. lol He becomes such a hot potato! That is what I call a perfect thanksgiving! I think Aiden got the turkey coma too. He was a big boy and ate turkey, sweet potato, sweet peas, and green beans.

I think the rain had something to do with it. We got home at 4pm and slept till 6:30pm. OMG! I was worried Aiden wouldn't be able to go to bed at his normal time, and by 7:30 he was ready for bed. Thank goodness!

So all week I've been seeing all the Black Friday ads and commercials. I will not be one of those crazy people at the store at 4am. However, then I saw a commercial from Walmart about jackets. So I was like hmmm I guess I can go at 12 to check that out. I arrived at 11:42. Conquered and outta there by 12:15am.

But let me tell you it was CRAZY! Literally, I wasn't in that store that long, but saw people going crazy over toys and dvds! I can't even imagine what it will be like at 5am with the Electronic sale. OMG! I saw two women fighting over a Buzz Lightyear and men being bodyguards to carts while the women fought the crowds. Insane! Thank goodness I was only in the clothes isle and with not a single crowd. I got AMAZING deals!!!! I think all the people were going to hit up the clothing door busters after the toy hunt, because I was able to find multiple items in the sizes I needed without having that "panic" mode on. haha

5 jackets, 2 pj pants, 1 pj set, 1 fleece outfit, 1 flannel, 1 pair of jeans= $52!!! Definitely can't beat that!!Yes, you are seeing right I got "Glee" pj pants. OMG! I was gonna get just normal ones, but as soon as I saw them I was like yes those are mine! So everyone in the house has a new fleece jacket and pjs.

I can't wait to decorate for Christmas and take our Christmas photos tomorrow!!!!!! Goodnight!

Let the baking begin

This week was a GREAT week at work! I was a coding machine. haha Finding issues no one knew of, reworked several routines to be more efficient, and developed new logic. Go me! I needed that! Not to mention the fact I got to leave early today!

I get home early to only find baby boy sleeping! ugh...I wanted to play not nap time! He has been on a really weird sleeping pattern for the past 2 weeks now. Down at 7-7:30pm till about 8am and on the weekends till 9am. I'm not complaining one bit, but I miss giving him a big hug when I leave in the mornings. :-(

During lunch today I went to a consignment shop a coworker told me about. Loved!! Great selections for practically nothing. A lot of the clothes were brand new with tags on. Good for me and the bank account...plus they even carried little man's expensive shoes. YAH!

So now that I have so much free time at night....let the baking begin!!! I'm making dessert for tomorrow. So I'm attempting to make my pie crust and pecan filling. I even made some pumpkin spice cookies that Wes approved. lol Tomorrow I'm going to make a pumpkin bread for breakfast. Can't wait to spend the day with family!

Currently, we are trying to teach Aiden to kiss and hug. You know he's getting better when you can break away from his face with no slobber on you. haha He usually is trying to lick you or shark attack you. He still hasn't gotten the grasp of hugging, but we will get there. And apparently I need to say "dadda" to him more, because he keeps calling Wes "momma" hahaha.....what?! You know that brings a smile to my face!

I did do some Christmas decorations tonight. Just a little bit. The main decorating begins Saturday. Speaking of holiday time...so we got all our Black Friday flyers in the mail, you know which one I got most excited about?!?! Lowes! hahahaha WOW! I'm old. I was like "Look honey their ladders are on sale!" "Oh and you can get a 18Volt drill" etc. hahaha nothing more exciting than power tools right?!

Below is our vanity!!! It's not completely finished, but I already looove it!