Christmas Party

Tonight, Hannah and I went to a Christmas party. All of the guests were girls from my high school class. There was about 10 of us there and all but one has at least one baby/toddler. It's so weird to see how people to change after high school...mostly for the better. I took Hannah with me in hopes she would be in a great mood. She was! She was so good! I don't think I could ask for a better behaved 14 month old. I dressed her up in her gingerbread man dress. I just love it!

Slow day...

Hannah and I have really had a slow, easy day today. We got up around 10am and ate breakfast. We went to have lunch with my mom and then we headed to Wal-Mart. I had to pick up a gift to take to a Christmas party we are going to tomorrow and a few other things, of course. We are staying with my parents tonight b/c unfortunately we still haven't moved a washer/dryer to the apartment yet so I'm washing clothes and making sausage balls for the party tomorrow. That really has been it for today. I know......boring!

It's Been One of Those Days!

Good grief! That's all I can say about today!

Hannah and I headed out around 11am to do some Christmas shopping. I absolutely love shopping with Hannah. It's getting harder to do now that she can walk and grab stuff but it's still fun. I made my stop for gas and we headed out. There was a crazy storm here last night so I was looking at all of the water.

This was water on both sides of the road...yesterday those were empty fields! (No I did not take this while driving 50mph! We were stopped.)

Our first stop was Wendy's for a quick pick-me-up then we headed into Target. I found some awesome gifts! After Target we headed to Ross. I always prefer to use the stroller in Ross rather than buggies so I was getting the stroller out of the trunk when a lady got in the car next to mine to leave. Of course I still had to drag Hannah out on that side of the car so I started rushing myself (which I will never do again b/c it won't kill that person to wait an extra 3 minutes). In the middle of rushing I pushed the lock button, threw my keys in my bag, grabbed Hannah, closed the door, and put her in the stroller. I reached for my phone only to realize it was in my bag.......IN THE CAR! I locked absolutely everything I had with me in the car: Hannah's diapers, wipes, snack, sippy cup, my phone, wallet, and KEYS! I was dumbfounded. I've locked my keys in my car MANY times but A.) I always had my phone and B.) I was always decently close to home. NOT TODAY! I proceeded into Ross only to be told their phones didn't call out. Thankfully a lady in line heard me and offered to let me use her phone. Poor Jason didn't know what to think when I told him I had locked my stuff in the car IN HUNTSVILLE! Thankfully he jumped up and came to mine and Hannah's rescue. It just wasn't the best day ever.

Not Me Monday

I love reading all of the "Not Me Monday" stories over at MckMama. I decided to participate this week!

I did not walk aimlessly around Wal-Mart for an hour because I was waiting on 155 pictures to be developed. I would never wait 3 months before having my pictures developed.

I did not fight tears back watching Hannah watch the Christmas parade because I realized this is already her second Christmas.

I did not give up on getting a picture of me and Hannah waiting for the parade because this was the best I could get from her.

Slow, fun day...

EDIT: I just found my first blog comment from Jenna. Thank you for checking my blog out!

Sundays are always slow, fun days. It's the only day of the week that is always the exact same. Hannah and I head out to church in the morning and after church we go to my parents' house. My Mama cooks lunch EVERY sunday so we head over there for lunch and then it's back to church at night. Usually Hannah catches a nap at one point or another. Hannah wore the cutest outfit to church this morning. It was so funny that I (the Auburn fan) grabbed the ONLY houndstooth dress in this house for her to wear on the day after Bama wins the SEC Championship.....probably should have thought that through a little better!



This little girl brings so much joy into our lives! She has so much personality!

Not much....

Yesterday and today have been very slow. Jason works Friday-Monday so things are always slow around here on weekends. I did take Hannah to Wal-Mart today and buy some groceries. Other than that we just hung out around the house. Our TV died today so it has been awfully quiet too. I have noticed though that without the TV I find myself playing with Hannah more and actually doing chores around the house.

I'm so ready for Christmas! This will be Hannah's second Christmas but she was only 3 months old last year.....she slept through the present opening! This year will be a little different though. Jason and I will do presents with Hannah here in the morning and then we will head to my parents' house for brunch/lunch to do presents there. Hannah will get two stockings this year! My mom called it quits on doing stockings for the "big kids" this year. We really don't need anything. I'm just so excited to see Hannah take part in the activities this year.

It has been so fun decorating my own place for Christmas. By no means do we have the fanciest/nicest/prettiest Christmas decorations around but I'm proud of what we have. I was so excited to make an ornament wreath this year. I got the idea from several blogs and knew I had to make one! It was even better that Wal-Mart had ornaments in the exact same colors we used in our wedding(pink and blue).

Back At It!

I have really enjoyed reading tons of blogs online and have been contemplating starting mine up again.....hopefully I will keep it going. I would really like to document things going on with Jason, Hannah, and I. I've been trying to decide what to write about on the first post back and I found this Christmas survey tonight and thought it would be a good way to get back in the swing of things.

1. Eggnog or hot chocolate? Neither

2. Does Santa Wrap gifts or just set them under the tree? Wrap! My parents always had matching bags for my brother and me.

3. Colored lights or white? Color!

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No

5. When do you decorate for Christmas? Whenever we find the time. My parents were never very organized with decorating.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish, excluding dessert? I'm not really sure. My family gets Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner everyday Sunday for lunch so nothing really stands out.

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? I love seeing my Florida family!

8. When/how did you learn the truth about Santa? I don't even remember but now that I have Hannah we have to start "believing" again.

9. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Our tree growing up was always the same as long as I can remember. Colored light, tinsel garland, and tons of homemade ornaments or ornaments that somehow have meaning. This is my first year married and having a tree of my own and since we live in a tiny apartment we have a little fiber optic tree decorated with some pink and blue (our wedding colors) ornament balls. It's cuter than it sounds!

10. Snow: Love or Hate? LOVE!

11. Can you ice skate? I've never been, but I've always wanted to try.

12. Do you remember your favorite gift? I don't know about favorite b/c I love/appreciate every gift but I really am enjoying my camera that I got last year. It has captured a lot of memories!

13. What is the most important thing about the holidays to you? Spending time with my family.

14. What is your favorite holiday dessert? Well seeing that I'm diabetic I'm not really into the desserts

15. What is your favorite holiday tradition? I LOVED our Christmas morning routine. It used to be breakfast, stockings, presents but when my brother got married it became stockings, presents, breakfast.

16. What tops your tree? This year we just have a little star.

17. Which do you prefer: giving or receiving? I love giving!

18. Candy canes: Yum or yuck? yum