Random Dozen

1. Do you find it gross to share drinks with family? Friends?
I have never and probably will never share an entire drink with someone, but if I'm thirsty and Jason has a drink it doesn't bother me to take a sip. I have shared with my mom too. I have never shared drinks with friends like in high school or college.

2. What have you learned this year?
I have learned that people change a lot once they aren't in the high school setting. Also, I learned that the first year of marriage really is hard.

3. When do you dismantle the Christmas decorations?
This is my first having my own stuff to take down. I'm not sure when I will eventually take our little fiber optic tree down and I'm so in love with my ornament wreath that I never want to take it down, but eventually I will.

4. Something you wish to accomplish before the end of 2009 is:
Well seeing as there is only 25 minutes left in the year I don't think I can do anything.

5. How do you feel about winter (after Christmas)?
It's never too terrible here so it never really bothers me. I really HATE the super HOT summers!

6. Have you participated in after-Christmas sales?
I did go this year on the day after and but a few things

7. Do you have plans for New Year's Eve?
I'm sitting here on our couch...not fun.

8. Is there anything special awaiting you in January?
Hopefully an awesome job for Jason or I either one.

9. If your life this year was a movie, what category or genre would it be? (Romance, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, Suspense, Farcical, etc.)
I have no idea. There were amazing times including Hannah growing up and mine and Jason's relationship and there were terrible times. I guess that's drama lol!

10. How much time per day do you spend blogging? Please do not lie. I will know.
Hardly any at all.

11. Who runs your household?
We are still trying to find our happy medium...like I said the first year is hard.

12. Share one hope/dream for 2010.
Happiness and success....simple but yet so hard to achieve

Merry Christmas!

Today was awesome! I haven't been this excited over Christmas in a long time. I could barely go to sleep last night! I was up early and eventually I couldn't take any longer...I had to wake Hannah up! She walked in and saw her Barbie sticking out of her stocking and just stoof there in awe....even though she has found her like 5 time since I bought her after Thanksgiving! After emptying her stocking we headed for the presents. She was still a little sleepy and didn't realize she was allowed to tear all of that paper up! Eventually she got into the swing of things. I'm doing this post without pictures because I haven't looked at my camera yet. My photo camera died this morning after about 4 picures and I didn't have any batteries so we did a lot of video instead.

We headed to my parents' house around 9:30am and it was kind of weird having to schedule in the time to go to my parents' house and having to drive there. This is my first Christmas away from my parents and it was kind of odd but good. I have been making goodies to take to their house since Wednesday and I was so excited to have everyone try everything I made. I made French Toast Casserole, Millionaire Shortbread, and White Chocolate Fudge. The fudge was a surprise for my mom. She doesn't like cocoa chocolate. She only likes white chocolate. When we got to my parents', I grabbed Hannah, her bag, and a present and Jason was carrying all the food. It was so funny because Jason made it half way to the table to set it down and he dropped the French Toast Casserole in the floor! I tried to flip in right side up with my mind but of course it landed upside down. I just laughed. Thankfully the flood had been cleaned so we slid a cookie sheet under to keep everything in place and flipped it over and it was okay. My mom said, "If that's the worst that happens today then we are doing good." Amen.

Presents were fun because I was so curious what I had gotten. I never really told my mom anything that I thought she would actually buy but I got things that I love! I'm going to try and post pictures of everything Hannah and I received including the gifts Jason and I got for Hannah. He and I didn't exchange gifts because we just didn't want to. We wanted to enjoy our time with Hannah and focus on her instead.

Here is everything we received:






The lamp is actually for Hannah's room but somehow it was given to me with my name on it. I appreciate it nonetheless. :-) I also bought two wall hangings at Hobby Lobby on Black Friday with Mom's money for part of my Christmas present.


LOVE this table! I bought it on Black Friday for Hannah and I only paid $19! I found one the other day at Wal-Mart and it was priced $45. No way would I have bought it for that much. It is so cute and just right for Hannah's age.


This was from my mom and dad. It is probably by far my favorite toy that Hannah has ever had. It is so neat the things it does. It comes with a USB cord and there is a program online for it. You program your child's name, favorite food, color, and music. It sings songs with their name! I love anything personalized!


LOVE this! For some reason Winnie the Pooh has been the theme around Hannah since before she was born. Her nursery at my parents' house was all Pooh. I just love it. This movie is the old Pooh(not the new My Friends Tigger and Pooh) and that's why I love it so much. The new TV show is too animated for me. I love this old hand drawn animation.


We are hoping this will deter Hannah from trying to bang on my laptop.

There is probably a ton of other things I didn't put on here but these were just some of the things I was most excited about. I always like seeing what other people get for their kids. We had such an awesome day with/without the gifts!

Christmas Eve

Oh my goodness I can't believe it's Christmas Eve! I'm so excited about opening presents with Hannah in the morning. I just finished stuffing her stocking even though I can still hear her rolling around in the bed because she doesn't want to go to sleep. I think she senses that something is different about tonight because usually she is asleep before I can get out of the room.

I'm also excited about Christmas at my parents' house tomorrow. I have no clue what me or Hannah is getting and I'm just excited! I know exactly what Jason is getting because I did the shopping for my mom. :-)

We had Christmas with Jason's mom's family today around lunch. It was fun. They all loved seeing Hannah. She has changed so much in the past 2 months. (The last time most saw her was at our wedding.) I was so proud of her for being a big girl and walking around talking to everybody. I was kind of afraid that she would cling to me the whole time which she did for about 30 minutes but after that she had to get down and check the place out.

Can't wait to post pictures from tomorrow.

Am I Really Still Up!?

It is 1 AM! and I'm still sitting here pretty much wide awake. When Hannah was tiny she was a VERY set schedule of feeding every 3 hours. She was on bottles so I always had bottles set out and ready to go. She was such a good baby and barely made any noise even though she was hungry so I had to set my alarm to wake me up every 3 hours. I got very used to going to bed early and getting up early. Eventually Hannah started sleeping in late...like 9-10am. It was heaven! So of course eventually I started staying up late at night. Now my poor body is scheduled to stay awake long after it should be sleeping. It's the only time of day I can just sit here and do absolutely nothing but what I want to do...usually reading on the Internet.

Today has been a yucky day. The weather around here has been nasty the past few days and today is was finally sunny and decently warm and I had a headache all day. I hate to admit but Hannah and myself slept most of the morning away. She ate her breakfast and played for a little while but eventually we ended up sleeping. I think she can sense when I don't feel good because I was laying on the couch watching her play and she would come put her head down next to mine and just lay there. She is so sweet!

On a funny note, the other night I was making quesadillas for supper. Hannah is the BEST eater and thinks that if food is present then she should be eating it. So after about 5 minutes of her screaming and whining to be in the kitchen with the food I finally caved(I had a headache that night too) which is rare because usually I can totally ignore her if I know she is only making all the noise to get attention especially if it's while I'm in the kitchen. I brought her highchair into the kitchen and put her in it. She was heaven!

Almost That TIme

It's almost Christmas!

I'm so ready for Christmas this year! Last year I was excited about it but Hannah was only 3 months old so she didn't have a clue. (She slept throught present opening!) BUT this year she is so outgoing and curious! She has surprised me about not really messing with the trees and presents. It's been a few days since I have written but there hasn't really been anything going on. I was sick with a headache one night and went to sleep around 8:30pm. That wasn't so fun! Other than that there hasn't been anything. I'm guessing this blog business is probably more fun if A. You actually have a life to blog about and B. You received TONS of comments on pretty much every post.

Past Few Days

I haven't blogged in a fews days and even the last time I did it wasn't about anything. Hannah and I have been pretty occupied the past couple of days. Wednesday, we went shopping with my friend, Stacey. We always have a blast no matter what we are doing and poor Hannah is being brought right along with us. Stacey treated us to lunch at Olive Garden which was VERY yummy! Hannah colored on her kids menu for the first time!



She looks so much older than 14 1/2 months to me! She is just a mess too!

Stacey also bought Hannah a very cute outfit at Target and of course I put it on her the very next day. There isn't many things better than a new outfit right!?



Tonight, we went a Christmas party with people from my church. They have this every year and it's always so much fun. Jason, myself, and Hannah were by far the youngest there but it was still tons of fun. I dressed Hannah up in one of my favorite dresses and her new headband that I bought her today.







I was so surprised that she left the headband in! She took it out in the car on the way to the party but she let me put it back and then she left it....until she started playing and it's like she didn't want her fancy hair thing in while she was in the floor. Ha!

At the party we always play some kind of game and the winner gets a gift. The very last gift in a bidding game was a Santa decoration. I think it was supposed to dance and talk but it didn't have batteries. We put it together anyway and Hannah was hesitant at first but the next thing we knew she was giving him kisses! It was cracking us up b/c she would hug him, kiss him, back off and then do it all over again. It was too funny! I only had my phone so the picture isn't great quality but you can get the idea.

Random Dozen

I don't really have anything to blog about right now so I thought this would be fun to do.

1. Gingerbread: For or against? Discuss. I don't think I've ever actually ate Gingerbread.

2. Is it important to you to always stay (live) close to family? Yes! I love always having a babysitter close by!

3. Which holiday pretend character do you wish really existed? Santa!

4. Which holiday movie best represents how you feel about Christmas or life? I'm not a big fan of Christmas movies so I don't know.

5. Is there a particular Christmas song that you're enjoying now? Any that you're tired of? I like songs that catch the interest of my 14 month old like the Chipmunk song. It came on the radio the other day and she just danced and clapped away in her carseat.

6. What is your favorite way to remember those less fortunate at Christmastime? I LOVE buying and giving to other people. A few years ago I had the chance to take the money a charity had been given and buy all the gifts for certain children. I got to pick the kid and they had a list of toys, sizes, and interests. That was the most fun!

7. Does it upset you to see "Xmas" instead of Christmas? How about "Happy Holidays" etc., instead of "Merry Christmas?" No it doesn't. I say Merry Christmas but I'm not against typing xmas or buying products that say Happy Holidays.

8. How many Christmas programs are you attending this month? None

9. Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Any chance of that dream becoming a reality? No I'm not.

10. Tell me about a Christmas present you received as a child. Pics are always nice. My brother and I always received our share of gifts at Christmas but the gift that I always think about when asked this question is a table and chair set my parents gave me one year. I think it was a Fisher Price brand and it was WAY better quality than anything you can get now days. That table was probably used more than anything I was ever given as a child.

11. How many Christmas parties are you attending this month? One actual party. But I have a few family gatherings.

12. How do you keep yourself centered on the significance of Christmas? Focusing on family