Shopping till we dropped

Not only is Thanksgiving great for a lot of turkey, football and time with family, but it's also great because of all the Black Friday shopping deals.

For as long as I can remember I've always gone out with my mom on Friday morning, shopped at the wee hours of the morning then went out for breakfast and home to sleep. With mom being so far away it's not so much fun, but I do miss it. So the past couple years my sweet husband has made a great point for us to get out and do our Christmas shopping during this weekend. He's so great about setting things up, taking me around town or wherever I want to go and picking up all the presents we need.


Not so much a fantastic photo, but we did have fun last night and this morning. :) First major store was Toys R Us. :)

Thanksgiving 2010

So much to be thankful for. God has so richly blessed our lives. I so love these guys!

Family Photos 2010

Two of my favorite men in the world!

First family photo

My favorite of the bunch!

Discussing birds on the beach....

My handsome love!

Weekend work

We re-did some front yard landscaping. Well more like eliminated the weeds and remnants of our previous disaster and made it more appealing.

Since we're not good with gardening, don't have unlimited funds to hire someone and I just plain old don't like too much dirt, we end up killing all plants and such in our little front garden area. So yesterday we decided to use some of our extra money from the month and fix the area.

Concrete bench and lanterns with a rock floor are a much needed improvement from the weed infestation that had gone on before.....sad about the below picture, but I wasn't able to get Tim to fix it with all his studying the last few months and I wasn't feeling well enough to sit out there and weed for hours.

Treasured note

Note from MJD's teacher this week, "Mason is going really well recognizing his name and playing with friends. :) Last month we learned a Bible verse about not being afraid because God is always with us. I told the children that they don't have to be afraid because God is always with them. Mason said that he is not afraid because Jesus lives in his heart. I thought that was so precious! Just wanted to share! :)"

So warms my heart and confirms in my spirit the decisions we are making in our lives as parents and how we want to raise our boys.

Growing

My belly is growing at an astronomical pace. Feels like every moment I'm awake my belly just keeps growing and growing and growing.......and I'm not even very hungry! It's not like I'm eating more than normal or all that. Don't get me wrong, I love being a mommy and feeling him, but oh boy, I'm in for a long few months ahead!!!!!!

Love these.....

Love these fabric baskets.....

Fun "I Spy" stick....

Monogram onesie.... (I think I am going to just bite the bullet and pay the money for an embroidery card for my machine so I can make things for my little bean. Once I buy the card I won't be tempted to pay $20 for a white onesie with a circle of fabric on it!)

Elephant blanket......(Just need to find the maker of this fabric, seriously not spending the money for the blanket!)

Rockets blanket.....

Baby boy hat.....