A precious moment

My sister J and her family came in from Chicago yesterday. When Joey saw Makayla, his face lit up, he said Kayla, and then wanted to just to hold her. That is all he wanted to do.

Looking forward to more moments with Joey, Shae, and Makayla. In the meantime, hubs and I are homesick with a stomach bug. Hopefully it will pass quickly.

Merry Christmas

This is the eve of the first Christmas with my daughter. So, what do you do with a 10 day old?...

(Photo credits, my sister R)
Go to Church of course. That's my niece Shae holding "her" Makayla. I have to say, what a sweet babes she is. She didn't cry once. Knock on wood. And Shae was very protective of her cousin. There was a 2 year old named Ava sitting in the pew in front of us, whenever Ava wanted to see Makayla, Shae came from where she was sitting to stand between Ava and Makayla. It was sweet. I can see a friendship blossoming.

Hope your Christmas is as magical as ours will be. Remember the reason for the season, and if you were good, may Santa bring you everything you wanted. If you were naughty, there is always hope for next year. As for me, Santa brought me my gift 10 days ago. Don't mind if I go ahead and enjoy her!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..

Yes, we know that our precious babes will be the best Christmas present ever, but our tree is finally up! Hubs and I purchased it on Monday, and let it sit until yesterday to fall into place.

Here it is not in the dark...

(Our sweet little Douglas Fir)

The stockings are hung on the wall with care...

(Really, her stocking is the best, so you didn't need a picture of ours)

All while anxiously awaiting for the arrival of our bundle of...

Hope you are feeling the Christmas season!

Tis the Season...

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. No, I don't really have an excuse, just didn't do it. Why? IDK. Anyway, this past week the neighbors that live above us wanted to decorate...so, we helped them. Well, they started we just added some touches. It actually makes me feel like it is Christmas here. We were going to get our tree today, but decided against it so we can clean first. Yes, the cleaning DID not happen, but I did start making homemade gingerbread cookies from scratch! I can't wait to taste them! Anyway. We also completed the nursery (thanks mom!) and I will share those pictures tomorrow. For now, here is the apartment complex Griswald Christmas...

The front door...
Our candy cane reindeer. Apparently last year there was a bush here...we HAVE no idea what happened to the bush...

The front of the building. In the upper window there is a random star, that actually looks like it is a shooting star. The bushes (which can't be seen) that surround the front of the building and the reindeer (see above) are also decorated.

We are the only building in the complex to be decorated!

Home made Christmas

This year, I am trying to make my own Christmas presents. Let me restate that. I am making pacifier holders for the hub's niece and of course for our sweet babes. Since the hubs and I have been together we have never had matching Christmas stockings. This year, with the babes coming, we are hoping to get matching Christmas stockings. But not just any Christmas stockings.. we are trying to support stay at home mom's or well, at least people who make their own stuff. Walmart and Target and Kohl's will be getting enough of our money with Christmas gifts, they don't need it for our stockings too. So, here is my plea...does anyone know anyone who makes Christmas stockings? Etsy? Anywhere? Suggestions greatly appreciated. And no, I cannot make it myself. I have limited arts and crafts ability, and making stockings is not one of those talents.

PLEASE HELP!!