6 Years Ago...

Six and a half years ago I met the man of my dreams. Six years ago today, I married him.

We try not to let the holidays get in the way of us remembering our day, and this year, it got a little more difficult when (about) six months ago our duo turned to three. And here we are.

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Happy anniversary to my honey and Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to all of you!

Naughty 'N Nice Gift Wrapping: {Almost} Wordless Wednesday

My husband hates shopping for Christmas gifts and I hate wrapping them. No, I despise wrapping presents. I'm a recycled-gift bag kind of girl. So when it came time to get the deed done this year I tried to put a smile on my face and make them good.

We have a family tradition to buy each other gifts from the dollar store each year (including gifts to/from Lil' J and Snoop), so that ups the quantity of presents to wrap. When I was done I couldn't help but notice the disparity in my efforts.

Here's how my wrapping started.

These are presents for my husband. Some weren't square-shaped so I grabbed boxes to put them in and wrapped them neatly. It's not perfect by any means but nice for me.

After about five gifts, the cutting, folding and taping became too much and I resorted to tearing, crumbling and sticking.

And this is how they ended.

To my credit I figured it would be easier for Snoop and Lil' J to open this way.

Merry Christmas!

A Year of Changes Between Christmases

This time last year... Christmas time... I was whining about feeling left behind... So many of my friends were having their second child and we hadn't started working on our first. I was so unsure when, or if I'd ever have that gut feeling of "now's the right time to reproduce" or if I'd have to blindfold myself and just jump before I knew if I was really ready. I wasn't sure if I had missed my cue somewhere between college and career. Or if maybe I just wasn't build with that motherly instinct to know when it's time.

A year later, I'm 14 weeks pregnant with our first child. My husband and I went from hardly mentioning children in our near future to on our anniversary a couple of days ago, planning for our second (and most likely final) child in our 5-year goals. Second. Child? I didn't bring it up but I decided to just focus on the one cooking as to not give myself a heart attack.

It's crazy how much can change in a year. In 2004 I went from single and loving it, and married for 6 months in a one year span.

But one thing that hasn't changed... My love for my faith, my family, and my friends. I am so grateful to have the knowledge I have and for the gospel and my church. There's no way I'd be where I am today if it wasn't for all of the things I've learned along the way. I'm grateful for Christ, who's birthday we're celebrating and love learning more about Him each day.

I can't wait to teach Spawnie all that I know and more.

This year is our last Christmas with Snoop as our only child. While sometimes I'm freaking scared out of my mind, other times I'm thinking "bring it on." I can't wait to have my little infant to cuddle with along with my furball next year.

Merry Christmas!

The Holiday Wishes!

This is the first Christmas I've celebrated with just my hubby and myself. I was getting all excited about wrapping every little present. Yea... I'm a dork!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Happy holidays! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas day!
Kiss the cute babies for me! Enjoy yourself!