the stockings are hung

and there is an extra one this year!

Thank you grammy for being so loving and kind!

the bean appreciates it :)

holly holly

Jolly Jolly

Holly Jolly Christmas Party 2014

Fun celebration of the Holly Jolly Christmas season with friends

Food, friends and fish bowl game!

My kind of party

party on til 2015 :)

Merry Christmas!

baby it is cold outside

was the theme to Baby Ps shower yesterday!

Such a wonderful morning.

These ladies sure know how to throw a shower and make a pregnant lady feel loved! 

The details were amazing!

Starting with the decor 

The snowflakes were even cut out to bottles [lot of little details!]

and the food!

Hot Choco Bar!  Yes please and panera lunch! :) Perfect!

The lovely Hostesses 

FUNNY GAMES!

so many thoughtful gifts

 and wonderful guests!

The mama

The moms table!

And dear friends!

So very thankful for these ladies and this wonderful afternoon!

Bright lights

Parade style.

Walked in the parade of lights in holland with Jim and Gwen for the OBI

Really a fun time! And tons of people! 

Hope everyone tries it out with their coupon from the parade! :) 

oh baby...8 more

weeks to go!

Week 30

He is the size of a head of cabbage

 Week 32

He is the size of Spaghetti Squash

and four more random pregnancy updates

1. Have officially moved into borrowing J's t-shirts for the gym :)

2.  We have finished our birthing classes...and now I am officially nervous

 [learned to much info!!? jk!]

3.  can you blame a pregnant woman for wanting french fries and ice cream 

[no worries not ALL the time!]

4.  as he gets bigger, I feel more pronounced movement and STILL love it!

Time to continue to read

continue to prepare his room

and continue to soak up the time with J as the two of us!

time to laugh

#classicjoketuesday

compliments of Allyson!

and it is a GOOD one and season appropriate!

hehe!  laugh on laugh on!

and an update and no need to laugh at this one...

Our lovely blooming lemon tree

and well folks we have six successful lemons!

almost ready to pick!

can not believe a. we kept it alive b. there is fruit!

yippie!  hoping the flowers blooming will produce even more lemons.  aka more success

stay tuned :)

over the river

and through the woods to Votmittags Christmas Tree farm we go

in search of the perfect ;-) tree

We drove in

Saw the Douglas Fur sign

went about 20 trees in and bingo, we both saw one that looked great!

Stood by it for a pic and J cut it down

loaded it on the roof and we were off!

The Pater Tree was found and Kari was a super happy giddy wife

had wanted to do this for a while...was so excited to drive home with a fresh tree tied to the roof

oh the little things in life!

Then it was time to decorate

The finished product

 The fireplace 

The outside!

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas

and I am loving it!