Happy December!!

Oh..... hey December.

So, apparently I have been way off my game, considering today is Christmas and I haven't posted a single thing this month. In my defense, December is the most wildly crazy time of year for me. I know it is for everyone else too, but I go from birthdays in September, October,  and November and then straight into the holiday season! It is by far my favorite time of year, but some thing definitely fall to the wayside! But here is a quick recap!

We took Christmas card photos. These are basically several hours of torture as I yell at my children in order to get at least one good picture to show what a loving family we are.

Followed by S's work Christmas party where they rented out a whole movie theater so we could take the kids to see the new Grinch movie,

Getting and decorating our Christmas tree. And I'm not even going to talk about the fact that we got a beautiful tree and decorated it with all our gorgeous ornaments and it fell over in the middle of the night and shattered a lot of of ornaments. No, seriously. I'm not going to talk about it. 

But in the end it all worked out and thankfully most of our sentimental ornaments were spared. 

A girls night dinner and a gift exchange!

Pictures with Santa. Always a family affair because R still wants nothing to do with him.

The ATV light parade with all our wonderful friends!

Christmas Eve, which included bowling!

Followed by our Christmas Eve tradition of Christmas stories in front of the tree.

And then....... Santa came!!!

And then, Christmas morning was here!

So there is our December, in a nutshell! Merry Christmas everyone!

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ten months!

Sweet little miss C is ten months old! This is going way to fast for me, but man, we love this little girl so much and watching her grow is so fun. 

She is so close to walking! Like, I really think any day now! She cruises around on the couch like it's nothing and has started only holding on with one hand! She is also into everything, and loves opening cupboards, sneaking into the playroom, and trying to climb the stairs!

She still has two teeth, but judging by the fussiness, drooling, red cheeks, and lack of sleep, I'm assuming more will be making their appearances soon. She is still exclusively breastfed, and eats purees and small bits of whatever we are eating. So far she is a great eater and has liked everything she has tried, but nursing is still her favorite! Right now we are going through a big attachment phase where so pretty much only wants me, which is very sweet but sometimes exhausting! 

Sleep is.... well, it's sleep. We get some of it. She starts in her pack and play in our room but moves into our bed pretty quickly. Lately she is waking up several times a night to comfort nurse, which i know is something I need to work on breaking her of soon. But when it's two in the morning and you know you can be back asleep in five minutes if you let her have her way, it's hard not to give in!

She is the sweetest, cuddliest, smiliest baby, but if she's not please she will  certainly let you know.  She hates her crib (don't even try it!), hates going in the car seat, and hates being put down. She is also not a fan of naps unless she is laying on top of me! She a sassy, sweet little thing and we love her! 

And lastly, a little side by side of ten months in vs. ten months out!