Welcome to our 20 Days of Christmas! Do you have a little one that just adores baby dolls? Well, I thought I'd show you some inspiration that's got me started on Adrienne's first handmade by mama doll. Enjoy!
Welcome to our 20 Days of Christmas! I'm so excited to show you guys some incredible DIY Christmas Cards, in case your like me and leave this part for the very last minute:)
2011 has been good to us, with plenty of changes and new adventures. I can't wait for 2012, as the years keep getting more and more exciting ad they pass by.
January started off wishing Adrienne a happy 10 months and getting a head start putting together inspiration for her first birthday blowout.
February was filled with lots of love, just in time for our special Valentines date. Oh, and of course breaking our camera (since I'm an incredible klutz when it comes to electronics!).
We celebrated Adrienne's first birthday in March, took our first trip to chuck e' cheese, starting spending plenty of time at the park, and watching her walk on her own like a big girl!
I continued to get my tan on (oh, how I miss being that dark!), Richard turned 25, we finally were able to rock some baby pig tails and saw the Easter Bunny and Mother Goose.
We were completely swamped with moving into our new (temporary) house so I was not a faithful blogger at the time.
June was spent celebrating Nana's birthday, Tator Tot turning 2, venturing to local yard sales/flea markets, and starting my 30 Day Shred.
We took Adrienne to Deer Park for the second year in the row (it's a little family tradition we carry on in the summer months), I celebrated my 21st birthday with some tasty legal bahama mamas and a baby free trip to Pittsburgh with the mister to visit old friends and tour the Carnegie Science Center.
August was spent outside, going on long walks that involved carrying Tator underneath the stroller. Enrolling in college classes for web design, and getting a new play set for outside and finding two faint little lines again on that so called pee stick.
September started with a trip to Christmas Land (since our town apparently thinks its normal to set outings like this up so stinkin' early), finding our new found love for wearing mamas clothes around her head. Oh and we can't forget Adrienne's half birthday!
Trick or treating at the mall, where a little boy dressed as the piggy from toy story kept trying to steal Adrienne's candy. Switching our Halloween costume from a ballerina bear to a completely decked out ballerina and beating the sucky weather to trick or treat for the first time around Nana's neighborhood.
November was spent taking a special trip to Volant for their annual Christmas festivities, enduring our first black friday extravaganza at walmart (while leaving the babes at home, of course!) & having our car break down and having to treck it by foot everywhere:/
To knock it all of, we carried out the last of our Christmas shopping all throughout the month (just finished the other day. Srsly, deals on clothes are 10000 x better right before christmas then on black firday, so don't be fooled ladies!). Spent many of nights curled up as our little family, watching the many Christmas movies on tv and sipping on hot cocoa.
I can't believe it's will be Christmas Eve tomorrow and then Christmas AND new years! Oh, how the time seriously has flown by! I'm so excited to see Richard and Adrienne's face when they see the goodies I got for them this year and to hopefully be getting my school refund check in the next week or so (we've been waiting, very impatiently I should say for this to arrive so we can move again, start saving for North Carolina, and prepare for this little guy to arrive in April!). Hellllo 2012:)
Welcome to our 20 Days of Christmas Special! I'm excited to show you guys thus awesome guest post from Chelsey at The Paper Mama. Check it out:)
Hello lovely Pepper and Her Pups readers! I'm Chelsey from The Paper Mama! Thank you SO much to Liz for inviting me to her holiday series!
Without any hesitation... I'm always thankful for my baby girl, Ruari. Even on those hard days when she's losing her mind and melting down... screaming at me... those are only tiny moments that are not all that bad. I love her beyond everything! Forget the jewelry and other gadgets this holiday.... I just want my lovely baby girl and my hubby. <3
Hello lovely Pepper & Her Pups readers! I'm Michelle and I write over at The Momma Bird. I like to write about life, parenting, being a military spouse, educational tips, and of course my faith in God. I also have a fun little vlog that I started up recently to lighten the mood. I was pretty thrilled when Liz asked me to join in on the Christmas fun on her blog! I'm sure you guys already know this but isn't she so sweet?! Hope you guys enjoy my little guest post!! :)
If you missed it in my intro paragraph, I'm a military spouse. And being a military spouse means spending the holidays away from family. When we lived in the states we were an 18hr drive from family, and now we're a 9 hr flight from them! We used to make that god-awful drive when we lived in the US but there's no way I'm making that flight again anytime soon!
When we lived in the states, one of our family traditions was to stay up until midnight and then open all of our presents together! My sister & I started this so we could sleep in on Christmas morning instead of having to wake up all early with our parents. We were pretty smart & convincing teens. It also worked out great once I got married because we would spend Christmas Eve with my parents and then Christmas Day with my hubs family. Win-Win!
When we moved to England last year, it was the day before Halloween. We moved into our house the DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING! (and you better believe I got that kitchen set up & made Thanksgiving dinner the next day!) A few weeks later we were nearing on Christmas and it was a little bittersweet being without our families, especially with it being our youngest son's 1st Christmas. My husband, the thoughtful man that he is, decided to start a little tradition for us - on Christmas Eve we headed out to a castle a few hours from us. This was our 1st official 'sight seeing' trip! He surprised me because I had no idea where we were going. It was so fun! Cold - but fun! We are now thinking of which castle to head out and venture to this Christmas Eve. I think it's such a neat experience being able to bring our kiddos to a castle each year. (not that they'll remember - but they'll have the pictures to believe it!)
You may not be far from your family, most of you are probably close. But I think it's so important to have special traditions to celebrate with your loved ones. Be it a silly song you sing together each year, wearing Christmas themed jammies the night before, making a special breakfast on Christmas morning, or even all staying up until midnight together to ring in Christmas Day!
If you end up starting a new Christmas tradition this year, I'd love to hear about it! Or, if you already have some fun traditions in place, let me know - maybe we'll adopt them as well!! :)
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Do you have a child who's birthday is during this holiday season or are you just in the spirit to celebrate a winter wonderland with your closest friends and family? Then check out these party essentials I've put together for you to make your party planning needs a much smoother process:)
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