December Happenings

Lots of our happenings this month are linked out to other posts since we've done SO much stuff!  

The month started with a visit from our Elf!  He had planned to bring Nolan a special Christmas book everyday until Christmas.... until Nolan wanted nothing to do with him and was uninterested for the first week.  Mommy decided the Elf will come visit again next year and hope it goes better....

We spent three days in Disneyland and had the most amazing time!  (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3).  On our second day, we found out if we were adding a little baby boy or baby girl to our family....  YAY!

Nolan discovered the joy of bubble wrap.

On a trip to Home Goods, we found this cool elephant that Nolan insisted on hugging and riding.  

Nolan painted the cutest handprint Santa and reindeer, and Mommy had a moment of pregnancy brain when adding the reindeer antlers to the wrong side.... Oops!  

He also crafted these cute gifts for Christmas!  

Nolan has gotten very good at repeating his ABCs and can actually memorize and say his numbers, most of the time.  I tried getting both on video but this was the best attempt for both!  It's hit or miss when he can do it, but I can't believe he can actually count 1-10 when he wants to!

I turned 18 weeks with baby #2!

We spent an afternoon in Boulder City riding the Santa Train and loved it!

Nolan spent some time getting his Christmas reading in, and I couldn't help but die over the comparison between this year and last.  He's so big now!!

With all of our Christmas deliveries, we had lots of boxes to go through and play with this month, and used them accordingly...

Since we were sick for a lot of the month, we spent a lot of time cuddling on the couch with blankets, movies and the iPad.  

Downtown Summerlin had an adorable Christmas parade that we enjoyed after dinner for Uncle Georges birthday, and baked cookies the day before Christmas Eve for Santa! 

We had the BEST Christmas Day with our family!

We celebrated the HALFWAY point at 20 weeks in our pregnancy!  

I got to snuggle this little munchkin and he snuggled with his GF-to-be at our annual Friendsgiving party we held after Christmas. 

I crafted a fun Sesame Street sign for Nolan's 2nd birthday pictures I was planning on taking. 

I decided to take some of my own pictures for Nolan's birthday invitations and his 2-year photos!

Nolan had a ton to say and didn't make much sense, but it still sounded cute!

We celebrated New Year's Eve at the Luks and the kids almost stayed up 'til midnight!  Most of them passed out about an hour before.  

We are super thankful for great friends and family and cannot wait to see what this new year brings us... Especially a new addition to our family!  Here's to the end of 2015 and a great new 2016!!

Tis' the Season and December Happenings

December is one of my favorite months of the year because of all the fun things to do and special time to spend with friends and family.  This December was no exception, and we got to enjoy our holidays with everyone important to us.

We celebrated our annual Friendsgiving (this year we celebrated in December, in past years we've celebrated right after Thanksgiving.. hence the name).  Not as many friends were in town this year for our reunion, but we still had a great time seeing everyone who did make it!  We made yummy food and had lots of drinks, as usual.  Any excuse to get together with our friends, eat, and drink is okay in our book!

Christmas tree meat and cheese platter, stolen from Pinterest.

Stacey contributed a taco box.  Totally awesome.

Besties.

Kuch and Jeremy.

Erik's GQ pose.

Jason being Jason.

I was super proud of a DIY Christmas gift that I made for baby Hudson.  I can't wait to make more of these, even if they take a looooong time to tie together!  It came out perfect and is so soft!

On Christmas Eve day, I spent a girls day with Stacey and Erin.  We had lunch at Secret Pizza in the Cosmo, and also went ice skating at their rink over the pool.  It's always a fun day when I'm with these girls and I love spending any chance I can get with them for long talks and nonstop laughter!  

Yummy Secret Pizza and PBR.  Keeping it classy.

Ice skating at the Cosmo.

Our Christmas usually is spent hopping around family to family.  We spend Christmas Eve with my Mom, Christmas morning is usually spent with us opening gifts from each other, and then my Dad comes over in the early afternoon.  After we spend time with him, we take a trip over to Jason's grandparents, and visit with them and Jason's Dad.  Then we're back over to my Mom's for Christmas dinner.  It's a busy two days but well worth it to get to visit with everyone.  

Our Christmas tree and gifts.

Jason and Harley on Christmas Day

Christmas Day with my boo.

Harley hanging out with the Christmas Nativity at Grandma's house on Christmas Eve.

We also spent some time with the Luks' family on Christmas Day and got to hang out with these two awesome kiddos:

Other random happenings this month:

We got a new Macbook, so Harley took over our old one... he's not spoiled.

Because I had lots of time off with the holidays, Harley and I slept in late and snuggled.

We went out for sushi at Oyshi with Erik and Jason's coworkers one afternoon.  They ate way too much sushi, and I had some amaaazing green tea ice cream and green tea tiramisu. 

For New Year's Eve, we went out to celebrate and ate at Firefly.  It was so good.  I had a few signature sangrias (best ever) and got to look cute, which I don't try to do often, haha!

Happy December!  Here's to what 2013 will bring!