When Life Happens...

I don't have time to blog. I mean, we only slightly have a lot going on right now! ;) Christmas this month, and baby next month. Let me tell you, there is nothing like procrastination either. It has proven to be the best motivation for me lately. No, baby Grant's nursery is still not done. Wayne and I were talking, and he was assuring me that everything was just fine and we had plenty of time. That's when I reminded him that at this exact same time with Jacob's pregnancy I had a bag packed for the hospital. You don't even want to know what all my to do list entails for the next 5 weeks. I will tell you it includes finishing the nursery, washing his clothes, and cleaning up ALL the baby stuff since it's been in the garage (covered, but still) for the last year. :) Did I mention we aren't completely finished Christmas shopping either. I promise I normally have it way more together than this. I will be done Christmas shopping by December next year.

Let's back up to the weekend after Thanksgiving... Every year we go to Lowe's to get our tree. We were actually going to go to a farm this year, but time didn't allow. Maybe next year. I don't think lil man cared. He had just as much fun.

When we got home that night, I slipped and did the SPLITS 8 months pregnant! Yes it's possible. No I don't recommend trying it. Needless to say, I was hurting a little too bad to decorate that night, so Wayne put the lights on and the next night we added everything else.

We have also visited Santa. We always go to Bass Pro. Nana, Pappy and Bubba were with us this year. All of the "boys" loved the race track they had out. Santa might be bringing Jacob one similar. ;)

Poor thing. This is just mean.

He did give him a high five though. That's huge improvement from last year. Like everything else, maybe next year...

Can I tell you something I am super excited about? We got family stockings this year. I wanted these last year, but I knew we would have at least one more kiddo (and I knew it would be fairly soon) so I decided to wait. I love them. And yes, they are hanging on our piano. We have considered adding a fireplace to our living room, but haven't quite made our minds up on that one yet.

We also went to Hueytown's Christmas parade. It was FREEZING, but oh so much fun! I'll let these pics speak for themselves.

Now, I want to brag on my husband for a REAL QUICK minute. He called me over a week ago and said, "I have an early Christmas surprise for you, you know I'm not good at keeping secrets from you so please don't ask. It's next Saturday, and you need to dress up." You also must understand that he has never waited until the actual time to tell me about something or give me a gift. If we make it to Christmas this year, I will be most surprised. He's just always so excited about giving to me. :) He did manage to wait until Saturday, and boy was it something! In fact, it was incredible!! I have wanted to see TSO for 3 years now, and he had us tickets for this past Saturday night. Here we are right after I found out where we were going...

And here is a little of what we saw...

I'm blessed beyond words for so many reasons.

And last but not least (and totally unrelated to this random post), our little man has an imaginary friend. He drug both of these chairs into the kitchen, sat behind Wayne (who was washing dishes), patted the chair and whispered, "Watch Daddy." Boy, are we having another baby right on time or what?!!! :) Honestly, I think it's adorable. But I'm his mama, and I think everything (well, most everything) he does is adorable!