Geez! Where has the time gone? Well a lot has happened on our side of the computer but instead of getting into crazy details, check out Our Story for the major things you guys missed.
Great! Now you are pretty much all caught up on the important details. Now back to the slightly, not so important stuff... Blogging...
I cannot believe it is already November! I swear retail companies have a game of who can take down Halloween decor and put up Christmas stuff the fastest. Sorry Thanksgiving, my favorite food holiday, I guess you got the boot AGAIN! This year we are headed to Viva Las Vegas for Thanksgiving, to go visit my extended family. We switch off every other year between our two families, to make it "fair." I swear, no one could of cared if we attended these family events until we started to have children. It's like the second that baby is out of you, family members start competing on who gets you what holiday and for how long. Yikes! Talk about bringing out the crazy in you!
So after the first couple of holidays when Olivia was born, we realized we needed to snip it in the butt and make our own schedule. You know, set some "boundaries." Vegas for Thanksgiving with that side of the family, my husband and I can both agree is our favorite! We watch football, totally chill and SO MUCH FOOD! I'm not saying I don't like the holidays with my in-laws but having both set of grandparents there can be... well... EXHAUSTING! Not only do they pull Olivia in every direction possible, but they also even compete with conversations with us. It is out of pure love, don't get me wrong, but I don't feel like I can relax as much. Either way we love spending time with both of our families, either the craziness or through the calmness. We love them.
For being extremely grateful and mostly a positive person, does anyone else get annoyed of these "Thankful November" post on Facebook? I mean once a week would be cute, but evvverrry day gets old. It's like by the end of the month, people run out of stuff to be thankful for. Like ummm ya "Day 28; I'm thankful for this Tomato. Without it, I wouldn't have been able to make my BLT." I mean it just gets silly in my opinion. I mean at least add fun photos of your post people. Give me something entertaining! So at the end of the month or probably around Thanksgiving time I will make a Thankful Blog post but mostly of the stuff I am most thankful of.
Speaking of Thanksgiving, I must admit... Gosh I cannot believe I am writing this... I too, will be black Friday shopping. Ugh! I swore I would never do this BUT in my defense more than half of what I want to get Olivia, opps correction, Santa wants to get Olivia are more than half off the cost. I definitely won't be taking time away from my family and waiting in line, but I will be going out in the chaos. It is so stupid retail does this. Takes away from the holiday and valuable time with family. At least my wallet will be happy with me this year. I am so excited (and the husband too) to play Santa this year. Olivia will almost be 3 and this is when she actually somewhat gets the holiday fun. Seriously, being a parent is a blast! Plus it is our first Christmas in our new house, which has its own special meaning in itself.
You're right Santa... Lets get those Halloween decorations down and put up THANKSGIVING ones and show some gratitude for the biggest blessing of all. LIFE.
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