It's Beginning To Look..

A lot like Christmas! Thanksgiving has come and gone, and it was a great one! We spent the day at home, and then went to my moms. We split Thanksgiving every other year 'cause it's just easier for us. That and since Christmas is spent with both sides of the family. We had some great food, and some great football! I always enjoy spending the day with my siblings. It's crazy how close we have all gotten now that we are all older.

Now that Whitnee is older I'm beginning to do more crafty stuff with her. We have made cinnamon ornaments this year with Aunt Kisa, Whitnee really enjoyed it.

We also made Handpring ornaments this year. I always get us a new family ornament and then get Whitnee an ornament. Well this year to save money I thought hey why not make her ornament. She enjoyed doing this as well, here is a picture of our sweet princesses hand.

We have a holiday buddy with a group of girls that also have May 09 babies, and I'm going to send one to them with there gift. So excited about that!

We are also doing and advent calender of sorts. I found this idea on Pinterest you get 25 Christmas books and every night they get to open one and read it. Well Whitnee already gets 2 books read to her every night and LOVES books so I thought this would be great, and it would be a good addition to her books. When I first started collecting books I didn't think I would be able to get 25, but hey I did. :D I want to do this every year, and now that I have them I won't have to buy any more in the years to come. Here is a picture of all her books.

Next year we will add The Elf on a Shelf,, I feel as if Whitnee is to young to really understand that concept so we will try it out next year.

Here is my favorite part of this time of here, the decorations. I LOVE decorating for Christmas it makes the cold weather worth it. I was so excited that we were able to get a new tree this year. I will show you a picture of our tree last year and our tree this year, it's like night and day and makes me so happy! I love big trees and our first one just didn't cut it. So here you go.. the first tree and then our new tree..

Now here is our new tree

It's half a foot taller, and so much fuller. :D Funny thing is I think we spent less ont he new tree that is better then we did on the old tree. :D

We also got new decorations for the mantel thanks to Michaels parents

Well I thought we would be able to see it better, but I guess not, we got some rope light with some white star garland on it. It looks really pretty all lit up.

So I went Black Friday Shopping for the first time with Makisa, and Hannah, it was so much fun and yet soo crazy! We had a blast and I think I have finally caught up on sleep. I will say some people are so rude and if you are going to be rude during this time of year you need to just stay home.

Whitnee got a video of Santa and she was soo excited to see him! I can't wait to go to Silver Dollar City and see him in person.

Yet agian as Christmas gets closer I'm so excited to see how Whitnee reacts when she sees her bike from Santa, and to see just her pure excitment about everything. I am also thankful that we have such a great family and they all live close, and they choose to spend Christmas day with us and with our Princess. I'm always amazed at how much they all love Whitnee and how much they choose to spoil her. We are so blessed!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, and are looking forward to Christmas as much as I am!

She's a Big Girl

The hubby has been off work this week. So I have been doing a lot around the house that I usually don't get to get done when he is working. Well one of those was when Whitnee was at MeMaw and Pa's house I went through her clothes and her toys. Well I got the crazy idea of changing her crib to a toddler bed/daybed. Whitnee has never tried to climb out of her crib, or climb in it. I feel that she probably would have stayed in it forever if we would have let her. Well in the midst of cleaning her room it seemed like it would give us more room if we moved it and bad it her "big girl bed". Well thankfully Michael didn't fight it and well my little Princess is no longer so little. :( Thankfully she has done really well sleeping in it, we haven't had to put her back in it at night yet. She does her normal fight sleep act that she did when she was in her crib. We however haven't taken a nap in it yet. I feel that will be the hardest one. She will probably get up and play. Mommy and Daddy will just have to be strong and help her remember who is boss. :D Oh yeah, it was the sweetest thing, when I showed her the picture of her big girl bed she said "So I can get in it all myself" I said "yes ma'am" and she said "oh mommy thank you" It was the sweetest thing ever and just melted my heart! Here is a picture of her sleeping in her big girl bed the first night, as well as the secound night.

Sorry the pictures look so bad. I'm amazed every day by how big she is. She is so smart and such a blessing to Michael and I.

Today we got the pleasure of going to the mall with my brother, Bailey Grace, and Brittany. It was so much fun and I look forward to many more outings with them especially as Bailey Grace gets older and when my sister has her little girl.

With Thanksgiving comeing up I have become more aware of the many blessing God has give my family. I am truely blessed and don't thank Him enough for what He has done. I can't wait to spend the day with my side of the family, and then spend Friday putting up our Christmas tree. I say this all the time, this really is my favorite time of the year. I don't like the cold but I LOVE Christmas. I enjoy it even more now that Whitnee is getting older and gets so excited about the little things. I look forward to seeing her face on Christmas morning.

Hope you all have a great weekend! We will spend it cheering on our Hogs! Woo Pig Sooie!

Life Of a Sherry

Our life has been pretty low key recently. We have been going through a trial, but with God we can get through it. Just praying and keeping faith!

So before my birthday I dropped my phone. :( Well thankfully I was planning on getting a new one with my birthday money, well I was finally able to get a new one and I'm so in love with it! I'm so thankful that my hubby lets me spoil myself with my birthday money! 'Cause I know there is other stuff I could have used it on.

Well Arkansas weather cracks me up, it went from one day being have jacket weather to now wearing short sleeves and it being really nice outside. I am not a winter type of person so every little nice day we get I enjoy every min of it!

Whitnee said a funny thing the other day, I was in my room and she was in her room and said something to me, and I said HUH, and she said "Mommy I didn't stutter" it was so funny I couldn't get on to her. Oh the joys of being a mommy and your child saying something they really shouldn't. I just couldn't not laugh.

This past Friday night we went out to Michael's parents house and spent the night. Michael's brother and his wife also came with us. It was really nice to spend the night with them. Then Saturday we had my late birthday celebration since we were all so busy during October.

Michael is off work this week, and I'm so excited 'cause that means I can hopefully get the house deep cleaned so I can put up Christmas stuff the week after. For some reason this year I've been soo ready to put them up. I think it's because Whitnee is bigger and I look forward to seeing her excitement.

Well I hope you all are having a great Nov so far and that your Sunday has been all that you wanted to be!
God Bless!

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From my pictures... The quilt Michaels mom has been working on for Whitnee. It's all finished and at my house WOO HOO!! :D I can't wait to put her in her big girl bed and put this on her bed!




Outside my window...... baby it's cold outside! A cold front has come in and we even got some flurries this morning



I am thinking.... that I've got to find an activity for Whitnee and I to do this winter or we will go crazy!



I am thankful..... that God has brought my closer with my sister in law and my mother in law!



From the kitchen.... I need to start the dishwasher. I was busy this morning before Whitnee went to down for a nap.



I am creating..... a list of Christmas idea's for Whitnee and I need to figure out what we are gonna get the hubby.



I am remembering.... that I havn't made the bed. I have pleged to make the bed every day for a month. So far so good :D



I am going...... to make a grocery list. We have NO groceries. It's bad!!



I am reading..... blogs haha does that count?



I am hoping.... not hoping.. praying that God will countinue to give me peace and understanding



I am hearing...... the tv



Around the house.... the living room is a disaster that's my next room to tackle.



One of my favorite things.... the smell of Whitnee's lotion on my hands after I have given her a bath and put lotion on her



Pondering these words...... the lyric to it is well...



A few plans for the rest of the week..... hmm I don't really think we have much right now. The hubby has to work Sat morning and then there is a Hog game on so we will of course be watching it. Woo Pig Sooie!