Christmas Shopping

Well I have been sort of Christmas shopping online the last week, trying to get it all done before Thanksgiving but going to hold out for some online Black Friday Sales! I do have a few things for each of the girls as well as their stockings pretty much done. My moms stuff for the girls arrived the last 2 days so I'll just need to wrap them and get them under the tree.

I am still stuck on what to get them both, outside the few things I did get. They seem to both want very expensive things and since we are going to Disney the day after I can't afford the things they want. The Disney trip though is not from us but we'll need the extra spending money for the trip of course. Sigh maybe some of the stuff will be on sale the day after Turkey day though.

I am excited for the holidays since we are in our new house! I need tot find all my Christmas stuff and start getting it out and ready to be on display. Not much else to talk about, hubby has been busy working and the girls are doing well.

Til next time!

Happy New Year 2008

Happy New Year! Well 2007 came to an end with a bang lol I guess that is a normal thing lol since they generally shoot fireworks for New Years. Alot of things happened in 2007 some good, some bad and some just ok and we have to deal with them.

The good things, seeing my kiddos grow up and learn so much and see they are becoming so independent, hubby finally got notification and an offer for his job promotion that starts this month instead of March and we got to spend Christmas with our families (mom, stepdad, sis and even FIL was around) haven't seen that many for Christmas in along time.

The not so good things, my hearing loss situation, the money needed for hearing aids, $4500 and just the normal stuff. Hubby definitely had our ups and downs this past year but we made it thru and I think we have decided we want to have 1 more kiddo but not til sometime later this year to early 09.

We had a great Christmas and the girls got WAYYY to much and considering we cut back on what we bought them they still made out like bandits. It was great watching Hailey really get into Christmas this year since she is almost 3 and seeing both their faces light up as they opened their gifts. I was so happy to spend Christmas with my mom, stepdad and sis we had not seen them since May and it was my first Christmas Dinner at my house!

Hailey turns 3 yrs old 3 months from Friday! OH me it makes me feel sooo old lol and she's getting so big! I am so glad that I have my moms group so she can interact with so many other kiddos. Jessica really likes it too shes made some friends too. It's been a life saver for me, gets me out of the house and I have made some great friends!

Our goals for 08 include paying down our cc debt, finish up remodeling the house and put it on the market and move into a new house by Christmas of this year. Things are going well for us right now but we know there will be turns and twists as the year goes by.

Just a quick update from our house hope everyone had a great New Years!

Hello December!

Wow time is sure flying by is all I can say, it seems like just yesterday was the beginning of November. Just about 15 days of school left until Winter Break! I am pretty excited this year right now anyways because my mom, stepdad and sister will be spending Christmas with us here at our house. This will be the first time in over 10 years that I have seen my mom on Christmas Day. The girls are very excited about getting to see Nana and Papa and Auntie Lauren.

We finished up Christmas shopping yesterday and I feel we did pretty good and didn't overspend to bad. Maybe $150 on each one which is way less than last year. I can't wait to see their faces on Christmas morning, going to be exciting! This is also the first time that I have cooked a family holiday dinner! So glad my mom will be here to help LOL.

I was just sitting and daydreaming about the girls and realized that in 10 years Jessica will be graduating from high school and hopefully starting college! Insane and the fact that Hailey would start high school that same year! Arrggh have I mentioned that my baby is going to be 3 in March?? That's really hard for me to believe!

I also think she's at a perfect age (except when being a typical 2 yr old toddler), she loves to learn, sing, dance and have fun! She just makes me heart melt when she runs up and gives me a big hug and says I love you Mom. Awww, makes me a bit misty eyed.

Hailey is also doing very well with her ABC's, stumbles a bit over the L-M-N-O-P but what kid doesn't in the beginning? I have been working on them with her and she can now almost sing it all by herself. She also can count to 13 most times by herself and when she's in trouble and I start to count 1-2- she keeps going 3-4-5- etc lol hard to stay mad when she makes me giggle. She is becoming quite the little girl, loves to play with her babies and play house and still a rough and tumble girl too!

Jessica is doing very well in school, 2nd grade and is going to be tested for the gift program apparently. They sent a form home about a week or so ago asking if we wanted her to participate in that. I am excited to hear back the results. She's been on the honor roll every year and loves to read and learn new things. She's also growing up way to fast! She's so tall and so smart but time is going to fast for me.

Hmm anything else interesting? Just waiting to see if hubby will get his promotion in Jan rather than Mar, and hope to find out mid December. It would be great to know sooner than later! I pray he does so we can pay down the cc's and fix up the house and move into a much bigger house. We have outgrown this one soo much so I am looking fwd to a new one.

Guess thats about it on the home front, and hopefully I can do better at posting.

PS. Yes we finally had a family portrait done for Christmas. They turned out pretty good, I'll post pics tomorrow.