Tis the Season..................

I LOVE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS!!! All the festivities, food, desserts, family, friends, decorations...i just love it all. But i woke up this morning with a new love.....i love seeing my babies in their footed Christmas Jammies! So very sweet. I love taking my little girl down the stairs in the mornings only to here her say....TREEEEEE. And point to all the ornaments she sees. Oh how it warms the heart. I can't wait till she gets up Christmas morning and sees what Santa has brought her. I can't wait till she has Christmas with all our family. Grandparents, Great Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins.......

M.I.A.

I know that i have been M.I.A. for awhile now. Well over a month...almost 2 months. I took a break from the computer all together to focus on my family. My new son...he is such a blessing! What a joy it is to have him in our life. His sister loves him so. Every morning for the past week she gets up and comes in the room he is in and waives at him and says "Hi Brother"...and gives him a kiss. My heart melts!

I have also been getting ready for christmas. Shopping for gifts, wrapping paper and new ornaments. Hobby Lobby has the best wrapping paper this year! Of course i bought mine when it was 50% off. I not only found cute christmas paper...i found this black and white Damask print paper for other gifts through out the year. CUTE!! Can't wait to start wrapping.

I have also been working on sewing projects/gifts for various family members. Can't wait to have those completed. Lots of work and love is going into those.

And I have also been working on the house. Still lots to do. But yesterday i finally picked out paint color for the kids rooms. I knew what color....but picking out the right shade of those colors was difficult for me. Baby girl got a new bedroom suite...and pink walls. :) So very girly! I love it. Baby boy's room is on the vintage side. I made his bedding and now i'm in the market for vintage airplanes to finish his room.

I can't believe the Holidays are here. I can't wait to see baby girl dive in a rip open her gifts this year. She is old enough now to really get into it. On Santa's List: Play Kitchen, Pots and Pans, Dolls and an Inch worm riding toy. And lets just say mommy bought way to much other things...hehe!!! I just couldn't help myself this year.

Don't have the tree up yet....but that will happen hopefully VERY soon.

Fab Friday......

So glad it is Friday! Got the hubby home all weekend....and lots to do around the house. Yesterday i went out for the first time by myself with both babies. Useless to go shopping by myself with both of them cause by the time i put baby girl in the seat up front and then baby boy in the back in his carrier....there is no room for groceries...NONE!!! We went to my favorite place to shop these days...Super Target! It is such a treat for me and little bit cause as soon as we walk in the door we head straight for Starbucks and get a White Chocolate Mocha (decaf now that i'm breastfeeding) and a slice of banana nut bread for her. It makes her so happy. So we then take of to wonder the store while sipping my coffee and her indulging in her sweet treat. :) Right now Target is having a sale on pampers diapers...yippie for me! I grabbed the supper big box and put it in the only place i could find in the buggy...bottom. Then we went to the baby clothing section. Ok ladies...target is stepping up their clothing. I found so many absolutely adorable things for my little girl. Tops that are totally monogrammable, stripped sweaters with matching tights, polka dot jackets and a red pea coat that is just to cute. Then we mosied over to the toy section cause i'm going to have my christmas shopping done this year before Thanksgiving! Picked up a few things for both the kiddies. I had to pick up baby boy and stuff things in the buggy under his carrier. HA! So all in all it was a good "first" outing with them.

Baking an Old Fashion Chocolate Fudge Pie for the Weekend.....

Ingredients:

2 squares (2-ounces) semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie crust

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Melt the chocolate and butter together in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Remove the pan from the heat and add the sugar, then the eggs; beat well. Pour the filling into the pie crust and bake for 25 minutes or until just set. Serve warm or cold, with ice cream or whipped cream.

Servings: 6 to 8 servings
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 28 min

Hoping everyone has a wonderfully fun weekend.
xo