Christmas Happenings

December has been a month full of excitement, fun activities and celebrating the season with the ones I love best. Here is a look back at some of the festive things we did. 

We started our advent calendar. I had been collecting little gifts to put in each day for the past year :)

We decorated the house and put up the trees. 

Our elf "Figgy" has been back and up to her usual antics. We welcomed her back with a North Pole Breakfast. 

 I took the easy route and recreated many of the things from last year.

We attended Alpine Village and the girls had a blast!

Mommy and Daddy had a date night to see The Nutcracker and eat dinner downtown with our sweet friend, Jason and Beth.

We attend the Germantown Christmas Parade for the first time. Sally loved the floats and especially loved the ones that threw candy!

We went to Zoo Lights again this year. Sally loved riding the carousel, the Polar Express train and of course seeing all the lights. 

We decorated Gingerbread Houses with the cousins again this year and they had so much fun!

I went to my MOPS table Christmas brunch.

We drove through Starry Nights at Shelby Farms.

We made reindeer food and dressed in some cute Christmas clothes!

We took an overnight trip to Nashville. We went to some of our favorite Nashville restaurants, stocked up at Trader Joes, visited the American Girl store and did ICE! at the Opryland Hotel.

We visited the free Bass Pro Santa for the 4th year in a row. 

As usual, I squeezed a ton into a short amount of time and still had many items on my to-do list but everyone had so much fun!

Pregnancy Journal Week 5-12: Moske Baby #2

This is me at 12 weeks...no bump showing yet. I haven been horrible at documenting this pregnancy so far. I know they always say the second child gets the shaft. I dont want to believe thats true so I promise I'm going to try and do better....starting now!

How Far Along? 12 weeks....finally out of my first trimester!

Size of Baby: 

Gender: We don't know yet. I have a feeling its a girl though :)

Weight Gain: I'm up about 4 pounds. 

Maternity Clothes: I haven't had to wear them yet but when I do I plan to just use the ones I had when I was pregnant with Sally. I love that flowy clothes are in right now...thats what I have been  rocking :)

Nursery: I plan to start it after the first of the year. Upstairs we have 3 bedrooms. They are currently being used as : Sallys bedroom, guest room and my craft room. We dont have many guests stay with us so it seems silly to keep a room for guests. I think Sally will move to the craft room, the baby will get Sally's room and the guest room will turn into my craft room. The other option is to keep the guest room and build out the closests to be craft closets. Lots of stuff would have to be put into storage too. 

Movement: I have felt little twitches here and there...not exactly sure what that is :)

Symptoms: I can feel a little pooch starting to come out on my belly. My pants still fit though! 

Sleep: I am SOOOOO tired when it is time for bed. I fall asleep really easily but wake up several times during the night to pee. Its really annoying!! Also, on a pretty regular basis, I wake up around 4:30 am..just wide awake. 

Cravings: I can't seem to get enough fruit...specifically berries and pineapple. I am also loving honey crisp apples, garlic stuffed olives and apple cider. 

What I Miss: Getting my massages where I can lay regularly on on my belly. I may have cried when they wouldn't let me do it last time. 

Best Moment This Week: Having my house deep cleaned!! Since I have been so tired, my cleaning has slacked. I am ready for a fresh start. I also got to hear my sweet baby's heartbeat which was a relief. 

Looking Forward To: Thanksgiving this week and decorating for Christmas after :)