Merry Birthday!!

Now that the holidays have come and gone, I can officially say I think that we handled the sharing of Christmas and Miss K's birthday pretty well!  I think we are in agreeance that we will continue to have Miss K's birthday party on or around the 17th (my actual due date) which is still before the holiday travel time.  I will admit though, trying to pull off a birthday party in December after being gone for two weeks over Thanksgiving was difficult.  Probably not the smartest move on my part.  I've also learned that I have a LONG way to come when it comes to the planning/execution of birthday parties.  Hopefully this will all get better in time!

We have decided that because Miss K is blessed to share her birthday with Jesus that we are going to start the tradition at Casa de D that Santa will bring three presents, just like baby Jesus got.  That way we can keep ourselves in check since we have both Christmas and birthday not only in same month, but the same day!!  From the pictures, it looks like there are a lot more presents, but those are all the presents Miss K got from family, Santa, mommy and daddy, etc for Christmas.  I still haven't decided if I want to let her open her birthday presents from us on Christmas Day or just keep her birthday celebration (presents included) a completely separate event.  Thoughts?

It was nice to be in our own home for the holidays.  I did miss having family around, but it really was nice to have a low key holiday.  We went to the 4 o'clock Mass on Christmas Eve and then Big Poppa's aunt and her husband came over for prime rib, mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts. UH-MAZING!  We made sure we had everything ready for the next morning and I then we decided to open our gifts from one another.  I really like doing this and we agreed this was something we would do going forward.  My big gift was my Mac Air that I got in November  since my old laptop took a dive a bit early!  Of course, Big Poppa wrapped the box without my knowing so I officially got to unwrap it at Christmas!

I also got a case of my wine (LOVEEEEE), a new Texas Tech flag to hang for football season, and a sign that I think is so cool! (my mom tipped him off on that one)

Big Poppa didn't do too shabby either! This is the first year he's given me ideas throughout the year of some things he wanted, but he tried to tell me not to get him anything because he had just bought a fire pit for our screened in porch.  I didn't listen to him and got him a few of the things he wanted!  He got a new North Face fleece, a new "bang around" watch, a new pair of slippers, and a Kuerig.  He also got the new war game for PS3 that he wanted and the two newest seasons of Family Guy and a renewal for Garden & Gun in his stocking.  

Miss K had fun opening all her presents and really wanted to open each gift and play with it before moving on to the next one!  One of her favorite toys so far is a bouncy horse from Imaginarium.  She is absolutely hilarious on it!! She calls it a donkey which I can kinda see where she gets that from, but nonetheless she loves it!  She also got a few more Melissa and Doug toys which now means we probably own all the M&D toys out there.  You can see from the picture below that she made out like a bandit!

I am so glad that we survived "Merry Birthday 2011" and I know that our checking account will appreciate some relief!! 

The Funk

I am still here. I promise.  We have had a case of the funk running rampant through Casa de D with yours truly bearing the brunt of it.  I have seriously been house bound and in my PJs for 5 days and counting.  I'm working diligently (as can be) on a Christmas recap and Miss K's two year stats.  These will come after I finish Lysoling us out of house and home.  I hope.