Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Medinas!!

(this is from the RP Holiday Party on 12/10)

I was going to be good and take lots of pictures this year. But I got distracted by something shiny and so I can only offer you the pictures below...

me and baby on Christmas Eve

all wrapped and ready to go!

our pretty tree

We had a great Christmas! We spent Christmas Eve with the Medinas. We had a delicious feast followed by a bounty of baked goods. Kiera (now 5) stuck with me and Gabe all night. She's hilarious and we had so much fun hanging out with her. She's very excited for our baby to join the family.

Christmas morning, we opened our presents at home and then we headed to the Johnsons. More presents, more food, and a trip to the movies.

We were off work on Monday, so we went to Mike and Janica's to open even more presents and visit the girls. Emily and Allyson got so many fun princess and baby toys and we helped them break them in!

I can't believe that next year we'll be sharing all these fun times with our little girl with us!!

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas!!!

christmas basket craft

i made this quick craft for my mother-in-law and put one of her presents inside.

front - wooden snowflake accent added. painted white and then painted with sparkle paint. silver/glitter snowflake buttons on either side.

back - alternating snowflake buttons, white/sparkles & silver sparkles. also goes on either side

finished product with present inside. :)

getting ready for baby medina

we've been doing a lot for our daughter's arrival.

we painted the nursery...

cleaned the carpets (no picture)

reveived the furniture...

i can't believe how soon she'll be here!



gingerbread houses

last night, we enjoyed some christmas festivities in the form of gingerbread houses.

we bought a pre-fab for decorating. cheating, yes. but still lots of fun!

in progress...

working together. :)

lovely ladies!

finished product!

Merry Christmas!!

quick christmas craft

i made a quick simple craft the other day...

we had a wreath (fake) that had a simple bow on it. the bow came undone and it looked so sad and lonely...

i also had a handful of extra ornaments that i wasn't going to put on the tree (they're a little cheesy and just not as special as the others)

 So - i decided to combine the two. hot glue and 5 minutes later, i had a cute little wreath to display outside.

knocked up

remember that time i was knocked up??

here are some random pics of my pregnant self...

only 10 more weeks until we meet our little bundle of joy!!