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Monday, January 10, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
mommy & daddy's 30th christmas
dave & i are so blessed to have ian, and that we celebrated our 30th christmas with ian's 1st christmas. if you were my 11 y/o niece, you'd be asking me how it's possible that we are celebrating our 30th christmas, being that we're both only 29, and then you still wouldn't get it after i had explained it 20 times...
i love buying gifts for husband- i love the thought that goes into them, i love the secret, and i love seeing his surprised face when he opens gifts! i think i did pretty well for christmas given the fact that we set a smaller budget due to having ian to buy for! of course, i also love getting gifts (who doesn't?)
1. hockey gift card. gift cards are boring to give (awesome to receive), but there was no way i was being held responsible for picking out hockey gear for him.
2. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by malcom gladwell. dave is really into books about economics and how social stuff effects economics.
3. Sigh No More
by mumford & sons. dave has been carrying on about them ever since he came to me one night and said "who the hell is mumford & sons and why won't everyone stop talking about them on facebook." i gave him a listen, and he knew why.
4. Capcatcher. dave's cousin has one of these, and dave always talks about how cool he thinks it is- so i remembered to look at it last time we went to visit them. plus, i always think a personalized gift is something you can't go wrong with!
i love buying gifts for husband- i love the thought that goes into them, i love the secret, and i love seeing his surprised face when he opens gifts! i think i did pretty well for christmas given the fact that we set a smaller budget due to having ian to buy for! of course, i also love getting gifts (who doesn't?)
1. hockey gift card. gift cards are boring to give (awesome to receive), but there was no way i was being held responsible for picking out hockey gear for him.
2. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by malcom gladwell. dave is really into books about economics and how social stuff effects economics.3. Sigh No More
by mumford & sons. dave has been carrying on about them ever since he came to me one night and said "who the hell is mumford & sons and why won't everyone stop talking about them on facebook." i gave him a listen, and he knew why.4. Capcatcher. dave's cousin has one of these, and dave always talks about how cool he thinks it is- so i remembered to look at it last time we went to visit them. plus, i always think a personalized gift is something you can't go wrong with!
he likes!
as far as stocking stuffers, i did a lot of the usual- small amount of candy (mike & ike's b\c i won't eat them!), chapstick, and a unique bottle of beer. my favorite thing was soap made with beer from the beer soap company (which i read about here)... pretty cool- and it smells really good! dave loves trying new beers, and brewing his own beer, so i thought this was a neat twist!
the beer is called 'sex panther.' i chose that b\c dave & i love anchorman!
dave also got some other books and a few movies including Despicable Me
(which is hilarious, see it now!), clothes, a gift certificate for beer brewing and for more hockey supplies. he did pretty well!
(which is hilarious, see it now!), clothes, a gift certificate for beer brewing and for more hockey supplies. he did pretty well!
dave is not as good at finding "unique gifts" (his words), but he always manages to get me things that i really enjoy, and that's what counts!
i got- a gift card for the loft (which was only $25, but i took that, a bit of christmas cash, and a few coupons and managed to get over $200 worth of clothes), grey suede booties that i'm afraid to wear anywhere for fear the snow and rain will ruin them, and a couple of books (plus 2 more from mom & dad and one from brother):
i got tons of books...
i'm going to be busy
i also got another season of himym, another movie, a really cool uga bag. i got some pretty cool stuff at our other christmas as well- i'm going to be spending a lot (more) time in the kitchen!!
i'd call christmas a rousing success!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
baby's first christmas
we spent ian's first christmas at my mom & dad's house in georgia. it snowed there and everyone was acting like Jesus had been born again! i guess it was meant to be for ian to have a white christmas regardless- b\c we knew it would happen in illinois. i mean, we had a white thanksgiving, white new year, and we'll probably have a white valentine's day and a white st. patty's day... ::sigh::
ian made me so happy to have given birth to him by managing to scream 7 out of the 15 excruciating hours that it took us to get to georgia... including a 3.5 hour non-stop sesh. bravo kid. nice lungs. needless to say he was exhausted when we arrived, so everyone was able to get some much-needed rest. we celebrated his birthday w\ our ga friends/family the next day, where he was an absolute delight (more on that after his real birthday).
the next day after the party my dad started feeling sick, but no one thought much of it.... then as i was getting ready for church on christmas eve, i got ian up from his nap, and we were playing and i tossed him into the air a few times... it wasn't long before he threw up all over me... 3 times. luckily i wasn't dressed for church yet- but he did puke on the slimming tank- so it was muffin top for christmas eve... oh well. we thought it was maybe my tossing him that caused him to "toss his cookies", so we headed to church- where he did well, and sat relatively still throughout the service, but i fed him as soon as we got to dinner (mexican for christmas eve- love that tradition) and he couldn't keep it down, or anything else we gave him. after i became the jerk that paged the pediatrician on christmas eve, and several attempts to get pedialyte into him, we gave up and put him to bed, and he slept it off. he was out of it most of christmas day, but luckily he won't remember any of it. unfortunately, my mom will remember that she was so sick, she had to spend the entire day in bed, and my uncle & brother's gf will remember the 27th, as will my husband, who by the divine will of God was able to drive us home before sucumbing to the nasty that was going around. it wasn't just limited to us- my poor 4 y/o nephew spend 3 days in the hospitl w\ dehydration. luckily everyone is back to feeling 100%!
ian was a lucky boy for christmas- we decided to stay small. we chose to get him a few tops, a pair of pj's, a few books, one small toy, a push walker and we took a baby tent that we had used once, bought a pack of balls and made him a "ball pit" (it's probably his favorite thing). between christmas and his birthday, he got so many toys, and a ton of clothes- he's still too small for a lot of them, but i'll probably just move him up b\c he needs to start wearing them! this was just in ga- we still had illinois christmas on new year's day and his bday in a few weeks! lucky guy! here are some photos from the festivities!
ian made me so happy to have given birth to him by managing to scream 7 out of the 15 excruciating hours that it took us to get to georgia... including a 3.5 hour non-stop sesh. bravo kid. nice lungs. needless to say he was exhausted when we arrived, so everyone was able to get some much-needed rest. we celebrated his birthday w\ our ga friends/family the next day, where he was an absolute delight (more on that after his real birthday).
the next day after the party my dad started feeling sick, but no one thought much of it.... then as i was getting ready for church on christmas eve, i got ian up from his nap, and we were playing and i tossed him into the air a few times... it wasn't long before he threw up all over me... 3 times. luckily i wasn't dressed for church yet- but he did puke on the slimming tank- so it was muffin top for christmas eve... oh well. we thought it was maybe my tossing him that caused him to "toss his cookies", so we headed to church- where he did well, and sat relatively still throughout the service, but i fed him as soon as we got to dinner (mexican for christmas eve- love that tradition) and he couldn't keep it down, or anything else we gave him. after i became the jerk that paged the pediatrician on christmas eve, and several attempts to get pedialyte into him, we gave up and put him to bed, and he slept it off. he was out of it most of christmas day, but luckily he won't remember any of it. unfortunately, my mom will remember that she was so sick, she had to spend the entire day in bed, and my uncle & brother's gf will remember the 27th, as will my husband, who by the divine will of God was able to drive us home before sucumbing to the nasty that was going around. it wasn't just limited to us- my poor 4 y/o nephew spend 3 days in the hospitl w\ dehydration. luckily everyone is back to feeling 100%!
ian was a lucky boy for christmas- we decided to stay small. we chose to get him a few tops, a pair of pj's, a few books, one small toy, a push walker and we took a baby tent that we had used once, bought a pack of balls and made him a "ball pit" (it's probably his favorite thing). between christmas and his birthday, he got so many toys, and a ton of clothes- he's still too small for a lot of them, but i'll probably just move him up b\c he needs to start wearing them! this was just in ga- we still had illinois christmas on new year's day and his bday in a few weeks! lucky guy! here are some photos from the festivities!
celebrating christmas at our house before leaving for ga
one of the few christmas morning smiles, and opening a present with daddy's help
ready to go back to bed- and he did- and he slept and slept!
kisses for my sweet boy
trying out his walking toy, and standing with granddaddy's help
testing out one of my toys
i haven't uploaded any pictures from his other christmas, but he was just as uninterested in gifts then too!
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