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Sneak, Peek, or Look Away?

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Ok, who else is completely surprised that Christmas is only a week away?  I know its not just me  So if you have any last minute shopping, crafting, or baking to do now is the time to get on it!

 

I need to get on all three of the above.  There are just a few more people on our list that we need to buy gifts for… thankfully the end is in sight.  Some family members will be receiving hand made gifts… crochet gifts and I need to  finish those up.   Don’t worry men in the family (not sure if any of them read the blog), I promise not to crochet your gift.  The past few years I have made peppermint bark for some of my extended family.  This year I plan on baking them something yummy but would like to try something different.  Don’t worry Aunt Beverly… there will be chocolate involved!

And finally, once it’s all said I done I will actually ned to wrap all these gifts that I have bought.  Hopefully, I will get it done in enough time to enjoy them under the tree for a day or two before everything gets torn into.  Speaking of gifts… do you ever try and sneak a peek at yours?  Do you snoop around the house looking for your gifts?  Or do you enjoy the surprise of unwrapping your gifts?

ML never has to worry about me.  I love to be surprised and hate knowing even a hint of my gift.  For example, I just ordered a gift off of Amazon and while I was checking out I noticed he ordered a gift to Noah and me through my account.  I immediately looked awake from the picture and had to fight to keep my eyes from reading the product listing.  Now, I am trying to get the glimpse of the image out of my mind because I want to be completely surprised when I unwrap it on Christmas.

What would you have done if you knew you could get a sneak peek at a gift you were getting for Christmas?  Would you have clicked on the image and read all about including the user reviews?  Or are  you like me and would have immediately deleted it?  I can’t wait to hear your responses!

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The Hustle and Bustle

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Source: Uploaded by user via Shannon on Pinterest

This has been one crazy but good week which has left little time for blogging.  I have lots to share with you but it will just have to wait until later because today isn’t looking any slower. This little elf needs to finish up shopping, prepare for a few Christmas parties, and somehow manage to get a little house work done.

In the meantime I want to share with you some of my favorite Christmas pins on Pinterest.

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Christmas 2012: Our Tree

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Our Tree

We have been waiting a year to see this tree up and decorated.  For those who don’t remember we scored a great deal on a tree after Christmas.  Which was perfect because our previous $30 tree just wasn’t cutting it anymore.

This one is though.  I love how tall and elegant it looks.  It fits the size of our room a lot better and is the perfect height for our angel on top.

Thankfully, what you can’t see in the picture above is that the ornaments stop about a foot from the bottom of the tree.  Why you ask?  Noah.  Even though many of them are shatterproof I don’t want her learning to play with the ornaments or to think that the tree is a toy.  So I figured for this first year I would try to keep them out of her reach as much as possible.  Sometimes the best way to resist temptation is to remove the temptation.

Besides our shatterproof ornaments we have a few special ones decorating the tree as well.  Some of them I shared last year, others are our anniversary ornaments (still working on this years, and a few of them are Noah’s.

Like this one that is an imprint of her hand from last year.  It was crazy to put her hand up to it and see how much it had grown in one year!  And don’t let that little ornament fool you.  It was a lot of work to get that handprint.  Besides the fact that we were working with a newborn baby we, ML had quite a time getting the mold to do right.  It was so frustrating that he even went and complained to Buy Buy Baby about what horrible product it was.  Thankfully, we managed to get a decent handprint out of it.

Plus with the left over clay or whatever that stuff was we made a little imprint of Emma’s paw.  You know… just in case it grows form year to year.

Here are a few more ornaments that we have dotting the tree.

This one was a wedding gift.  I love all the glitter on it.

Here are our shatterproof ornaments or fillers.

This little guy was on Noah’s door decoration at the hospital.

And this one shows her birthdate, weight, and length.  Is anyone else baffled at why length is so important at birth?  

So there you have it.  Our new and improved tree for 2012.

Is anyone else sporting a new tree this year?  Or maybe just some new ornaments?  What are some of your favorite ornaments on the tree?

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