Christmas-ness

You know it's Christmas time when Buddy arrives. 

 

This year he is pretty boring. Just sitting in a new spot everyday.

I don't' blame him. I am tired too. 

And you know it's Christmas when the red and black church outfits come out. 

And when the tree goes up. Bless Vince's heart for doing it this year. My big belly and the ladder are bad combination. 

 And when the snowflakes start falling. 

It feels amazing to be in our new house and decorate for Christmas. I wondered for a long time if this day would ever come!

I love it!

And tis the Season for Christmas Parties. This year we held the first ever company party for Vince's business and employees. 

We were both so worried about it. We were in charge, 1/2 speak Spanish, 1/2 speak English, but it all went great! I took this pic before heading to confirm my outfit of choice with my sistas, and it ended up being a little bumpdate, 24 1/2 weeks. 

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That week we also had the ward Christmas party. They announced they were having an ugly sweater contest. I figured I better support the ward and dress us all up. We got there, and NOBODY was dressed up in ugly sweaters. I wanted to die! Shame on those RS leaders who planned the party and announced it and didn't even have the guts to dress up. Shame on them. But two other ladies showed up in sweaters and then I didn't feel like running out the door so much. 

I did however feel like running out the door with Ivy! She is always so naughty everywhere we go.  

 Brooke's room got a little festive for the season as well, but this decor will stay up year round. Vince wanted to kill me over those dots. They were such a disaster. They ended up being too far apart in the end, but they are never being moved. Ever. 

My early Christmas present came in the form of handing over my Primary President duties to someone else.

I have loved it, don't get me wrong, but the stress of the job + pregnancy was finally taking me down. It was time anyway. I was sad to saw goodbye to the Primary kids, and my own kids in Primary, but it is definitely for the best.