I can't believe it's already Christmas.  I've spent the whole week baking (54 cookies and 2 pies to be exact).  It's Christmas Eve, so this will be short and sweet.  I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! {28 Weeks} {Thanks for the shirt Mom!} ...

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Jason and I started taking the annual "Christmas Card Photo" our first Christmas together in 2007.  Over the years, we've added dogs, and soon we will add a baby. {Christmas 2007:  First Christmas together} {Christmas 2008:  Jason was working for the U.S. Marshals..hence the goatee} {Christmas 2009:  Christmas in a new apartment} {Christmas 2010:  First Christmas with Sammie} {Christmas 2011:  Christmas in our...

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I usually have all of the Christmas decorations up in a day or two.  This year, it has taken over a week to get everything out.  Pregnancy has really slowed me down!  Here are some of my favorite decorations: {Wreaths on the windows.} {Light up wooden tree on the porch.} {My new ornament from McAlister's!} {St. Louis Cardinals snow village.} {Regular snow village.}...

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Even though Jason's birthday isn't until December 10th, we celebrated yesterday by going to a Ram's game to see his favorite team the 49ers play.  Unfortunately for us, the hometown team won in overtime.  {Jason and I at the game.} {Game.}  I feel like I've been pregnant for two years.  It's only been 25 weeks.  This probably has a lot to do with my...

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Several years ago, I was sorting through my coupons from the newspaper when I ran across a recipe for a peanut butter fudge pie.  The recipe was on a random coupon page advertising hot fudge and peanut butter.  I saved the recipe and eventually tried it out.  It is now a staple at family holiday meals; both Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I decided to share...

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My parents (mainly my dad) asked me to recover their dining room chairs recently.  He actually asked me to do these back in the spring, but by the time I had one of the chairs to start on I found out I was pregnant.  Four months later, I finally started working on the first chair.  I'm now on the second chair. I first had...

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I've been spending a lot of time shopping for Baby D these days.  With the nursery cleaned out and ready to be painted, I'm currently looking for the perfect accessories for the room.  I did a little shopping this weekend at a few local shops.   Here are a few items I'm considering for the nursery: {Owl hook for the wall.} {Dresser for baby...

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I hope everyone had a great Halloween.  Mine is always extra special because it's also my birthday.  This year Jason and I both took the day off from work and spent most of the day just being lazy.  We went out for lunch and did a little shopping before coming back home in time to have our usual Halloween chili dinner and Halloween...

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I can't believe it's the end of October already!  Before you know it, it'll be Christmas.  So many things have been going on in the past week.  {Sammie and Callie enjoying a nice fall day in the yard.} {Mums growing in the yard.} Last Thursday was the 2nd Annual "Witches Night Out" at work.  I presented three Halloween-Inspired Looks.  The following day we...

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