Forget Catching Up

So I've decided I'm not going to try and go back and catch up for now. Maybe I will go back at some point and there will be some posts out of order, but I decided I need to just start with what's going on right now. Ryan got me a laptop for my birthday (and toy budget money I've been saving) so I'm enjoying blogging on my couch downstairs. He stood in line at 3:30 am the day after Thanksgiving and was #27 in a line with 29 laptops. Lucky!

I'm so excited for the Christmas season this year. Nyah is loving everything, and it's been so much fun. We put up Christmas decorations this last weekend which is early for us but it's nice to have them up.

Our neighbors across the street put up some lights on their tree in the front yard and Nyah wanted some of our own. Turns out, Ryan can't tell Nyah no (as we know) so we put up Christmas lights on Saturday. :) I teased him that he wouldn't do it for me the last few years so it's nice when Nyah and I want the same thing. He did a great job and it makes me so happy to drive up at night and see all of the lights.


As I mentioned, we put up decorations over the weekend and Nyah was the biggest "helper". She loved doing all of it. For my birthday, my Mom and Dad gave me a Christmas advent calendar. I know my Mom spent a million hours making it. I told her last year that's all I wanted this year and was so excited to get it. I cried when I opened it seeing how similar all of the ornaments are to those we had as kids. So we hung up the tree over the weekend and since today is the first of December, we put up the first ornament tonight. Nyah was excited with the whole process. Here is day 1 of the advent calendar. :) Didn't my mom do a great job? We love it.