So here's what went on over the last three weeks :
1. First Christmas in our house : Now that we've officially been in the house for THREE Christmases, we decided that having a child would be a grounding factor, and that we would go full force with a tree, stocking, and decorations...the whole shebang. After realizing how much moola one can drop on decorations, I've decided to add a few things per year instead of everything at once. So, this year we went with a new tablescape (like the choice of vocab?) and family stockings. Both turned out great, and I'm hoping the place I ordered the stockings from keeps them around for a few more years for when baby #2 comes (let's not get ahead of ourselves though, as I can barely keep my head screwed on with one at the moment).
I now realize why Christmas morning takes FOREVER when you have kids. We had to take a break after only a few gifts so that the B Man could re-focus. He got a wagon from ZZ and Big Daddy, and he's absolutely in love it with. Good thing we held off on furniture for the front room because it's now become his playground with that thing (we just took a 20 min ride doing circles around and around so that I could make a work call). He also uses it as his "fort" to throw all of his toys into. I got a Flip from Justin that I'm in love with, and Justin got a Titans jersey (along with a matching one for Britt). Of course we had to go with #18 Kenny Britt, so they could both sport that sweet name on their backs! We got some priceless pics and videos of present-opening.
2. Britt got baptized : This is obviously more important than just a bullet point on our blog, and we were excited that our families could be here (minus Big Daddy and Zac due to horrific work schedules). The week of Christmas, we met with our Associate Pastor (who happens to share the name Britt), and we talked through the importance of such and even and how the day would go. Britt fully cooperated, everyone had a great time, and it gave us yet another excuse to eat more than necessary. He wore a cute white "salorish" outfit and had my white baby blanket that my mom had saved. I'm very happy that we have found such a great church to become members of this year, First Methodist Orlando. They offer so many wonderful things that I'm hoping to get involved in, some church related and some parent/child related. It was a very special day!
3. We rang in 2010 in a very relaxed style : We had just the Foxworthys and Eric Sharp over for a day of football and BBQ. I, of course, was asleep on the den floor at 11:30, but I woke up in for about 30 seconds to ring in the new year. These nights of two feedings are really doing me in right now, so I'm lucky I even made it that late, haha! I'm sure part of it was the fact that the Volunteers gave us a poor showing in the Peach Bowl. Guess they took some bad advice from GT after last year's showing. UT, GT, and bowl games just are NOT a good mix these days. We're left with a hole in our hearts for the next nine months....
We're now back into the swing of things for the new year, Justin is on his new diet (P90X), and I'm attempting to clean out the pantry by eating every last darn twizzler, cookie, M&M and cookie I can find. I expect to be done this coming week and then move onto the weird things Courtney and Keith sent us from Japan :-)
Hope y'all had as fantastic of a close to 2009 and opening of 2010 as the Marshall clan did!
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