The Colby's: December 2009

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Our newest addition...

Meet the newest addition to our family. Her name is Coco.

She was the hit of Christmas, and nothing else really mattered!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas

I scrambled this year to get my Christmas Cards finished.

My husband fished every weekend in November,

(in which he caught his biggest fish so far...a 36 pounder...so it was soooo worth it)

Therefore getting a picture during the daylight hours was impossible, just about as impossible as being your own photographer.

Working last minute meant that Walmart lab was my only option, which wouldn't allow my design...

But...

WHATEVER,

They got done...

They relayed the message that I wanted,

and I learned my lesson!

I know that there are family and friends that didn't get one, because I didn't have addresses.

I am so sorry...but...

I am wishing you all a beautiful holiday,

with the day spent loving your children,

and enjoying your families,

and devouring yummy food!

Merry Christmas!

with love,

The Colby's

Monday, December 21, 2009

Our upstairs family room is "almost" completed, and as I was decorating our house for Christmas the upstairs family room felt sad. Sad, because it didn't have a Christmas Tree in it. So, I decided that we were going to get a tree for the sad family room. I really wanted a real one, but didn't want it to be bare and ugly.

I got an ad in the mail and Home Depot was selling real Christmas trees. We went to Richfield and picked us out a beautiful tree. We got it home, decorated it, and it smelt heavenly. Now I know why all you people like real trees.

The girls were so excited.

"We have never had a real tree before," said Aniston.

Exactly one week later it was dead! I mean, dead, like needles falling off, I was afraid of turning on the lights, dead.

We called Home Depot and they said bring it back. I un-decorated the tree and we took the dead, sad tree back to Richfield, and got a new one. We put it up again, and decorated it again.

Which was good because I didn't get any pictures of us decorating it before. So after all the fun with the "real tree". I think I am going to buy an artificial one after Christmas for the upstairs family room.

And half way though the decorating, this one was done. She was on the floor rolling around and being her silly self.

Boy, do I love these girls, and the Christmas season, and spending time decorating, un-decorating, and re-decorating Christmas trees with my family!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

21 Weeks...

Here we are at 21 weeks. I feel so good. I have so much energy during the day, but come 9:30 I am ready for bed. I can eat again and I want to! Christmas is the perfect time to "have to" gain weight. We are constantly eating YUMMY treats and snacks. I love it!

I have been feeling the baby move around a lot and I love it. I sort of feel selfish because I get to feel him all day and his daddy doesn't. The other night he was kicking pretty hard and Ryan did get to feel him and I think that he loves it too. I think that it is funny that you forget something so small as feeling the babies move and kick. It is an amazing feeling. I could just set there for hours and feel him move!

The girls are so cute and are so excited for their new little brother!

We haven't thought of any names yet. I have to see them before I can decide for sure.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Countdown to Christmas...

I made this countdown board at a CK holiday retreat. I didn't finish it last year because I was insanely busy with my "homeade Christmas". My poor sweet kids got neglected and I felt like a horrible mother!!
So with a new and improved vision for Christmas this year, I finished this board and we are doing little activities everynight. And it is so much fun. The girls LOVE to pull the next slip to see what we are doing. They aren't hard, unrealistic things. They are fun little things like write a letter to Santa, and make ornaments for their tree, make treats, and stuff like that.

I just have to say that it has been so much fun not stressing about making every gift. I am not even close to finished shopping and I am not one bit stressed out about it. Everything will fall into place and I am determined to just set back and enjoy my time with my family.

Tonight our activity is to make hot cocoa and read a Christmas Story. I just found this recipe and how YUMMY does peppermint whipping cream sound. We are so topping our cocoa with this stuff tonight.