Catch up

We have so much to catch up on!  First of all our Christmas was wonderful!  We had such a good time- we did Christmas with "Grandma Bo" on Wednesday, cousins on Thursday & Friday was Christmas eve and we had "Grandma Abby/Betty" come stay the night with us!  We decorated cookies and said goodbye to Toby.  (In case you were wondering how we were able to hug him good bye - he looses his magic when we touch him, but its ok on Christmas Eve bc Santa takes him back to the North Pole).

Christmas morning was great. Allie got a ton of toys and it took us about 3 hours to get thu all of the gifts.  She was so cute passing out the gifts.  She would say "Here you go Grandma, Merry Christmas" each time she passed out a gift... we all took turns and had a nice morning.  In the afternoon after nap we went over to Kris & Leslie's house to have Christmas dinner and exchange gifts with them.  This was Natalie's 1st Christmas and it was so fun to see Kris & Leslie as parents!!

We also have been spending a ton of time on the nursery furniture.  (though I don't think I'd ever do this again, we were able to get ALL of our furniture for under $200- & accessories for under $200 as well)  The down side is that we had to sand, prime & paint all of the furniture and it took us FOREVER to finish!

My Nursery Score Sheet:

Crib- $120 craigslist

Dresser- $15  craigslist

Changing table- $15 craigslist

Baskets for table- $ 65 Target

Glider/ Ottoman- $40 craigslist

Material to recover cushions - $15 

Side table- Free- my mom gave it to me

Armouir- Free- left over from college furniture

Bedding & Valance - left over from Allie's nursery

Paint for walls- $40 Sherwin Williams

Paint / Primer for furniture- $50 Lowe's

Letters-$8 Hobby Lobby

Decor for letters- $10 Hobby Lobby

Total So Far: $378

(I'll prob spend another $50- $100 on decor items.. we shall see)

After Christmas we made a trip up to Arkansas to see Teresa & her family!  We were able to spend NYE with their family & friends we had a really nice trip!! The above picture is from our drive up there... Allie did SOOO good with her potty training the whole way- and told us when she had to "go"!  In the picture we are on the side of the highway- and Allie is "going potty" :)  She went the whole trip with out an accident!  I'd say we are FINALLY done potty training! :)