2nd moment of christmas

 

Quick dinner at Five Guys

with the Kemster

who loves soda

but we aren't telling.

the thing about birthdays...

...is that I love them.

Especially other peoples.

But mine is okay, too :)

We spent all day today doing things that 24-year-olds are supposed to do (?)

 

{1} Breakfast at Smitty's

{2} Thrift shopping, although this bunny did not make it home with us

{3} Flowers from my darling parents

{4} Cuddle time with my two loves

{5} Dinner at Stockman's {yummmm}

{6} Chilly decorations at Snake River Landing

{7} 15th Edition Settlers of Catan? {duh}

{8} Cake Batter Ice Cream Cake {a la Coldstone and much begging}

The Kemster was wonderful all day.

She even slept in!

How kind!

We also woke up to balloons and banners {courtesy of my brother and his darling wife}, hit up the mall {twice}, scored some freebies, and chatted with the in-laws.

It was crammed full of awesomeness.

It might have been my favorite birthday ever.

That is saying a lot.
Because I have had some swanky birthdays {getting kidnapped and thrown in the trunk of a car, being crooned to by an amazing impromptu acting group, etc}.

This birthday was actually supposed to be spent at a Boston Celtics game in Utah {as they would have naturally taken down the Jazz}, but we all know that that didn't happen due to the biggest party of butchman-egos known to mankind.

But this one was quaint.

And quiet.
But so packed-full of happiness that it might just top all others.

A whole day with my husband  and baby!

Lovely, I tell you!

PLUS, yesterday, Tyrel sealed the deal on a mega-awesome sale at work that will certainly make for a very Merry Christmas for our cute-as-a-button family.

AND my parentals are prepping for a trip out this direction to spend the week-and-a-half leading up to Christmas with us.

Which is the best thing ever, since seeing my parents only twice-a-year gets a little hard on my sad little heart.

So.

Birthdays rock.

Yes?

12 moments of christmas

Tyrel and I never see each other.

We work opposite shifts

which is great

since we can spend time more time with Kemry...

but it means that we are pretty much single-parents most of the time.

This Christmas we decided we would join {quite a few in} the married world

and go on 12 dates for Christmas.

And then we laughed.

Seriously?

Dates?

What are those?

We decided to have 12 "moments" of Christmas

{most with baby, of course}.

Our first "moment" was making some frozen hot chocolate

{which I don't know what we were thinking...

pretty sure we are number 18 on this list}

and catching-up on all of the junk on our DVR.

Mine was superior to Tyrel's, however.

{thank you very much, dear candy cane}

baby carter

My sweet friend {and almost relation?} Kimberly recently had the most precious little boy.

He is so cuddly and lovely!

The parents are amazing, so it is no wonder they had such a perfect little one!

kemry's first tea party

While daddy fixed Grandma and Grandpa's sound system, the Kemster and I enjoyed some fake tea.

And real toast {for she has to eat actual food for lunch, duh!}.

Thanks to the hubby for catching this cute moment with his phone!