Finally December

Finally, one of my favorite times of year - well, my favorite month simply because it's the month I was born, I got married, and the month we celebrate Christmas! So many wonderful things happen during these 31 days. This year, it will be a bitter-sweet month. Jeremiah will be heading out for a while just after we have these wonderful 31 days together. The last few weeks before a deployment are always pretty hard on me.

Besides that, things are progressing. We have our Christmas tree up (which I finally realized - although practical for military families that move a lot - our tree sadly needs to be upgraded) along with our other few decorations for the house, we started (and finished) an entertainment center project that I think will end up being FABULOUS, and sorting through our "junk" is coming along nicely. Still way too much left to sort through, but we are getting there.

I dragged our little family out to see the "Beach Lights" last night. They were WONDERFUL! They had a section set aside for the 12 days of Christmas. Each light we passed represented part of the song. I loved it. Too bad Mel fell asleep and no amount of yelling or shaking could wake her up. She missed the WHOLE thing. Poor girl didn't even wake up until we got home. Julia loved the outing, she kept pointing out things that she thought were exciting and she tried to console her brother while he had a few crying spells along the way. Mark my words, Julia is going to be some sort of jokester/comedian when she grows up. It's just a little sad that most of the funny things she has/will pull are going to mortify her mother and maybe even scar me for life! I may never venture out in public again with her in tow.