Today...

is my 1 month birthday!

Hey!

So far you like to eat, poop, grunt...

and you have the best dimples -

not to mention some killer chubby cheeks!

we.love.you

Early Xmas Present

Thanks Honey!

Now I can finally take some seriously better photos of our family.

xo

Celebration

Okay, I've gotta make this quick.

I am babysitting my 1 year old nephew today!
Whew, he's into everything. I forgot how fast those lil' guys are. haha!

Anyway, I wanted to post our family Advent Calender.
It was fun to make & only cost a few buckaroo's!

Christmas this year is all about going back to basics.
Not a lot of money will do that to you (all away across the board) but I think it's great!
Lack of money enables creativity to shine & makes you REALLY look at the true meaning of Christmas, rather than how many presents are under the tree.

Here are a few of the things we will be doing to celebrate the coming holiday:

Drink hot cocoa with homemade marshmallows
Read the Christmas Bible story
Watch "It's a Wonderful Life"
Write letters to Santa
Donate a gift to a child in need
Donate food to a food drive
Make Xmas cookies
Make a popcorn strand
Make Xmas cards
Decorate our Xmas tree
Listen to Xmas music & dance our buns off
Have a special dinner by candle light
Make Xmas candy

Anyway, it's nothing fancy, but we started this last year and the kids had so much fun.
I remember they prayed and thanked God that their mommy let them celebrate Xmas every day.
It's the lil' things in life, remember.

Baby it's Cold Outside...

We had snow!

So we ventured out to play.

Snow angels.

They had some serious snowball fights.

Toby didn't like the snow so much.

It's nice to be able to actually experience the different seasons...

besides "hot."

Party of 5

First official Thanksgiving as a Party of 5!

Homemade

Sometimes I dream that I was part of something amazing, where I floated in clouds and was shot to the moon.

Then I wake up, and realize that I was.

The day our son, Lucas Allen Fisher was born.

It was one of the greatest moments in my life.

There wasn't one minute where I felt alone.

I was surrounded by my husband & these beautiful strong women in my life.

It was spiritual, overwhelming, loving, intense, painful, beautiful, peaceful...

It was perfect. Like Christmas morning.

Not that it didn't hurt, because it did.

It really did.

But I think I needed to feel that pain, to get to that moment where I thought I couldn't go any further...because it's at the moment where we reach into ourselves and grab a hold of the courage we need to finish.

And when he came into this world, it was just us.

We sat, we stared, counted fingers & toes, looked at his face, smiled, laughed,

and as I sat there holding this baby of ours welcoming him to our family,

I realized that I was part of something truly amazing.

I was shot to the heavens and was blessed with this beautiful boy who fits our family to a T!

The Luckiest

"Mom, you're pretty lucky aren't you?"

"Yeah, I'm the luckiest."