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Surprise Babies!
Three batches of babies in one year?! Holy smokes!
I have to say…this batch of Dali’s was a bit of a surprise.
Well, ok, not like I didn’t know she was expecting…duh…but more that she was ready to have them this soon.
I thought I had a couple of weeks to think about it. In fact, I had the bedding in the laundry to make sure everything was perfect.
I did have the presence of mind to put a box in the closet so when Dali went exploring, she’d see it.
Which she did, thankfully. Five little babies in various stages of stripes and white. Sort of our M.O. over here.
Good job Dali!
Merry Christmas to us!!
My Sweet Advent Calendar
On the last day of November–alllll those weeks ago- haha– April and Lily came over and gave me an amazing surprise.
Ok, yes, they brought me a yummy cinnamon roll that Lily made and some hot chocolate, but the REAL surprise was…..
this beautiful box…
with all it’s mysterious littler boxes….
that April’s family filled up with…
all kinds of magical Christmasy things!
There were candy canes and water bottle stickers and brown sugar fudge…
yummy lip gloss…
a soft, fluffy wash cloth…
and even a ridiculous Perfect Man made of chocolate.
Ohhhhh Aprilllll. Hahaha.
One box held heavenly soft plaid socks…
another had a chocolate marshmallow Santa–that only April and I truly appreciate. Heh.
There were lovely ornaments…
chocolates and more ornaments…
and MORE chocolate!!!
I especially loved the teeny, tiny Mrs. Claus cup ornament.
You know, I always wanted to be Mrs Claus when I grew up.
I’m not even kidding.
Best of all–each of those different boxes came with a sweet little note from Hazel, Lily, Beckham, Jacob or April that I will love and cherish forever.
Thank you so much my sweethearts.
You made it like Christmas every single day.
A Christmas Carol
I went with April’s family to the play, “A Christmas Carol” tonight. I adore this story for so many reasons–but seeing it live this way is my favorite thing of all. I feel like I learn something new each time I see it.
We even spotted some sweet friends that I hadn’t seen in 5 years. At first I was embarrassed because some of us have changed so much in the last little while. I honestly was ready to hide. But when they saw us and were so happy–all that sillyness flew away. It turned out to be lovely. I learned something new there too.
Merry Christmas.
This Cute Town at Christmas
One of the adorable things I love about living in a small town…
is all the attention they pay to the simple, sweet things…
like Christmas lights.
They are everywhere…filling the parks…
lining the streets…
and decorating the city buildings. My pictures aren’t so great because I was trying not to crash as I drove by–so you’ll have to use your imagination.
We have a beautiful Bedford Falls look about us in this little town.
Well, we would have if we could just get some…
snow.
Fingers crossed.