I am back among the living...three night shifts in a row are really killing me and I am only 5 months pregnant. It is hard for me to believe that I worked until 41 weeks last time. Sorry for not getting back to people...I am in zombie mode on Mondays.
So yesterday...Hubby woke me up really early and we went to get the Christmas decorations from storage which was a pain because of course they were all the way in the back buried. Then we picked Hunter up from school and let him pick out our Christmas tree.."I want a tall and fat one"
Of course when you are 4 everything is tall so he had a little help 
Then we brought it home and got it in the house and.....wait for it... the trunk is too skinny for the tree stand. So we left it inside to thaw out and we will finish it today after getting a better stand. I have to say it is such a relief not to have to struggle to put up the tree by myself this year.... I was single and my place had vaulted ceilings so I went for an 8' tree...not remembering that I would have to get it vertical in the stand on my own...after it fell a few times I secured it to the beam just for safety...it looked really classy!! 
So my friend Janine came over and made chocolate chip cookies with me last night...not sure how good of company I was...but she works nights too and hadn't slept all day...that just equaled everything being really hilarious. It was great to have some girl time. Of course Ben and Hunter were here too but they were watching football.
Today is going to be all about getting things decorated for Christmas and finish up unpacking our boxes.
So yesterday...Hubby woke me up really early and we went to get the Christmas decorations from storage which was a pain because of course they were all the way in the back buried. Then we picked Hunter up from school and let him pick out our Christmas tree.."I want a tall and fat one"
Of course when you are 4 everything is tall so he had a little help Then we brought it home and got it in the house and.....wait for it... the trunk is too skinny for the tree stand. So we left it inside to thaw out and we will finish it today after getting a better stand. I have to say it is such a relief not to have to struggle to put up the tree by myself this year.... I was single and my place had vaulted ceilings so I went for an 8' tree...not remembering that I would have to get it vertical in the stand on my own...after it fell a few times I secured it to the beam just for safety...it looked really classy!!
So my friend Janine came over and made chocolate chip cookies with me last night...not sure how good of company I was...but she works nights too and hadn't slept all day...that just equaled everything being really hilarious. It was great to have some girl time. Of course Ben and Hunter were here too but they were watching football.
Today is going to be all about getting things decorated for Christmas and finish up unpacking our boxes.
binkley916:
Good to hear you are still alive and kicking... Our tree and decorations will go up this weekend(keeping my fingers crossed on that one...) It is neat when the kids get old enough to want to and are able to "help out"...
marsalli27:
Lol...I know what you mean..Hunter is 4 and loves to "help"...it is challenging but we are enjoying it.