Adore December

I'm a little behind on this, but go check out December's edition of Adore Magazine.  

Adore Here

'Cuz We Need A Little Christmas

Yay for getting the Christmas tree decorated! 

This is my sunroom tree. 

...the other one (in the living room) is decorated, too.  

I just haven't snapped any pics of it yet.  

And, with the help of a cooperative 3-year-old and helpful 36-year-old, I got the outside decorated, too!  

Feeling sooooo accomplished right now.  

Weekend Decorating

I'm really looking forward to doing my outside decorating this weekend.

I'm not such a fan of this warm weather in December, but it will be nice to decorate comfortably.  

Here's a last look at the fall porch before it gets changed up!

Oh, and now I really have an incentive to decorate.  

Our minister emailed to let us know the church youth would be caroling at our house Sunday afternoon.  

It would prob help if it looked a little like Christmas 'round here!

Happy Weekend!

Energizer Bunny

This is my little ball of energy.

Look at this!

We got a picture with Santa. 

...with no tears!

...such a BIG boy!

Christmas Spirit

I'm getting there, are you?

Holly, Kate, & Hyperemesis

I was just as excited as everyone else to hear that a royal baby is on the way.  

But I was also a little heartbroken when I realized Kate is battling Hyperemesis.  

Hyperemesis is the condition I suffered from while pregnant with Griffin. ...and it's miserable. I'm in hopes that hers is the kind that goes away after a few weeks.  My doctors told me time after time that it would most likely go away after 3 months.

...after 4 months.

...after 20 weeks.

...they'd never seen it past 25 weeks.  

...most definitely it would ease up at 28-30 weeks.  

Thankfully, I was finally induced at 37 weeks because it 

Never. Got. Any. Better. 
My doctor has since told me that my case was the worst she'd ever experienced and I changed the way she talks to her patients with Hyperemesis.  

I had PICC lines, feeding tubes, 13 hospital stays, a pump that I stayed attached to 24/7, another pump that we added at night, and the CONSTANT feeling of nausea.     

Miserable.

My sweet parents even moved in with us to be my nurses.  

Ok,really, my dad was the nurse who gave me injections every 4 hours (even all through the night) and my mom was the cleaning lady.  
Now, it is so hard to believe that my sweet little Griffin came out of that horrible experience.  

There is a wonderful light at the end of the tunnel, 
but it's so hard to see through the sickness.  

Oh, What A NIght

...and morning. 

...and afternoon.  

Fun Weekend!

Lovin' me some Festival of Trees!