It's the final COUNTDOWN...till Christmas!!! 1 month BABY!

OK...so I usually don't get excited for the Holidays because I find it completely commercial and tacky in some cases (have you seen those ugly Xmas sweaters they sell in stores) but since Drayden's been born it's brought it to a different meaning. Up until I met Derek I didn't really have a Xmas tree (except for one year when my roommates decorated my tropical plant/tree with my ladybug knick-knacks) to really celebrate like at my mom's house. I always worked or did stuff for everyone else on Xmas; Derek would call me Scrooge because I was miserable although he'd still make it special for me/us . So a few years ago my friend Kim gave me her old tree and we bought ornaments to decorate it. It did us for a few years until 3 years ago I bought a PRE-LIT tree...OMG those are awesome; every year we buy a new ornament for our awesome tree (already bought 2 for this year...). 
Last year was our first family Christmas...and it was great. Especially since Drayden was home in time from the hospital. This year...he already "helped us" (watched) put up the outdoor lights and sneaking into mommy's Christmas gift stash looking at everything one by one.  I can't wait to see his face when the tree goes up this weekend and opening gifts now that he's able to all by himself. I'm sure our tree won't as nice as usual due to Drayden touching everything! We shall seeeeeeee...I'll keep you posted.

Tanya

Last HUNTING Weekend!!!

Glad to say that it's the last weekend of hunting. Honestly it gets a little long without Derek around, I have no one to pick on. LOL  My house is a mess because of all this hunting crap lying around; battery packs charging, dirty boots, coolers, gear, etc... I need my house back to "normal". I mean what's normal these days? Derek put Christmas lights up last night (they're not on yet for those who are wondering) and the storage bags are in the living room...But in all seriousness, once hunting is over it's full blown Christmas mode. Crazy... it's mid-November on Monday and I'm not even close to having my shopping done. I'm still working on my own wish list let alone figuring out what everyone else wants. But I told myself that this year we are sticking to our budget...we have a wedding to pay for in 9 months...9 MONTHS!!!

Other than Derek hunting this weekend and hoping for him to "catch" something..it should be a really nice relaxing weekend; maybe watch a movie, catch up on laundry and some cleaning too. Drayden and I are also going to the Church Bazaar; Nana is volunteering this year and needs a ride in so...while I'm there I'll get some nice homemade relishes. I might get some Christmas shopping done too.

Have a great weekend all...

Tanya

Mania-Mondays!!!

I tell you...Mondays at my house are crazy! Between rushing to get Drayden to daycare and setting him up for the week, forgetting your lunch due to only having 2 hands, working like a mad-man trying to get caught up from stuff that lands on your desk because you were off Friday (which is normal), forever waiting in line at the cafeteria for a stupid sandwich..(I absolutely hate that!!!), rushing back home in traffic to get Drayden "on time" to his swimming lessons to then do the bedtime thing with Boo-Boo and then sit down have dinner with my honey!!! Thank god Derek picks Drayden up from daycare and feeds him dinner!!! Lesson in all this...Not having classes on Mondays at 5:30pm ever again!!! It's just too stressful..but Drayden loves to swim so the stuff we deal with. Oh well...Part of parenthood I guess, it's all worth it...I wouldn't trade it for the world. I mean, look at this precious face...

Dradyen had his appointment with the cardiologist on Friday and his heart murmur is completely healed which is great news...Now all he needs to do is gain a few more pounds that he lost due to being sick in the last few weeks. He's 100% now...which is a nice change. Happy happy Dradyen!

PS>...Derek didn't "catch" anything last weekend...Maybe on the third weekend...Sure glad for him to be home though.

Tanya

Lil' Stinker!!!

Drayden; Our Skunker-roo!

Meet my famous skunk that's been hanging around my house lately...he sure is a lil' stinker! Poor little buddy was sick with a stomach flu this weekend so we didn't get to do much but he's feeling much better now. Thank you mom for your advise and Pedialyte for making him feel better!

For Drayden's second Halloween (his first was in the hospital) he helped mommy give out candies to all the Pirates, Zombies and scary Ghosts...he had so much fun taking the candies out of the box and looking at them one by one making a mess in the living room. I had him all dressed up, playing with his toys at the door until the bell rang; he sure thought it was a hoot seeing kids all dressed up. Thanks to those who visited with their costumes (Kim & the gang, Anna & the gang) and Terra who babysat while I gased up last night so we can get to work without walking. Too bad daddy missed it all due to hunting...maybe next time!

P.S. Daddy called last night ...so far they've got nothing...Derek said he saw 2 big does as well as a beautiful fox and Andre also saw a doe. Obviously there's activity so maybe they'll get lucky after all. Never know!


Tanya