… can’t wait to share with you our New Year’s photo. When we actually take the photo of course ;p

Baby Jon Christmas 2007

This is one of my most favorite pictures of Babes with his nephew. They both share these similarities, round cheeks and a belly…cute, and not really. Anyhow, I am so glad we decided to invest in a decent camera. I’m trying to persuade my sister to get one since I hardly see them and so I live for picture updates.

Christmas brings together loved ones from near and far.

I’m thankful Babes was able to spend Christmas with his entire family this year; he hasn’t seen his sister’s kids in a few years. The kids were great. I didn’t even have to twist any arms or legs to get these pictures, thanks guys!

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.
–Dr. Seuss

Sending Holiday Cheer,

My family has already received our Christmas cards so I thought I’d share the picture we included along with it. =)

Here is our card from last year, appropriately titled “Jolly old Saint Nicholas, Lean your ear this way!” Check it out, christmas card 2007

Silver and gold decorations on ev’ry Christmas tree,

….but upon closer inspection, we found it to be a little boring so we threw in some red decorations as well and viola! We bought our tree only a week ago since last year, right after Thanksgiving, we had eagerly set out to get it and by Christmas it was ready for tree heaven. Nice watering job Babes! =/ This year though, I have been very vigilant in it’s care…by being more optimistic, hooray!

More Christmas cheer

I was over at my bf’s brother’s house this past weekend and they had their tree up so I had to get a picture of my favorite ornament on the tree, an elegant looking red patterned bauble. I love details; my eyes love to feast on them, not literally of course. Man, I am soo sad; our Christmas tree is mostly ready for the recycle bin already. =( It still looks nice all lit-up at nighttime tho, yay!

Also this weekend, I got to see their little chubby cheeks; he is so lovable….if only we could borrow babies like we borrow clothes, lol, I’ll return him when he stops being cute, promise! =p

So I finished wrapping gifts yesterday, I’m not the best gift-wrapper so I was looking online for some tips and found it at expertvillage.com Not only is Santa Claus a giving person but he’s also very helpful!…and a bit of a smart ass. =D

Speaking of gifts,

I was at the mall this weekend and was passing one of those kiosks, but this time, instead of avoiding it (like I would some clueless bastard with beer breath, *gags at the thought) I stopped to look…their stand was so sparkly I couldn’t resist, damn them! ahah. So we ended up getting my mom this pretty butterfly barrette from a company called hijuki. It seems like a bit of a rip off to pay $40 for a single barrette but at least the stones are guaranteed for life or so the sales lady said. I had to get it though because my mom always wears barrettes and this one reminds me of her.

I mentioned in a previous post about this product, Clinique’s Supermoisture make-up, so I bought it to try out! It has a slight shimmer to it; I’m not sure yet if I like my face to sparkle like a fairy’s but I’ll wear it out and see how it feels.

” Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”

I just wanted to share a few Christmas creations I’ve put together, I’ve been trying to channel Martha Stewart although I feel somewhat dirty when I do. =/ Anyhow, I wish I had someone to get excited with over Christmas decorating, my sister use to fill that spot but she’s probably back home creating her own showpiece with her rotating tree…lol, yep, I said rotating; I’ll have to have her send a video clip of it so I can check it out in action…ahaha. So what would my Christmas trimming tip be? Unless you are going for just a simple lighted tree, less is not more…more is better! But of course, make sure everything compliments each other.

I never would have thought it but a black Christmas tree is kind of cool! There are so many options out there now, it’s mind boggling…you can have a tree in your favorite color. lol

Two of my favorite things; Aaron standing by our tree!

Now that thanksgiving is over, it’s only a few short weeks until christmas arrives! Me and the boyfriend took his nephew with us to go shop for a christmas tree. I’ve never had a real tree at my house before because I’ve always had the silly notion that a grouchy bird or squirrel might come flying out at me when least expected. Also, my cousins had one many years ago but I swear it was only 4 feet at the most and had but a few branches on it…I really wasn’t all that impressed. But the one we settled on was an 8-9 foot noble fir which was very plump and symmetrical so that got me excited about bringing it home to decorate the good-looking shrub. =D

Christmas memories

My first fond memory as a child was when my mom decided one year to wrap some presents for us. I was soo overjoyed and couldn’t wait to see what new doll I was getting. I was a sneaky kid and even ransacked my mom’s room to take a peek at my long anticipated present only to be completely devastated when I saw that it was only mittens and a scarf. lol, serves me right I got all my boohooing and disappointment out of the way so it prepared me for when I opened it in front of my mom…I’m glad I had a conscience at that young age and knew better not to make her feel badly she couldn’t afford what we wanted, I am a good kid after all mom! hehe

Another cherished Christmas moment is when my brothers finally got married and their wives got us real christmas presents for the first time…I got like 3 pairs of earrings and I treasured them for a long time afterwards. hehe.

I also remember my older sister would always decorate her tree quite beautifully and I mean new ornaments every year and selecting them with a theme in mind, not just digging out the same old silver and gold globes and tinsel…BORING!! That’s why I’m giving the boyfriend a hard time about how the tree should be trimmed because it makes a big difference in prestentation; I want it to look especially nice because we will be taking lots of pictures this year on our new camera, bastard!

Trimming the tree

The kids insisted on helping put on the ornaments even though I was reluctant to let them since there were sharp paper clips dangling from the ornaments but there weren’t any mishaps and it was very cute looking over to see them hard at work. The punk boyfriend eventually got into it as well and helped the kids hang the decorations on the top of the tree, now that’s the spirit baby!

The tree is yet unfinished, we still need some nice big globes and ribbons to dress it up a bit more so I’ll have to do another update when the tree is complete, hopefully I’ll have a present or two under there too!

The picture below is cool because we set the shutter speed on the camera to 15 seconds and Aaron just happened to run down the stairs at the same time…see that ghostly figure at the top of the stairs, instant spooky photo! Now when I see photos like this, I can be even more skeptical than I was before, haha!