I've become a major slacker in posting and I really hate playing catch up on so many days but that's life.

 

On Thanksgiving, we started our day watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and stayed in our pj's until after lunch.  After showers, we headed to my parent's for Thanksgiving dinner with my mom's side of the family.  I was super awesome and documented the whole thing...NOT.  My camera stayed in my purse the entire night and I didn't get a single picture!  Good thing I bought that new camera to document our lives.

 

Friday, Brent had to work so C and I stayed at home and chilled.  I'm not much of a Black Friday shopper but decided I wanted to go out later once all the madness settled.  My parents offered to come hang out with C so Brent and I got a date night!  Sweet!

 

We went to dinner then hit a few stores.  Just as I had hoped, the stores were clear and we were able to get 95% of our Christmas shopping done!  And I still got all the deals I needed!  I even managed to shop for our Christmas angel for work.  Score!

 

Saturday, we decked the halls at the Miller house.  Or at least got started.

 

 

Cecilia is really into Christmas this year and is fascinated with our Christmas trees.  This year is going to be really fun at our house!

 

And I'm enjoying our nights on the couch with just our tree lights on.

 

Oh and look at me, I even have some gifts under the tree already.  They just need bows.

 

While Brent and I were shopping on Friday, we noticed that our mall has a little train for the kids to ride.  Being the awesome parents we are, we took Cecilia to the mall on Sunday to ride.

 

She was beside herself!  I got volunteered to ride with her and she thought it was the coolest thing ever!

 

 

She talked about it the rest of the day.  We might have to go back and get Daddy to ride too!  :)

 

We had a really nice long weekend and looking forward to Christmas festivities coming up.

Early Thanksgiving

This weekend, we loaded up and headed to Muncie for an early Thanksgiving celebration.

 

 

 

Cecilia had so much fun playing with everybody.

 

She was fascinated by Shaffer and I even got her to sing to him!

 

Her and Nora were so cute together!

 

They played, they laughed and they danced.

 

Cecilia was not very happy when it was time to say goodbye but we promised her it wouldn't  be long before our next visit.

 

Diva seemed satisfied with that answer.

 

Sick Day

Tuesday, Cecilia and I had to take a sick day.  She had complained to my mom off and on all Monday that her belly hurt but never got sick.  She was pretty restless through the night and by Tuesday morning I could tell she wasn't 100% so we stayed home.

 

 

And this is what we did most of the day.

 

We laid around watching movies and C took a nice LONG nap while I caught up on some work.

 

Thankfully she was back to her ole self Tuesday night.  I'm hoping that this will be our last icky germs until after the holidays.

Weekend Warrior

Brent labeled me the Weekend Warrior this weekend.  I had a goal set and I was bound and determined to get it done.

My project:  Cecilia's Room Redo.

It started on Friday night.  I moved the furniture, move C's mattress to our room and started trimming out the walls.  C was a little excited about the mattress move.

She has bounced and played on it all weekend.  I will be remembering this for a rainy/snowy day.

Saturday morning, I hit the floor running.  Brent had to work later that day so I HAD to get it done before he left.  Mission accomplished but not without some blisters.  Yikes!  Her room isn't completely finished.  I have a few more accessories to get, shelves to hang and curtains to hang but I'm over the biggest hurdle.

I love how it turned out and C is pretty happy too.  She made me a little nervous yesterday when Brent asked if she liked the pink or blue walls better, she said pink.

Thankfully after it was all done, she loved it!

And because I thought C should have a little fun of her own, we made cupcakes while we waited for the paint to dry.

She loves being in the kitchen and was proud of how they turned out.

My hands are blistered, my back hurts but my project list is getting shorter and that makes it all worth it.

Trick or Treat

Cecilia's Halloween started at school.

 

 

Everyone was to wear orange and black and the day was filled with games, crafts and tons of junk food.  Each class at school hosted a different activity and the kids had a blast!

 

On Halloween night, we headed down to Franklin to trick or treat so that my family could see Cecilia.  We typically just trick or treat in my parent's neighborhood which consists of 8 people I've known my entire life.

 

 

Cecilia was super excited about trick or treating.  We worked with her on knocking on doors and saying trick or treat but when it came down to it, she wouldn't do it.  Not even at my parent's.

 

 

 

She still managed to rack up and got so excited every time we left a house with candy.

 

Brent went along to play driver since it was so cold.  He also managed to play paparazzi.

Look at that window.  Does that not look like a ghost?

 

 

 

My grandmothers came over later to have dinner with us and to see Cecilia.  She was bouncing off the walls all night!  I wasn't sure she would ever go to sleep.  I was dead from putting on a show at each house since Cecilia played mute.  Maybe next year she'll go as a Mime.

 

The main thing was she had a blast and thinks Halloween is the greatest thing.  We are still talking about trick or treating and she is in awe that all that candy is hers.

 

Halloween kicks off the season of holidays and I can't wait!

About Me.

Thought I would join Emily over at Nation's Nest in answering a few question about myself.

1. What is your favorite thing to snack on while blogging?  My current addiction is the Quaker rice cake minis.  Chocolate flavored of course.

2. What is one thing you wouldn't want to live without? My baby blanket.  I pretty much freak when I can't find it at night.

3. Beach, Mountains, or Farm? Farm!  Thank goodness I married a city slicker with an inner farm boy just dying to get out!

4. What is your least favorite household chore? Vacuuming!  Luckily the hubs doesn't mind to do it.

5. Who do people say you remind them of?  Not really anyone famous but most of the time before I can open my mouth and say my name I hear, 'oh you must be Melinda's daughter.'  Apparently I look like my mom.  I don't see it.  Heehee just kidding Mom.

6. Prefer parties and socializing or staying home with the fam?  Depends on my mood.

7. What is your all time favorite movie? Shawshank Redemption

8. Do you sleep in your make up or remove it like a good girl every night?  Most of the time I wash my face at night but there are those nights I fall asleep with C and forget.

9. Do you have a hidden talent or a deep desire to learn something you've never had a chance to learn? What is it?  Would LOVE to learn to play bongo drums.

10. What is one strange thing that you're really good at?  Not sure.

11. What first attracted you to your spouse?  I wasn't really attracted to Brent at first.  He was kind of a jerk the first time that we met.  We later became really good friends and because of that friendship I started to fall for him.  I guess I was attracted to him because he was such a good friend to me and we have fun being goofy together.

12. What is something you love to smell? A baby fresh out of the bath.

13. Tell something about you that you know irritates people.  I've been told it annoys people when I'm bossy, which apparently I am lot.

14. When you have extra money, what's the first thing you think to do with it?  I typically save it until I find something I'm just dying to have like a new purse or shoes or nail polish.

15. Are you a silent laugher or a loud laugher?  I would say loud.

16. Where is your favorite place to shop?  Tough one.  If I'm in need of something I typically hit up Target or Forever21 but my all time favorite is Ann Taylor Loft.

17. What's one thing you would do more often if you had more time?  Sew.  I have all these plans to make C some dresses but haven't found the time.

18. Are you a big spender or frugal?  Frugal.  Oh that's another thing that irritates people (aka Brent)...I'm a tight wad.

19. Who is your favorite character of all time (from a movie or book...can't be real)?  Seriously?  I read too many books and don't watch enough moives to have a favorite.

20. Would you want to be famous?  Negative.

Weekend Recap

Friday after school, C and I had appointments to get our nails done.  This was her first real manicure and she loved it!  She sat so still and watched every move the nail tech made.  I took her to a place here in town that caters to little girls but was a little disappointed in the whole thing.  Although the girls were really sweet, the place was a little shabby (not in the good way) and I have definitely walked away with better manicures.  The good thing was Cecilia had nothing to compare it to and was so proud of her nails.

 

 

I let her pick out her own color, a light purple, and she has showed everyone her nails.

 

After we got our nails done, we took Brent dinner at work and came home for our favorite Friday night activity...popcorn and a movie! 

 

Saturday morning, we had a ton of errands to run.  One of our stops was Lowe's and someone found the kitchen area.

 

 

She had to look at EVERY kitchen set up and open EVERY cabinet and drawer that she could reach.  We finally made it to where we needed to be and C was kind enough to help her daddy carry the load.

 

Our last stop was the grocery and even with 2 of us, it is hard to keep C entertained and in the cart.  This time we found our golden ticket and will be grabbing this cart from now on.

 

Seriously, the girl didn't move for this car!

 

 Sunday, after church C got a special treat for doing her "business" that morning.

 

Pure delight.

 

We are struggling in the #2 area and will use any means necessary to get her to use the potty instead of her Fruit of the Looms.

 

And to wrap our weekend up, we took C to my parent's church for their fall festival last night.

Our little princess.

 

She had fun playing all the games they had for her age and really enjoyed watching the little dancers do a jig to The Itsy Bitsy Spider.

 

The princess in her castle, er barn.

 

And of course we had to decorate a pumpkin to look like our favorite animal.

 

Kitty. 

I would like to take this time to thank Mo and Leslie for introducing my child to cats.  She is obsessed with their cat (even though it lives a mere 1300 miles away) and bless her heart I just don't do cats.  I'm fine if other people have them but they aren't my favorite.  Maybe one day they will move closer and she can go to their house and play with Kitty.  (hint, hint) :)

 

After everything we had going this weekend, we were beat last night.  C passed out quickly and I wasn't too far behind.  Brent raised an eye brow when I announced I was going to bed at 8:30.  I just can't hang like I used.