Santa is SCARY!

Wow! This weekend was a busy one!! And it was just as productive as I was hoping!

Friday night, we got our Christmas Tree!! YAY! It's about time! Though after putting on the lights, garland and ornaments, it seemed as though about a third of the tree was on the floor in needles! I don't know if it'll last until Christmas....! (shoot... which reminds me that I should probably water it!) We think it's a beautiful tree, though it's not nearly as large as last years. Note for next year: Get a noble fir. They are not as full, but their branches are strong and spaced out so you can see the ornaments more. I believe we told ourselves that last year as well, but still ended up with a douglas..... So far KaeLee hasn't gone near the tree, but she also hasn't had too many chances yet.

On Saturday, Shawn and I were planning to get out of the house early and do our Christmas shopping...... but KaeLee must have been able to sense this and she didn't wake up until 8:30! Ugh. She probably would have slept longer too, but I finally went into her room and "woke" her up by cleaning up her room. Hehehe. We dropped her off at my parents' house and faced the world of Christmas Shoppers. And boy was it busy out! We managed to get just about everything done! And we managed not to kill each other in the mean time! (Shawn and I don't usually do so well shopping together.... we have completely different strategies of shopping as most couples probably do!) We finally crashed at home for the rest of the night, completely exhausted from shopping! (I think we were out for just over 5 hours)

Sunday should have been a little more relaxing, but no luck there. Got lots done around the house (my back is still aching over the 8 loads of laundry!) Shawn put the rest of the Christmas yard decor out, we decorated the Christmas tree, ran a couple of errands, finished the Christmas cards (they are on their way as of today!), and went and saw Santa with KaeLee!! We thought this would be no big deal, as she is really good with strangers, but apparently Santa is scarier than any stranger she's ever seen! She would not get near him at all! Shawn tried first, then I gave it a whirl with her, but she would just cling onto you for dear life the closer you got to him. It was kinda funny. We tried to have her watch the other kids and watch Santa from afar and she got to the point where she was waving and smiling at him, so we got in line and tried again. Nope. She wasn't having it! So I had to be in the picture with her (oh, how I love that...) and she clung to me and squirmed.... but we got a picture. If you watch the Ellen Degeneres show, it would belong in her "Bad Paid For Photos" segment. Haha. I will post pictures tonight, hopefully.... I am at work right now. I was trying to turn her around for the picture to at least look at the camera, but you can see in the picture that she would not let go of my shirt.... good thing I had a tank top on! Maybe next year will be better..... though it'll be Hannah's turn to freak out. :)

Well, this week will hopefully fly by! I have to work all week (ugh!) but then I get 10 days off! YAY!! And Shawn has the week after off. Bad planning on our part, but at least we won't have to pay for daycare for a couple weeks! Things to do this week: Finish last minute gift shopping, wrap gifts, pack for the weekend, bake some cookies and other holiday treats and plan my menu for Christmas dinners. Oh, and we'll try to throw in a couple Christmas movies! (why not, right!) I'd love to get out to a movie or dinner with Shawn, but it may have to wait till after Christmas. Hey.... if you need any gift ideas, a night out for us without KaeLee would be a GREAT one!! We are in need of it! (especially after how cranky and whiny she was yesterday!)

Well, I think I have made this quite long enough.... I will post some pictures tonight (hopefully) from the weekend. My stomach is growling so I better go eat some breakfast! yummy! Talk to you all soon! Happy Monday! Only 10 days left till Christmas!! YAY!! (wow.... already almost to single digit countdown!)