My first Dr. appointment

Went to the doc today. She was awesome. I wish she was going to continue to be my doc. Turns out if I want to deliver at Banner Gateway (which I do - I can walk there!) then I have to go to a different office since none of the docs in that office deliver at Gateway. ANYWAYS...I've gained 4 lbs and I got to hear the heartbeat!! It was nice and strong and the baby was moving a lot but I still haven't felt it. We find out January 11 (only 3 weeks) if we are having a boy or girl. YAY! For fun I added a poll to my blog so go ahead and guess what you think we are having!!!!

Oh Christmas Tree

Jon's mom found a spare Christmas tree hanging around in storage so she let us take it home and decorate it. I was SOO excited to have it!! It was missing branches and kind of old but I didn't care. I LOVE Christmas trees. I made Jon take me immediately to Hobby Lobby to pick out decorations for it. Well...their stuff was very picked over and kind of pricey but I just managed to find what I could. I picked out red, black, and silver decor. It was cute! But then I went to Wal-Mart a few hours later only to find better, cheaper ornaments in colors that I loved! Who knew? Gotta love Wal-Mart! Therefore I returned EVERYTHING to Hobby Lobby and bought all new decor from Wally world. Here is how it turned out.
The colors are brown, copper, and gold just like my mom's tree. I love her tree. But of course her decorations are way better. This is just a starter tree. There are only 3 different kinds of ornaments.
I'm hoping next year to add a little bit more, but I still LOVE IT! So worth the work. I'm just glad I was able to find a spot in our tiny place for the tree. I had to rearrange a bit but it worked.
I'm totally into Christmas this year and also decided to make stockings for our little family. Starting from the left is Jon's, then mine, then Ryder's. They are just made of flannel so they are flimsy but I still think they are cute and love that they are homemade. Can't wait for Christmas!

Holiday Craft Party

Yesterday, Ryder and I went out to the Arnett's house to attend Aiden's craft party. It was so fun and we made some cool things. All of the kids got a reindeer hat when they walked in. Ryder refused to wear his most of the time, but when we got home he wore it to the park. Go figure! We made really cute Christmas picture frames that I was a nazi about. They were so cool I wanted it to be perfect so I didn't really let Ryder help me with it. I suck, I know. then we made Christmas wreaths and I let Ryder glue buttons on it. That was the first time he's ever used glue and I think he liked it. Then we made jingle bell necklaces and he got to string the beads and bells. Then I let go of one end of the string and the whole necklace came undone. HA! After that we got to decorate Christmas cupcakes with chocolate, peppermint, and sprinkles. As usual I walked out and forgot ALL of cool stuff we made. Bummer!!! But we didn't forget the cute little reindeer goody buckets. They were full of candy and crayons and other fun things. Sara put SOOO much work into it I was amazed. I don't think I could ever pull off something so cool. Good job Sara!