Excitement!!

I am so excited lately!

It's almost Christmas. That means it's almost stocking time. I have always LOVED opening my stocking. It always had presents falling out of it. We each ended up with one cushion from the couch instead of just what can fit in the stocking itself. Good thing: Aaron LOVES stockings too! (And, a little secret, he's good at hiding money in it! =))

My brother, Xan, will finally be coming home from his mission. January 6th. He's been serving in Las Vegas for the last 2 years. Man have I missed him! He is our little nerd and he can and will do most any favor you ask him to. (You might have to ask a bunch of times...but he'll do it!) We aren't sure exactly when he's coming...apparently mom hasn't received the flight information due to her being homeless...I guess it's a good thing he'll call at Christmas!

My sister, Niki, will be coming to visit on January 7th so she can see Xan too. Too bad she can't bring Millie with her!! Then, Niki will have a baby shower on the 9th...it's about time---she's already had the baby! =) Kidding. Who would have thought Millie'd be here already?

We bought Ellie, Aaron's niece, something she's going to love. We can't wait for her to open in on Christmas morning. She's going to be in heaven. I'll have to take a picture. She's too cute.

Since Niki and Xan are coming, we're celebrating Christmas as a family on January 8th. Xan will be forced back into the real world with a lot of family time and holidays!!

AND my birthday will be on the 9th. I'll have most of my family here. (Not Tutu and Rara...they'll still be in Hawaii for Tara's wedding...)

Unfortunately, school will start back on the 4th, but I'm enjoying the break while I can! Good news: my "difficult" student is no longer in our class. So Aaron doesn't have to worry about me getting hit, cussed at, or constantly disrespected any more...by him... More good news: my sick leave days can start March 16th so I only have to last a few more months!! =)

Whew!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

How sad are our lights?? Everytime we drive up at night Aaron laughs. He says "well there's no much point in putting up anymore at this point!" or "Look how pathetic our house looks!" We just say next year...=)

FINALLY we are decorating for Christmas in the Dunnam house! Our first year with our own house!! Man, apartment decorations look a little sparse in a house. Our house is not grand by any means, but it feels WORLDS bigger than our one bedroom apartment we lived in for 2 1/2 years!

I am so proud of our tree. I have had this idea in my head for 2 years now and was just waiting to purchase the right decorations for it (on clearance...after Christmas, of course). I still haven't made the tree skirt I really want to for it--it's all made of ribbon and THAT is expensive!

Confession: I am quite addicted (when Aaron's not home) to MANY blogs out there with fabulous crafting and decorating ideas. That's where the wreath idea came from. It doesn't matchy match our tree but we're working on a budget here! Maybe I'll find some more fabulous "rainbow" decorations this Dec. 26th for next year! =)

3 Years and Counting...

Yesterday we "celebrated" our 3rd wedding anniversary. I use the term "celebrate" loosely. Remember we got married on black Friday in 2006, so our anniversary is always around Thanksgiving. Our 1st anniversary we celebrated in Florida by going to Animal Kingdom with my brother, Xan. Our 2nd anniversary we celebrated at home before we went to my Dad's for Thanksgiving with Aaron's niece Ellie.

This year I had school and Aaron had work. I did buy him "breakfast" by having Peanut Butter Captain Crunch and Fruity Pebbles (two of his favorites) and a fresh gallon of milk. I leave for work before Aaron even gets up in the morning. Then, after a long day of work we met up--went to McDonalds (nice dinner, huh?) and I rode over with him to a 2nd job. Aaron laid tile until 1:30 am while I ended up sleeping on their couch. (Luckily it's some friends of ours' house.) Fun night, wouldn't you say?

Something else happened exciting and definitely dramatic...baby Millie was born! She is 16 weeks early...weighs 1 pound, 4 ounces and is 11 inches long. She was trying to come for almost 4 days! Niki's doing well and Millie seems to be okay. It will take a couple of days for testing and observation to see. She is twice as early as I was and weighs almost 4 times as much as I did. I am no longer the miracle baby in the Knudsen family!

I am so happy to be married to Aaron for 3 years and can't wait for 1,000 more! We have such a nice life now---we have a cute house (that constantly gets better) and are SO excited to begin our family together with this baby girl that's cookin' in my oven. Aaron is very caring and patient with me. He always takes care of me and wants to make sure I have everything I need and want. He is a wonderful husband and I am a lucky girl!!

Everyone's big question...

Is it just me or is the one thing everyone wants to know is...

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE HAVING?

Soon to be followed by...

OR ARE YOU GOING TO FIND OUT?

The answer is...YES!

We will find out. Stay posted. =)

BIG News!

For those few of you that haven't heard yet...

We have some BIG News!

We are going to be having a baby...sometime around March 28th!!!

We are very excited!

Everythings great...if you ignore the complete tiredness, relentless stomachaches, the constant gagging, and occasional up-chucking. =)

Another Testament

I LOVE the Reflections of Christ photographs and I am SO excited the new slideshow is out! Check it out!

Bring on the explosives!

One of our fireworks

My handsome husband (in his patriotic get-up)

Travis getting the finale ready

We had a BUSY day on the 4th!  It started WAY too early with babies crying all night long for their bottles.  We babysat Rachael's 7 month twin boys the night before and it sure interrupted our sleep alot! =)  

Then, we got up at 7am to get ready for the ward breakfast activity.  We ate, visited, and Aaron played a few games of badmitton, volleyball, and baseball.  (Check out Aaron's outfit for the day in the pics.  He picked it out himself and was SO excited to wear it!)  

After buying paint for our hopefully new house and hanging out with some family and friends we headed over to the fireworks party spot.  Several families got together at a friend's house to cook out and bring on the explosives.  There was several hundreds of dollars of fireworks.  From the kid friendly ladybug (my pick) to the roman candles and sparklers.  Then, once it started even REMOTELY getting dark--the big boy fireworks came out.  Man, our husbands were so excited and kid-like!  I will admit, they were some impressive fireworks for it just being a home party.  Aaron even ended up burning his thumb and a hole in the lighter he was holding.  He's the hulk...he think he's invincible like him, too.  

The night ended late with a special blue light special.  On our way home we got pulled.  Apparently Aaron didn't move over a lane when someone was being pulled over in the center lane and jerk-of-the-year wanted to make sure we knew it.  Oh well.  It was just warning.  Oh, by the way, if you ever move--make sure you change your address on your license ASAP because "it only takes 2 minutes on the internet".  That's all I'm saying...

We all enjoyed the 4th!  I'm pretty sure I know two men that are going to be scouting out the fireworks stands for clearances---just for an excuse to play more.  I'll keep you posted!