Our Christmas Card

I finally got around to picking up our Christmas cards at Wal-Mart Wednesday night. They've been done for about a week now, I just never had time to go get them. We never did get good family pictures taken for Christmas so I just decided to put some of the ones I had taken of Lily on it.

DIY Wreath

I have been reading alot of blogs lately and most of them are ladies who have DIY'd alot of their Christmas decor. I went to Salvation Army Wednesday and decided I wanted to hunt down some good stuff that I could "recreate." I ended up finding a wreath that had just a plain red ribbon on it for $1. I immediately snatched it up and took it home to see what I could make out of it.

I replaced the ribbon with one I had gotten at Dollar Tree and put some ornaments on it that I had gotten in a bag full of various colors, also from Salvation Army. My total cost for the wreath was $2.50. Here's the final result...not the best looking wreath but not too bad for my first time. :)

Lily's 1st Christmas

I ordered Lily's 1st Chrismas ornament last week so I'm hoping it will come sometime this week. I can't wait to add it to our tree. I got it on Etsy here.

I also got her this stocking at Kohls Friday for $5!

And this ornament for $3

Oh Christmas Tree!

We've been trying to get our Christmas tree up for 2 weeks now and we still don't have it finished. This year since our living room isn't done I decided just to put up the white tree rather than getting a real one. I haven't even had a chance to get all of my ornaments out so it's just a few personal ones on it and blue & silver balls. I don't even have lights on it yet. :( I'm so disappointed at my lack of enthusiasm for Christmas this year.

I also decorated Lily's tree Saturday. It turned out really cute!



2 Month checkup

Technically Lily is on her way to 3 months right now but Friday we had her "2 month" checkup. I was anxious to see how much she had grown but I was not looking forward to her having her shots. I hate shots myself so I knew this poor little girl wasn't going to like them.

We got called back and immediately undressed her and got her weighed and measured. She is 10 lbs 4 oz and 22" long now!! My baby is growing so fast! :) The doctor then came in and checked her all over and told us she looks great and we are doing a good job with her. Oh how good that makes us feel when we're told that. She had woke up with a runny nose and sneezing Friday so he told me to put some saline drops in her nose and suck it out and thankfully that has helped and she's back to her healthy self again.

When the doctor was done, it was time for the dreaded shots. Two nurses came in and got the needles ready while I held Lily's arms back. She was getting 3 shots and an oral solution to help prevent diarrhea. They both did the first 2 shots at the same time and immediately Lily started crying. I felt so bad for her! One of the nurses did the third shot and it was finally over. I picked her up and calmed her down enough to feed her. She wasn't too bad after that and slept the whole way home and some in the evening. Of course that night she was pretty fussy and had a fever but the nurse said it was normal for that to happen.

We go in Februrary for her 4 month checkup and we'll do the same thing then. Oh how I'm dreading that day already....

Christmas Pictures

I took some Christmas pictures of Lily this weekend. I have to get some more in her dress soon because she started getting grouchy after I had only taken a few. Enjoy!!

Catching up with Lily

I haven't posted very many pictures of Lily lately so here's some I've taken the past few days.

Watching Bambi