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Merry Christmas! I hope you all had a wonderful day and got to spend lots of time with your family! Christmas has taken on a whole new meaning at our house now that Lexi is getting older. She still doesn't understand the whole Santa thing yet but was super excited for all her new gifts. The last two days have been really relaxed and casual for us. Christmas Eve I finished wrapping a few gifts. We listened to Christmas music and went to a wonderful Christmas Eve mass. After mass we had a nice dinner, which Lexi loved the steak and corn part of. After dinner we give Lexi her gift from us, which was Christmas pajamas and a book.  She had so much fun opening the box up and looking at her new stuff. After bath time Lexi was treated to cookies that John made for Santa. While snacking on the cookies we watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas then we read Lexi her new book called Santa Comes to Ohio (Thanks Aunt Lauren for the recommendation). We got to Skype with Grandma Dia...

My sweet little girl turned one on December 12th. I still can't believe it has been a year. I thought my pregnancy went by fast but this first year went even faster. On December 7th we celebrated Lexi birthday with our immediate family with a Pretty in Pink birthday celebration. My idea behind it was that I didn't want to spend a crazy amount on her party since she won't remember any of it. Everyone told me that the first birthday is more for the parents and family anyways. I totally agree and after looking at various themes I liked the idea of Pretty in Pink.  Decorations My decoration ideas came from Pinterest and were simple and inexpensive. I got all of the supplies at the Dollar Tree and I had the scrap booking paper on hand already.  Her birthday banner I made using scrap booking paper and the computer. My husband printed out the letters and we cut them out and pasted them to the circles I cut out. I used the food processor canister for the size of the circl...

Well I've been terrible at updating the blog this month. I had a feeling December was going to be crazy but it was even worse then I thought. We have been constantly busy every week with all kinds of activities. Lexi turned one this month so we had her birthday party the first Saturday of the month (more to come on that), my monthly book club meeting happened, we had a few play dates, and we also had a few weeks of sickness. On top of that my holiday job has been working me crazy hours. I just wanted to give everyone who keeps up with me a little update. I am working a few posts that I am hoping to get out soon. Manda

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and enjoyed time with their family and friends. I have finally found time to sit down and write a little after the long holiday weekend as well as having a very cranky, teething baby. The journal prompt from   Creative with Kids  is gifts. This is something that I found really appropriate to talk about because of the holiday season.  What is the best gift you've ever received? The best gift I've ever received is my daughter. I know she is technical not a gift but to me she is. I never knew the kind of love I could feel for someone else until the doctors placed her on my chest and after nine long months finally got to hold her. It also helps that her birthday is December 12th so we always called her our little Christmas gift. She truly has changed my world in a way I could never imagine and even on the bad days being her mom is still the only thing I want to do.  What is your "gift giving philosophy?" What sort of g...