Well, I’ve totally skipped over Thanksgiving and I’m completely in Christmas mode. It probably doesn’t help that I’m a retail manager and have been planning for Holiday since….September? My Holiday people are hired, trained and ready to go. FABULOUS. Now I just have to sit back, stress and think about bonuses, contests and the fact that these next few weeks are 35% of our business. No biggie.

Its strange that I’m so into Christmas this year. Last year I was living home and my parents were going through their divorce so we had 0 Christmas decorations. No tree, no nothing. None of us were really home. The year before that I was living in by myself and the only decor I had were my bathroom towels. They had Christmas themed cocktails on them. haha. I think its because this is my first Christmas with my own family, even though the baby hasn’t arrived yet. I actually WANT it to snow. I WANT to decorate OUR Christmas tree like, tomorrow. I want stockings with our names on them, hung over the fireplace. We spent almost an hour (!!) in the Christmas section of Walmart last weekend (we’re boring, I know) and it took all every ounce of willpower to not buy everything. Except a 2 disc Christmas music set. Although we’re going to be all over the place this year, I’m really looking forward to it. Half my shopping is already done. I dont know who I’ve become. lol.

Are you excited for it? Are you over it already?

Its so much easier to do things now that we know we’re having a boy. First and foremost, we’ve decided on a first and middle name!! I was thinking the poor baby would be nameless forever. My 50,001 baby names book was pretty useless. C thought of the name and I loved it. Yay.

Next was the room. We’ve been using it as an office and a place for me to get dressed. It’s almost empty and is being painted on Thursday and Friday. Then we can FINALLY order the furniture!!! The colors are blue and green, with a thick white stripe in between. Hopefully it looks good. I’m sure I’ll cry whether I hate it or love it. I cried when we were picking the colors so WHY NOT. I’ll be SO happy when its painted and the furniture is moved in. THEN WE CAN START DECORATING. Can you feel my excitement???? I keep getting yelled at for buying clothes, so this can be shopping without the backlash!!!!!!!!

Okay, enough with the words.

Quick view of the room from the door.

The two colors. The picture is pretty close to real life I guess.

The crib and dresser we’re ordering. We’re not getting that hutch thing on top of the dresser. We’re also ordering the matching nightstand.

This is a better picture of the crib and the color. The store didn’t have the furniture so we have to order from Amazon. At least they offer free shipping!!

I wish I had more to write about but I’ve been so CRANKY the last couple of weeks. A lot of it has to do with work, which is not surprising I guess. Pregnancy being a pre-existing condition, I cant get health insurance if I leave, so I am stuck. And it BLOWS. March cannot come soon enough. The rest of our free time is spent on the house. How exciting! lol.

More pictures when things really start to come together.