December revisited

Let's revisit December's goals:


1. Address and mail out our Christmas cards/birth announcements.  CHECK! Done and sent. :-)

2. Finish our Christmas shopping earlier than normal (which means before the 20th!)  Barely squeaked by on this one.  Most of it was done by the 8th - but I finished on the 20th.

3. Wrap all the gifts well before they will be opened - so I can enjoy the pretty present filled tree! They were wrapped and ready as they were purchased.  Not done the day before they were opened. :-)

4. Only make small batches of cookies - this Momma doesn't need to eat them all by herself! Somehow yes, and no.  I baked only a few tiny batches, but i've inherited a few tubs of cookies from my Mom and Sister's baking.  So I'm eating more than my fill of cookies.

5. Spend time with friends that I don't see often enough - Cyndy, Liz, Jenny - let's have a dinner date!  I'll see Cyndy on New Year's Eve, but I missed out on Liz, Jenny and other friends.  Hopefully in early 2013.

6. Get caught up at work.  3 months of leave means a huge to-do. I got as caught up as possible.  There is always a list waiting for me.

7. Figure out a balance of time with my little man and work. I still don't feel like we have this down yet.  The last two weeks with the holidays hasn't helped.

8. Enjoy his 4th month - it will probably go even faster than the last three did! And it did - and I enjoyed every MOMENT with him. :-)  I just love him SO SO much.

9. Take Aaden to see Santa!  Check.  And see the brief blow-out story http://ourfamilytwofeetatatime.blogspot.com/2012/12/random-thoughts-on-thursday.html

10.  Try not to stress around Christmas.  We have plans Friday the 21st all the way through the 26th.  We have a huge inventory count that I'm in charge of at work between the 26th - 30th, and then we have New Years Eve.  First Christmas carting a babe all over town and trying to manage everything. I.CAN.NOT.STRESS.  I think it actually went pretty good.  Never would have without my awesome hubby.

We even squeezed in a weekend at the cabin.  I was stressing about packing Aaden's stuff for a weekend away - but Aaron took care of it and did awesome! 

Happy early holidays everyone New Year !!