(BTW... I have not fit into these jeans since I got preggo last year!!!! Woohooo!!!!)
We had an amazing Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of great food, and the comfort of spending a long weekend with Tony's family. We had a lovely roasted turkey with andouille (super spicy sausage) corn bread stuffing, homestyle gravy, and My MIL made her famous potato salad, which has all sorts of yummy veggies in it, so there was no need for me to make extras. The only other things I made were some biscuits and a delicious apple spice bundt cake. I could not have imagined a more perfect day. The baby even went down early so Tony and I were able to finish off our day with a nice glass of wine. 
Going back to last week…Date night was great!! My MIL watched Tommy for us which was so nice, especially since he has been having a hard time being separated from me – so all he did was cry and be fussy for her. We did dinner and a movie with our friends Tana and Fab. We popped into Fudruckers (a greasy deliciously-bad-for-you burger place in town) for a quick bite to eat and some lighthearted conversation. Then it was off to the movies to see Twilight, an excellent movie. Tana, Fab, and I had read the book prior to seeing the movie, which is something Tana and I often like to do. The movie stayed pretty close to the book, which does not often happen in the movies. And the actor who played Edward was fantastic. I’m hoping to go and see it again this week, it was so good. 
Tommy had his first visit with Santa Claus. It was really cute. After Tony placed Tommy onto Santa’s lap, Tommy just sat and stared open-mouthed at Santa. The ladies running the photo booth were eventually able to distract him long enough to get a cute picture (he looks like a little beefcake), but he just kept staring at Santa – he didn’t cry at all! Surprisingly, there were no lines when we went, we just walked right up, snapped a few photos with our digital camera, collected the “professional” one, and were on our way. I wanted to include a copy of the picture here…but we’re having issues with our scanner… so when I get it working, I’ll be sure to post his Santa pic. (This shirt is so cute... it has a guitar on it and says Santa Rocks)
The day after Thanksgiving has become a tradition at our house, to finish disgarding any leftover fallen leaves, and spend the rest of the weekend preparing for Christmas. Tony spend all of Friday, and all of Saturday outside setting up the lights. I was able to help during the times when Tommy was napping, but otherwise I took care of Thanksgiving dinner clean up, decorating the inside of the house for the holiday season. On Sunday we were suppose to have our friends over for the official “lighting of the house ceremony” but as of Sunday morning we only had 8000 of our 15000 lights up, and the weather had turned south. Since it would have been dangerous for Tony to be out in the sleet and rain to finish setting everything up outside, we rescheduled the lighting “ceremony” for next Saturday. I can’t wait to see it all done. I just know its going to look amazing. 
Will post more about our weekend tomorrow... including Tommy's visit to Santa, and our Double Date Monday night. 
This past week I did some Christmas shopping, but mostly I was looking around for decoration ideas. I found a tablescape online that I really love, so I’m going to mimic it…of course I’ll add a thing or two to make it my own, but basically this is how it’s going to look. Pretty right!
Tony and I started working on another set of display items for our outside decorations. As many know, we are really into those twinkling lights, and we go over-the-top every year. This year we are adding a small Nativity scene we bought at the end of last year, we’re also adding a collection of Disney characters we began making over the weekend. I drew out the characters on plywood, Tony cut them out using a saw (or something…I know nothing about tools), and I’ve been painting them during Tommy’s naps, and when he’s in bed at night. I really like the way they’ve been coming together, and I can’t wait to see them completed. Last night I mentioned to Tony that I thought it might be cool to sell things like this… but I’m not sure how much demand there is for these sort of things…especially in this economy. I think they will look fantastic in our front yard!! I’m so excited! This is me painting Mickey & Minnie (they are caroling), we also have Donald who’s wrestling with lights, Baby Mickey playing with a toy train, and Puppy Pluto wearing antlers. I’ll be sure to post pictures of them once I finish.
While Tony, Tommy, and I were out and about Christmas shopping and whatnot this week & weekend, I came across the best Santa Claus book I have ever seen. If anyone is looking for a unique gift to give a young reader (or family), I highly recommend it. It not only talks all about Santa, but it has long descriptions of his home, work shop, and even information about the north pole. It’s a lovely book. I got it at Target for $25, but I just saw it on Amazon for $14. The authors have another book on the Reindeer too, but I haven’t read that one yet. 
We were out looking for a stocking for Tommy, but haven’t found one we like yet. We did pick up a Santa Hat though. It is slightly big on Tommy but absolutely adorable. We finally picked out an outfit for Tommy for Christmas. I pieced it together from items I found from several different stores. I was disappointed in the selections at most stores, especially Babies R Us. They had really cute dresses and other things for girls, but when it came to cute outfits for boys they were lacking. Everything was black, brown, and navy blue with some hints of green. Not what I would call Christmasy. I did find a couple cute sweaters that I’m adding to Tommy’s pile of presents (he doesn’t have many clothes for 12 mos +). I’d like to think I’m done buying things for Tommy for Christmas…but we’ll see…there are still many shopping days left. 
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