EvY at HomE

Another year where we had to tighten our belts so it wasn't very adventurous and then we found out I was pregnant so that affected how I felt which kept us at home a lot. Next year doesn't promise we'll be rolling in it either since I'll be taking three months off work so we're just at a we have no much money phase in our life. The Lord always provides and we've always made ends meet at least but the past few years haven't had much extra for fun times. I'm not complaining, just a fact of life. Last year I recapped by category  and I liked that so here it is again. ALICE: She has been the best part of our lives and the best part of our day every day no matter what. She went from being a serious quiet toddler to a way more outgoing and chatty one. The biggest change for her was the pacifier thing and the adding of language. Her naptime companion the paci was replaced by her all day companion Buddy the plush monkey. This photo was when she got a stomach...

We've configured this room a billion and a half times since Alice needed more play space and this is the current state it's in. It is a really great space for her to play in and for us to hang in. Having a couch and a tv in it makes it a very flexible room. Matt can watch football in the living room, I can work at my desk, and Alice can watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse while playing with blocks or her kitchen. Starting January 2 we're gonna get into serious baby preparation mode. I start a job January 9th so I have about a week at home before I work for a month straight so I wanna take advantage of that time. We've been slowly gathering all the baby stuff back from my family and piling it into Alice's closet and our room and I need to make more sense of it all and organize the clothes and such. It's a matter of sorting what clothes from Alice can we use for a boy and what we wanna keep for my family in case they have girls and what we don...