It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

It's been a fun Christmas season here at the McKown household! Much more exciting with a toddler than an infant, I'd have to say! We decided to get our first "real" tree. I don't think I'll go back to artificial now. I'd forgotten how the smell of a fresh evergreen brings back childhood Christmas memories! Now about watering it all the time, that I could do without! We decided to get a tree at Home Depot instead of the Christmas tree farm. Why spend twice the amount when you can get one for $36! We will save that for when Kierstyn will remember going on the hunt for one :) We found the perfect one at the store that we agreed on in no more than 5 minutes. I was very impressed!

We decided to get new tree lights this year - LED's. Who can resist energy savings?! We got 200 warm white and 200 colored. Well, after we got them all on they were so neon we thought we'd need sunglasses. So we (mostly me!) decided to take back the colored ones and keep just the white ones. It's so cozy in here with the tree and our new "fake" fireplace, which is so fun! It was a late anniversary present/early christmas present to ourselves. Totally worth the money :) And we can't forget baby Keeks! She was such a good girl this year I decided to get her a tree of her own. Of course it is all girly and glam and she loves it! She loves when the lights are on but she knows not to touch. She'll even say "tree - no no no" while shaking her pointer finger. She makes me smile!

We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and is making good memories of your own!

So Thankful!

So thankful for my family and extended family this thanksgiving! We had a wonderful dinner at Adam's parents house and it was a treat to have my parents join us this year! Sad to not have Amy & her family or my Ackerman grandparents with us this year, but I hear Amy threw on a good spread for some good friends of theirs! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and hope you had a great time with family and friends!

Carter's a-comin'!

Kierstyn is starting to repeat things you ask her to say, and is also picking up things on her own. She is really excited for her cousin to come next week. She keeps saying "Car-Car" and is now doing Carter's signature noise....

Like Father, Like Daughter

Every time we clean out our drawers and closets, we run into this raunchy old coat that Adam had when he was a little kid. It was "custom made" for a truck club that he and his parents belonged to. Now that it is unwearable he wants to save it for Keeks - over my dead body! Well, he secretly put it on her and she came around the corner for me to see her. Best part that you don't see is when she tripped on the sleeve and fell over - and couldn't get up because she was bound in it like a little mummy, haha! Adam LOVES this coat, and swears he will never part with it...

First Piggies!

Here's a pic of Kierstyn checking out her first pigtails...aren't they C-U-T-E! I think they make her look way more like a toddler and less of a baby!

Banana Mohawk

Kierstyn ate some bananas the other morning, and did this to her hair with her sticky hands while I had my back turned....

Project a comin'!

I've been wanting some fabric to do something with that resembeled my sister's shower curtain. It had blue birdies on it and was from Target, and you can't find it anywhere! I even noticed when I googled it that there were many blogs, etc saying that a lot of people loved this shower curtain and it is not available anywhere! So another route I went. I just ordered 5 yards of this cool fabric to make some curtains for the guest room. I've had my eye on it for a long time - and it keeps getting sold out. Yesterday I noticed the website replenished their inventory - 240 yards - yahoo! I added it to my cart and saw there was a discount. 15% off if you order $40 or more, and free shipping over $35. Well it was $6.98/yd so I needed to add $0.10 for free shipping, but figured if I put $5.90 more in my cart I would get that extra item free and actually my total would come out to $34 - so why not! I found some cute trim to put on a pillow for Kierstyn - 1 1/2 yds was $5.97 - PERFECT! If you are interested in the coupon it is at www.fabric.com. Finished project to come in the weeks ahead!