Merry Christmas, Malehloa!

We have to send out our Christmas present to our sweet girl early so it gets to her in time!

Here's what we are sending:

I made her some super-girly bows!

Baby girl of course needs some zebra print! (And gloves. Because Lesotho gets cold in the winter!)

A little elephant stuffed animal and some stickers.
(I wish we could send a bigger stuffed animal, but  it has to fit in a small envelope.)

Of course Baby Girl needs a Mizzou corker bow!
 (I know, I took the picture upside down. Whatever.)

A group shot!

We also sent a card and a picture. 

I wish we could get a new picture of her sent back!

Merry Christmas, Malehloa! I wish we could spend it with you and your family!

Jumping the Gun

Yes, it's November 1st and our house is in full Christmas mode!

That's what happens when you have two Christmas-obsessed get married!

BIG NEWS!

Hubs got a job offer (pending a background check. no problem there.) from Edward Jones!

It's looking really, really good for living outside of St. Louis next semester!

He is going into their training program, and then possibly into a Financial Advisor office.

Or a job in headquarters.

SIUE friends, I hope you'll be around so we can all spend time together!

Oh, and I have school to finish, which I will do by May 2014.

Super deal!

Happy Halloween!

A very happy halloween to you from two super nephews!

A Speeding Ticket

No. I didn't get one.

Neither did Chad.

I am just saying that here it is at the very end of October.

Already.

Sheesh.

So what has been going on?

Chad has started football season, with 4 games already.

And a record of 4-0 heading into the playoffs.

Which start next week.

Along with volleyball season.

Oh, and Sunday he has the soccer tournament to end the season.

We can't catch a break from sports!

Last weekend we were in STL for Mom's birthday, and a very busy weekend with the boys.

And we brought all our Christmas decor back from storage in Mom's basement.

This week started off quickly.

I have about 30 hours of work this week thanks to some catering orders and someone quitting.

Another one leaves after this week.

So that means more work hours, along with school work and my husband and all the housework.

Pray for me y'a'll.

It's a huge juggling act.

Yeah, no wonder I think October deserves a speeding ticket.

Emmett Turns One!

Its so hard to believe that Emmett is one already!

Despite a very short nap, little man was happy to be the birthday boy!

Train cake and food.

Emmett LOVED his cake!

He also loved the bath he got afterwards to clean all the cake off!

And of course he got to open some presents!

Football season!

Its halfway through October and I am just now writing.

That's sad.

Its deep into football season.

Which means we spend about  3 nights out of the week watching football.

I am definitely not complaining, I am a coach's daughter after all, but being deep into football season means soccer is on its last few weeks for Chad.

Does that mean we get to slow down a little?

Of course not.

Because football started Tuesday.

Football will last through the beginning of volleyball and volleyball will run through the end of the semester.

I still have no idea how we keep up with it all.

Some things do fall by the wayside.

Like this blog.

I finished my Early Fall session of school with A's and B's, so that is good.

I had last week off and this week as well.

Its nice, except that I am still not over being sick.

I did hit a big milestone last week.

I had my first ever blood draw without someone there to hold my hand.

And I was a big girl and didn't cry.

Yes, pathetic.

But still a milestone.

We also celebrated 5 months this past Friday.

Time is going WAY too fast!