Giving and shopping

Today was a Friday. The kind where I just waited all day for the weekend to start. I'm never like that but the last few weeks I feel like I've just been living for my days off.

After work, I dropped off our company's donations to Emerge's mother-child store. This is the same place we volunteered on Monday so it was so cool to realize my company was donating too!



Then, it was off to shop for a party outfit for Clair, which, to be more precise, meant I was looking for a black shirt...7 or 8 stores and all day later since my parents had been shopping since noon, we finally got a shirt. We also got a few things for a little photo shoot I want to have tomorrow to get ready for her first brthday! Woohoo!! Here comes the busiest two months of my life.



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Catching up

We've been busy around here:

Ricky had his last day of classes for the semester on Tuesday so we celebrated by going out to dinner:




Clair and I have been busy trying to get the house in order before the second baby comes:






We've got some Christmas parties this weekend which will be a lovely break from the norm. I can't believe it's only 2 weeks till Christmas. We've got one gift left to buy and have been able to get a few surprises even! It's been a fun season.
Our house is so cold right now that Ricky slept in his stocking cap last night.



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Volunteering

This evening our small group worked with an organization called Emerge to sort and organize gifts. The gifts are laid out like in a shop and moms and kids come in and pick out something special for one another. Then, they wrap the gifts and take them home. It's really very cool. If you're looking for a place to donate wrapping paper or a new toy/clothes, let me know!


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Hanging with the fam

We're seriously 5.










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Stockings

I've almost finished the first Christmas stocking for this year! Clair and I hung out today and in between chasing her up the stairs every five minutes-she's really getting very adept at climbing- I got almost the whole stocking finished. Should be done before I giro bed tonight. Woohoo!!









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Bye-bye

Hamilton and Victoria had mini Christmas here tonight and then left for home back in LA












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And Clair had her first peanut butter and jelly sandwich...part of it is still stuck to her head. Yes, I put her to bed like that. We will worry about showers tomorrow!



Bye-bye family. We had such a great time this week!

Hello weekend of knitting.
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Today

Went to see the Coco before Chanel movie at the loft theater tonight with some girls. Loved it. It was really good!




Also did some last minute stocking shopping for Victoria and Hamilton before they leave tomorrow.



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