Life Lately

Well hello there friends! It's been a while since I have been around these parts. I love this little corner of the internet to share my favorite things about life, fashion , and travel. But sometimes it is just one more thing added to my never ending to do list! I am hoping with the New Year I can branch out a little more on here ! I am looking forward to a fresh start that each New Year offers. We had the most magical time in NYC. If this is on your bucketlist for a magic Christmas getaway....GO!! It was AMAZING!! I think this is the first trip where the kids didn't have meltdowns or make us want to pawn them off to someone else. lol. I can't wait to share more about our trip!

I celebrated my 30 something birthday last Sunday. My birthday is exactly one week before Christmas. My family does a great job of spoiling (well most times ha) and making my birthday special and not just mixed in with Christmas. Nick baked a blackberry cake using my Granny Habermehl's recipe (here you can read my post from where Mere and I had a little lesson with my grandmother a few months before she passed away. It makes me so glad we took the time to spend the day with her. We learned so much more than just how to bake a cake!!). Nick's cake turned out sooo good! Her cake is so hard to duplicate but his was pretty spot on!!

Both kiddos had Christmas parties this week. As a working momma it is not always easy being able to attend parties and field trips. I do the best I can. I am off every Wednesday so when a party is scheduled on Wednesday Mere and I are both super happy! Max's party was just for the kids so I didn't have to feel guilty not being there. But the teachers sent us some cute pics of him! For Meredith's party the kiddos made care packages for the homeless shelter.

Mere has been begging to put layers/bangs in her hair so I had made me a hair appointment this week and made her one as well. It's amazing how just a little bit of layers around her face makes her look so much more grown up. It makes my momma heart sad. I hate the kiddos getting older! As for me, I need some blonde back into my life. Val never disappoints and always gets my color spot on to the vision I have in my head! So now Mere and I are Christmas ready with new do's!

Ya'll how in the world are we days away from celebrating Christmas?! Is everyone ready or are you last minute shoppers? I am pretty much finished. I have to run to our local town center and grab 3 gifts and wrap the hubbies gifts. The kids each want to pick one or two of his and wrap from them. Then of course the grocery run ....thank goodness for clicklist that I already have scheduled for Saturday evening! Nick works Saturday so I figured I would attempt baking cookies with the kids while listening to Christmas music and watching Christmas classics! I need to get a little more in the Christmas spirit. For some reason this year I haven't felt the Christmas spirit like year's past. Well, in NYC I did. But back home amongst the hustle and bustle of work, kids, laundry , cleaning....LIFE....it just hasn't been there. I know getting to spend the next three days off from work and with the kids should help! I will leave you with a picture of Rupp! He is sooo BIG! Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!