11 Months plus some

I feel like I have been completely MIA from my blog this past month. I kept thinking to myself, "you need to sit down and blog" and I just never did, well today is the day! There have been quite a few things that have happened in our house since the last time I blogged, Halloween, Birthdays, Thanksgiving, and Christmas decorating to name a few. Halloween was good, Aiden is not a hardcore trick or treater so we went out for about an hour and then he felt he had enough candy so we went home and dumped it all out on the rug and sorted it out, this was always my favorite part when I was a kid! Then we all dove in and started eating, also a favorite part! Although this year Aiden has acquired a taste for a lost of candy bars he never liked in the past so he wanted to eat more chocolate then usual. Which kinda bummed me out because I always would eat the stuff he didn't like, and now I had to fight him for it! Of course he always wins so I just sneak it when he goes to bed! 2 days later was my favorite boys 8th birthday, crazy to think I have an 8 year old already! He had a Pirates of the Carribean themed party and I made his birthday cake again this year, a tradition that I have been doing since his 2nd birthday. Although i have had a couple years that I have gotten some help, but I really like making his cakes! There was of course a winter storm that rolled in on his birthday so the road we pretty nasty so some kids didn't come because of that, but his closest friend were able to make it, along with my parents so it was a success! The kids bowled and ate pizza and cake and had fun and Aiden looked so happy, which is all I wanted! My parents stayed the night with us and the next morning Aiden had a hockey game so we went and cheered him on and then went home to get ready for my other favorite boys 30th birthday! Yes I am officially married to a 30 year old! We had a fun night we had our friends over for appetizers and drinks and the kids played downstairs, it was simple and fun! The next week was my birthday and we were supposed to go to my parents house for a birthday dinner, but the weather was bad so Seth took me out to the Japanese steakhouse for sushi, cooked of course, which I don't really consider sushi but it was still yummy! We sat at the hibatchi and Aiden thought that was pretty fun so again another successful night! The next day Seth had to leave for a few days and go to Denver for more training so it was just my Aiden and I for 4 days. I always miss Seth so much when he's away, but I also enjoy having it be just the two of us! While Seth was away Aiden and I decided to go to Target and look at Christmas decorations. Something that I have had some serious mixed feelings about, I hadn't been looking forward to anything to do with Christmas. So we started walking around and we found the most perfect little Christmas tree to put on Amelia's table in the living room. So then we had to go find decorations, we found a string of pink lights, silver garland and pink and silver ornaments, some pink glittery butterflies and a pink star to top it off! It was perfect and Aiden was so excited and so a great help, him being there helped keep me from bursting into tears and made me excited to decorate her tree. Once I got home I decided to decorate it right away, so I sat and got Amelia's tree all ready for her. I then placed some special ornaments on the tree that she had received from her grandmas and  it looks perfect for my special little angel! That day was a turning point for me because I was ready for Christmas then, I felt that Amelia was a part of Christmas and I no longer felt guilty about being excited for the holidays. So Thanksgiving came a couple weeks later and we spent it with Seth's parents and then we stayed in a hotel for a couple nights just to get out of town and do something fun with Aiden. My parents stayed at the same place so we got to see them too. I did a little shopping on Black Friday, mostly for myself! We had to come home early because Aiden had a hockey game so we were home by 9 am and ready for hockey! Which was actually ok, it gave me the rest of the day to do some Christmas decorating. It took me 2 days to decorate and I didn't do nearly as much as I usually do, but I was just to darn tired. Being 5 months pregnant you would think I would have more energy....nope I still get tuckered out pretty easily! Seth helped with the big tree and some of the decorating I couldn't do. I think the house looks good, and since I didn't put as much stuff out it means I won't have as much stuff to put away in a month! So that pretty much bring you up to speed with what's been happening at our house, or at least the highlights! I am still trying to figure out what I am going to do for Amelia's 1st Birthday in Heaven, but I think I might have an idea that kinda came to me last night before I fell asleep. I am in a good place right now, emotionally and I'm not nearly as anxious about Amelia's birthday and Christmas as I was, thankfully.