6 MONTHS already????

So it's December 3rd which means that we have been married for 6 months!! There are days when I am can't believe we have been married for 6 months already and others when I feel like we have been married forever! None the less I LOVE LOVE LOVE being married to Christopher!!!

The last 6 months have been fabulous! What an amazing man I have been blessed to marry!

Here is a picture of us on the day we got married!

So a lot has gone on since the last blog update.....

1st off we had our first overnight guest at the apartment! Mr. Calvin Walker came to visit and watch the MSU v. Alabama game with us. The game was a disappointment but the company most definitely was NOT! Hopefully Calvin will come back and visit again!!!

This is a picture of Calvin and Chris after Chris' first flight.

Tonight Chris and I will have more overnight guests!!!! Ronda, Bobbie Jo, and Allyn are coming to visit and tomorrow we girls are going to Chattanooga to ride the Polar Express!!!! Chris and I are super excited about having more guest! and it helps that the guest are wonderful!

Photos from this weekend will be posted soon!!

So Thanksgiving was fantastic! We really enjoyed getting to spend time with family and be in Memphis for a while. It was our first time back in Memphis since the move. Amelia and Jason came to visit us while we are in Memphis and to go shopping on Black Friday. Since I went with them I was able to get a decent bit of my Christmas shopping done! Which is great because I like to have the presents wrapped and under the tree as soon as possible!!!

I have been super excited about getting a tree and decorating for Christmas with Chris! Probably more excited than he thought I would be. We were hoping to try to go to a Christmas tree farm and cut down our own tree, but with our weekends already blocked off for our out of town guests we decided that we would just go buy a tree from Home Depot or Lowes. Monday I spent all morning cleaning and putting away our "fall" decorations and getting out our Christmas stuff. Chris' mother gave us Nana's Christmas dishes, so I got them switched out with our current dishes and they are so cute! :) I love decorations!!! So I was ready to get the tree when Chris got home on Monday......but it was raining :( and when we went to Lowes the trees were out in the rain so they were dripping wet :(

However....(I have the bestest husband in the world) after he had helped me to see that the mess the tree would cause in the rain would not be worth it...he surprised me by going back to Home Depot and buying a tree. He had been checking out the radar and thought we had just enough time to get the tree and get it home before the next downpour. I was delighted!!! Below are some pictures of us getting our tree :)

Chris was so excited about buying our first Christmas Tree....

The Honda was ready to take on the tree!!
Chris made me hold the tree from the sun roof too because while we were out of the rain on the radar...the wind on the way back to the apartment was ridiculous! Luckily the tree stayed put! :)

Finally got the stand on the tree and brought our lovely tree inside!

Chris and I have taken the week to get the tree decorated. It has been so much fun to decorate the house and tree and everything else with him. I love that we have so much fun together doing whatever it is that we are doing!

Night 1: The lights! 1000 of them! And Candy Canes too! :)
Night 2: Star for the top of the tree

Also we got two little trees! 1- has all of our sentimental ornaments. My parents have given me an ornament every year (so I currently have 23) and Chris has gotten one for the past 4 years. We placed those ornaments on one of our little trees and placed that tree in our bedroom.

On Night 2 we also decorated part of the outside. We hung our Penguin Let It Snow sign and placed a little tree outside...Still to come are the icicle lights for around the patio!


Night 3: Ornaments on the tree....


Besides the tree we have also set out my Precious Moments Nativity....a stocking for both Chris and I as well as a little stocking for Mr. Opus. :) We also put up Christopher's Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. I have put out the Christmas bath and kitchen towels and put the FLANNEL sheets on the bed!!!! Oh how fun! Next to come the icicle lights on the patio and homemade popcorn garland (maybe).....

Well that is what we have been up to during the last little bit. It has been a wonderful 6 months of growing and learning together. What a blessing marriage can be! We are looking forward to many many many more months and years together!