Month by Month: December + Advent 2019

*WARNING*
Picture overload

Daniel Boone Inn Double Date Night

Make Cookies

 Stephen and I made cookies several nights while we watched Christmas movies.

Breakfast for Dinner

  We usually do this with Stephen's family, but had our Thanksgiving meal for Christmas after having to miss Thanksgiving due to sickness.

Starbucks Date

  We got Starbucks on the way to Christmas at Mama Barb's at the busiest Starbucks I think I've ever been in.

Morganton Christmas Parade

Wrap Presents

This was no fun being 8 months pregnant, but I got it done.

Take Chloe to see Santa

Watch a Christmas Movie

  We watched several of these over the course of the month.

Mexican Date Night

  We had Mexican with some friends one night, but forgot to take a picture!

Make and Take Gifts to the Neighbors

Horse Drawn Carriage Ride

  The 2 weekends we were home in December, it rained. So we had to miss this again this year. :(

Make Our Favorite Christmas Snack

  This is what we took to the neighbors 

(2 in 1 deal...you get resourceful with the advent calendar when you're very pregnant and very tired)

Chick-Fil-A Date Night Breakfast with our girl

Church Staff Christmas Party

Take Truett for a Walk

  This boy took himself for a walk in Durham...he got very adventurous while away from home.

Mail Christmas Cards

Drive around and look at Christmas Lights

  With all of the traveling we did, we caught sight of lots of lights. We did intentionally drive through J Iverson Riddle after Christmas one night.

Make Ornaments

  I cheated a little this year and had them made.

(again...very pregnant and very tired)

Small Group Christmas Party

  We did this after Christmas due to the flu running through the group...and forgot to take a picture.

Have Friends Over for Dinner

  We didn't have friends over, but we did go to dinner with some friends earlier in the month.

Date Night

  I really wanted to do this while we were in Durham, but our time got packed fast and it just didn't happen.

Christmas at DPAC

  Christmas at DPAC didn't happen this year. Because of that, we were able to go to Grey Stone with our family the Sunday before Christmas. It's the first time we've been to a Sunday service at Grey Stone in a long time.

EKA Christmas

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas (all 5 rounds...6 if you include EKA Christmas)

1-Mama Barb's

2-My Family

3-Stephen's Family

4-Christmas Morning at Home

5-Grandma's

December Bonuses

We bought a van!

Amara was born!

 Chris and Jessica visited

Unseasonably warm weather where we enjoyed getting outside.

 Chloe rode the tractor with Pa.

She'll tell you she cried, which she did at first, but then she said hey to the cows and loved it.

Time on the farm

 Surprise visit at Grandma's by Steph and Amara.

 A little bit of down time in Durham

Chloe and Joey!

The last day before Christmas break at school.

Chloe's favorite Christmas decoration

"Noman!"

Youth Christmas party where Chloe roller skated for the first time

Sick days...(Story of our life these days)

 Several visits from Corey and Allyson

 Corey got Chloe her favorite...cheese!

 Women's Christmas party at church

The sweetest Christmas craft

It was supposed to be their feet to tie in the "mistleTOE" concept, but Chloe refused to let them paint her feet at school.

 The obsession with babies continues...

  

Lots of family time and family snuggles amidst lots of travel!

The month ended with a wild and crazy New Year's Eve!